Worst Football Player In The World: Take a look at the list of top 5 footballers who have been derived as the worst to ever play the sport professionally.
The sport of football in undoubtedly the most popular one. A team sport which is played all around the globe, is known to be the a key reason that unites the sporting fans. However football is not only the most popular sport, but the most scrutinized and analyzed as well.
So are you wondering who are these worst spoken about players and which team did they play for in their professional career? Don’t worry, if this is your lookout then we have got you covered, as we list down the same into his article.
Worst Football Player In The World: Top 5 Worst Footballers of ALL Time
5. Royston Drenthe
His signing in 2008 by Real Madrid, is till date determined as one of the worst in club’s history. Although Royston Drenthe got a good start to his professional football career at Madrid, yet it led to an extent where he was booed in Santiago Bernabue by his own fans.
4. Chris Kamara
He is the funniest commentator and analyst to be paired in with Sky Sports, just like his analyzations, his career in the top flight was equally funny and more to say, painful. Although in the lower divisions, Kamara was termed as an average player. His mistakes and poor touches are still laughed upon in viral videos.
3. Gus Caesar
His stint at Arsenal FC was termed as ‘Frozen Rabbit’ by the home fans as his defensive skills used to help the other team more than his own team.
His performance in the 1988 League Cup finals against Luton town still sends chills down Arsenal fans’ spine as they can still remember him falling over his own feet slicing a clearance straight into the path of Luton’s attackers and dozing off while the rest of the team tried playing offside.
2. Massimo Taibi
He was Peter Schmeichel’s replacement and Manchester United and probably the worst $4.5 Million ever spent by the Red Devils. This track-suited goalkeeper had more slips from underneath his fingers, leading to goals rather than saves.
One could get an overview of his performance, as he made only 4 appearances for Manu and that was more than enough for him to be shown the door.
1. Ali Dia
No article in the world would rather choose a different player than Ali Dia for this list. To cut the long story of the shortest professional career life, Ali Dia’s friend called up then Southampton manager Graeme Souness.
He convinced him that it was legendary striker George Weah on the other end and that Ali Dia was in fact his cousin who played for French side Paris Saint Germain. It took them a whole of 52 minutes to convince the manager and he was given a one-month contract.
Ali Dia made his debut as a substitute, replacing Matt le Tissier and then 32 minutes later was substituted off in the 85th minute and that was all the playing he did for Southampton.
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