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28.06.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

27.06.02

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau

Rapid Bucharest(Rom)

Rom

12.02.1968

Mid

Retired in order to spend more time with his family

27.06.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

13.06.02

Niall Quinn

Sunderland(Eng)

Irl

06.10.1966

SC

resigned from international duty

13.06.02

Eric Boghossian

SC Parma(Ita)

Fra

27.10.1970

SWDMC

resigned from international duty

27.05.02

Patrick Klyk

SV Elversberg(Ger)

Ger

01.10.1975

DM/AMSR

Has to retire due to knee injury.

30.05.02

Heiko Malende

Rotenburger SV(Ger)

Ger

1967

DC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.05.02

Hans Pflügler

Bayern München Amat.(Ger)

Ger

27.03.1960

D/DMLC

hangs up his boots due to age, was reactivated for season 01/02

30.05.02

Asif Saric

SC Paderborn(Ger)

Bos

15.01.1965

AMLC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.05.02

Udo Tautenhahn

Erzgebirge Aue(Ger)

Ger

02.08.1966

SWD/DMC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Christian Wück

Arminia Bielefeld(Ger)

Ger

09.06.1973

AML

reason of retirement unknown

26.06.02

Hwang Sun-Hong

Suwon Blue Wings(Kor)

Kor

14.07.1968

SC

resigned from international duty

23.05.02

Bernhard Weis

Eintracht Trier(Ger)

Ger

13.03.1976

SC

reason of retirement unknown

26.06.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

17.06.02

Frank Leboeuf

Olympique Marseille(Fra)

Fra

22.01.1968

SWDC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Youri Djorkaeff

Bolton Wanderers(Eng)

Fra

09.03.1968

AMSLC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Christophe Dugarry

Girondins Bordeaux(Fra)

Fra

24.03.1972

SLC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Gabriel Omar Batistuta

AS Roma(Ita)

Arg

01.02.1969

SC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Claudio Caniggia

Glasgow Rangers(Sco)

Arg/Ita

09.01.1967

SRLC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Tomasz Waldoch

Schalke 04(Ger)

Pol

10.05.1971

DC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Tomasz Hajto

Schalke 04(Ger)

Pol

16.10.1972

DC

resigned from international duty

17.06.02

Hendrik Larsson

Celtic Glasgow(Sco)

Swe

20.09.1971

AMSC

resigned from international duty

24.06.02

Martin Keown

Arsenal London(Eng)

Eng

24.07.1966

DC

resigned from international duty

24.06.02

Ike Shorunmu

unknown club or un-attached

Nga

16.10.1967

GK

resigned from international duty

03.06.02

Michael Fersch

Jahn Regensburg(Ger)

Ger

23.07.1968

SWDC

retired due to his job

03.06.02

Guido Streichsbier

TSG Hoffenheim(Ger)

Ger

21.10.1969

MLC

reason unknown, will concentrate on young player education

23.06.02

Luis Enrique

FC Barcelona(Spa)

Spa

08.05.1970

AMRLC

resigned from international duty

23.06.02

Fernando Hierro

Real Madrid(Spa)

Spa

23.03.1968

D/DMC

resigned from international duty

21.06.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

16.06.02

Stig Töfting

Bolton Wanderers(Eng)

Den

14.08.1969

DMRC

resigned from international duty

16.06.02

Peter Kjær

Aberdeen(Sco)

Den

05.11.1965

GK

resigned from international duty

16.06.02

Brian Steen Nielsen

Malmö FF(Swe)

Den

28.12.1968

DMLC

resigned from international duty

16.06.02

Jan Heintze

PSV(Hol)

Den

17.08.1963

D/DML

resigned from international duty

15.06.02

Wilmar Lopez

Alajuelense(Crc)

Crc

03.08.1971

AML

resigned from international duty

15.06.02

Erick Lonnis

Deportivo Saprissa(Crc)

Crc

09.09.1965

GK

resigned from international duty

15.06.02

Hernan Medford

Deportivo Saprissa(Crc)

