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Footballing moments you never knew these icons were there for

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Mon, 3 Feb 2025, 0:15 pm

These icons all turned up in places that you'd never expect them to

PSG's A-list penalty takers

Kaka won the World Cup

Bertrand's crazy debut

Lineker: stadium reporter

Potter pals with Dia

Ajax vs Puskas

Der Kaiser saw Gazza cry up close

Foden was there for the Aguero goal

Ronaldinho: Olympian

Sullivan's gloom

Iraola's final appearance

Daei at Camp Nou in 1999

Pep saw Henry ruin Roma

Souness's flag audience

The Cruyff turn venue

Busby the Olympian

Keeper rivals turned team-mates

Beckham's unlikely colleagues

Materazzi watched *that* celebration

Poch fouled Owen

The Fulham connection in Seville

Navas' nightmare against Neymar

O'Leary's a 49er

These icons all turned up in places that you'd never expect them to

It's a small world in football. Watch old clips of games from years gone by and you'll most likely recognise players on the bench who went onto bigger things, or team-mates you forgot played together.

The biggest moments in football are no different, either. With 22 players on the field at any one time, there are bound to be instances in which future icons of the sport snuck into frame for seismic occasions.

Well, here are a collection of people that you never realised were there for that.

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