Who has missed the most penalties in La Liga history?

8. Fernando Torres – Atletico Madrid (9)

Not all that better with a miss rate of 32% is Ufarte’s modern counterpart, Fernando ‘El Nino’ Torres. The Spaniard is blindingly brilliant in front of goal – just check out his collection of one-on-one finishes, but something in that enigmatic mind goes haywire when he takes a penalty. He’s missed 9 out the 28 he’s taken and with most of the other spot-kick takers in the current Atleti squad proving just as unreliable, he may yet get to move up the list!

7. Samuel Eto’o – Barcelona (9)

Slighlty worse than El Nino is another unexpected entrant on the list, Cameroon and Barca legend Samuel Eto’o was a natural goalscorer and was capable of moments of pure magic in front of goal – except that is, when they asked him to take a penalty. He’s missed 33% of the 27 penalties he’s taken for Barcelona and one understands why it was usually Ronaldinho who stepped forward for these things.