Canada, who played the last runner-up Croatia in the early hours of this morning, although Davis set the record for the second fastest goal in the group stage in World Cup history, but then conceded four goals in a row, finally making them the second team to be eliminated early after the host Qatar, even if the central midfield has teams such as Davis who plays for Bayern and David of Ligue 1 Lille, but it is limited in the overall strength of the team, but can achieve the first goal of their team history in the World Cup main game. Maple Leaf Country's World Cup trip is also a success, and throughout the world football there has never been a lack of superstar cases from small football countries, similar to the Canadian team Davis There are many more situations, the following is a simple combing to inventory these 10 stars who came out of small football countries.
Davis, who set the record for the second fastest goal in the group stage in World Cup history, could not single-handedly stop Canada from becoming the second team to be eliminated
The race takes a leisurely walk and sees dashing more than anything else, Berbatov
At the age of 18, he made his national team debut against Greece, and Berbatov, as the leader of the new generation of Bulgarian football, took over the great banner handed down by Stoichkov and other predecessors, and at the age of 17, Berbatov made the most important decision of his life - to become a professional player, and his grandfather Ivan, who believed in his football talent, also supported his decision, so he called his old friend and then CSKA manager Dimitar Peneve's phone call strongly recommended his grandson to him, "You won't be disappointed, this kid is better than any young man you've ever met." ”
At the age of 18, he made his debut for the individual national team
Berbatov, who soon rose to prominence in the domestic league and made his national team debut, ushered in the first major turning point of his career, at the age of 20, he joined the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen with Lucio and Plascent, and although Berbatov contributed 16 goals in the 01/02 season, the embarrassing Sanya king made the proud Bulgarian young man gradually realize that it was difficult for him to save the team alone; Later, after the core Ballack, Zeroberto and Lucio were poached by Bayern, Berbatov, who gradually became the team's first star, also received many requests from giants, and finally he chose to join Tottenham in the Premier League, and in the annual 50 candidates list of the Ballon d'Or announced by France Football in 07, the 26-year-old became the first Tottenham player to be shortlisted for the top 50 candidates for the Ballon d'Or since the French team David Ginola in '99.
After landing in the five major leagues, from pharmaceutical companies to Tottenham Hotspur, he was in the top 50 of the Ballon d'Or at the age of 26
But Tottenham is a small temple after all, when the wealthy Manchester City Chelsea and Manchester United, who just won the Champions League, came to inquire, the Bulgarian did not hesitate to take Manchester United as his next stop, but compared to the club career step by step, due to the overall strength of the national team, before entering the World Cup final, it was always only a dream that Berbatov could not achieve, until leaving Manchester United, from Fulham Monaco to later Greece and India have left their own footprints of dashing brother. He also failed to fulfill his dream of playing for the national team before retiring at the age of 38, which is also a regret shared by many small football superstars.
After joining Manchester United, Berbatov's career club level also reached its peak
The dashing brother at the national team level has always been incompatible with the World Cup finals
The fire of football in the world of ice and snow, Goodjohnsen
When it comes to Iceland, many people's first impression will definitely not be football, but this Nordic country covered in ice and snow has created enough surprises for world football in recent years, but before that Gudjohnsen was a little-known Icelandic star; Gudjohnsen's professional resume is brighter than many traditional football powerhouses, playing for Chelsea Barca and other big teams, he is known for his physical strength, technical delicateness, broad vision, and ability to play in multiple positions in the midfield, in addition to the extremely tenacious fighting spirit in the game, he also has a very high ability to execute the tactics arranged by the manager, throughout his career, Gudjohnsen has won a number of important titles including the Champions League;
Goodjohnsen, who has played for big clubs such as Chelsea and Barcelona, has lifted the Big Ear Cup at Camp Nou with stars such as Henry Messi
After ending his gold rush in India in September '17, Gudjohnsen announced his retirement, and like many stars from small football countries, his national team career did not have his first international appearance at the European Championship in '16, one year before his retirement; In that cup, in addition to the famous Viking war roar of Icelandic fans, the most impressive thing left is that the Icelandic team, which was always fish-belly in the past, miraculously reached the last 8, and then the 18 years of the World Cup Iceland also continued the good state of the European Cup for 16 years, and advanced to the World Cup finals for the first time in history, and Gudjohnsen, as the most familiar name of Icelandic football, was staged in 96 to replace the 35-year-old old Gudjohnsen by the younger Gudjohnsen. Today, Goodjohnsen's son has also inherited his father's business and chosen the path of professional football.
