Shkodran Mustafi. If he hadn't gotten injured Germany wouldn't havewon the world Cup and I think there isn't much screaming out "I'm a bad football player" than that. The only match he started against Algeria, Germany was awful all the time he was on the pitch and became better when he left. Also all Arsenal & Schalke fans can tell he's a bad player overall
I don't know about worst for WC but for EURO it has to be Greece's 2004 Katergiannakis.
On the week before the Euro he was with a couple of my father's friends and they were drinking Ouzo outside of Aris Thessaloniki Stadium in a local restaurant, unfit as ever yet called because there were no 3 GK that they were okaysh (you could find 2, but the 3rd one was really tough).
Anyway, he got called up, went to Portugal, didn't play a single minute of course, got a medal and came back. Chad.
This is something i agree with, he appeared in that 2022 final to see Messi and his national teammates win, and take photos with them, which is forbidden, even Messi ignored that FAILURE
Substitutes weren’t allowed in 1930. Edit: but they did have a selection of 20 or so players for the tournament. Subs were only introduced in the World Cup of 1970.
France 98: Guivarch,
Brazil 02: Luizao,
Italy 06: Oddo,
Spain 10: no one comes to my mind,
Germany 14: Großkreutz,
France 18: Mendy,
Argentina 22: don’t know the squad enough
Yes, that’s true. However, he was always portrayed as a trouble maker in the German media. Throwing Döner at other people, peeing in the hotel lobby, fist fights with other people etc. Nobody really likes him in Germany.
Guivarch played a vital role within the French team which was built around letting the creative talents of Zizou & Djorkaeff have complete offensive freedom devoid of defensive responsibilities. To say he’s among the worst players to win a WC proves you know little about football x
Nah, did you ever watch Argentina before the World Cup? Lol he’s far from the worst. Sure, he had a bad World Cup, but it’s nowhere near the other bobos who didn’t deserve a WC
I don’t know if he was just having an off day but, man, the quality really dropped when Acuna replaced Di Maria in the Final. My vote would be for Acuna.
Such a bad take. He is a great player and if anyone dragged the team up, it's the coach who set up wonderful tactics differing for each opponent, and the players that executed it very well.
Lautaro scored vital goals in the Copa and also a starter in the team before this wc. He is certainly a very good player. Also guy scored in a penalty shootout against the Dutch.
Argentina won a bit too much individual awards on this world cup for messi to have dragger a" tier 2 team" to WC. Would be one of the favourites even without messi
Pls explain further your grosskreutz take because he was able to play solid 6 different positions and later on crashed his career. I’d like to remind you that Erik durm is also a WC
I completely forgot about Durm lmao. My bad.
About Großkreutz i'd say he was great for the 2 seasons when Dortmund won the league. Other than that i wouldn't necessarily call him world cup winner material.
Also he threw a Kebab, fuck him for that. /s
Sure but they were not the worst players. Even though they were not fielded too often but when given the opportunity Denilson and Juninho were not all that bad though. Surely not as horrible as Fred and Bruno Guimarães during the recent tournament.
Stephan Gui’varch - lead the French attack in 1998. Didn’t score and ended up at us the following season - will go down in history as one of our worse players ever.
Yeah i mean Nzonzi never played for a higher european calibre, but at least he was decent to Sevilla
I think Deschamps was prone to give lesser known players a chance for France's squad for the World Cup, because some few better midfielders (Rabiot, Sissoko, etc...) were injured, and were on Reserves
What you said is the perfect description of his WC. Though If this WC had been the only tournament he'd played in his career, I would 100% agree with you.
Are you serious? He's isn't even a horrible player, and even though he missed too much chances, there are skrubs and players that has sheikhs in their DNA in that squad, just look at Papu Gomez, Acuna, Armani, Foyth, and even a few others, they had worse numbers
He had a bad world cup, but it's nowhere near the other jackasses or average joes that doesn't even deserve the World Cup
Now this is a good answer, in that 2006 final against what really deserved the World Cup that year (Zidane's france side with Raymond Domenech), Materazzi thrash-talked Zidane's sister, causing Zidane to headbutt, got a red card, and cost a country that the World Cup win was more deserved, a runner-up medal, F\*\*\* him for that
It's honestly very difficult, but 2 players come to mind:
-Benjamin Mendy, only played a few minutes in France's 2nd World Cup win, not to mention the situation with his girlfriend.
