There are too many geniuses in the world of football, like shooting stars across the sky, fleeting, but brilliant as flowers. And now, how many people can remember the glory they left behind, now let's take a closer look at the football world that became famous at a young age, but was ignored by everyone.
Top1: Adriano
The former king of Inter Milan, he has a height of 190cm, a weight of 98kg, super explosiveness and speed, and perfect coordination and skill.
Adeliano was born with a left foot, tall and strong, with flexible technique at his feet, not only breakthrough and shooting ability, but also good at long-range shots and free kicks, and extremely strong individual ability. The title of "king" given to him by Inter fans shows Ader's status at Inter that year. However, Adriano's problem is poor mental quality, lack of consistency, often scoring hat-tricks in a game, and possibly falling into a goal drought for a while.
In the 2004-2005 season, he scored 16 goals for Inter Milan and was the team's top scorer. The maturing Adriano has become a regular striker for Brazil. In the Confederations Cup, which ended in 2005, Adriano scored five goals and won the Golden Boot and Ballon d'Or.
Almost everyone has decided that he is the next Ronaldo. However, since his father's death, he has almost been a different person, lingering in the night club, and his state has plummeted.
Therefore, in terms of the degree of waste of talent, Adriano can be described as the first person in ancient and modern times. In 2016, he moved to Miami, the fourth division of the United States, and after a few games, he ended his football career.
Top2: Pato
When you think of "Golden Boy", you may think of many stars, but when it comes to the "Golden Boy" who has played in the Chinese Super League, you may immediately think of Pato.
In his debut, he broke the previous record of 17 years and 239 days of goals held by "King of Ball" Pele, becoming the youngest goalscorer in FIFA Level 1.
On 3 August 2007, Pato moved from Brazil to AC Milan for €22 million. Pato was 17 years old at the time. In his first season with AC, Pato made 20 appearances for AC Milan, scoring 9 goals; In his second season, Pato made 42 appearances for AC Milan in all competitions, scoring 18 goals and becoming the team's top scorer. He also won the "Best Rookie in Serie A" and the "European Golden Boy"
Scoring 52 goals in 107 games for AC Milan, perhaps the arrival of Ronaldo influenced Pato, who turned his attention from the pitch to the night pitch and had an affair with chairman Qianjin.
Now 33 years old, Pato joined Sao Paulo again after transferring to a number of teams, and the former golden boy of the world is really embarrassing and emotional.
Top3: Balotelli
At the age of 15 years and 7 months, Balotelli played for Romezane in Serie C, setting an all-time record for the Italian professional league.
In 2008, the 18-year-old Balotelli renewed his contract with Inter Milan until 2011, and his annual salary of 1.2 million euros made him the highest-paid player among his peers. On 4 November, Balotelli scored his first Champions League goal against Cypriot Serie A side Anososis, becoming the youngest player in Inter Milan's history to score a Champions League goal, breaking the previous record of 18 years and 145 days held by Martins.
As the winner of the 2010 Golden Boy Award and the nominee for the 2012 Golden Globe Award, the strength of "Ba Shen" naturally goes without saying. But because of a star whose personality is ruined, if Ba Shen can control his emotions and deal with personal affairs outside the stadium, he will never degenerate so quickly, I can only sigh, I don't understand the world of Ba Shen!
Now the 32-year-old has converged his personality, but time is not going back, and he can only play his spare time with the Swiss league team Sion.
It could have been a top superstar, and Nahoba is world-class from the neck down.
Top4: Bojan
Bojan Kolkic, a player who debuted as Messi's successor, is a well-rooted Barca youth academy, and Messi's youth records have all been refreshed by him one by one, and he is regarded as the future star of Barca.
Bojan was once the pride of La Masia's youth academy, and Bojan, who was king of the youth team, was once Barca's new hope after being promoted to the first team, and the media said that he was more talented than Messi and would be the next Spaniard to rule Barca. After changing into the number nine shirt, Bojan seems to be lost, and after moving to Serie A, Bojan, who went to the Premier League, has lost the brilliance of genius.
Bojan has been in multiple teams, multiple leagues, and there is not even a place to stay for a long time.
After his contract with Kobe Victory expired in February, the 32-year-old has never found a new team. Former Barca teammate Pique revealed the news of Bojan's imminent retirement during the live broadcast, and on March 23, 2023, Bojan Krkic, who has been out of the mainstream for a long time, held a press conference at Camp Nou to announce his retirement decision.
Top5: Saviola
Saviola was at the top of his debut, making his first appearance for River Plate in 1998 at the age of 17.
In 1999, when the 18-year-old Saviola stood on the podium of the South American footballer of the year, what a spectacle, only Ronaldo of his age has done this.
He scored 42 goals in 83 league games over the next three years, scoring nine goals in 29 Copa Libertadores matches. At the 2001 World Junior Championships, Saviola went out of Argentina and South America to make the world know him, scoring a record 11 goals in six games, leading Argentina to the championship and winning the Golden Ball and Golden Boot of that edition. That summer, Saviola became one of the hottest new stars, and people even began comparing him to Maradona before leading Argentina to the 2004 Olympic gold medal in 2004.
Like Maradona, Saviola's first European leg was Barcelona, joining in the summer of 2001 for 25 million euros, and under Louis van Gaal, he played 105 league games in three years and scored 47 goals, but when Rijkaard arrived at Barca, Saviola gradually faded out of the main squad and fell into a slump ever since.
In fact, Saviola's statistics during the Barca period were not bad, but he has not won the trust of the manager, and can only be said to be a trick.