Crc

23.05.1968

AMSR

resigned from international duty

13.06.02

Markus Praschil

SpVgg Bayreuth(Ger)

Ger

1965

GK

reason unknown

04.06.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

27.05.02

Miroslav Kadlec

Stavo Artikel Brno(Cze)

Cze

22.06.1964

SWDC

He retires as player and takes job as Dir of Football at the club

24.05.02

Sven Andersson

West Ham Utd(Eng)

Swe

06.10.1963

GK

hangs up his boots due to age

26.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

23.05.02

Daniel Jurgeleit

Holstein Kiel(Ger)

Ger

15.12.1963

AMSC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Uwe Zimmermann

Eintracht Braunschweig(Ger)

Ger

11.02.1962

GK

hangs up his boots due to age

16.05.02

Torsten Wohlert

MSV Duisburg

Ger

10.12.1965

DC

reason unknown

25.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

23.05.02

Adam Oliver

W.B.A.(Eng)

Eng

25.10.1980

MC

Had to retire after continuing injuries

24.05.02

Abel Balbo

Boca Juniors(Arg)

Arg/Ita

01.06.1966

SC

reason unknown

20.05.02

Manfred Stutz

Unterhaching(Ger)

Ger

17.03.1966

SWDC

hangs up his boots and becomes Unterhaching B-team manager

20.05.02

Stuart Pearce

Manchester City(Eng)

Eng

24.04.1962

DLC

hangs up his boots due to age

19.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

16.05.02

Sergei Gorlukovich

FC Mika(Arm)

Rus

18.11.1961

SWDLC

hangs up his boots due to age

15.05.02

Lee Dixon

Arsenal London(Eng)

Eng

17.03.1964

DR

hangs up his boots due to age

16.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

30.06.02

Christian Meyer

SC Verl(Ger)

Ger

24.12.1968

SWDMC

reason unknown

10.05.02

Frank Edmond

Eintracht Braunschweig(Ger)

Ger

23.12.1966

DC

He couldn't recover from injured achilles tendon

13.05.02

Markus von Ahlen

Alemannia Aachen(Ger)

Ger

01.01.1971

D/DMRC

couldn't recover from torn ligament

13.05.02

Christian Schmidt

Alemannia Aachen(Ger)

Ger

31.07.1971

GK

reason unknown

13.05.02

Pontus Kåmark

IFK Göteborg(Swe)

Swe

05.04.1969

DRLC

Retired as he is unlikely to recover fully from his recurring knee injury.

12.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

09.05.02

Andrew Cole

Blackburn Rovers(Eng)

Eng

15.10.1971

SC

resigned from international duty after being left out of England squad

09.05.02

Simon Davies

Tottenham Hotspurs(Eng)

Wal

23.10.1979

MRC

resigned from international duty

30.06.02

Mario Neumann

BV Cloppenburg(Ger)

Ger

16.12.1966

GK

reason unknown

02.05.02

Christoph Hammel

Vorwärts/Wacker (Ger)

Ger

1983

Def

due to cartilage damage

07.05.02

Marc Degryse

Germinal Beerschot (Bel)

Bel

04.09.1965

AMSC

reason unknown

02.05.02

Chokri El Ouaer

Esperance Tunis(Tun)

Tun

15.08.1966

GK

He retires due to chronic back pain

02.05.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

30.06.02

Krzysztof Nowak

VfL Wolsburg(Ger)

Pol

27.09.1975

DMC

hangs up his boots due to injury

30.06.02

Claus Thomsen

VfL Wolsburg(Ger)

Den

31.05.1970

DC

hangs up his boots due to injury

29.04.02

John Bosman

AZ Alkmaar(Hol)

Hol

02.01.1965

SC

Has been forced to terminate his playing days because of persistent minor injuries

29.04.02

Valdas Ivanauskas

BV Cloppenburg(Ger)

Lit

31.07.1966

AMSC

reason unknown

29.04.02

Stephane Guivarc'h

Guingamp(Fra)

