5 Best Players Never To Win A Champions League Title

By February 22, 2019



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Francesc-Fabregas

The Champions League is a prestigious trophy and is the dream of any football player that had played in Europe. Needless to say, not all players end up winning the Champions League and shockingly even the best players might end up not winning it too.

Here are five best players never to win a Champions League title.

1. CESC FABREGAS

Cesc Fabregas has played over 100 matches in the elite European competition, but the Spanish midfielder has never got his hands on the trophy. He was a runner-up with Arsenal in 2006, and he moved back to Barcelona in 2011, immediately after they won the Champions League that year.

He left for Chelsea in 2014, and a year later Barcelona won the Champions League. Cesc would not have been amused.

2. RONALDO DE LIMA

The legendary Brazilian forward has won nearly everything football has to offer, but still, the Champions League isn’t one of them. Unlike most of his fellow Brazilian compatriots, Ronaldo has never won the Champions League even though he played for some of the most successful clubs in Europe

PSV, Inter, Barcelona, Madrid and Milan are among the teams that the Brazilian has played for, but he still hasn’t won the biggest European club trophy.

3. GIANLUIGI BUFFON

Gianluigi Buffon is an Italian legend. Ever since he moved to Juventus in 2001 for a record fee, he has won a plethora of trophies and even a World Cup.

Nonetheless, the magnificent Italian hasn’t been able to the Champions League trophy. He has reached the final in 2003, 2015, and 2017 but lost in all of them.

4. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC

The powerful Swedish striker was prolific during his time in Europe. He scored astonishing goals and led his teams to win trophies, but the Champions League was not among them.

Zlatan played for Ajax, Juventus, Milan, Barcelona and PSG and Manchester United yet he never won the Champions League.

5. RUUD VAN NISTELROOY

The Dutchman has been the top scorer in the Champions League on three different occasions. Apart from that, he has played for two European heavyweights, Manchester United and Real Madrid.

But Van Nistelrooy has never laid his hands on the Champions League trophy.

Which of these players do you think deserves to have won a Champions League trophy?

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