7 Great Footballers Overshadowed By Superstars
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- From Thierry Henry often taking the limelight away from Robert Pires with both Arsenal and France, to Angel Di Maria often being in the shadow of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of superb but underrated players who were overshadowed by all time greats.
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"He (Angel Di Maria) has so many skills to be a super-superstar and he behaves like a no. six, he behaves like a helper for others, like a Real Team Player. Amazing Mixture!" - Thomas Tuchel
Someone watched the PSG baby pics video lol.
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The di maria thing always gets to me. He’s so good but he’s never really been on a team where he is the best players
He was probably our best player for the first couple of years he signed for PSG.
He isn't really only a forward and the forward will always be more liked so it isn't that easy.
@@danielamselli4980 Zlatan scored 50 goals in 2015/16. Ok, Di Maria is not a striker will be assessed more on assists or chances created but cone on, 50 goals overshadows it.
it's his fault that he always chooses teams jam-packed with stars. But then again, it's not his fault because most players want to play alongside stars. It's the sheep mentality of people, not just Di Maria's mentality
he had chance in Manchester United but he failed.
One player I can really appreciate, especially for his time in Wolfsburg is definetely Edin Dzeko. Tremendous striker who had the bad luck to be born in Bosnia Herzegowina. If he had been born in a country that could win stuff, he would be appreciated as much as he deserves to be
Yes he's so underated
he was never overshadowed on those 2 teams which is the point I think
@@trevorjoneill707 well depends. In Wolfsburg he was sort of overshadowed by Grafite, at City he was definetely overshowed by the likes of Aguero and Balotelli and Roma didnt really matter so noone paid attention
Stop insulting Bosnia
Bad luck 🙄😷😵 it's not
I'd say Edison Cavani. Overshadowed by Ibra, then Neymar even Membape. Now CR7. There are only a few seasons where he's the club main man. Even at National level, he's overlooked because of Luis Suarez. But he's, imo, one of the finest striker in the generation
he's rated quite highly, but agree only at Napoli was he the main man.
I remember at the WC 2010 actually both him and Suarez were overlooked due to Forlan.
Perisic would’ve been a good shout for this list, he was always good at every club he played for but was never the main man because he played with de bruyne at Wolfsburg and with Lukaku at Inter. And that’s not even mentioning the national team he has been excellent in every single tournament he’s played in but was always never as talked about as the big stars of the Croatian team like Modric, Rakitic and Mandzukic.
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Thanks for mentioning van Hanegem, he is appreciated here in the Netherlands but often overlooked everywhere else.
I think Di Maria is the most under apreciated and underated player of all time!
Maybe, I would nominate Segio Busquets personally.
Nah it’s Thomas Müller
@@safty9820 A year or two ago I may have agreed but i feel like he is brought up a lot now
@@finnmcneil7393 He was the guy with the most assists this calendar year and was still not nominated for balon dor top 30 . Nah , Muller is without a doubt the most underrated player of all time.
@@swikarneupane But everyone on the internet raves about him. He isn't as underrated because literally everyone knows how ggood he is
This video surely deserves a sequel! There's no shortage of examples to pick from. Loved the inclusion of Coutinho, he certainly deserves more attention and praise, even here in Brasil!
Alfie, If you do a following to this video in the future, I have some names I'd like to suggest:
Bebeto (especially in 1994's Brasil)
David Villa (Barcelona and Spain)
Claude Makélélé (first years of the 'Galáticos Era')
Jari Litmanen (at club level)
Costacurta also
Guti!!
Best example in all sports is with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan
Yeah Pippin was second best In the Records behind MJ had MJ not existed, well Pippin might not have been as prominent but I doubt that so he would have been the best, arguably the whole of the Bulls Team has that argument because in a Way Pippin and MJ and to a degree Rodman were the stars the rest were probably very good and had those three not existed then one of them could have been a Star. Albiet the Bulls might not have won as many things as they did
@@lorddarlo6194 Horace Grant may have gotten to Shawm Kemp or even Malone levels without MJ and Pippen and later Shaq.
@@Hyde_Hill malone is a bit off a stretch but I agree with the statement
Van Hanegem is a great example, star player of the Feyenoord team that won the European Cup and arguably the Netherlands' second best player ever, ahead of van Basten, Gullit, Robben etc., yet he is rarely mentioned anymore. Besides having brilliant technique and vision, he was nicknamed 'the Crooked' for his outside of the boot curling passes across the pitch, he was a notoriously tough tackler, very physical despite his lack of pace, and regularly scored double figures in the Eredivisie as well.
