The huge population base determines that there is never a shortage of genius in the sport of football, but some talented players have not been able to reach the heights expected by the outside world for various reasons, and recently, foreign media listed five talented teenagers in Italy in the past, how are their careers now?
Joe Wenko 2013 Juve 2022 Sampdoria
The "atomic ant" Jovinko, who debuted in Juve's youth training, did not establish himself at Juve at the beginning of his career, and in 2011 he joined Parma and handed over an excellent record card of 17 goals and 13 assists that season, and in the 12/13 season, Jovinco was bought back by Juve, but his performance became more and more mediocre. In 2015, the 28-year-old Joe Wenko unexpectedly chose to join the MLB's Toronto FC, where Joe Vinco can be described as invincible, four seasons to get all the championships and personal honors that can be won, but also by the fans jokingly called "North American ball king", and in this year's winter window, the 35-year-old Joe Wenko returned to Serie A to join Sampdoria, can end his career in his own country, presumably also a good home
Balotelli 2011 Manchester City 2022 Demir Sport
It is hard to imagine that this former talented player, who has been on fire for more than a decade and has gone from the public to the disappearance, has experienced so many ups and downs, and is now only 31 years old. After Inter came out, the 10/11 season Manchester City recruited Balotelli to his command at a price of nearly 30 million, where Balotelli won the Golden Boy Award and became a real household name tomorrow's star, but due to various irrational and controversial behaviors, Balotelli should have smoothly become a great superstar Road became bumpy, leaving Manchester City after going to AC Milan, Liverpool, Nice, Marseille, only occasionally good performances, and this season, the "Bargo" who played for Turkish Super Demil Sports played well, This has made it more concerned by the Italian national team, and the former golden boy may be starting again
Paroschi 2010 AC Milan 2022 Siena
Once upon a time, there were many geniuses in the AC Milan front, Parosque was one of them, the youth training was rooted in the red seedlings, the wonderful shooting helped the team to kill, the fans were hailed as the future leader, and even the legendary striker in the history of milan, Inzaghi, had directly said that Parozki was his successor to the Rossoneri, so many praises were given to this young man who was not yet 20 years old at the time, but unfortunately, his peak was limited to this, after 9 appearances for the Milan first team, Parozki began to wander around, and now, The 32-year-old Parosque is playing for Serie C side Siena
Giuseppe Rossi 2008 Villarreal 2022 Spar
When a player scored 133 goals in 114 games in the youth team, is regarded as the "next Baggio", receives attention from all over Europe, and has played for Manchester United, Villarreal, Fiorentina, you will definitely equate it with the world's top stars, but unfortunately, this player's honor book only has an English League cup title and a Beijing Olympic men's football golden boot, he is the former Italian international Giuseppe Rossi. How strong is a peak and healthy Rosie? With 32 goals in a single season at Villarreal and 14 goals in the first 18 league rounds for Fiorentina, five serious injuries throughout his career and tears in both knee ligaments completely erased Rossi's spirituality and turned the top scorer who should have stood in the spotlight into an ordinary ordinary player
Cassano 2003 Roma 2022 Retired
But all older fans have heard and know the story of the "bad boy" Cassano, the genius teenager known as Italy's last nine and a half days, who was born in Bari, and was signed by the thirsty Roma for a record transfer fee of 31 million euros for U20 players, but at the same time that Cassano is getting better, his arrogant bad behavior is also exposed, and he has clashed with the team, teammates, coaches and even fans many times. In the winter window of 2006, Roma sold it to Real Madrid for only 5.5 million euros, and in the star-studded Bernabéu Cassano did not get much chance, and then he went to Samp, Milan, Parma, Verona, although he had excellent performances in both clubs and national teams, but it was fleeting, at the end of 2018, Cassano chose to retire, ending his 19-year career