1) An early England one-cap wonder, Segar Bastard naturally went on to become a referee.
2) Winger Wayne Wanklyn played in the same Reading side as keeper Steve Death.
3) Former Grasshoppers striker Andre Muff was a former Switzerland team-mate of Bernt Haas .
4) Briefly in the limelight with Independiente and Celta Vigo, Argentinean striker Mario Turdo is currently without a club.
5) Roberto Martinez’s Wigan reign began to go wrong the moment his move for Chilean centre back Waldo Ponce broke down last year. Instead Ponce joined the best-named team in Chile – O’Higgins.
6) One of Kevin Keegan’s worst signings, Dutch winger Brian Pinas made one substitute appearance in nearly two years before returning to Feyenoord.
7) Finally retired at nearly 40, it’s a lasting regret that Czech defender Milan Fukal failed a week’s trial with Leeds in 2006.
8) Part of the Dutch side thumped 4-1 by England at Wembley in Euro 96, Johan de Kock won an unlucky 13 caps for Holland.
9) A £5m disaster from the John Barnes/Kenny Dalglish management team at Celtic, Rafael Scheidt started only three league games for the Bhoys and later joined Botafogo. He lived up to his name.
10) Briefly linked with the Liverpool vacancy before Kenny Dalglish returned, former Brazil defender Argelico Fucks is, unsurprisingly, known as Argel.
11) Chelsea disappointed everyone in 2009 by dropping their interest in Independiente keeper Fabian Assman.
12) Long linked with a Premier League move, time is running out for an English club to snap up the services of Marseille right back Rod Fanni.
13) Germany’s Under-20 manager, a former East German international and one-club man with Dynamo Dresden, is named Ralf Minge .
14)While at Benfica, Germany keeper Hans-Jorg Butt was briefly understudy to former Portugal No.1 Quim .
15) The former Germany striker who enlivened the video for Baddiel and Skinner’s Three Lions remake in ’88, Stefan Kuntz has embraced his name’s brilliance since becoming general manager of Kaiserslautern, by signing both Danny Fuchs and Florian Dick .
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