Barzagli for Juve and Italy, people always talked about Chiellini and Bonucci instead
I would agree but personally I think Barzagli was better then Chiellin but because he was a lot older Chiellini was just the future!
@@Midnight-ot3oi he also won the Bundesliga and the world cup unlike bonucci and chiellini
Chiellini was so much easier to notice because he was fast, strong, agressive and played loud.
But I liked Barzagli much more. He was more consistent, dependable, technically and positionally reliable. Things you can't see, measure or quantify, but over time it was pretty clear that he was Juve's best defender.
I think we all agree Barzagli was the best of the 3 but Bonucci had the best distribution. Correct me if I am wrong because I haven't watch Italian football properly in years... Also Chiellini had a lot of red card! I even remember he was a younger coming on for Juve against arsenal in the champions league, Juve had a man sent off so 10 men at Highbury and Chiliellini just came on and got sent off in like 20mins, leaving Juve down to 9 men. Who else remembers that? Cesc Fàbregas just bust on the scene at that time
I thought it was a trio with Barzagli being part of it 🤦🏾♂️
Can you do a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they went up the English football leagues.
Claudio Marchisio was my favorite midfielder for like 10 years, really happy to see him get a shout in this video
He’s one of my favorite players of all time ❤️🇮🇹
He's not overshadowed though, at least not in the Italian national football team - He was once their best player.
@@ruizheli1974 I agree with you, he is recognized by every Italian or Serie A fan and Italy wasn’t at its best in his era.
@@Manji21 Yep. Visibly Italy's most impactful player during '14 world cup.
An extraordinary genius who has a lot of talent but goes unnoticed ... but I'm always been a Di Maria fan. That one goal against France in 2018 alone is enough to show his ability... Di maria ❤️
In Portugal, we call that João Pinto, João Vieira Pinto to not be confused with the other footballer João Pinto who was a legend in the 1980s and 90s for FC Porto.
For a second part of this (absolutely brilliant list) I would suggest Thomas Müller. I feel like outside of Germany he rarely gets the kind of recognition he deserves. I would genuinely argue that he's overall, pound for pound a better player than Neymar and other "Ballon d'Or Winners in a world without Messi and Ronaldo " contenders that grab more headlines and attention.
Definitely guy is so consistent at being world class everyone is used to it lol
Yes, but he gets not as much attention because he's not flashy, you don't see him dribbling, yet his killer instinct as a player is 2nd to none. He always is at the right place and sends the ball in the right direction at the right time.
It’s definitely cause of the way he plays not very flashy but effective but very important kinda like busquets
@DDeglane16 I agree. I would not say he has been better than Neymar but Muller is the best german outfield player of his generation and he has never won the best german footballer of the year not even once.
@@znalniaskas Muller is better as a playmaker than as a goalscorer these days.
Pele always tends to overshadow the rest of the 1970 world cup winning Brazilian stars even though there was numerous star players on that team even without Pele they would still likely have won the world cup but its always Pele who gets the credit.
True that 1970 Brazil team bad ass never been a team like that again
I don't watch PSG that much but when i do, I always see Angel Di Maria as the only one running hard amongst Neymar, Messi and Mbappe.
Rui Costa was definitely a Midfield Maestro
Rui Costa, that Fiorentina shirt, memories... Great video!
A name that comes to mind is Santiago Cañizares, goalkeeper for Valencia during their really good period of early 2000s. He was one of the outstanding GKs in Spanish football, but he happened to coincide with a rising star like Casillas. Cañizares was very highly regarded in Spain and would feature for the NT some times, but Casillas was most often the first choice and would become far more recognized internationally. It's fair, as Casillas really was a top-3 world class GK, but Cañizares was also brilliant in his own right, and could have been a bit more widely known if Casillas hadn't burst into the scene at such a young age.
Also he missed a world cup, because he injured himself with a bottle of after shave shortly before the tournament, if i recall correctly.
@@Jonathanizer he's also a professional rally driver, and won a celebrity dance competition in Spain. A boring character, he's not.
Do you think Keylor Navas should be in this list? Doesn't get applauded for his efforts in both Madrid and PSG
Goalkeepers, even if the best player on a team, are rarely the most appreciated. So it's kinda fitting they don't even get credit in a video with the purpose of giving credit to those who are overshadowed. This video could have been 7 goalkeepers, but it wasn't, because they were overshadowed by attacking players^^
Juninho Pernambucano was overshadowed in the Brazilian national team, also Jorge Burruchaga was an incredible player in his prime, very elegant on the ball, quite fast and athletic and had great vision but he is not as well known as his teammate Diego Maradona.
