As one of the seven traditional football powers in Europe, Portugal has given birth to many well-known stars in history, including eusebio, Figo, C Ronaldo and other historical top supergiants, but there are also some players, with extremely high talent, but ultimately failed to cash in, the career is mediocre
Quaresma 2003 Barcelona 2022 Guimarães
At the turn of the century, two prodigies were born in the Iberian Peninsula, called the "Lisbon Twin Stars", one is C Ronaldo and the other is Quaresma. Because of their similar age, the two became friends during their youth training at Sporting Lisbon, but unlike now, Quaresma was more talented and his future prospects were more optimistic, and even Figo called him his best successor. In 2003, When Quaresma moved to Barca, he thought he would start the road to superstardom, but his untamed personality and constant trouble on and off the field completely ruined his future, and his close friend C Ronaldo has long become the top player in football. Today, the 38-year-old Quaresma understands the "prodigal son back" and will use the last time of his career to enjoy football
Ilori 2013 Liverpool 2022 Boavista
Hilori, who also debuted at Sporting Lisbon, became famous at a young age, and at the 2013 World Youth Championship, Ilori played as the main centre-back for Portugal's U20 and played amazingly, which also attracted the attention of then Liverpool manager Rodgers, who was determined to strengthen the defense in the summer window of that year, and signed the 20-year-old Hilori for 6.3 million euros. However, in the Reds Ilori did not get the opportunity to play, on loan and lost the opportunity to exercise due to frequent injuries, as he grew older, Ilorius's former vitality and skills are slowly fading, after tossing Redding, Lori, Portugal, the 29-year-old Ilorie is in the golden age of center-back, but he is currently only on loan to Boavista as a substitute
Ronnie López 2013 Manchester City 2022 Olympiacos
In Portugal, López can be described as a big surname, of which Ronnie López was once pinned high hopes, known as "Nani II", is a rare talented player. Debuted in the youth academy of Portuguese Super League giants Benfica, he moved to manchester City youth in 2012 and has maintained the record of the youngest appearance in manchester City's history (16 years old). In 2015, Lopez, who did not get a chance at Manchester City, chose to join Monaco, showing his strength in Ligue 1, in the 17/18 season, López was signed by Sevilla for 25 million euros in the summer window with 17 goals and 8 assists, but the injury completely affected the performance of the rising star, he has not been able to get his debut goal in Sevilla so far, and this season he was loaned to Olympiacos, and his performance is still flat
Andre Gomez Barcelona 2016 Everton 2022
Throughout history, there have not been many stars who have been able to compete between Real Madrid and Barca, and Andre Gomez is one of them. His experience playing in the youth academies of Porto, Boavista and Benfica has made Gomez's style calm and sophisticated. In 2015 Valencia spent 20 million euros to sign it, and Gomez quickly became the core of the team in the Bat Legion, coupled with the excellent performances in the European Championship in 16 years, Real Madrid and Barcelona all hoped to get him, and finally Barca won gomez for a total price of 55 million, but the deal proved to be a failure. Gomez is completely outside the team system, and injuries are frequent, barca sold it to Everton in 2019, and attendance declined after Gomez suffered a major injury in the Premier League
Bruma 2017 Red Bull Leipzig 2022 Eindhoven
Friends who like to play football games should be particularly familiar with the name of Bruma, in the FIFA14 and FM2014 of that year, Bruma double-speed explosion, but the absolute big demon, only so can be so favored by the game, mainly because of the 2013 World Youth Championship and the U19 European Youth Championship in Bruma's amazing performance, but also in the summer of 13, Bruma left Portuguese sports to join Galatasaray. In the Turkish Super League, although Bruma is on loan, but fortunately also continued his speed advantage, in the 17/18 season, Bruma was signed by the Bundesliga new leipzig, but unfortunately, as he grew older, Bruma had a big problem in self-discipline, which also limited his development, and now the 27-year-old Bluma is playing for Eindhoven, he is working hard to return to the national team