Best players to never win the European Championship?

[tentan]

Based of their European Championship performances? Try and make a starting eleven


I'll give it a go

-------------------------Buffon---------------------------------

Lahm----Cannavaro----Nesta----Maldini

Poborsky------Pirlo----Balllack---Arshavin

------------Rooney-------Griezmann --------------

Manager - Joachim Low

 

[KirkDuyt]

Robben. Good enough to be an 11 by himself.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Loads.

 

[bringbackbebe]

Most players get only 2 or 3 chances to win in their careers and the odds are stacked against you however good your country is due to the knockout nature of the format.

 

[harms]

Your XI is very good on its own. Džajić is the only truly necessary inclusion, you just can’t not have him — 2 times in the Team of the tournament and probably the best player of the 1968 tournament (Beckenbauer, I think, argued that he should’ve gotten Ballon d’Or that year over peak George Best no less!). Brehme also has 2 TotT inclusions and van Moer has arguably the greatest comeback story in history of the tournament (although you can easily switch him with better overall players like Matthäus or Ballack).

Buffon
Brehme - Cannavaro - Nesta - Maldini
Poborsky - Pirlo - van Moer - Džajić
Shearer - Griezmann​

 

[AndySmith1990]

Jimmy white

 

[Murder on Zidanes Floor]

Based of their European Championship performances? Try and make a starting eleven


I'll give it a go

-------------------------Buffon---------------------------------

Lahm----Cannavaro----Nesta----Maldini

Poborsky------Pirlo----Balllack---Arshavin

------------Rooney-------Griezmann --------------

Manager - Joachim Low

Beckham?

 

[Reditus]

Gary Breen

 

[Gio]

Good team @tentan

Your XI is very good on its own. Džajić is the only truly necessary inclusion, you just can’t not have him — 2 times in the Team of the tournament and probably the best player of the 1968 tournament (Beckenbauer, I think, argued that he should’ve gotten Ballon d’Or that year over peak George Best no less!). Brehme also has 2 TotT inclusions and van Moer has arguably the greatest comeback story in history of the tournament (although you can easily switch him with better overall players like Matthäus or Ballack).

Buffon
Brehme - Cannavaro - Nesta - Maldini
Poborsky - Pirlo - van Moer - Džajić
Shearer - Griezmann​

Aye. Like the Shearer shout too.

 

[DutchSerb]

Too many.

Greatest player to never even play a single EC game? Nemanja Vidic, probably.

 

[Bondi77]

Based of their European Championship performances? Try and make a starting eleven


I'll give it a go

-------------------------Buffon---------------------------------

Lahm----Cannavaro----Nesta----Maldini

Poborsky------Pirlo----Balllack---Arshavin

------------Rooney-------Griezmann --------------

Manager - Joachim Low

Relegation fodder.

 

[RedRocket9908]

George Best and Ryan Giggs should be the first 2 names on anyones list

 

[Juicy Juiced]

A lots, you could make 2 first eleven only from UTD legends.

 

[dazjoe]

George Best and Ryan Giggs should be the first 2 names on anyones list

Not if it's based on their performances in the Championships.
And if it's just anyone, then it's Cruyff, and it's not even close.

 

[Frank Grimes]

George Best and Ryan Giggs should be the first 2 names on anyones list

....for Manchester Utd legends you shouldn't bring home to your mother.

 

[Galactic]

There are many best players in this category.

The best player will be more interesting.

 

[berbasloth4]

Messi Maradona pele r9

 

[statpadder]

—— Buffon ——
Lahm - Maldini - Thuram - Cole
—— Pirlo —— Ballack —— Viera
—— Robben —— Zlatan —— Ribery

 

[Demyanenko_square_jaw]

Not too sure about Maldini if its based on performances at the actual tournament. He was good in the group stage at '88 but imo one of the worst players in the quarter final loss against ussr, didn't play well at '96 until Italy were almost out and his '00 was a solid aging-veteran fullback tournament, but one where i thought he struggled to cover the same ground as earlier tournaments and had some ordinary games, especially in the knockout games. I think his best international tournaments were world cups...great at Italia '90, USA '94 after the group stages, plus a good tournament in France too. Euro 2000 hd seemed slightly too late for him physically.

 

[Schmeichels pinky]

although you can easily switch him with better overall players like Matthäus or Ballack

Matthäus won in 1980

 

[Schmeichels pinky]

Hristo Stoichkov and Preben Elkjær

 

[Steve Bruce]

Gazza

 

[Steve Bruce]

Did Roberto Baggio win it?

 

[Red the Bear]

Bobby Moore,Bobby Charlton etc etc

Any good English player really.

 

[PoTMS]

Will Smallbone.

 

[WeePat]

Michael Laudrup.

 

[harms]

Matthäus won in 1980

Right! He barely played so it slipped my mind, but he did get the medal.

 

[stefan92]

Right! He barely played so it slipped my mind, but he did get the medal.

No wonder... I think for the national team he is remembered mostly for the World Cup win 1990 and for the disaster of the EURO 2000.

 

[Eurotrash]

Pavel Nedved

 

[barros]

Eusebio, Figo, Deco, Rui Costa

 

[surf]

Not if it's based on their performances in the Championships.
And if it's just anyone, then it's Cruyff, and it's not even close.

Yes, Cruyff stands out.

 

[lysglimt]

Messi - Messi never won the European Championship

 

[Redplane]

Messi Maradona pele r9

/Thread.
Its a damn shame they never won it.