random 90's footballers

Nationality French

Position Left Back

Team(s) Southampton 1998-2000

Stats 24 Appearances, 1 Goal

Fun Fact Signed for £300,000, Colleter replaced Francis Benali at left back and used to play for Brest.

Submitted by Andy Westgate 

Nationality English

Position Defender

Team(s) Southampton 1989-2005

Stats 398 Appearances, 9 Goals

Fun Fact In July 2006 he joined Conference South team Eastleigh on a free transfer, to play alongside former Southampton colleague Francis Benali.

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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 Latvian

Position Forward

Team(s) Southampton 1999-2006

Stats 137 Appearances, 43 Goals

Fun Fact In his prime he was dubbed the “Latvian Michael Owen”.

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Nationality Welsh

Position Midfielder

Team(s) Southampton 1989-1992, Everton 1992-1996

Stats 235 Appearances, 9 Goals

Fun Fact Before turning professional Horne gained a first-class degree in chemistry from the University of Liverpool and after retiring became chairman of the PFA.

Nationality Norwegian

Position Striker

Team Southampton 1999-2005

Stats 110 Appearances 12 Goals

Fun Fact After the 1997 season, Tessem transferred to Norwegian club, Molde. While playing here he also worked part-time as a police officer, performing many arrests in his crime-fighting capacity.

Nationality Suriname

Position Defender

Team(s) Southampton 1996-1997

Stats 27 Appearances, 1 Goal

Fun Fact Ulrich van Gobbel is currently on the run from the Dutch Police after he was issued with a 4 month prison sentence for buying cars on credit and then selling them on without paying the original car company. Police believe him to be hiding in his native Suriname.

Submitted by Ben Redhead

Nationality English

Position Winger

Team(s) Middlesbrough 1985-1992, Blackburn Rovers 1992-1998, Southampton 1998-2002

Stats 490 Appearances, 40 Goals

Fun Fact Ripley earned a first class combined honours degree in Law and French form The University of Central Lancashire and has gone on to become a solicitor.

Submitted by arghbrainzaps

Nationality Dutch

Position Defender

Team(s) Chelsea 1989-1992, Southampton 1992-1999

Stats 292 Appearances, 12 Goals

Fun Fact After retiring he ran a pancake house in the Dutch city of Delft

Submitted by James Keeling

Nationality Senegalese

Position Striker

Team(s) Southampton 1996

Stats 1 Appearances, 0 Goals

Fun Fact Dia is well known for being one of the worst footballers to ever grace the Premiership. He secured a one-month contract from Graeme Souness at Southampton after getting a friend to impersonate George Weah and provide a glowing and entirely false reference for Dia. He played 53 minutes for Southampton against Leeds after coming on for an injured Matt Le Tissier. Le Tissier can be seen recounting the saga in this video.

Nationality Irish

Position Defender

Team(s) Southampton 1989-1995, Blackburn 1995-2002

Stats 271 Appearances, 5 Goals

Fun Fact Jeff is the brother of heavyweight boxer Colin Kenna and second cousin of football manager Pat Scully whilst his father Liam is a former Irish snooker player

Nationality English

Position Left Back

Team(s) Barnsley 1986-1989, Portsmouth 1989-1992, Newcastle 1992-1998, Southampton 1998-2000

Stats 374 Appearances 16 Goals

Fun Fact Later in his career, Beresford went on to represent the England Beach Soccer team in an exhibition game in Birmingham.

Nationality Norwegian

Position Forward

Club(s) Southampton 1996-1999, Blackburn 1999-2003

Stats 158 Appearances, 41 Goals

Fun Fact His first 3 goals for Southampton came in his third game for the club in a 6-3 win against Man United. He was later denied his hat-trick after his third goal was credited as an own goal by Phil Neville.

Nationality English

Position Striker

Team(s) Barnsley 1985-1986, Sheffield Wednesday 1986-1997, Southampton 1997-1999

Stats 352 Appearances 124 Goals

Fun Fact Hirst previously held the record for the fastest recorded shot, hitting the bar at 114 mph against Arsenal at Highbury in September 1996. The record stood for a little over ten years until it was surpassed by Ronny of Sporting Lisbon with a 131mph free-kick in November 2006.

Nationality German

Position Striker

Team(s) Man City 1994-1998, Southampton 2000-2002

Stats 176 Appearances 50 Goals

Fun Fact Rösler scored the last ever goal at The Dell on 26 May 2001 in a friendly against Brighton and Hove as Saints won 1-0