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Thursday, 15 January 2015

Upper Deck - 1994 World Cup ~ Swiss Edition (McDonalds) (02)


1994
1994 World Cup ~ Swiss Edition
Upper Deck / McDonalds
Switzerland
56 cards

 Andreas Henning has very kindly e-mailed most of the checklist for this collection, and two versions of two of the cards...
You recently asked for support to provide more info for the McDonalds Upper Deck set of World Cup 1994 cards.
I’m glad I can provide checklist and pictures.
I don’t have #12 nor the last 4 cards of the set, but I am pretty much sure #53 - #56 are German players' Hologram cards.
All cards are the same as in the regular 1994 (Contender) set – the only difference is with the hologram logo. It is showing the McDonalds logo instead of the Upper Deck logo.
Cards were only available in Switzerland at McDonalds with 3 cards per pack. Bi-lingual text in French and German. An album should exist, but I’ve never came across one.
Andreas has been collecting cards and stickers for many years and has a very interesting website - Trading Cards & Stickers.
UPDATE (05-12-2017 17:25):  Thanks to Harry for providing the names of the players featured on the hologram cards and some of the photos. This checklist is finally complete!
UPDATE (04-03-2023 14:17):  I've just learned that there are two different versions of the McDonalds cards - French/German and Italian/German and would you believe I've already got examples of both illustrated with this checklist. The Marco van Basten card is the Italian/German version and the Andoni Zubizaretta card is French/German.
UPDATE (06-03-2023 15:39):  herbie22222 has provided scans of both versions of card number 7 (Jorginho). The French/Dutch card is on the left and the Italian/German card on the right. The strange thing is the word 'career' is in French and German on the card on the left but the biography is in Dutch. I don't have a problem with French/German/Italian languages as all three are official languages of Switzerland. I've no idea where the Dutch part comes from. Really strange. You can see some of the cards available for sale here - Swiss+McDoanlds+Edition. 

1994 World Cup ~ Swiss Edition - French/Dutch
1994 World Cup ~ Swiss Edition - Italian/German

1.  Diego Simeone (Argentina)
2.  Oscar Ruggeri (Argentina)
3.  Enzo Scifo (Belgium)
4.  Marc Degrujse (Belgium)
5.  Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia)
6.  Branco (Brazil)
7.  Jorginho (Brazil)
8.  Mauro Silva (Brazil)
9.  Rai (Brazil)
10.  François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon)
11.  Carlos Valderrama (Columbia)
12.  Faustino Asprilla (Colombia)   -   added 23-11-2017   -   thanks to Harry
13.  Efstratos Apostolakis (Greece)
14.  Anastasios Mitropoulos (Greece)
15.  Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)
16.  Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
17.  Ronald Koeman (Netherlands)
18.  Pat Bonner (Ireland)
19.  Steve Staunton (Irland)
20.  Dino Baggio (Italy)
21.  Franco Baresi (Italy)
22.  Gianluca Vialli (Italy)
23.  Giuseppe Signori (Italy)
24.  Paolo Maldini (Italy)
25.  Hugo Sanchez (Mexico)
26.  Jorge Campos (Mexico)
27.  Mustafa El Haddaoui (Morocco)
28.  Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria)
29.  Erik Mykland (Norway)
30.  Erik Thorstvedt (Norway)
31.  Florin Raducioiu (Romania)
32.  Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)
33.  Andrei Ivanov (Russia)
34.  Igor Shalimov (Russia)
35.  Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain)
36.  Jose Maria Baquero (Spain)
37.  Martin Dahlin (Sweden)
38.  Tomas Brolin (Sweden)
39.  Adrian Knup (Helvetia)
40.  Alain Geiger (Helvetia)
41.  Alain Sutter (Helvetia)
42.  Ciriaco Sforza (Helvetia) – Future Stars
43.  Dominique Herr (Helvetia)
44.  Georges Bregy (Helvetia)
45.  Marc Hottiger (Helvetia)
46.  Marco Pascolo (Helvetia)
47.  Gu Sang-Bum (Korea)
48.  Eric Wynalda (U.S.A.)
49.  Tom Dooley (U.S.A.)
50.  Tony Meola (U.S.A.)
51.  Stephane Chapuisat (Helvetia) – Golden Boots
52.  Romario (Brazil) – Golden Boots
53.  Bebeto (Brazil) - Hologram   -   added 05-12-2017   -   thanks to Harry
54.  Roberto Baggio (Italy) - Hologram   -   added 05-12-2017   -   thanks to Harry
55.  Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) - Hologram   -   added 05-12-2017   -   thanks to Harry
56.  Emilio Butragueno (Spain) - Hologram   -   added 05-12-2017   -   thanks to Harry
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18 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 November 2017 at 13:32

