Nationality French
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) West Ham United 1997-1998
Stats 12 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Founded a football academy in Senegal alongside Patrick Viera and Jimmy Adjovo-Boco.
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Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) West Ham 1989-1995
Stats 185 Appearances, 3 Goals
Fun Fact Was stabbed by his wife in 1991, after “allegedly” being caught in bed with teammate Ian Bishop. However Morley believes that it was his wife who started these rumours.
Nationality Romanian
Position Winger
Team(s) Tottenham 1994-1995, West Ham 1996
Stats 28 Appearances, 4 Goals
Fun Fact Dumitrescu is an art lover and has his own art gallery in Bucharest.
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Nationality Portuguese
Position Forward
Team(s) West Ham 1996
Stats 9 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact A very talented footballer with lots of promise, he let his playboy/partyboy image get the better of him, eventually being kicked out of West Ham for spending too much time in nightclubs. This led to one of footballs greatest ever quotes from, then manager, Harry Redknapp, “Dani is so good-looking I don’t know whether to play him or fuck him”
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Nationality Peruvian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Newcastle 1998-2004 & 2005-2007, Aston Villa 2004-2005, West Ham 2007-2008
Stats 312 Appearances, 57 Goals
Fun Fact Apparently, Nobby Solano is an accomplished trumpet player and has set up his own salsa band called ‘The Geordie Latinos’. He is also one of Peru’s most famous people, appearing on their stamps, telephone cards, and had his wedding screened live on national television.
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Nationality Czech
Position Goalkeeper
Team West Ham 1990-1998, QPR 1998-2001
Stats 372 Appearance, 0 Goals
Fun Fact He is well remembered for a man of the match performance against Manchester United on the last day of the 1994/95 season where West Ham drew 1–1 with Manchester United to help secure Blackburn Rovers their first league title in over 80 years.
Nationality Romanian
Position Striker
Team West Ham 1996-1997
Stats 11 Appearances 2 Goals
Fun Fact He is the only professional football player to have played in the top five European leagues - England, Italy, Spain, Germany and France.
Nationality Argentinian
Position Defender
Team(s) Ipswich 1994-1999, Tottenham 1999-2004, West Ham 2004
Stats 348 Appearances, 9 Goals
Fun Fact After tearing his hamstring 27 minutes into his West Ham debut against Millwall, Taricco then offered to have his contract with the club cancelled, which the club accepted. At the time Alan Pardew commented that it was one of the most honest things he had ever known a footballer to do.
Nationality Ivorian
Position Striker
Team(s) West Ham 1997-2000, Ipswich 1998
Stats 27 Appearances, 6 Goals
Fun Fact Since hanging up his boots, Samassi has allegedly become immersed in the world of witch craft in his native Africa and is believed to have resurrected a squirrel who had fallen from a tree, leading him to win Ivory Coast’s Witch of the Year 2002-2003.
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Nationality Dutch
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Manchester United 1994-2002, West Ham 2002-2003
Stats 37 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact After playing 493 total career league games, the 44 year old Van der Gouw scored his only league goal in his final game through a penalty for AGOVV Apeldoorn. A crowd video of that goal can be seen here.
Nationality Costa Rican
Position Striker
Team(s) Derby County 1996-1999, West Ham 1999-2000, Manchester City 2000-2004
Stats 171 Appearances, 62 Goals
Fun Fact Paulo Wanchope was on a basketball scholarship at the University of Southern California before he moved to Derby County.
Nationality Guinean
Position Striker
Team(s) Arsenal 1999, Blackburn 2001 (loan), West Ham 2001 (loan)
Stats 28 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Diawara only scored once in English football, despite having three spells there. His sole goal coming for Blackburn in a 6-1 League Cup win over Rochdale.
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