Goodjohnsen from Iceland, a small football country Their family's family name is now in its third generation
A generation of Serie A demon Vuccinić
Born in 1983, Vucinić was promoted to the first team by his hometown team Suteska FC when he was less than 16 years old, and by 2000, the Montenegrin striker who had just turned 16 was signed by Lecce, known as the Little Peppers, and made his Serie A debut when he was not yet 18 years old, it can be said that at the beginning of his career, this talented teenager from the former South Africa constantly refreshed people's perception of that football hot land;
Generation Serie A demon Vuccinić made his debut in five major leagues before he was 18 years old
In the 02/03 season, Montenegro has secured the starting position of the team, and in 06, Vuccinić, who was favored by Roma, first joined the team on loan, and then used his wonderful performance to help the team win the Coppa Italia that season, and he was also bought out by the team at the end of the season without suspense;
Although the Roma team can have the strength to fight with Milan and Juve in a strong dialogue, but always missing the league championship also let Juve throw him an olive branch, out of the desire for the league title, Montenegrons could not find a reason to say no, got the old lady Vuzinic, and finally began to come out of the shadow of the telephone door incident; His Juve debut season in Serie A scored 9 goals and provided 12 assists in 32 appearances to help the team return to the league championship, and in the 12/13 season, Vuzinić scored 10 goals and 8 assists in 31 Serie A appearances, and the team also successfully defended the title, and finally after winning three consecutive league titles for Juve, he left Serie A for nearly 15 years and went to the Middle East to pan for gold at the end of his career, joining UAE side Algazra;
After joining Juve from Roma, Montenegro helped the Bianconeri win three consecutive league titles
At the national team level, Vucinić missed the opportunity to play in the 06 World Cup due to injury, and later represented Montenegro in the international competition, scoring 17 goals in 45 games, he and Jovitic became countless top stars of the Montenegrin national team, but whether it was the European Championship or the World Cup, Montenegro was trapped by the overall limited strength and never achieved any good results, Vucinic finally ended his green career with regret.
At the national team level, his striker combination with Jovitic also failed to help the team reach the final of a major tournament such as the European Championship or the World Cup
Milan's iron guard Karladze, who holds two Champions League trophies
As a defender born in Georgia, Karadze is better known for his landing in Serie A, playing 194 games for the Rossoneri and winning important club titles including 2 Champions League and 1 Serie A, and the national team level seems that in addition to his 5 Georgian Footballer of the Year honors, whether it is the World Cup or the European Cup qualifiers, almost no good past is heard about the Georgian team worth remembering, after all, as a defender, in the era when he played, There are very few teammates who can work together to support the strength of the national team, and I am afraid that only fans who have watched the game for a longer time know names such as Kobiashvili, the Averadze brothers and Kim Kladze;
Looking back on Karadze's football career, in order to pursue his football dream, he left Georgia very early and finally reached the peak of his career in Italy, on this difficult road, Karadze gradually became the greatest footballer in the history of Georgia through unremitting efforts, his extraordinary adaptability and strong mental will, but also made him a generation of iron guards who testified to the last glory of the Rossoneri's Champions League.
