A list of the Goalhanger's favourite footballers from the 1990's.
We were starting to get a lot more live football on the TV in the 1990's,
so many of our choices below are influenced by that.
As well as some cult players, such as Jason Lee, who we just liked because of their odd haircuts, obviously.
So here's a list of our favourites from the 1990's, including the club(s) they were playing at when we really liked them...
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Argentina
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Diego Maradona | Napoli | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Belgium
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Enzo Scifo | Auxerre, Torino, Monaco, Anderlecht | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Brazil
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Alemão | Napoli | |
| Bismarck | Vasco da Gama | Never set the world alight with his footballing skills, but we just loved his bizarre name, given in honour of the Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck apparently. |
| Branco | Porto, Genoa | |
| Careca | Napoli | |
| Walter Casagrande | Ascoli, Torino | |
| Jorginho | Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich | |
| Müller | Torino | |
| Zico | Kashima Antlers | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from the Czech Republic
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Pavel Nedved | Sparta Prague, Lazio | Nedved had everything. Pacy, energetic, skillful, great passing with both foot. He could play as a winger or a playmaker. He was just fantastic to watch for Sparta Prague, Lazio and the Czech Republic. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from England
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Steve Bull | Wolves | |
| Brian Deane | Sheffield Utd | |
| Trevor Francis | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| David Hirst | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Glenn Hoddle | Monaco, Swindon Town, Chelsea | |
| Bryan Robson | Man Utd | |
| David Rocastle | Arsenal | Beautifully elegant player, with lovely dribbling skills. |
| Chris Waddle | Marseille, Sheffield Wednesday | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from France
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Manuel Amoros | Marseille | |
| Basile Boli | Marseille | |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | Olympique Marseille | Remember first seeing Papin in the group stages of the 1986 World Cup and being wholly unimpressed. However, by the early 1990's his form at Marseille had made us eat our words and he deservedly won the Ballon d'Or in 1991. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Germany
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Lothar Matthäus | Inter Milan, Bayern Munich | The term midfield dynamo could have been made for Matthäus. |
| Bernd Schuster | Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen | Despite turning 30, Schuster's fantastic passing and vision were still as good as ever at Atletico and Bayer Leverkusen. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Italy
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Franco Baresi | AC Milan | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from the Republic of Ireland
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Ray Houghton | Liverpool, Aston Villa | |
| Alan McLoughlin | Portsmouth | |
| John Sheridan | Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic | Fantastic passer of the ball. A revelation for Sheffield Wednesday after they took him from Notts Forest following his brief period at the City Ground under Cloughie. Had a great swansong at Oldham after David Pleat foolishly ended his Hillsborough career. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Scotland
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Ian Durrant | Rangers | |
| Paul McStay | Celtic | |
| Steve Nicol | Liverpool | |
| Gordon Strachan | Leeds Utd, Coventry City | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Uruguay
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1980s | Why ? |
| Rubén Sosa | Lazio, Inter Milan | Nicknamed El Principito (The Little Prince) by Uruguayan fans, Sosa was a quick and creative left-footed forward. Great skills and capable of smashing home some long range efforts too. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from the USA
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Roy Wegerle | QPR | Winner of ITV's 'Goal of the Season' award in 1990-91 for his mesmeric solo goal at Leeds Utd for QPR. At the end of the decade he became one on only two players to play in both the NASL and MLS (the other being Hugo Sanchez). |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Yugoslavia
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Darko Pancev | Red Star Belgrade | His strike rate was phenomenal in the early 1990s, as he banged in 84 goals in 91 games for the incredibly talented Red Star Belgrade team of that era. Pancev scored the winning penalty in the 1991 European Cup Final. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1990's from Wales
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1990s | Why ? |
| Dean Saunders | Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa | |
| Gary Speed | Leeds Utd, Everton | |