Top 6: Denilson
When it comes to dribbling masters, you may think of Ronaldo, but before that, Denilson was definitely the best dribbling master in the world, Denilson was good at continuous cycling performances, and was exclaimed by fans when he debuted Garincha was reborn.
How good his dribbles are, just look at this picture, in the World Cup against Turkey, he took the ball and went up to grab four people.
Denilson made a name for himself as a teenager with Brazilian club Sao Paulo and became a regular in the 1998 World Cup after making his international debut against Cameroon in November 1996. After the World Cup, Denilson moved to Real Baylis for a world-record transfer fee of €32 million. But as the first worth, he is completely unsuitable for European football and is known as "parallel goods". Denilson then moved through a number of teams without a highlight performance, and although his dribbling was still excellent, it was flashy after his twisting was familiar. The team also gradually lost its position as the main player. Denilson eventually moved to French club Bordeaux in 2005 and a year later to Saudi Arabia's Anasar, where he disappeared from the public eye, leaving the former prince of cyclists to play in Asia's third-tier leagues.
Top7: Anderson
Another representative of the fall of the "Golden Boy", Anderson played in the Under-17 World Championship and won the Ballon d'Or award for the most valuable player, which was previously won by Sesk Fabregas, who played for FC Barcelona.
Manchester United bought him from Porto for €20 million, and the 19-year-old Anderson had high hopes. With his first-class football talent, he quickly and easily won the blessing of the European Golden Boy Award. At that time, the whole world thought that he would be the best player in Brazilian football after Ronaldinho, and there was no one!
In the 2008 Champions League final, he calmly fired a penalty shoot-out to help United win the title.
However, the Brazilian midfielder born in 1988 has been getting worse and worse between 2007 and 2015 under Sir Alex Ferguson's own hands-on efforts, but he has fallen too quickly.
From the beginning when the team was not for sale, it was later dispensable, and in 2014 he was briefly loaned to Fiorentina until he was sold to Internacional Brasil the following year. Since then, Anderson has quickly faded out of the center of European football, and in 8 years Anderson seems to have completed his football career.
In September 2019, Sankak, president of Adana FC (Turkey's second division), announced that 31-year-old Brazilian player Anderson had decided to retire from the game.
Top 8: Sebastian Desler
Once the hope of German football, the darling of fans, Diesler was brilliant and hailed as Hasler's successor.
In people's imagination, he was supposed to be the captain of the German team for the 2010 World Cup. Famous at a young age, incredibly fast, precise crosses from the wing, lethal free kicks... He has all the technical qualities to become a master. Depression ruined his youthful face, and five knee injuries were operated on ruined his career.
Retiring at the age of 27, he has been insulated from football ever since, and although Deisler is gone, Basti is eternal. Whether in Bayern or the German national team, fans will not forget the figure of the talented young Sler. Had he not suffered from depression, he might have led Germany to the Hercules Cup, and he should have become Germany's next Beckenbauer.
Top9: Ganso
In 2008, Ganso made his career debut at Santos a year earlier than Neymar and quickly rose to prominence in Brazil. Clear-minded and quick-witted, Ganso quickly became Santos' midfield leader in the 2009 season.
Neymar, Lucas Junior and Ganso, Brazil's top three in 2011 by Worldwide Sports Network, are expected to become superstars at the 2014 World Cup. Since 2010, Ganso has been associated with Inter, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and other giants, he used to be Santos' No. 10, won the Copa Libertadores, Copa Brasil and São Paulo State at a young age, with a strong classic forward temperament: not fast, but the pass is deadly, the possession is super strong, and even has the style of Riquelme. However, injuries are also the reason why genius has become mediocre, "New Kaka" Ganso suffered two serious knee injuries, and the long-term recovery made him unable to improve and missed the opportunity to develop in Europe. But today, Neymar has become a superstar, Lucas Junior has played well in Paris, and the transfer to Tottenham has repeatedly become a key gentleman.
When Sevilla signed him in the summer of 2016, the spotlight of football was back on him, but unfortunately he did not realize his talent at Sevilla FC, and in the summer of 2018 he was loaned to Ligue 1 underdog Amiens. The French club was only four points above the relegation zone that year.
Coming to the small club was originally an opportunity for the Brazilian to regain his strength as a tyrannosaurus in a small fish pond. Unfortunately, the sky did not go as expected, and Ganso could not guarantee attendance in Amiens. At the end of the season, he moved back to Fluminense in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, and his European career ended in disarray.
Despite his six-year return to Brazil, he has been doing his best to prove himself, and now that Ganso is 33 years old and his career is final, he is responsible for his career going down.
Top 10: Giuseppe Rossi
It was thought that Giuseppe Rossi and Mario Balotelli would prop up Italy's forward line for the next decade, just like believing that Paccini and Cassano would be the next pair Mancini and Mihajlovic, as a result, everyone has already seen.
From the United States to Italy, from England to Spain, Rossi has shown his talent in many places, but more often than not, he has moved from one hospital to another to treat his fragile knee, and if it weren't for the injury, he might have gone further.
Before Euro 2012, the worst news the Italian national team received was that Giuseppe Rossi had a torn cruciate ligament and missed the tournament. Before that, Giuseppe Rossi had just come out of injury and returned to peak form at Villarreal. As a talent developed by Manchester United, Ferguson is optimistic about Giuseppe Rossi's future, and if it were not for the impact of successive injuries, he would surely become an Italian football superstar comparable to Baggio.