The Players That Dissapeared

[Plan M]

I was watching a Sky Sports review of the 2008/09 season last night and a few players featured that I'd completely forgot about.

One of them being Aliadiere - he seemed quite a promising young player at Arsenal but (like so many of Wagner's youth) didn't quite cut the mustard.

He was playing for Middlesbrough last I heard - he scored a goal against the Arse that season as well.

What other players do you remember who seemed to have completely fallen off the radar?

 

[kouroux]

Mendieta

 

[Lance Uppercut]

De La Pena. I had high hopes for that guy.

 

[Plan M]

Mendieta

What a player he was.

 

[phelans shorts]

Mendieta

Doesn't really count, he was in his 30's when he had a disagreement with southgate.

 

[Xander45]

Mendieta

Hard to say he fell off the radar, he was pretty old when he joined Middlesbrough and then retired. Tremendous player back in Spain, even scored a screamer against us i remember in that 4-1 game for Middlesbrough.

 

[Cutch]

Wheres Forssell now?

 

[R.N7]

Liam Miller, literally.

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Liam Miller

 

[peterstorey]

One of them being Aliadiere - he seemed quite a promising young player at Arsenal but (like so many of Wagner's youth) didn't quite cut the mustard.

'2010–11 pre-season found Aliadière training with West Ham with a view to a permanent move to the London club. The deal fell through when he damaged his knee ligaments playing in a reserve game against Crystal Palace'. That's basically the story of his career one injury after another.

 

[kouroux]

Doesn't really count, he was in his 30's when he had a disagreement with southgate.

So what ? The OP didn't mention age of players did he ?
Another one is Djemba Djemba, where is that great player now ?

 

[phelans shorts]

So what ? The OP didn't mention age of players did he ?
Another one is Djemba Djemba, where is that great player now ?

So I take it Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane count then?

 

[kouroux]

Hard to say he fell off the radar, he was pretty old when he joined Middlesbrough and then retired. Tremendous player back in Spain, even scored a screamer against us i remember in that 4-1 game for Middlesbrough.

From one of the best in the world to playing for Boro'.He brutally fell of the radar, I personally stopped following his career when he joined them

 

[Xander45]

So I take it Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane count then?

There was a chubby brazilian bloke i remember as well, was pretty good back in the day.

 

[kouroux]

So I take it Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane count then?

Zidane and Figo didn't finish their careers like Mendieta did, absolutely no link whatsoever

 

[Plan M]

Fair play, Boro landed quite a few big names over the seasons gone by.

 

[phelans shorts]

There was a chubby brazilian bloke i remember as well, was pretty good back in the day.

Adriano?


There are literally hundreds to choose from.

 

[Xander45]

From one of the best in the world to playing for Boro'.He brutally fell of the radar, I personally stopped following his career when he joined them

Lazio are one the best in the world?

 

[kouroux]

I mean Mendieta was one of the best in the world.

 

[Plan M]

Kouroux meant "from being one of the best players in the world", not Lazio (I think?)

 

[phelans shorts]

Zidane and Figo didn't finish their careers like Mendieta did, absolutely no link whatsoever

They, like Gaizka dissapeared after retirement, there's a link for you.

 

[ryan_forlan]

igor biscan
anthony le tallec
alexi smertin
kleberson

 

[kouroux]

They, like Gaizka dissapeared after retirement, there's a link for you.

Who cares about what footballers do after retirement ? Surely the OP is talking about active footballers

 

[Mick1991]

Freddy Adu, last I heard he was in Portugal, haven't heard anything since.

 

[Xander45]

I mean Mendieta was one of the best in the world.

Ah right sorry, but he did suffer a lot of injuries towards the end.

 

[stubie]

Marcio Amoroso

Was brilliant for Udinese in the late 90's then had big money moves to Parma and then Dortmund but then went off the radar. Spells at Milan and a number of clubs in Brazil confirmed his downward spiral.

 

[Decotron]

Adu is a good shout. Overhyped piece of shit

 

[phelans shorts]

You brought up Mendieta, who didn't disappear whilst active either.

 

[Sunny Jim]

DAvid Bentley i know hes with Spurs atm but his carrer has been a downright spiral since he joined them.

 

[kouroux]

You brought up Mendieta, who didn't disappear whilst active either.

The way I see it he disappeared big time.It's a matter of perception, you don't agree but it's fine.

 

[Wan]

Gibson.

 

[Mick1991]

Ian Botham, whatever happened to him, I thought he was very good in the shreddies ad's.

 

[R.N7]

Claus Jensen
Nicolae Mitea
John O'Brien
Ilhan Mansiz
Andrés D'Alessandro
Francesco Coco
Maris Verpakovskis
Kiki Musampa
Benjamin Lauth
Alessandro Pistone
Nicky Hunt
Collins John
Evanilson

 

[phelans shorts]

Collins John what a shout

I remember him being fulhams main threat aged about 12, then not getting a game a year or two on, in the Dutch lower leagues now IIRC.

 

[Makki]

Evanilson

Heh, remember when he became famous (for Dortmund, was it?) and everybody here kept calling him Eva Nilsson.

 

[padzilla]

William Prunier

 

[Mick1991]

Lee Hendrie, maybe not dissapeared but he certainly did fade away.

 

[Cutch]

Andrés D'Alessandro

Brilliant little player. Thought he was guaranteed to become one of the top players in the world. Apparently he's just off the back of his best ever season back in Argentina. Would love to see him have another crack at a team in Europe.

 

[Mick1991]

Milan Barros as well.

 

[alastair]

Surely Seth Johnson?

And what did happen to Liam Miller?