Man Utd fan here, and I’m glad to see Carrick on a list of underrated talents. Even having watched the club for nearly 3 decades, he is one of my favorite players of all time, very much an English Pirlo to me.
From an arsenal fans perspective, who went to every highbury game during pires time at the club, I got to disagree about his inclusion. Everyone was well aware of him being just as important as Henry. It sounds like sounds like the opinion of someone that is too young to remember the period. If you wanted an example of an under rated player at arsenal during the period, Gilberto Silva is your man. "The invisible wall" is the most under rated player I have seen at arsenal, he even got heckled by arsenal fans.
I think fans of the teams that all of these players played for fully appreciated them. It is 'outsiders' to whom Pires was likely very often overshadowed by Henry.
I am from Mexico and over here we only had the EPL on cable for a few seasons in the late 2000's. I remember Gilberto Silva had a pretty wild goal-scoring run during one of those seasons. It was crazy to see a defensive midfielder score that often and it added a little extra flavor to Arsenal matches. Definitely an underappreciated midfielder.
@@HITCSevens Gotta say I agree with ben. Pires was one of the three main men at arsenal at the time and still gets mentioned a lot. he might be somewhat underrated nowadays, but that's true of every player who has been retired for over 5 years.
@@HITCSevens Pires ability should probably be mentioned more akin to the likes of Giggs or Ginola. They still get a retrospective look and rightly so as building the bricks of what premier league widemen should be. Heck, even Beckham’s crossing ability from wide is still a referenced hallmark of the league even if it pales in comparison to his fame.
That Arsenal left wing and Robert Pires’ contribution to it is actually something to be highlighted and built upon. It’s really some of the best footballing offerings the league has given us since ‘92. It was a definitive step forward to the European technical quality where we are now.
Great list Alfie! If you ever do a part 2, perhaps Sandor Kocsis? Scored so many goals for Hungary but in comparison to Ferenc Puskas he's somewhat overlooked
Thank you for recognizing Marchisio! He is a Juventus legend and fan favorite for those exact reasons!
A great example would be Benzema at Real Madrid, massively overshadowed by Ronaldo. One of the best strikers of this century..but he gets no credit
Frank Rijkaard was Massively overshadowed by Ruud Gullit too
now your list is looking better, don't forget though that Van Basten was best of the 3
I would say that Benzema even gets overrated these days. I also would not say that Benzema was overshadowed by Ronaldo, more like he was being underrated or being overly criticized when he was underperforming.
Thanks for including Angel di Maria, very underrated.
Your honorable mentions make me wonder if Benzema would have ever gotten his flowers if Cristiano stayed at Real Madrid.
Loved that you highlighted Coutinho and Wim de Kromme in this video! Van Hanegem especially, as an American grandson of Dutch war refugees (my Opa loved footy, the class Dutch players especially, him and my Dad were/are Massive Oranje and PSV fans ) I grew up watching the players that won Euro 88 and broke into the team throughout the 90's after but always regaled with stories of Abe Lenstra, Faas Wilkes, Sjaak Swart, Willem van Hanegem, Barry Hulshof, Arnold/Gerry van Muhren, and of course Coen Dillen and Willy van der Kuijlen being my Opa and Dad's respective favorite players...plus many others! My favorites were Van Basten, Cocu, and I loved watching all of the great Surinamese/Dutch talents too! Davids, Seedorf, Rijkaard, and Gullit just blew me away. The amount of truly class players being produced by these two tiny countries from the mid-1930s on is just wild!
Criminal to leave out Thomas Müller on this list. Never made world XI, despite his consistently fantastic goal contributions per 90. World cup, WC golden boot, 2 trebles, broken Bundesliga assist record-Lewandowski, as fantastic as he is, has much of his success due to Müller shadowing him
He's not even the best Müller. Not even the best striker called Müller. Not even the best striker called Müller who is a one-club-man at Bayern^^
Still though, i don't think he's underappreciated, i think people know what a unique talent he is.
@@Jonathanizer Gerd Muller was not an one club man for Bayern. You are driving home why he is overshadowed or underappreciated. He is not someone who is consistently underrated but he gets overlooked a lot.
@@brunaciompi1717 OK so i didn't know Gerd Müller played in the MLS after Bayern. Not sure if Fort Lauderdale really should count as a professional club, but i guess technically it was.