Fra

06.09.1970

SC

The former Newcastle Utd, Glasgow Rangers and Auxerre player had to retire after he failed to recover from a knee injury

30.06.02

Marco Bode

Werder Bremen(Ger)

Ger

27.03.1969

DM/AM/SL

reason unknown

30.06.02

Kennet Andersson

Fenerbahce(Tur)

Swe

06.10.1967

SC

hangs up his boots due to age

23.04.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

24.04.02

Mehmet Scholl

Bayern München(Ger)

Ger/Tur

16.10.1970

AMC

resigns only from international duty

30.06.02

Uwe Kamps

Borussia M'Gladbach(Ger)

Ger

12.06.1964

GK

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Olaf Thon

Schalke 04(Ger)

Ger

01.05.1966

DMC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Ian Durrant

Kilmarnock(Sco)

Sco

29.10.1966

MC

reason unknown

30.06.02

Eusebio Sacristan "Eusebio"

Valladolid(Spa)

Spa

13.04.1964

AMRC

hangs up his boots due to age

14.04.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

13.04.02

Igor Stimac

Hajduk Split(Cro)

Cro

06.09.1967

SWDC

hangs up his boots due to health problems

07.04.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

30.06.02

Ulf Kirsten

Bayer Leverkusen(Ger)

Ger

04.12.1965

SC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Dieter Eilts

Werder Bremen(Ger)

Ger

13.12.1964

DMC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Bernhard Winkler

1860 München(Ger)

Ger

24.06.1966

SC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Olaf Marschall

1.FC Kaiserslautern(Ger)

Ger

19.03.1966

SC

hangs up his boots due to age

27.03.02

Andy Hinchcliffe

Sheffield Wed(Eng)

Eng

05.02.1969

DL

hangs up his boots due to injury

30.06.02

Ruud Hesp

Fortuna Sittard(Hol)

Hol

31.10.1965

GK

reason unknown

30.06.02

Michael Kraft

Carl-Zeiss Jena(Ger)

Ger

23.04.1966

GK

reason unknown but he joins SF Eisbachtal(Ger) as coach

30.06.02

Hilmar Weilandt

Hansa Rostock(Ger)

Ger

29.09.1966

SWDC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Bryan Roy

un-attached

Hol

12.02.1970

AMSLC

retires to take up a coaching role at Ajax(Hol)

01.04.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

25.03.02

Kristian Zedi

FSV Mainz(Ger)

Ger/Yug

31.08.1974

Mid

After two years without playing due to a knee injury a permanent comeback seemed to be possible but the knee problems occured again.He had to stop playing

30.06.02

Matthew Le Tissier

Southampton(Eng)

Eng

14.10.1968

AMC

hangs up his boots after a string of injuries

29.03.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

21.03.02

Manfred Stutz

Wacker Burghausen(Ger)

Ger

17.03.1966

SWDC

hangs up his boots due to injury

30.06.02

Jürgen Kohler

Borussia Dortmund(Ger)

Ger

06.10.1965

DC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Erik Redeker

Go Ahead Eagles(Hol)

Hol

20.07.1968

DLC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Tom Sier

Sparta Rotterdam(Hol)

Hol

01.01.1970

DL

reason unknown

30.06.02

Kai Häring

Eichholzer SV(Ger)

Ger

16.04.1964

MC

hangs up his boots due to age

30.06.02

Oliver Schaufert

Eichholzer SV(Ger)

Ger

08.10.1964

SWDC

hangs up his boots due to age

25.03.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

19.03.02

"Leonardo" Nascimento de Araújo

Flamengo(Bra)

Bra

05.09.1969

AMSRLC

hangs up his boots

19.03.02

Patrik Berger

Liverpool(Eng)

Cze/Eng

10.11.1973

AMLC

resigned from international duty to be concentrated on Liverpool

18.03.02

Andrei Tchernyshov

Rubin Kazan (Rus)

Rus

??.??.????

