Ba, Clichy, Škrtel and co may have just been crowned champions, but Turkish football is so much more than a vacation for ageing stars
Outside Turkey, the maverick talent of Ibrahim Yattara remains a well-kept secret – but he was just as dazzling as Europe’s best
Rising against the odds late in his career, Steve Savidan was one of Ligue 1’s best goalscorer and a France international. Then tragedy struck
Though he had never donned the Cagliari shirt, when Gianfranco Zola returned to Sardinia in 2003, he was given a true hero’s homecoming
Spending years out of the game following a premature retirement, the brilliant Marc Overmars still had one triumphant return in him
Another late show from Turkey served to send Croatia crashing out of the 2008 European Championship on penalties. Ivica Klasnić’s last gasp goal looked set to have won it, only for the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE A sensational final 15 minutes in Geneva saw Turkey progress as runners-up in Group A ahead of their opponents, the Czech Republic. Things had looked…
Rising up from the ashes of other failed experiments, FC Moscow once came close to establishing a new order in Russian football
Rebranding former Bundesliga chasmpions Eintracht Braunschweig to Jägermeister Braunschweig would have far-reaching consequence for the world of football
It has taken over a century, but in Papu Gómez and Josip Iličić, Atalanta’s goddess has some players befitting of her beauty
Featuring a goat that’s named after one of the club’s greatest managers, the 1. FC Köln logo is one of German football’s most interesting and recognisable
Still just 25, you be sure Héctor Bellerín will try new things and look to do good in a world so desperately in need of his honest example
For the self-professed “Scotsman accidentally born in Calabria”, Gennaro Gattuso’s Rangers years would profoundly shape him both on and off the pitch
Were it not for Rot Weiss Ahlen taking him on when few had faith in his ability, the football world would not have the brilliant Marco Reus at the top
Vinny Samways’ career is something of an oddity. He remains far more renowned in Spain than England, revered today as one of Las Palmas’ greatest players
In these unprecedented times, the NHS is the life support that keeps society alive. These Football Times and COPA90 pay tribute to the NHS’s history
A freak of nature, Lothar Matthäus should long be remembered as one of the most complete footballers to ever play the game
Named after the famed leader Colocolo, the football team’s badge is a nod to the power and resistance of a man who fought the Spanish invaders