10 Best footballers who never won the Champions League

Winning the Champions League is a huge dream for endless amounts of player in the world. Many great have lifted the trophy and many great have not been so fortunate.



I’m going to list the 10 greatest player who never won the Champions League. But does this make them any less better player? No! I wouldn’t say that the like of David silva, Rivaldo or Eric cantona are bad players just because they didn’t lift the famous trophy.


Here are 10 other great players who’ve missed out in the Champions League glory and you might be surprised by a few of them.

1. Ronaldo






We are talking about the Brazilian one, two-time World Cup winner, best player in the world multiple times and the player many consider as the greatest striker of all time but no matter what Ronaldo never got to win the Champions League.






He did reach the semifinals in season 2002 and 2003 with Real Madrid but lost to Juventus. Ronaldo never appeared in the Champions League final let alone lift the trophy.

2. Gianluigi Buffon






This is the one player you might have known already. Unfortunately, Buffon has played and lost a total of three Champions League finals in the Juventus shirt.






I can’t think of any other players who’s played in three Champions league finals without winning a single one of them.

Luckily for him, Buffon is a World cup winner and won a whole lot other trophies throughout the years but I’m sure he would love to add that one missing piece in his collection.

3. Pavel Nedved






Pavel is no other than the 2003 Ballon d’Or winner. An absolute beast of a midfielder with stamina power and skill. Nedved never became a Champions League winner and he’s now in some kind of role in the board of directors at Juventus.

4. Patrick Vieira






During his time, Vieira was one of the greatest players in the Premier League leading the Gunners to the three league title including the invincible season.

He was the heart and soul of Arsenal and also one of the Premier League great.

5. Sergio Aguero






Aguero is the highest scoring non English player ever to step foot in the Premier League grass but he’s never lifted the Champions League.

He did face Real Madrid in the 2015-16 semifinals but Aguero’s Manchester City were unfortunately knocked out and only time will tell if they’ll ever get to win the precious tournament.

6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic






Zlatan is a serial winner who scored tons of iconic goals. Despite playing in the semifinals with Barcelona in the 2009 and 10 season he never won the Champions League.

He’s also one of the great player in modern history who’s never appeared in a Champions League final.

7. Fabio Cannavaro






Cannavaro was a central figure in Italy’s 2006 World Cup campaign, where the Italians ended up winning the Whole thing.

The central defender also picked up the Ballon d’Or in 2006 and was arguably the best central defender in the world.

He played for huge clubs like Real Madrid, Juventus and Inter Milan but despite tons of glory and awards he also never lifted the Champions League trophy.

8. Robert Lewandowski






Lewandowski played and lost the 2012-13 final against Bayern Munich while playing for Borussia Dortmund. Everyone knows his ability to score goals.

Lewandowski is one of those strikers who can count up to 30 plus goals a season but unfortunately the Champions League trophy is still missing from his cabinet.

He still got time in his hand so let’s see if he gets removed from this list in the years to come.

9. Dennis Bergkamp






When we talk about Premier League rates, many people will have Bergkamp high on that list. Unfortunately, he’s also featured as the three-time Premier League winner but he never enjoyed success in the Champions League.

He sat on the bench against Barcelona in the 2015-16 final which Arsenal ended up losing and it was also the last game Bergkamp in the Arsenal shirt.

10. Francesco Totti






Francesco Totti won the World Cup with Italy and also playing 61 minutes in the final. He is one of the most legendary 1 Cup players of all time and also a true icon.

Unfortunately for him, Totti is also one of the greats to never win the Champions League.

You can also list other players you know in the comments box