Top 3 unluckiest footballers of all time

#1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The UEFA Champions League trophy has eluded Zlatan Ibrahimovic all his career

All his life, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a man of his word. Few are capable of fulfilling every promise they have made, and the mighty Swede is a fine testament to such character.

Ibrahimovic's name has risen up amongst the most successful individuals in football who have won the most number of trophies. However, apart from the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League trophy has eluded the Swedish demi-god in a considerably cruel manner.

His search for a Champions League winners' medal might have ended after he joined LA Galaxy in the United States, although the gruesome tale of how he failed to lift Europe's biggest title at the club level is hardly forgettable.

Ibrahimovic left Inter Milan for Barcelona at the start of season 2009-10 in a swap deal involving Samuel Eto'o going in other direction. Inter Milan lifted the Champions League trophy in the same season. Bad luck?

Ibra then left Barca at the end of that season to join AC Milan. It was time for Guardiola's Barcelona to lift the famed trophy this time(season 2010-11), while Ibra once again remained nothing but a spectator of the show. Can fate be merciless than this now?

Notably, he did get a chance to lift the UEFA Europa trophy with Manchester United in 2017, but never the UEFA Champions League.

As tall as he stands with his individual and club-level achievements, so does he when it comes to being one of the unluckiest footballers ever.