World Cup Winning Players: Club/League Breakdown

I recently received an email asking "Which leagues have the World Cup Winning Players played in?" I decided to break it down by listing the players that have played in any league outside of Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, since a very large % of past World Cup winning players played in those leagues during their careers. (Since WC 1986)

These are all of the WC winning players that have played in the "other" leagues around the world at any point in their career.


Italy 2006
Gannaro Gattuso - Rangers (Scotland)
Mauro Camoranesi - Santos Laguna (Mexico), Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay), Cruz Azul (Mexico)
Marco Materrazi - Everton (England)

Brazil 2002
Roque Junior - Leeds United (England), Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Roberto Carlos - Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Ricardinho - Middlesbrough (England), Besiktas (Turkey), Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Gilberto Silva - Arsenal (England), Panathinaikos (Greece)
Ronaldo - PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
Rivaldo - Olympiacos (Greece), AEK (Greece), Bunyodkor (Uzbekistan)
Dida - Lugano (Swiss)
Juliano Beletti - Chelsea (England)
Anderson Polga - Sporting CP (Portugal)
Jose Kleberson - Manchester United (England), Besiktas (Turkey)
Denilson - Al-Nasr (Saudi Arabia), FC Dallas (USA)
Vampeta - PSV (Holland), Al Salmiya (Kuwait)
Juninho - Middlesbrough (England), Celtic (Scotland), Sydney FC (Australia)
Edilson - Kashiwa Reysol (Japan), Al Ain (UAE)
Luizao - Nagoya Grampus (Japan)

France 1998
Bernard Lama - West Ham United (England)
Vincent Candela - Bolton Wanderers (England)
Patrick Vieira - Arsenal (England)
Laurent Blanc - Manchester United (England)
Youri Djorkaeff - Bolton (England), Blackburn (England), NY/NJ Metrostars (USA)
Didier Deschamps - Chelsea (England)
Marcel Desailly - Chelsea (England), Al-Gharafa (Qatar), Qatar SC (Qatar)
Stephane Guivarc'h - Newcastle United (England), Rangers (Scotland)
Robert Pires - Arsenal (England)
Thierry Henry - Arsenal (England)
Bernard Diomède - Liverpool (England)
Fabien Barthez - Manchester United (England)
Emmanuel Petit - Arsenal (England), Chelsea (England)
Frank Lebouef - Chelsea (England), Al-Sadd (Qatar), Hollywood United (USA)
Christian Karembeu - Middlesbrough (England), Olympiakos (Greece), Servette (Swiss)
Christophe Dugarry - Birmingham City (England), Qatar SC (Qatar)
Lionel Charbonnier - Rangers (Scotland), FC Sion (Swiss)

Brazil 1994
Cluadio Taffarel - Galatasaray (Turkey)
Jorginho - Kashima Antlers (Japan)
Ricardo Rocha - Sporting CP (Portugal)
Ronaldão - Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan)
Branco - Middlesbrough (England), NY/NJ Metrostars (USA)
Bebeto - Toros Neza (Mexico), Kashima Antlers (Japan), Al-Ittihad Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Dunga - Jubilo Iwata (Japan)
Zinho - Yokohama Flugels (Japan), Miami FC (USA)
Romario - Al-Sadd (Qatar), Miami FC (USA), Adelaide United (Australia)
Aldair - SS Murata (San Marino)
Marcio Santos - Ajax (Holland), Jinan (China), Luneng Taichan (China), Club Bolivar (Bolivia)
Leonardo - Kashima Antlers (Japan)
Paulo Sergio - Al-Wahda (UAE)
Müller - Kashiwa Reysol (Japan)
Viola - Gaziantepspor (Turkey)
Gilmar Rinaldi - Cerezo Osaka (Japan)

West Germany 1990
Guido Buchwald - Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
Pierre Littbarski - JEF United (Japan), Brummell Sendai (Japan)
Thomas Häßler - SV Salzburg (Austria)
Lothar Matthaus - NY/NJ Metrostars (USA)
Raimond Aumann - Besiktas (Turkey)
Karl-Heinz Riedle - Liverpool (England), Fulham (England)
Thomas Berthold - Adanaspor (Turkey)
Uwe Bein - Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
Jürgen Klinsmann - Tottenham (England), Orange County Blue Star (USA)

Argentina 1986
Claudio Borghi - Neuchâtel Xamax FC (Swiss)
Jose Luis Brown - Nacional de Medellin (Colombia)
Néstor Clausen - FC Sion (Swiss)
Oscar Garré - Hapoel Kfar Saba (Israel), Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC (Israel)
Luis Islas - Club Toluca, Tigre, Club Leon (Mexico)
Pedro Pasculli - PJM Futures (Japan)
Oscar Ruggeri - Club America (Mexico)
Carlos Daniel Tapia - Brest, (France) Lugano (Swiss), Universidad de Chile (Chile)
Marcelo Trobbiani - Millonarios (Colombia), Cobreloa (Chile), Barcelona (Ecuador)
Héctor Zelada - Club America, CF Atlante (Mexico)

# from Leagues in:
26 - England
12 - Japan
8 - Turkey, USA
6 - Qatar, Switzerland
5 - Mexico
4 - Scotland
3 - Greece, Holland
2 - Australia, Chile, Colombia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, UAE
1 - Austria, Bolivia, China, Ecuador, Israel, Kuwait, San Marino, Uruguay

World Cup Winners in the USA since 1996
Denilson - FC Dallas (MLS)
Youri Djorkaeff - NY Metrostars/Red Bulls (MLS)
Frank LeBeouf - Hollywood United (Coast Soccer League)
Branco - NY/NJ Metrostars (MLS)
Zinho - Miami FC (USL)
Romario - Miami FC (USL)
Lothar Matthaus - NY/NJ Metrostars (MLS)
Jürgen Klinsmann - Orange County Blue Star (PDL)


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