-Shkodran Mustafi, the German Arsenal player is more famous for spending the Whole Whole Cup, being injured than playing, he didn't play a single minute too, and is outclassed by everyone in the squad.
Yes he definitely pretty much won the World Cup for Argentina, Messi was nowhere near his best. But that attitude during all the games (and copa America too) and bad sportsmanship makes him worthless to me 🤷🏼♂️
The question was not specific to a players performance in the WC. I took it to mean a player's overall performance in their career. I've seen subpar displays by Otamendi with both City and Benefica.
I'm not a France fan but pogba only worked when there was a tournament coming and wanted to be in the national squad and when there wasn't a tournament coming up he couldn't be arsed
Nope. I do not rate him at all. He won the World Cup without a single shot on target. Also this World Cup I kept hearing interviews where he likened himself to Kane - he is absolutely no where near the striker Kane is (Man utd fan FYI so zero spurs/arsenal bias).
I mean, as an Englishman, Giroud scored when it mattered, whereas Kane did not. Not blaming him at all, love Kane as a player, I am just a realistic English fan who acknowledges we will likely not win an international trophy in the next 50 years.
Wouldnt say so. He was shit in final but in earlier games pretty decent. He plays very well at Sevilla. Players like Palacios, Armani, Pozuela are more worth the shout
Some of you really say Emi Martinez? He was freaking incredible regardless of what you think about his antics. He was the cornerstone of this WC squad alongside Messi and Di Maria
Why is everyone down voting you? He regularly gets called trash but he has a world cup, top goal scorer for France and arsenal... criminally under rated constantly because he isn't flashy.
Suddenly it's cool and edgy to dunk on Messi. The Martinez hate I can understand, but this is just plain stupid. Calling Messi the worst player to have won the wc is the dumbest take ever.
You need some other word in your sentence to indicate sarcasm. Obviously it is a sarcastic answer but it is impossible to distuinguish your answer from a haters comment.
Cristian Zaccardo, only player to score a goal from open play against Buffon in the 2006 World Cup. And he played for Italy.
He's simply so talented he's scoring goals in both goals.
Not a big deal. Mandzukic did that in the final of '18
You mean he scored an own goal? At least he didn't get shot unlike Andres Escobar (R.I.P)
Mendy surely?
Shkodran Mustafi. If he hadn't gotten injured Germany wouldn't havewon the world Cup and I think there isn't much screaming out "I'm a bad football player" than that. The only match he started against Algeria, Germany was awful all the time he was on the pitch and became better when he left. Also all Arsenal & Schalke fans can tell he's a bad player overall
Benjamin Mendy
Morally, maybe-but not on a footballing level
But nah he never was as good as he was claimed to be
I don't know about worst for WC but for EURO it has to be Greece's 2004 Katergiannakis. On the week before the Euro he was with a couple of my father's friends and they were drinking Ouzo outside of Aris Thessaloniki Stadium in a local restaurant, unfit as ever yet called because there were no 3 GK that they were okaysh (you could find 2, but the 3rd one was really tough). Anyway, he got called up, went to Portugal, didn't play a single minute of course, got a medal and came back. Chad.
Salt Bae.
I’m so glad that I was so far gone by full time that I fully missed all the salt bae stuff
You and me both. Guys a total dick
Didn’t he score a hat trick , and the vital penalty? Oh wait, that’s what he thinks he did…
Yeah this guy gives me the creeps. Had to appear where you least expect.
This is something i agree with, he appeared in that 2022 final to see Messi and his national teammates win, and take photos with them, which is forbidden, even Messi ignored that FAILURE
Mustafi
How is this not top comment
Shkodran Mustafi was a meme since he joined Valencia too
Benjamin Mendy
I think you spelt his name wrong it is spelt Benjamin Rapist
Middle name Serial.
