After retirement
Baggio was given an international send-off match on 28 April 2004 against Spain.

He was invited to play for the European XI at the Football for Hope Indian Ocean tsunami relief benefit on 15 February 2005 at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, but he declined the invitation.

Baggio wrote an autobiography titled Una porta nel cielo (A Goal in the Sky, but also A Gate...). In it, he told of many rifts with managers.

Baggio is known as Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail), for the hairstyle he wore for most of his career and his Buddhist background.

On his 40th birthday (February 18, 2007), Roby started his new website to converse with his fans. As per his website he doesn't intend to return to mainstream football but rather exchange words with his fans on his blogs.
http://www.robertobaggio.com/en/

Duke Red: I'm with u

On 5th September 2006, Steve McManaman was named #22 in Liverpoolfc.tv's "100 Players Who Shook The Kop" list, with McManaman also still holding on to the club's record for most goal assists in its history so far.

McManaman retired from his playing career after being released by Manchester City, on 20 May 2005. McManaman has personally reported that he has been working on Goal! 2, the sequel to Goal!, a movie which stars Kuno Becker becoming a fictional superstar at Newcastle United. McManaman wrote the following in the Daily Telegraph in February 2006: "The second part follows his move to Real Madrid, filmed with my former team-mates at the Bernabeu. I'm helping to choreograph the training-ground action shots, check for authenticity in the dressing-room, and so on. The director (Jaume Collet-Serra) gave me a cameo role. I was told to do lots of manic high-fives..." As of 2007, McManaman has also become an Associate Producer of the film.

McManaman has since also been active as a media commentator and pundit, and has provided analysis for ITV media for the 2005 Champions League Final, and for ESPN Star in Asia in 2006, where McManaman's experience both as a former Premiership star as well as in Spain have enabled him to analyse the game in Europe in depth. In an interview with ESPN in 2004 he also expressed interest in being a club manager and claimed to be obtaining his coaching badges. In October 2006 McManaman played in a charity match for Liverpool Legends against Celtic Legends.

In December 2006, the South China Morning Post reported that McManaman would begin playing again, signing for the Hong Kong side Hong Kong Rangers. Although initially confirmed at a press conference held by the club, McManaman later announced that a knee injury had scuppered his move before the deadline, and that he would unlikely make any return in a professional capacity in future. "I played a couple of months ago for the old Liverpool team (against Celtic). That's something I really enjoyed. Certainly, I will play more games but not in a professional capacity like these young boys. Whether I can play is another thing because you need to do some serious training. It's nice to be a fan rather than a player. Life has been very good for me. Football has been very good to me. Football has consumed my life since I was 17 . Every day you think about football and every day you prepare for the next game. It's nice to step back and travel and see lots of people. I can see more of my family and spend more time with my wife and young child," he said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McManaman

Luis Enrique, fullname Luis Enrique Martínez García (born May 8, 1970 in Gijon)

On August 10th, 2004, at the age of 34, Luis Enrique announced his retirement, feeling that he could no longer keep up to the standards he set for himself. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Luis Enrique's personal blog
http://objetivosluisenrique.blogspot.com/