Compared with his brilliant club career, Georgia, where Karadze played, could only play the role of accompanying the strong teams in the European zone
Finnish skate blade litmaning
In addition to the aforementioned Icelandic star Gudjohnsen, another small national star from this land of ice and snow is Finnish ice blade Litmanen, who is very similar to Gudjohnsen in his career, and has also played for many European giants such as Ajax, Barcelona, Liverpool and so on, especially his most brilliant achievements in the Netherlands;
The Finnish skate, who came from the front position, scored 26 goals in a single season at Ajax, and won the top 3 and top 8 of the Ballon d'Or once with his regular play in the Eredivisie that year, which is extremely valuable for a small football country like Finland, and the youth guard team in the Champions League final in 95 years won the Champions League championship and became the highlight of Littmanin's career; However, due to the overall limited strength of the national team, except for central defender Heypia, Finland's skating blades, which have few other good helpers, have never been able to lead the national team to taste the taste of the World Cup or European Championship main match.
Finnish skate blade litmaning
Pandev, the witness of Inter's triple treble
As another small national star from the former South Africa, Pandev's career is obviously legendary enough, after his debut in Velaska, he was quickly favored by Inter Milan from Serie A, but in order to let the young Pandev get more opportunities for practical training, he began a career of continuous loan, but fortunately in the Blue Eagle Lazio, the North Macedonian star found the most suitable soil for his development, and it was his highlight performance at Lazio In December 09, Pandev returned to Inter again, and this return was also the most important turning point in Pandev's club career;
In that legendary treble season, the mature male Inter team led by Jose Mourinho eliminated Chelsea, Barca and defeated Bayern by 2 goals in the final, becoming the first Italian team to win the treble after winning Serie A and Serie Cup, and Pandev, who joined in the winter window, also became an important part of that champion team; At the national team level, it was not until last year's European Championship, which was postponed for a year, that Pandev and his national team teammates reached the final round of the tournament for the first time in history, while he himself scored North Macedonia's first major goal against Austria, and Pandev, who had achieved success after the group stage of the European Championship, said goodbye to the national team.
The witness of Inter's treble triumph, Pandev, led the national team to the European Championship final last year
Dwight York, one of the Blackwinds in the Red Devils' treble winner
As the sweetest memories of a generation of Reds fans, Manchester United's treble in 98/99 was definitely one of the most memorable, when the Manchester United forward was led by Dwight York and Andy Cole, the pair of Blacks Wind, whether it was working together or helping the team win important titles, Reds fans still feel the blood boiling to this day, unlike England's homegrown goalscorer Cole, as York from Trinidad and Tobago, a small country in North and Central America. After all, it was not until 06 that Trinidad and Tobago participated in the World Cup finals for the first time in history, but Manchester United, with many top stars, can give him enough imagination with Cole's dark wind;
As the football banner of Trinidad and Tobago, York not only did not leave the football circle after retiring in 09, as the goal of many young football teenagers in his country, he also took root in football youth training work, and continued to use his strong local appeal to contribute to the development of the national team, and the picture of his and Cole's devastating goals left at the Theater of Dreams is the source of motivation for more talented players in small football countries to constantly strive to surpass themselves.
