European Cup-World Cup double winners1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeness (Bayern & West Germany)1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid & France)2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid & Brazil) To qualify, players must have featured in both winning finals. It's an elite club which Sami Khedira so nearly joined four years ago, an injury in the warm-up preventing him from turning out for Germany in their FIFA World Cup final win against Argentina. ... UEFA.com - News
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Memories of Ronaldo’s debut: on this day in 2002
Though Cristiano Ronaldo's impact off the bench was negligible on the occasion of his Sporting CP debut – the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg against Inter finished goalless – the night of 14 August 2002 remains a defining moment in the recent history of European football. It was a night when one of the greatest players of a generation first appeared in a professional game. UEFA.com's Portuguese reporter and editor Pedro Marques, who was in the stadium in Lisbon that evening 15 years ago, takes a walk down memory lane ...Pedro, what are your memories of Ronaldo's debut?UEFA.com - News