HITC Sevens was the last place where I'd have expected to hear the name "Ancient Aliens"😂
I'd have to add Nándor Hidegkuti, whose role as a deep-lying centre forward (the original false 9?) was pivotal to the Aranycsapat era. Also, from the great French team of the early '80s, dominated by Platini, Marius Trésor - a defensive rock who retired before the 1984 Euros.
Great analogy with JFK, Huxley and CS Lewis. Enjoyed that
Love videos like these
Another brilliant video
Feel like Gundogan is a great shout too
Every Santos fan, regardless his age, knows the best attack line that ever played at our country:
Dorval, Mengalvio, Coutinho, Pelé e Pepe
You missed the obvious one IMO. Edinson Cavani. When he arrived to PSG, he was overshadowed by Zlatan. When Zlatan left, Neymar & Mbappe soon arrived and once again put Cavani in the shadows. When he left PSG and joined United, he soon was overshadowed by CR7. The whole career of Cavani can be sumbed up as him being the second wheel. That's a shame considering the fact that he's always performed well
So many times I have had to explain to Prem fans just how great Marchisio was and why us Juve fans rated him so highly
Thank you for including Marchisio, Marchisio is last homegrown player to make a great splash. He was always clutch and underrated in the team.
Great video as always Alfie 🔥
Would love a part two. I also believe Keylor Navas deserves this title. Was behind Casillas until he left, then behind Courtois went to PSG and is now behind Donnarumma. All while being an elite level keeper where ever he has played. Multiple champions leagues and league titles, as well being a great servant for Costa Rica especially during their run in the 2014 World Cup.
This is an another great video 👍
Mark my words, Marchisio will be a phenomenal Coach if he decides to become one.
He always had this "stying in the background, giving the spotlight to others, but still having full control of the pitch and the way how the game is played" - vibe. He was phenomenal in his days and that over a long period of time.
Stupendous video
Robert Pires was my favourite. Seeing Pires and Henry in that Dreamcast shirt... memories, love it. It's the first shirt I ever owned.
Marchisio was brilliant. One of the last true box to boxers.
Finally some recognition for how brilliant pires was 🙌
You should do Man City 11/12 vs Man City 21/22 combined XI. It's finally been long enough for City's first post-takeover club heroes to leave the club, so there's enough of a difference between the two sides to make a really interesting video.
He should do it after they win the title again
I love you Alphie, finally Our great willem whom I am named after is being talked about. In the Netherlands there was long a duscussion if he was the most important player for the dutch "Total football".
Could you do a video about the best players from countries bad at football.
Ps, love your videos🤌
Weird how nobodies mentioning di Maria got the opportunity to be the main man at Manchester united, but it didn't work out. Some players are just meant to be behind the scenes supporting players. They deserve more credit though
I would have added Costacurta, overshadowed by Maldini, Baresi and Nesta
Lovely video as always. I know that you enjoy the word “myriad” but just fyi it does not require “of” after. Think of it as more akin to many than to millions when describing a number.
Shout out to Peter Beardsley.
Yes, agreed. One of my favorite players ever. Just a shame he ruined his legacy.
Pogba overshadowed by Lingardinho😭
I fully agree with you in this list and hope to see Angel Di Maria boss to be shining once again with Paris Saint Germain and Argentina national team alongside Lionel Messi boss,good friends!!!:-D
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HITCSevens, please do a video about the best XI in the Premier League since 1992 in each position e.g Schmeichel, Cech in goal, Neville, Azpilicueta, Walker at right back. It would be brilliant.
There was a time at Real where I thought Di Maria was the third best player in the world.
You definitely could have done a part two on this. People would eat this up
Thomas Muller deserves a shout his never really been praised for what his capable of doing
Except that miss against England in the Euros
@@mrb6759 Muller is a bit of "a bottler" when he feels the pressure of being the main man and the team is not working.
This needs a second part. Other examples are Thomas Müller, Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi
I saw Nicky Butt playing for Birmingham a fair bit and must query your suggestion of him as an honorable mention. What do you think happened to him by that stage if his inclusion for consideration in such a list is truly valid?
Robert Pires is one of my all time favorite, it’s incomprehensible how underrated he was. Only his missed penalty stayed in history😂
Does anyone know what songs he uses in these videos? I can barely hear the music these days because its been lowered but its relaxing and i've never figured it out
You should do a video on the 7 best player-managers ever or the most clubs represented by the same player and manager duo, for example Benitez and Rondon
Surely Redknapp with Defoe, Crouch and Kranjcar or Allardyce and Kevin Nolan.
