21 Best Players to NEVER Win the Champions League

One of those posts you don’t trust so you scramble over to Google. Trust us on this one. We were just as surprised as you. Many of them are World Cup and league winners. George Best didn’t play in the World Cup, yet he won the European Cup in 1968. Can’t have them all.

1. Gianluigi Buffon

A photo posted by Gianluigi Buffon (@gianluigibuffon) on Feb 23, 2016 at 2:50pm PST

2. Fabio Cannavaro

A photo posted by Fabio Cannavaro (@fabiocannavaroofficial) on Oct 7, 2015 at 1:10pm PDT

3. Sol Campbell

A photo posted by Tottenham Spurs (@persianspurs) on May 10, 2016 at 7:58pm PDT

4. Lothar Matthaus

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5. Patrick Vieira

A photo posted by Patrick Vieira (@officialpatrickvieira) on Jun 14, 2014 at 6:43am PDT

6. Michael Ballack

A photo posted by Micheal Ballack (@michael_ballack13) on Mar 21, 2016 at 10:58am PDT

7. Pavel Nedved

A photo posted by Pavel Nedved Iranian Fans (@pavel_nedved11) on Jun 15, 2015 at 8:17am PDT

8. Diego Maradona

A photo posted by @diego_maradona2 on May 17, 2016 at 10:14pm PDT

9. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima

A photo posted by Ronaldo (@ronaldolima) on Apr 21, 2016 at 10:32am PDT

10. Roberto Baggio

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11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

A photo posted by Zlatan Ibrahimović (@zlatanibrahimovicoffical) on Mar 27, 2016 at 5:58am PDT

12. Mesut Ozil

A photo posted by Mesut Özil (@m10_official) on May 15, 2016 at 9:29am PDT

13. Francesco Totti

A photo posted by Francesco Totti (@francescototti1076) on Mar 21, 2016 at 12:47pm PDT

14. Ruud van Nistelrooy

A photo posted by Ruud van Nistelrooy (@rvnistelrooy) on Sep 13, 2015 at 8:40am PDT

15. Lilian Thuram

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16. Hernán Crespo

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17. Dennis Bergkamp

A photo posted by Dennis Bergkamp (@officialdennisbergkamp) on Jul 22, 2015 at 5:39am PDT

18. Gabriel Batistuta

A photo posted by batistuta (@gabriel_batistuta) on Jan 26, 2016 at 2:04pm PST

19. Laurent Blanc

A photo posted by @goal.goal.goal.goal.goal on Jan 25, 2016 at 11:12am PST

20. George Weah

A photo posted by Umut1328 (@umut1328) on May 3, 2016 at 2:41pm PDT

21. Eric Cantona

A photo posted by Eric Cantona (@cantona_276) on May 7, 2016 at 10:55pm PDT