#4 Marcel Desailly
Former French centre-back and defensive midfielder, Marcel Desailly played for teams in four different countries during his 20-year long footballing career. Having made his debut for French side FC Nantes in 1986, Desailly learned his trade along with current French national manager Didier Deschamps, who he rejoined at Marseille in 1992, after six years at Nantes.
Deschamps and Desailly formed a lethal partnership in the middle of the park and guided Marseille to their first and only Champions League victory over AC Milan in the final of the 1992-1993 season's edition of the competition.
Part of the squad was disassembled soon after their European success, and Desailly moved to Italy, joining losing finalists AC Milan, who pounced to sign the French defender.
Boasting the likes of Albertini, Maldini, and Panucci to name a few, Milan's addition of Desailly to the defensive ranks made the club favourites for success. Desailly created history with Milan, as the Italian giants went on to beat Johan Cruyff's Barcelona's 4-0 in the final of the 1993-1994 edition, and the Frenchman won his second consecutive Champions League crown.
Desailly was also part of France's 98 World Cup and Euro 2000 winning teams respectively.