1- Dean
Saunders
Like
his contemporaries, Mark Hughes and Ian Rush, Welsh striker Dean Saunders
represented his Nation (80s-90s) at a time when they were unable or unlucky to
qualify for the Finals of any Tournament.
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Photo
From: France Football, Issue 2366 , August 13, 1991
(Dean
Saunders at Liverpool, 1991/92)
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2- Gioavne
Elber
1990s
Brazilian forward Giovane Elber’s only made sporadic appearances for Brazil
despite going to Europe at a young age and especially impressing in the
Bundesliga with Stuttgart and Bayern Munich. His best opportunity would have
been the 1998 World Cup, but with Ronaldo and others ahead of him, he was
overlooked.
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Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 122, March 1999
(Giovane
Elber at Bayern Munich)
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3- Humberto
Coelho
Long
serving Benfica (late 60s-early 80s, two years with Paris St. Germain in
between) defender Humberto Coelho like many of his Portuguese contemporaries
missed as much as Four World Cups as Portugal were unable to qualify for any of
them
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 89, May 1983
(Humberto
Coelho at Benfica)
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4- Jocelyn
Angloma
French
Defender Jocelyn Angloma’s best chance to appear in a World Cup would have been
the 1994 World Cup. Unfortunately for him, the French were eliminated by
Bulgaria in their Final Qualifier on November 17, 1993 (France 1-Bulgaria 2).
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Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 144, January 2001
(Jocelyn
Angloma at Valencia)
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5- Duncan
Edwards
21
year old Duncan Edwards would surely have appeared in the 1958 World Cup and
perhaps many more had he not perished with many of his Manchester United
Teammates at Munich on February 21, 1958.
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Photo
From: England, Player By Player, Author: Graham Betts
(Duncan
Edwards)
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