    Hi! If still needed I can try to check who the missing players are. I should have a bunch of those and the album somewhere.

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    1. Alan Jenkins22 November 2017 at 13:55

      Hi,

      That would be great, thank you. It's just about the hardest Upper Deck World Cup 94 collection to try and compile a checklist for.

      Cheers,

      Alan

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    2. Anonymous22 November 2017 at 14:06

      Good, I'll check them by tomorrow and hopefully find at least some of the missing ones from the checklist.

      BR,
      Harry

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    3. Alan Jenkins22 November 2017 at 15:16

      That's great Harry, cheers.

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    4. Anonymous22 November 2017 at 20:00

      Hi Alan! I'm happy to inform you that this mystery has been solved! I found the collector's album and I had also the missing card number 12 (Faustino Asprilla, Columbia) and three of the holograms. In addition the albums inside cover has a full list of all the cards and players. I'll send you an email with some pictures I took and the whole list of all the players. BR, Harry

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    5. Alan Jenkins23 November 2017 at 07:53

      Hi Harry,

      That's great, thank you. I've added Asprilla to the checklist and I'll look forward to receiving your e-mail. Just in case, my e-mail addresss is:
      alanjenkins1899@gmail.com

      Thanks again,

      Alan

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    6. PopIcons2 April 2022 at 22:43

      Hi Harry,
      I hope you are well.
      My name is Laurence, I collect Upper Deck World Cup 1994 trading cards.
      I am very interested in your McDonalds collection and would greatly appreciate if you would email me to discuss. My email is: laurence@popicons.com
      I look forward to hearing from you.
      Thanks,
      Laurence

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  2. Jygg8926 February 2021 at 23:45

    Buenas noches, soy de Bogotá Colombia, tengo el álbum coleccionador y 40 tarjetas, si alguien desea fotografías puede escribirme a mi correo o al Whatsapp +57 3197365606 jgcatastral@gmail.com

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  3. Laurence Carpenter4 March 2023 at 10:00

    Regarding the 4 hologram cards from this set, are they exactly the same as the holograms that came with the other sets?
    I bought a complete set of the McDonalds cards French/German edition and the 4 holograms were all sticky and in risk of damaging the other cards so I had to bin them.

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    1. Alan Jenkins4 March 2023 at 11:55

      Yes, I think they are all the same.

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    2. Laurence Carpenter4 March 2023 at 12:23

      Thanks Alan, your right, I just checked with a fellow collector and he confirmed they are the same.

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    3. Alan Jenkins4 March 2023 at 13:39

      Hi Laurence,

      Thanks for the confirmation, it's good to know for sure.

      Kind regards,
      Alan

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  4. PopIcons4 March 2023 at 12:30

    Apparently there are two different language variations for this set, one in French/German and the other Italian/German.

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    1. Alan Jenkins4 March 2023 at 13:41

      Wow!, never knew that. It looks like I am going to have to try and find examples of both types, but these cards are so rare.

      Cheers,
      Alan

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    2. Alan Jenkins4 March 2023 at 14:14

      Just found a guy selling both versions on eBay but he uses the same photo for both types. I've written to him hoping he can help out.

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    3. Laurence Carpenter5 March 2023 at 23:26

      Yes, these are super rare. There is a guy on instagram who opened 27 packets of these McDonalds cards, I believe the cards he pulled were Italian/German. Here is a link to a video of him opening the packets:
      https://www.instagram.com/p/CKHZMSqgnCY/

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    4. Alan Jenkins6 March 2023 at 14:34

      Thanks for the link Laurence.

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