random 90's footballers

Nationality English

Position Defender

Team(s) Crystal Palace 1986-1995, Coventry City 1995-2006

Stats 317 Appearances, 1 Goal

Fun Fact Shaw was famously the player that got Eric Cantona sent off before he went on to kung-fu kick Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons.

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Nationality English

Position Striker

Team(s) Newcastle 1989-1992, Coventry 1992-1994

Stats 179 Appearances, 84 Goals

Fun Fact Whilst at Coventry, he was nicknamed ‘Sumo’ and famously quoted that he was the Premier League’s “fattest player over a yard”.

Nationality English

Position Midfielder

Team(s) Aston Villa 1991-1995, Coventry 1995-1997, Southampton 1997-1998, Barnsley 1998-2000

Stats 277 Appearances, 16 Goals

Fun Fact Picked up 1 cap for England, playing against Greece in 1994 alongside the likes of Darren Anderton, David Platt, Paul Merson and Matthew Le Tissier.

Nationality English

Position Striker

Team(s) Leeds 1993-1995, Coventry 1995-2000, Middlesbrough 2000-2003

Stats 242 Appearances, 43 Goals

Fun Fact Whelan competed in an episode of Celebrity MasterChef broadcast in 2008, but was eliminated in the first round, including a disaster at the Belgo restaurant in Covent Garden.

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Nationality Romanian

Position Striker

Team Coventry City 1998

Stats 10 Appearances, 1 Goal

Fun Fact Moldovan played for 11 clubs in his career, but he only achieved more league caps (84) for his first club Gloria Bistrita than he did for the Romanian national team (70).

Nationality English

Position Defender

Team(s) Coventry 1992-1994, Liverpool 1994-2000

Stats 205 Appearances, 4 Goals

Fun Fact In 2006, Babb became an investor in Golf Punk magazine

Nationality English

Position Midfielder

Team(s) Bolton 1986-1993, Coventry 1993-1995

Stats 325 Appearances, 41 Goals

Fun Fact Darby is the ball boy seen cheering behind the goal after this wonder goal from Frank Worthington against Ipswich.

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Nationality English

Position Defender

Team(s) Coventry 1992-1996

Stats 50 appearances, 4 goals

Fun Fact Unfortunately most well known for his horrific career ending leg break against Man Utd, which famously bought Schmeichel to tears, a video of which can be found here (not for the faint hearted)

Nationality Zimbabwe

Position Striker

Team(s) Coventry City 1991-1997

Stats 176 appearances, 39 goals

Fun Fact Peter Ndlovu’s surname is pronounced as ‘und-love’ rather than ‘nud-lovu’.

Nationality English

Position Goalkeeper

Team(s) Coventry 1984-2000

Stats 504 appearances, 1 goal

Fun Fact In 2003 Ogrizovic was the subject of a hoax that said that he had been kidnapped in Kazakhstan and an online petition was set up to campaign to get him released