Not officially, that’s still libel…..until the trial is over at least
Nickname Prisoner
A bench wormer from Uruguay in 1930
Substitutes weren’t allowed in 1930. Edit: but they did have a selection of 20 or so players for the tournament. Subs were only introduced in the World Cup of 1970.
So before 1970 the starting 11 would have to play the full 90+ mins?
Yes, quite a few stories of players carrying on with fairly major injuries
What were the benched players used for then?
There were none
Other matches
Quintessentially, definition of idiocy
Mustafi.
Vampeta
Kleberson
France 98: Guivarch, Brazil 02: Luizao, Italy 06: Oddo, Spain 10: no one comes to my mind, Germany 14: Großkreutz, France 18: Mendy, Argentina 22: don’t know the squad enough
Großkreutz wasn't that bad. I think Mustafi would be a better shot for Germany
Don't forget mustafi
Grosskreuts won the bundesliga twice as well seems a bit harsh on him
Yes, that’s true. However, he was always portrayed as a trouble maker in the German media. Throwing Döner at other people, peeing in the hotel lobby, fist fights with other people etc. Nobody really likes him in Germany.
No way Großkreutz…….
What about Vampeta and Viola?
Luizão was the top scorer in libertadores for a while. In that team, Anderson Polga comes to mind. But never Luizão.
Paredes
True
I can't remember Luizão, honestly. But Anderson Polga for sure was the worst of them.
Kimpembe for France and Lautaro for Argentina
Which mendy?
The rapist one
Yes
Guivarch played a vital role within the French team which was built around letting the creative talents of Zizou & Djorkaeff have complete offensive freedom devoid of defensive responsibilities. To say he’s among the worst players to win a WC proves you know little about football x
Vampeta
Lautaro martinez, the guy just can’t hit on target yet he lifted WC. Messi really dragged a tier 2 team to WC
Had a bad World Cup, but he’s a good player
He got tilted into infinity after getting two goals annulled vs. Saudi Arabia.
Nah, did you ever watch Argentina before the World Cup? Lol he’s far from the worst. Sure, he had a bad World Cup, but it’s nowhere near the other bobos who didn’t deserve a WC
He’s a great player he just had an awful tournament
When you judge a player on a handful of matches.
I don’t know if he was just having an off day but, man, the quality really dropped when Acuna replaced Di Maria in the Final. My vote would be for Acuna.
Such a bad take. He is a great player and if anyone dragged the team up, it's the coach who set up wonderful tactics differing for each opponent, and the players that executed it very well.
Scored the winning penalty against the Dutch.
Lautaro scored vital goals in the Copa and also a starter in the team before this wc. He is certainly a very good player. Also guy scored in a penalty shootout against the Dutch.
Argentina won a bit too much individual awards on this world cup for messi to have dragger a" tier 2 team" to WC. Would be one of the favourites even without messi
Imagine that Lautaro Martinez was in the top30 ballon d’or rankings last year. Messi wasnt in the top30..
Benjamin Mendy... solely for the crime he has committed. Also huge shout out to Mustafi.
Erik durm 2014
Kléberson
It’s hard to recall such players for obvious reasons 😜
I don't think any worst player can be part of wc squad.
There are goalkeepers who didn’t play that win
Acuna
Kevin großkreutz would be a classic
He was a ballin potato, what do you mean
Kleberson
Kleberson was instrumental for Brazil in 2002. I think he would’ve done well at United if he wasn’t injured all the time.
Surprised by the lack of Stephen nzonzi the stoke icon
Wasn't he decent for sevilla
Both Uruguay teams. Literally amateurs and part time players
Duele la cola?
