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UD World Cup 94 '93 Preview English/German soccercardindex.com Upper Deck World Cup USA 1994 (1993 Preview English/German) 1 Oscer Ruggeri 58 Luis Carcia 113 Gianluca Pagliuca 167 Pat Nevin 2 Andoni Zubizarreta 59 Ally McCoist 114 Sergio Vasquez 168 Jan Eriksson 3 Luis Flores 60 Aron Winter 115 Franco Baresi 169 Carlton Palmer 4 Igor Kolyvanov 61 Andres Escobar 116 Oscer Ruggeri 170 Paul McStay 5 Ruben Paz 62 Jan Wouters 117 Enzo Francescoli 171 Kjetil Rekdal 6 Anton Polster 63 Des Walker 118 Stuart Pearce 172 Claudio Suarez 7 Richard Gough 64 Hugo Sanchez 119 Igor Shalimov 173 John Trellez 8 Franky Van Der Elst 65 Tomas Brolin 120 Ruud Gullit 174 Toto Schillaci 9 Pat Bonner 66 Bebeto 121 Ruben Sosa 175 Robbie Slater 10 João Pinto I 67 Gianluca Pagliuca 122 Flemming Povlsen 176 Henrik Larsen 11 Enzo Scifo 68 Kim Vilfort 123 Dennis Bergkamp 177 Martin Dahlin 12 Ned Zelic 69 Rune Bratseth 178 Kennet Andersson 13 Ruben Sosa 70 Alex Czerniatynski Future Stars 179 Niall Quinn 14 Rob Witschge 71 Aitor Beguiristain 124 Sergei Kiryakov 180 David O'Leary 15 Peter Schmeichel 72 John Aldridge 125 Marc Wilmots 181 Rui Aguas 16 Rene Higuita 73 Mauro Silva 126 Nick Barmby 182 Daniel Fonseca 17 Jorge Campos 74 Paolo Maldini 127 Duncan Ferguson 183 Semedo 18 Frank Rijkaard 75 David Platt 128 Mark Bosnich 184 Paul Ince 19 Georges Grun 76 Ruud Gullit 129 Brad Friedel 185 David Patino 20 Lars Olsen 77 Stuart Pearce 130 Cafu 186 Stuart McCall 21 Jan Age Fjørtoft 78 Franco Baresi 131 Alex Escobar 187 Alan Shearer 22 Eric Wynalda 79 Ronald Koeman 132 Chris Henderson 188 Roland Nilsson 23 Michel Preud'Homme 80 Andreas Herzog 133 Roy Keane 189 Lee Dixon 24 Gianiuigi Lentini 81 Pierto Vierchowod 134 Marc Overmars 190 Johnny Ekström 25 Chris Woods 82 Colin Miller 135 Faustion Aspnilla 191 Diego Simeone 26 Rai 83 Freddy Rincon 136 Brian Roy 192 Roberto Solazabal 27 Roberto Baggio 84 Enzo Francesscoli 137 Figo 193 Igor Shalimov 28 John Barnes 85 Tony Meola 138 Darren Anderton 194 Julio Salinas 29 Igor Dobrovolski 86 Roberto Mancini 139 Erik Mykland 195 Carlos Aguilera 30 Craig Forrest 87 Jonas Thern 140 Paolo Montero 196 Kevin Moran 31 Peter Van Vossen 88 Alex Bunbury 141 Patrick B. Andersson 197 Peter Artner 32 Ray Houghton 89 Anders Limpar 142 Frank De Boer 198 Manfred Zsak 33 Marc Rieper 90 Checklist 71-140 143 Marco Simone 199 Franz Wohlfahrt 34 Stefan Schwarz 91 Sergio Vasquez 144 Lee Sharpe 200 Checklist 141-210 35 Renato 92 Vitor Baia 145 Cobi Jones 36 Marco Van Basten 93 Giuseppe Signori 146 Demetrio Albertini Bora’s Select 37 John Catliff 94 Thomas Ravelli 147 Josep Guardiola B1 of 10 Argentina 38 Gianluca Vialli 95 Andy Goram B2 of 10 Germany 39 Dennis Bergkamp 96 John Jensen 148 Dino Baggio B3 of 10 Brazil 40 Erik Thorstvedt 97 Jose Baquero 149 Kim Christofte B4 of 10 Italy 41 Paulo Futre 98 Danny Boffin 150 Kevin Sheedy B5 of 10 USA 42 Andrei Kantchelskis 99 Steve Staunton 151 Frank Farina B6 of 10 Holland 43 Albert Ferrer 100 Hugo Perez 152 Luc Nilis B7 of 10 Mexico 44 Andy Townsend 153 Abel Balbo B8 of 10 France 45 Brian Laudrup International All-Stars 154 Dennis Irwin B9 of 10 Ireland 46 John Harkes 101 Marco Van Basten 155 Andreas Ogris B10 of 10 Belgium 47 Marcelo Balboa 102 Peter Schmeichel 156 Paul Merson World Star Holograms 48 Lars Elstrup 103 Georges Grun 157 Terry Phelan Ruud Gullit 49 Ramon Ramirez 104 Paolo Maldini 158 Gary McAllister Brian Laudrup 50 Philippe Albert 105 Ronald Koeman 159 Nigel Clough Jorge Campos 51 Checklist1-70 106 Richard Gough 160 David Batty Roberto Baggio 52 Tony Adams 107 Paul Gascoigne 161 Miguel Espana Bebeto 53 Paul McGrath 108 Frank Rijkaard 162 Dmitry Kharin Oscar Ruggeri 54 Flemming Povlsen 109 Rai 163 Ian Wright Emilio Butrageno 55 Roy Wegerle 110 Roberto Baggio 164 Marc Degruyse Eric Wynalda 56 Paul Gascoigne 111 Brian Laudrup 165 Thomas Dooley Paul Gascoigne 57 Carlos Valderrama 112 Marco Van Basten 166 Klas Ingesson .
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