Top 4 'fickle' footballers

Christian Vieri

Christian Vieri

Another incredible striker and another nomad in terms of football clubs. A total of 13 clubs had him in their payroll, mostly in Italy.

He fit the stereotype of the proverbial striker, who could push through a defence, just as he easily as he could rise above them. One of Italy’s highest scorers in the World Cup, he scored 9 goals in 9 matches at France in 1998 and South Korea in 2002.

The Italian’s most notable tryst came at Internazionale, also his longest term, where he scored over a 100 goals in under 150 appearances. When he was bought from Lazio, he was the then most expensive player, standing at £32 million.

He also risked a move from Inter to rivals Milan, in the July of 2005, after his contract was mutually terminated at Inter. But without the promise of regular football, he quickly shifted to Monaco within 6 months of his last move.

If you take a look at his movement from Torino in 1991 to Inter in 1999, he moved between 8 clubs, spending exactly one season at each club, with 7 of them in Italy. Clearly unprecedented, at least for such a classic player, such a fickle attitude was unbecoming. Either way, he saw most of Italy, and must have liked it.

Year	Club
1991–1992	Torino
1992–1993	Pisa
1993–1994	Ravenna
1994–1995	Venezia
1995–1996	Atalanta
1996–1997	Juventus
1997–1998	Atlético Madrid
1998–1999	Lazio
1999–2005	Internazionale
2005–2006	Milan
2006	Monaco
2006	Sampdoria
2006–2007	Atalanta
2007–2008	Fiorentina
2008–2009	Atalanta