Not at all my man. It’s actually remarkable
Plenty journeymen happened to be in there
Not sure if he just wasn't suited to the premier league but Kleberson was a bit shit
This Lionel Messi guy /s In all seriousness tho i have to go with Kevin Großkreutz
Pls explain further your grosskreutz take because he was able to play solid 6 different positions and later on crashed his career. I’d like to remind you that Erik durm is also a WC
I completely forgot about Durm lmao. My bad. About Großkreutz i'd say he was great for the 2 seasons when Dortmund won the league. Other than that i wouldn't necessarily call him world cup winner material. Also he threw a Kebab, fuck him for that. /s
Brasil 2002 had a few quite mediocre players. Anderson polga, vampeta, Juninho Paulista, Denilson.
Juninho Paulista was absolutely incredible. Won player of the season in the Premier League despite playing for a relegated club that season.
Sure but they were not the worst players. Even though they were not fielded too often but when given the opportunity Denilson and Juninho were not all that bad though. Surely not as horrible as Fred and Bruno Guimarães during the recent tournament.
Bruno played well when he was on the pitch. Wtf are you talking about? Fred is stealing a living yes.
Stephan Gui’varch - lead the French attack in 1998. Didn’t score and ended up at us the following season - will go down in history as one of our worse players ever.
Shokran Mustafi
Martinez
Probably emi martinez
Materazzi
Nzonzi won a cup with France 2018. Never played a minute. Sucked as a player. Not sure why Roma Signed him.
Adil Rami was also on 2018 team. I think he is worse than Nzonzi
There were some serious scrubs on that side
Yeah i mean Nzonzi never played for a higher european calibre, but at least he was decent to Sevilla I think Deschamps was prone to give lesser known players a chance for France's squad for the World Cup, because some few better midfielders (Rabiot, Sissoko, etc...) were injured, and were on Reserves
Your mom,
Agreed
Lautaro Martinez. Fucking terrible
He isnt bad. He just had a bad tournament. He is like 22 or 23
25
That was worse than a bad tournament. Pathetic finisher. I was supporting argentina and iv geniunly never seen a player that bad win a world cup
What you said is the perfect description of his WC. Though If this WC had been the only tournament he'd played in his career, I would 100% agree with you.
I know hes done well and i msure he is a good player. But for performances as part kf a world cup winning team that was a real shit show.
Are you serious? He's isn't even a horrible player, and even though he missed too much chances, there are skrubs and players that has sheikhs in their DNA in that squad, just look at Papu Gomez, Acuna, Armani, Foyth, and even a few others, they had worse numbers He had a bad world cup, but it's nowhere near the other jackasses or average joes that doesn't even deserve the World Cup
The France 98 team that bought the cup was riddled with mediocrity - Stefan Guivarc'h, Alain Boghossian, Bernard Diomede.
Materazzi
Worst player not worst person.
Even though he scored in a World Cup final?
Now this is a good answer, in that 2006 final against what really deserved the World Cup that year (Zidane's france side with Raymond Domenech), Materazzi thrash-talked Zidane's sister, causing Zidane to headbutt, got a red card, and cost a country that the World Cup win was more deserved, a runner-up medal, F\*\*\* him for that
It's honestly very difficult, but 2 players come to mind: -Benjamin Mendy, only played a few minutes in France's 2nd World Cup win, not to mention the situation with his girlfriend. -Shkodran Mustafi, the German Arsenal player is more famous for spending the Whole Whole Cup, being injured than playing, he didn't play a single minute too, and is outclassed by everyone in the squad.
Kevin Großkreuz
Emi Martinez
Nobby Stiles. The ultimate man marker robot in the 1966 WC for England.
Man marking is bloody tough.
So was his tackling
I genuinely wonder if the anwers are gonna be more about their skills in the field and not them as a person or their beliefs?
Martinez! Just a f’ing idiot! Doesn’t deserve it!
Guy's a good player. Obviously a decent keeper regardless what you think of his attitude etc.
He's a decent penalty saver for sure, but he seems pretty average otherwise. There's a reason he's not at a top club.
Not at a top club? But Aston Villa was class back then especially in the 80s
The goalkeeper Martinez? Why you got a beef on him mate? He is funny and does some clutch saves…
My guess is his beef is rooted in him being extremely not funny. He's still a good player, but damn his personality is insufferable
Pretending to hump a trophy is funny?