Def

reason unknown

18.03.02

Igor Kolyvanov

un-attached

Rus

06.03.1968

SRLC

reason unknown

15.03.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

14.03.02

Sunday Oliseh

Borussia Dortmund(Ger)

Nga/Bel

14.09.1974

DMC

quits international duty after dropped by the new Nigeria manager

13.03.02

Franz Wohlfahrt

Austria Wien(Aut)

Aut

01.07.1964

GK

reason unknown

12.03.02

Maurizio Gaudino

Antalyaspor(Tur)

Ger/Ita

12.12.1966

AMC

due to some unknown physical problems

30.06.02

Francisco Narvaez "Kiko"

Extremadura(Spa)

Spa

26.04.1972

AMC

the former Spanish international decided to call it a day in summer 2002

03.08.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

07.03.02

Yves Eigenrauch

Schalke 04(Ger)

Ger

24.04.1971

D/DMRC

couldn't recover from cartilage damage in his knee

Jan 02

Oliver Kreuzer

FC Basel(Swi)

Ger

13.11.1965

DC

reason unknown

24.02.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

22.02.02

Frank Strandli

AaB(Den)

Nor

16.05.1972

SC

he has been forced to retire due to a recurring groin injury

22.02.02

Fred Grim

Ajax Amsterdam(Hol)

Hol

17.08.1965

GK

he decided to retire from football aged 36

21.02.02

Benoît Thans

La Louviere(Bel)

Bel

20.08.1964

AMLC

decided to hang up his boots after failing to recover from a serious injury

19.02.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

Feb 02

Phil Masinga

Al Wehda (Ksa)

Saf

21.06.1969

SC

reason unknown

19.02.02

Karim Bagheri

Al Sadd(Qat)

Irn

20.02.1974

AMC

Retired only from international duty.

19.02.02

Haim Revivo

Fenerbahce(Tur)

Isr

22.02.1972

AMSLC

Retired only from international duty. He said it's too hard to concentrate on the club, the family and the national team. Another reason is the failed World Cup qualification

19.02.02

Roberto di Matteo

Chelsea(Eng)

Ita

29.05.1970

AMC

couldn't recover from triple leg fracture suffered in UEFA Cup defeat at St.Gallen(Swi) in September 2000

15.02.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

14.02.02

Yashar Huseynov

Karabakh Agdam (Aze)

Aze

1962

Mid

Aged 40 he thinks that it's time to retire

04.02.02

Ken Martin

AGF Arhus (Den)

Den

08.06.1968

D C

has a stress fracture of the foot. "You don't have to be a mathematician to figure out that my season is over. Because of the [2002 FIFA] World Cup, the season will ready come to an end in May and there is no way that I can get back to my best within that

25.01.02

Boye Habekost

Vejle (Den)

Den

22.09.1968

GK

has retired due to a persistent knee injury.

11.02.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

10.02.02

Igor Shalimov

un-attached

Rus

02.02.1969

AMLC

wants to concentrate on his manager job at Stolitsa Moscow (Rus)

04.02.02

Andreas Kunze

Bergedorf 05(Ger)

Ger

04.05.1965

DC

reason unknown

01.02.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

01.02.02

Clive Mendonca

Charlton Athletic(Eng)

Eng

09.09.1968

SC

medical advice

30.01.02

Eric Dade

Dallas Burn(USA)

USA

19.01.1970

DLC

reason unknown

23.01.02

Date

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

Reason

Jan 02

Paul Holland

Bristol City(Eng)

Eng

08.07.1973

SWDMRC

failing to recover from a knee injury

22.01.02

Peter Karlsson

Oredro SK(Swe)

Swe

11.08.1973

DRC

has no motivation, despite a trialperiod at the norwegian team Valerengen in week 4, jan 2002

30.06.02

Laurent Blanc

Manchester Utd(Eng)

Fra

19.11.1965

SWDC

thinks it's time to retire

09.01.02

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Krzysztof Nowak

VFL Wolfsburg(Ger)

