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Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham’s stoppage time goal set up Manchester United’s victory in the 1999 Champions League final.

Patrick Kluivert

Ajax 1995
Patrick Kluivert scored the winning goal in the 1995 Champions League final

Miodrag Belodedici

Steaua Bucharest 1986, Red Star Belgrade 1991
Miodrag Belodedici is the only player to have won the European Cup with two Eastern Bloc clubs.

Martin O'Neill & John Robertson

Nottingham Forest 1980
Martin O'Neill and John Robertson helped Nottingham Forest retain the European Cup in 1980.

Paulo Sousa

Juventus 1995, Borussia Dortmund 1996
Sousa is one of only two players who have the European Cup with different clubs in successive seasons.

Kenny Dalglish

Liverpool 1977, 1981, 1984
Dalglish represented Scotland a record 102 times and became Liverpool's coach when his playing career came to an end.

Dirk de Groot

Ajax Amsterdam 1970
As the youth coach at Ajax Amsterdam for the last 30 years, Dirk de Groot coached countless future winners of the European Cup.

Antoni Ramallets

Barcelona, 1961
Goalkeeper Ramallets was in the Barcelona team which inflicted Real Madrid's first ever defeat in European football.

Jari Litmanen

Ajax, 1995
Jari Litmanen, the only Finn to have won the European Cup, helped Ajax to victory in 1995. He remains the 2nd highest goalscorer in the Champions Leagues after Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus).

Ronald & Frank de Boer

Ajax, 1995
Twins Ronald & Frank de Boer were both members of the Ajax side which beat AC Milan 1-0 to win the European Cup in 1995.

Sir Bobby Charlton

Sir Bobby Charlton

Manchester United, 1968
Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the original Busby Babes, scored two goals for Manchester United in the 1968 final against Benfica.

Larry Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

Nottingham Forest 1979, 1980
Larry Lloyd was a double European Cup winner with Nottingham Forest. Nottingham remains the smallest city in Europe to have won the trophy.

Ronald Koeman

Ronald Koeman

PSV Eindhoven 1988
Barcelona 1992
Ronald Koeman scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the 1992 final. Only ten other players have ever won the Cup with two different clubs.

Nigel Spink, Aston Villa

Nigel Spink

Aston Villa 1982
Goalkeeper Nigel Spink made his European debut as a 10th minute substitute in the 1982 European Cup final. He kept a clean sheet.

Jimmy Johnstone

Jimmy Johnstone

Celtic 1967
Winger Jimmy "Jinky" Johnstone helped Celtic become the first British club to win the European cup in 1967.

Franco Baresi, Milan

Franco Baresi

AC Milan 1988, 1990, 1994
Defender Franco Baresi lifted three European Cups as Captain of AC Milan. When he finished playing in 1997, the club retired his No. 6 jersey.

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