Lothar Matthaus:

Lothar Matthaus, regarded as one of football's finest midfielders ever, and Rafael Marquez of
Mexico both have experience playing in five FIFA World Cups. In 1990, Matthaus guided West
Germany to World Cup victory. In his club career, he has played for Borussia Monchengladbach,
Bayern Munich, and Inter Milan.

In 1990, he was also voted European Player of the Year, and in 1991, he went on to win the
inaugural FIFA Player of the Year trophy. At age 38, he even took home the German Footballer
of the Year award in 1999. That merely serves to highlight how reliable of a performer he was on
the main stage.

Matthaus is renowned for his savage runs from midfield, when his superb control and
acceleration leave opponents for dead. The legendary German player could leather the ball intothe back of the net from anywhere and had excellent positioning knowledge and vision. He was
a complete midfielder and a great tackler as well.

Hristo Stoichkov:

Stoichkov was a talent of a generation and a member of the Johan Cruyff dream squad that won
the Champions League and four straight La Liga championships. One of the best forwards of
the 1990s, according to many.

He was the offensive leader for Bulgaria in the 1994 World Cup, leading his team to the
quarterfinals and earning the Golden Shoe award for his six goals throughout the competition.

Due to his achievements for both club and nation in that year, Stoichkov also won the Ballon
d'Or.

He has also won the Bulgarian Player of the Year title five times and was twice a runner-up for
the FIFA World Player of the Year award. In his illustrious career, "El Pistolero" was a tough
left-footed forward whose versatility allowed him to play both as a striker and as a creative
midfielder.

Stoichkov, who first played as a left-back, had an explosive speed that was difficult for defenders to handle and left-footed screamers that were impossible to stop.