As the "Samba Legion" and "Football Kingdom", Brazilians' love for football is well known to the world, and this enthusiastic South American continent has also given birth to countless geniuses and elves on the green field, Pele, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar, etc. There are countless, but there are also some players, they were once at their peak, but the peak was too short, resulting in the final failure to meet the expectations of the outside world, and everyone was lost
Anderson 2007 Manchester United retired in 2022
How strong was Anderson? At the age of 19, he won the Copa America with Brazil, won the Hand-picked Ferguson in 22 games in Porto, won the 2008 Golden Boy Award, was hailed as the successor of Ronaldinho, landed at the Dream Theatre for 31.5 million euros in the 07/08 season and became one of the three most valuable new signings in football that season, the other two being Torres and Robben. However, such a proud son of heaven and a future star was eventually defeated by injuries and indiscipline, Manchester United only scored 9 goals in seven years, and at the end of his career, he officially retired in 2019, ending his football life of high and low
Robinho Real Madrid in 2008 retired in 2022
"King of Bicycles", "Pele II", can get such a title, this person is absolutely not small, he is Neymar's idol, once with Diego on par with the Brazilian Twins, in the South African World Cup with Fabiano and Kaka and called the three kings of the Samba Legion, he is Robinho, Santos debuted, 21 years old to join Real Madrid, 24 years old landed in Manchester City, 26 years old to Milan, the major giants played all over again, but they could not find their own positioning and destination, coupled with the lack of alcohol and professional attitude, Even if Robinho has won 17 championship trophies in his career, even if Robinho is once the historical champion of Manchester City, after retiring in 2020, his entire career still has not reached the heights expected of him by the outside world
Pato 2008 AC Milan 2022 Orlando City
When we mention Pato, the first thing we think of may be his association with the Chinese Super League, his love for Chinese culture, his love affair with Barbara, and his sudden birth to the subsequent rapid decline. In 2007, AC Milan spent 24 million yuan to sign Pato from Brazil International at the age of 18, when Pato was promising, superb shooting, amazing speed, Golden Boy Award, Serie A championship, 24 seconds blitz Barca and other honors and fame scenes, but frequent nightclub life and injuries again and again completely buried this genius, and then the only career has returned to Brazil and come to China for a short second spring, and now Pato is playing for Orlando City in the United States
Piazón Chelsea 2012 Braga 2022
Handsome appearance, flowing style, similar to Kaka, Piazon was known as the "new Kaka" when he first debuted, in south America's top U15, U17 youth championships, Piazón killed in all directions, the limelight, which also attracted the attention of many giants, in 2012 Chelsea 7.5 million signed it, but in Chelsea, Piazon never got the opportunity, he only played three times in Chelsea in eight years, but was rented out to 7 clubs, including Spain, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands Italy. In the winter window of 2021, Piazón permanently transferred to Braga, Portugal, and just last season, Piazón finally won the first championship trophy of his career - the Portuguese Cup with Braga
Ganso 2016 Sevilla 2022 Fluminense
If the name Paulo Enrique Sagas de Lima is unfamiliar to you, then Ganso you must have heard, as Neymar's best friend, both debuted in Santos, and were favored by many European teams early, but unlike Neymar's landing in the giants, Ganso, known as "Zidane 2.0", wants to first establish a foothold in south America, where the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Del Fide, the Cup winners, the Copa Dopa, the São Paulo State Championship, almost all the championships have been won by Ganso, But the price paid was several knee surgeries and the lack of interest in European teams, until 2016, the 27-year-old Ganso landed in European football for the first time, came to Sevilla, here, or on loan to Amiens, the injury still did not let him go, just three years rushed by, Ganso returned to Brazil, joined Fluminense, perhaps here is destined to be his lifelong fate