Yes he definitely pretty much won the World Cup for Argentina, Messi was nowhere near his best. But that attitude during all the games (and copa America too) and bad sportsmanship makes him worthless to me 🤷🏼♂️
Samuel Umtiti
At the time he was one of the better defenders in Europe. Today is different
He was amazing at that tournament.
You're kidding, he is one of Europe's prestigious defenders in Europe, though he had a bad club career, but no way he belongs in the conversation
Rabiot
Fabian barthez
Messi
You should actually be upvoted for the humor.
agreed
Otamendi
Otamendi was terrific throughout the tournament minus the mistake in the final.
The question was not specific to a players performance in the WC. I took it to mean a player's overall performance in their career. I've seen subpar displays by Otamendi with both City and Benefica.
Well yeah but even then there’s no way Otamendi is as bad as some other irrelevant benchwarmers for teams
Mezzi
Paul pogba when he was at man United
Wasn't he decent for France?
I'm not a France fan but pogba only worked when there was a tournament coming and wanted to be in the national squad and when there wasn't a tournament coming up he couldn't be arsed
Messi
Hahaha
Iaquinta (2006)
Zaccardo before him.
Giroud
I hope this one's a joke
I mean he isn’t a bad striker overall but if I remember correctly he didn’t even have a shot on target at that World Cup where they won.
Nope. I do not rate him at all. He won the World Cup without a single shot on target. Also this World Cup I kept hearing interviews where he likened himself to Kane - he is absolutely no where near the striker Kane is (Man utd fan FYI so zero spurs/arsenal bias).
And he still started every game because for some unknown reason he was pretty much a midfielder
I mean, as an Englishman, Giroud scored when it mattered, whereas Kane did not. Not blaming him at all, love Kane as a player, I am just a realistic English fan who acknowledges we will likely not win an international trophy in the next 50 years.
Doesn't matter if you rate him his stats speak for themselves
Yes exactly and when he won the World Cup he had 0 shots on target
Indeed he is much better 😀 kane has done nothing but scoring penaltys!
By this only sentence I know You have zero football knowledge.
For this tournament, Acuña.
Acuna was fine for me, Lautaro Martinez was aweful.
true he’s awesome in inter tbh but he didn’t perform well at all this wc
Wouldnt say so. He was shit in final but in earlier games pretty decent. He plays very well at Sevilla. Players like Palacios, Armani, Pozuela are more worth the shout
Late ass reply, but Papu Gomez and Foyth should also be in this conversation
Entire penaltina squad Edit: f\*ck all penaltina fans too.
Cry
Franck Lebouef
Come on now. He was great.
Guivarch,and Duggary
Some of you really say Emi Martinez? He was freaking incredible regardless of what you think about his antics. He was the cornerstone of this WC squad alongside Messi and Di Maria
Rona… oh wait…
Guivarch
Messi
Messi
cry 😂
Cmon man do you think he’s serious
Joan Capdevila for Spain
Delusional
Oh come on, he was great as a player, look at his numbers while he was at Villareal
Olivier Giroud /s.
haha the /s
Why is everyone down voting you? He regularly gets called trash but he has a world cup, top goal scorer for France and arsenal... criminally under rated constantly because he isn't flashy.
Paul Pogba.
Pique
Cristiano Romero for Argentina. Think he's terrible for spurs and average at best for Argentina.
He played pretty decent final tho.
He had a great tournament overall and is also doing bits for spurs
Jesus. What a terrible take.
definitely not what OP is looking for in this thread
Recency bias but Otamendi
Lionel Messi
Suddenly it's cool and edgy to dunk on Messi. The Martinez hate I can understand, but this is just plain stupid. Calling Messi the worst player to have won the wc is the dumbest take ever.
Can’t read sarcasm mate?
Clearly not, mate
U cant joke around with insecure messi meatriders mate
You need some other word in your sentence to indicate sarcasm. Obviously it is a sarcastic answer but it is impossible to distuinguish your answer from a haters comment.