Rooney as an honorable mention is a bit far fetched. He was Englands star for years and after Ronaldo’s departure from United he was their star for a few years too.
Could you do: 7 3-way transfers, 7 best underdog youth league runs or 7 luckiest players- talent in comparison to titles won or players played with. Thanks
It’s the same thing in psg with di Maria again
Pires ability should probably be mentioned more akin to the likes of Giggs or Ginola. They still get a retrospective look and rightly so as building the bricks of what premier league widemen should be. Heck, even Beckham’s crossing ability from wide is still a referenced hallmark of the league even if it pales in comparison to his fame.
That Arsenal left wing and Robert Pires’ contribution to it is actually something to be highlighted and built upon. It’s really some of the best footballing offerings the league has given us since ‘92. It was a definitive step forward to the European technical quality where we are now.
part 2 of this video please
14:40 I love how there is a a guy on the roof of a grandstand🤣
Instantly thought of Zidane and Djorkaeff. Without Zidane the French side would have been built around djorkaeff 96-2000
Some footballers are overshadowed. This suggestion hopefully not.
Day 5: Top 7 second/amateur teams in football
(Hertha BSC II which almost won the DFB Pokal, Real Madrid Castilla who lost to their first team in the spanish cup in 1980 but got into Europe, Wellington Phoenix Reserves who play in the NZ National League)
Can you do a video of the fall and rise of Belgium team Union SG?
Carrick was so important to our success with his passing which allowed us to control games
Best German Premier league players of all time I'm posting this request on behalf of another fan/subscriber who has made this request 255 times/days. His name is Ryuzaki Taiyou so all credit goes to him.
Pires was absolutely first class My French friends at the time loved the style that he brought to the game. That Arsenal team was unbelievable. The first 11 was the stuff of legend.
Guti and Raul/ the stars of the real team of that time?
If u ask any arsenal fan about thier glory years, they all remember pires bergkamp and henry. Most of the midfield credit went to Patrick Vieira ..but who people still tend to forget is Gilberto Silva.
angel di maria use to play with both Cristiano and Lionel Messi.
0:55 I think NBA Basketball Legend Sam Jones is a great example. He died on the 31st of December, but it was overshadowed by Betty White dying a couple of hours later.
You should look into Jorge El Mágico Gonzalez, a player Maradona, said was better than himself, but never gets much love from being from a small country
The thing not to be forgotten about Ángel di María is that he was one of the best players of Man United until during one of his matches somebody broke into his house and held his family at knifepoint IIRC.
Anybody saying he was a bust should ask themselves how should he have kept performing in circumstances like that. And it say a lot about how good a player he was that even then he had the 3rd most assists in the whole division.
He is more fairly appreciated outside of England, I think. People aren't concerned with the one season at Man Utd when you have a decade and a half at Benfica, Real Madrid and PSG.
Considering when Alfie showed the Barca team photo my brain went “Xavi, Iniesta, Messi” the requirements for this list are very hard to disagree with
Because of politics is why Wayne Rooneys name is not mentioned,the most overshadowed player in the history of football
if he did follow Ronaldo to Real Madrid,he would still be playing like Bale,but because of the signing of Ronaldo than and now is put a burden on his legacy,at Manchester united, his own country,turned there back on him...one of the greatest
robert pires was one of my fav players ...... he was truely criminally underrated .. carrick was the solution to the English golden generation, but they went with stardom, rather than quality .... Di Maria is basically criticized in England ... rest of the world knws hw talented he is ..... one bad season (whr he was initially good in beginning) doesn't defines a players career ....
Di Maria is a greater big match player than Neymar and many other players under spotlight and that's a fact.
Honorable mentions: Pedro, Karim Benzema ( pre Ronaldo leaving), Edin Dzeko, Keylor Navas, Roy Makaay, Olivier Giroud.
I feel like scoring in all three of the winning finals for your country is pretty legendary
Robert Pires is a Arsenal legend I think most of our fan base will tell you he wasn't overshadowed, maybe to neutral fans he was but Pires was a baller if you was lucky enough to see him play every week.
Sonny Anderson, Mario Jardel, Giovane Elber all overshadowed by Ronaldo Nazario
Clarence Seedorf is worthy of a shout.
Day 67 : Every professional seasons of 1 player ranked from worst to best ( messi , pele ,Kaka or Aguero whoever you want )
Pires was brilliant
Try to make a video on UCL winners that were not winners of local league.
I think is important as in my opinion champions league should only be made from league winners from all European countries