The hard player: Kevin Mirallas
Born on 5 October 1987 in Liège, Kevin Mirallas y Castillo is a Belgian winger who began his career at Lille, playing 95 games and scoring 12 goals. He then moved to Olympiakos, where he netted 34 goals in 71 matches, before joining Everton FC – his longest club stay, with 186 appearances and 38 goals.
His career also took him to Saint-Étienne (69 matches, 5 goals) and Gaziantep in Turkey (31 matches, 7 goals). With the Belgian Under-16 side, he earned 10 caps and scored 8 goals. He retired in 2023 and moved into coaching, becoming assistant manager at AS Monaco.
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PlayThe medium player: Predrag Mijatović
Born on 19 January 1969 in Titograd, Yugoslavia (now Podgorica, Montenegro), Predrag Mijatović was a Montenegrin striker who cut his teeth at Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Belgrade, where he scored 46 goals in 114 games. At Valencia, he confirmed his class with 68 goals in 128 appearances, earning him a move to Real Madrid.
At the Bernabéu, he scored 36 goals in 118 matches and cemented his place in history by netting the winning goal against Juventus in the 1998 Champions League final, ending the club’s 32-year wait. He finished second in the 1997 Ballon d’Or with 72 points, behind Ronaldo. Capped 73 times for Yugoslavia, scoring 28 goals, he played at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He later served as Real Madrid’s sporting director from July 2006 to June 2009.
The easy player: Jay-Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka Okocha, known as Jay-Jay, was born on 14 August 1973 in Enugu, Nigeria. A tricky attacking midfielder, he made his name in Europe with Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring 25 goals in 116 appearances. It was at Fenerbahçe, however, where he truly shone: 33 goals in 79 matches, enough to even earn him Turkish citizenship.
After Turkey came Paris. At PSG, he played 113 games and netted 20 goals before heading to England with Bolton Wanderers, racking up 145 appearances and 18 goals. With the Nigerian Olympic team, he earned 6 caps and scored 2 goals.