Leading the team to the '06 World Cup in Germany was also the highlight of Dwight York's national team's career
Two generations of the European Red Dragon's left-footed Tianzun Giggs & Bell
Although modern football originated in the English Isles, but unlike England's monopoly, like Northern Ireland, Wales has long missed the World Series, even if it once had top Premier League stars such as Ian Rush and Giggs, it still cannot change the current situation of the overall lack of strength of their national team, but this point seems to have a new change with the rise of a new generation of European red dragon players, a group of Welsh internationals represented by Bel Ramsey, In recent years, this long-dormant red dragon has finally opened its eyes, and the European Championship in 16 years to reach the last 4 is the best proof, the European red dragon who is competing in the Qatar World Cup, including Bel Ramsey and other international players, is likely to be the last time they will join forces on the stage of the competition;
The generation of Wales internationals, represented by Berramsey, has finally ushered in the team's breakthrough in international competitions
Bale's predecessor in the national team, Giggs, who has won 13 league titles, 2 Champions League titles, and 4 FA Cup titles with Manchester United, but Giggs, who wore the No. 11 shirt of the national team with Bale, was limited by the overall strength of Wales during his period and did not participate in the international arena for many years, but in 12 years with the benefit of the host, he was fortunate enough to participate in an Olympic Games, which was also a big competition dream on the left wing of Manchester United;
Unlike Giggs, the peak of the senior San Bell's career is more brilliant in both the national team and the club, although Bell did not win the league championship during the Premier League period, but after landing at the Bernabeu, the Great Saint created 5 years and 4 titles with the Galaxy battleship, including three consecutive championships, the national team has the opportunity to participate in the European Cup and this year's World Cup after having role players such as Ramsey as good helpers, and now bidding farewell to Bale in the mainstream European leagues, Finally, he has the opportunity to enjoy the purest happiness that football brings him.
Giggs and Bell, the two left-footed Tianzun, have successively become the banner figures of the European Red Dragon
The first African star to win the World Footballer of the Year and Ballon d'Or award, George Weah
George Weah, who started his football career at the age of 14, was soon seen by European scouts for his extraordinary football talent, although he did not win many team titles, but two Serie A, one Ligue 1 and one English Football Cup title, also allowed Weah to usher in the peak of his career in 95: World Footballer of the Year and Ballon d'Or, as the first African star to win these two major football personal honors, Weah is undoubtedly an epoch-making superstar;
But compared to the glorious resume at club level, the national team's record is very bleak, from the Africa Cup of Nations to the World Series, which makes Weah's football career look more like walking on only one leg, and in the eyes of many fans, George Weah in Milan was the best player in the world at that time, and his long-distance goal that almost spanned the entire stadium in the Serie A match against Verona is still fresh in the memory.
As the son of former Mr. Ballon d'Or, Little Weah has now scored his first World Cup goal for the United States
The last Ballon d'Or winner in Eastern European football Shevchenko
As the last star of Eastern European football to win the Ballon d'Or, Shevchenko, known as a nuclear warhead, is also the best memory of a generation of red and black fans, and quickly grew into a feared striker in the entire European football after landing in Serie A, in the 322 games played for Milan in San Siro, Sheva scored a total of 175 goals and 44 assists, and the championship honors included 1 Champions League, 1 Serie A title, 1 European Super Cup, 1 Italian Cup, 1 Italian Super Cup, 1 Italian Super Cup, In addition, he has won the honor of Serie A top scorer twice, Champions League top scorer three times, and European Preliminary Top scorer 1 time;
However, because in the national team, there was nothing to help teammates other than Rebrov, resulting in the Milan star's national team resume was blank for a long time, until in the 06 draw with World Cup runner-up Turkey, European champion Greece, veteran powerhouse Denmark such a fiercely competitive group, nuclear warhead scored six goals to contribute 1/3 of the team's goals at that time, almost single-handedly grabbed a ticket to Germany, and then reappeared on the stage of the competition in 12 years with the benefit of the host But apart from that, Sheva and his national team teammates will struggle to stand out again from the competitive European budget competition.
Sheva, who suffers from the fact that the national team does not have many helpers, can have a sky of his own in Milan with countless goals
Write at the end
There are many superstar cases such as the above typical superstars who came out of small football countries, such as George Best of Northern Ireland/Manchester United, Mkhitaryan of Armenia/Inter, Aubameyang of Gabon/Barca, Dzeko of Bosnia and Herzegovina/Inter, Adebayo of Togo, Sobosloy of Red Bull of Hungary/Leipzig, etc., they may be able to win the championship softly, but for international events such as the World Cup, they focus on participation. If you are lucky enough to have a final experience before retiring, it may already be a dream come true for these small country superstars.
Northern Ireland's famous star George Best is also a typical example of a superstar who has come out of a non-traditional football powerhouse