Might be far fetched, but what about Ryan Nelsen, best NZ player ever and has coaching experience
Wynton Rufer is our best ever player
Rufer best then daylight to the next.
When I left the UK to move to NZ in 2003 the first time I heard the name 'Rufer' was when we moved here. No one in the UK had even heard of him and I have followed football all my life.
that's probably cause when he was tearing it up in european competition, english clubs were banned so there was not much coverage
can assure you though plenty of older fans in the UK are aware of him
Edit: As a young kid growing up in South Africa buying Shoot and Match magazines, I knew of Rufer due Werder Bremen's UEFA cup win.