3 Footballers who have played for more than 5 different clubs in the top 3 European leagues

Modified Dec 27, 2018 13:30 GMT

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#2 Christian Vieri

Christian Vieri played for 10 different clubs

Christian “Bobo” Vieri was another footballer who played in 10 different clubs in the top football leagues in the world. He played for nine different Serie A clubs and also remains one of the few Italian strikers to have played in the La Liga. He was renowned for his heading abilities and scored many goals with headers from set-pieces. He started his senior career at Torino in 1991 but moved to Serie B after having one season with them. He came back to the Serie A in 1995 as he was signed by Atalanta.

Vieri went on to have sporadic stints with various clubs after that, but the most memorable and notable one was that with Inter from 1999 to 2005. Vieri combined with Brazil’s Ronaldo, Chile’s Ivan Zamorano, and Uruguay's Alvaro Recoba to make Inter-Milan a dominant force in the Italian and European football. He scored 125 goals in 204 matches for Inter during those 6 seasons.

He had previously spent a solitary season at Juventus in 1996-97and won the UEFA super cup and the Serie A title with them. He also won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup title for Lazio in his only season with them in 1998-99. Vieri also had a brief stint with Monaco and retired at Atalanta in 2009. He scored 236 goals in 476 matches in his senior career.

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