Pol

27.09.1975

DMC

Jan 02

injury

21.12.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Mark Watson

DC United(USA)

Can

08.09.1970

SWD/DMC

Dec 01

retired only from international duty

Carlos Hermosillo

Club Guadalajara(Mex)

Mex

24.08.1964

SC

Dec 01

unknown

20.12.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Recep Çetin

Un-attached

Tur

01.10.1965

DR

Dec 01

the player things it is time to call it a day

Garret Kusch

Un-attached

Can

26.09.1973

SC

Dec 01

he decieded to end his soccer career and to pursue a career in medicine

Aljosa Asanovic

Sydney United(Aus)

Cro

14.12.1965

AMC

Dec 01

the player things it is time to call it a day

13.12.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Wynton "Kiwi" Rufer

Football Kingz(Aus)

Nzl

29.12.1962

SC

Dec 01

age and problems with the manager

08.11.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Igor Pamic

Grazer AK(Aut)

Cro

19.11.1969

SC

Nov 01

injury

29.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Hansjörg Schneider

Fortuna Köln(Ger)

Ger

22.01.1966

D/DMRC

Oct 01

injury

24.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Frederick Peiremans

Real Sociedad(Spa)

Bel

03.09.1973

D/DMRC

Oct 01

injury

18.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Thomas Tennebø

Hartlepool(Eng)

Nor

01.01.1974

MLC

Oct 01

injury

16.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Zvonimir Boban

AC Milan(Ita)

Cro

08.10.1968

AMLC

Oct 01

had seen no chance to play

14.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Sergej Juran

Sturm Graz(Aut)

Rus/Por

11.06.1969

SRC

Oct 01

injury

13.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Eyjölfur Sverrisson

Hertha BSC Berlin(Ger)

Ice

03.08.1968

DC

Oct 01

retired only from international duty

10.10.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Christian Stumpf

Linzer ASK(Aut)

Aut

24.12.1966

SC

Jan 01

takes over assistant manager role

Alexander Högnason

Fylkir(Ice)

Ice

07.08.1968

AMLC

Oct 01

unknown

28.09.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Alex Nyarko

Everton(Eng)

Gha

15.10.1973

DMC

Sep 01

retired only from international duty

07.09.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Grigoris Georgatos

Inter Milan(Ita)

Gre

31.10.1972

D/DML

Sep 01

retired only from international duty

23.08.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Andreas Heraf

FC Kärnten(Ger)

Aut

10.09.1967

Mid

Aug 01

unknown

18.08.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Mons Ivar Mjelde

Brann Bergen(Nor)

Nor

17.11.1967

SC

Aug 01

he thinks that it is time to do it

16.08.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Ralf Weber

Eintracht Frankfurt(Ger)

Ger

31.05.1969

DMLC

Aug 01

unknown

09.08.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Bodo Illgner

Real Madrid(Ger)

Ger

07.04.1967

GK

Aug 01

unknown

19.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Steffen Kraus

Rot-Weiß Erfurt(Ger)

Ger

22.06.1968

GK

Jul 01

wasn't informed about new goalkeeper signing

Trifon Ivanov

Floridsdorfer AC(Aut)

Bul

27.07.1965

DC

Jul 01

unknown

15.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Tony Cottee

Millwall(Eng)

Eng

11.07.1965

SC

Jul 01

unknown

05.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Bobby Mimms

Mansfield(Eng)

Eng

12.10.1963

GK

Jul 01

retired in favour of a coaching role at Wolves(Eng)

04.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Gary Pallister

Middlesbrough(Eng)

Eng

30.06.1965

DC

Jul 01

injury

03.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

George Weah

Olympique Marseille(Fra)

Lbr/Fra

01.10.1966

SC

Jul 01

retired only from international duty

01.07.01

Name

From

Nat.

D.O.B.

Position

D.o.c.

Reason

Marc Bircham

Millwall(Eng)

Can/Eng

07.05.1978

D/DMRC

Jun 01

retired only from international duty