Top 5 club footballers who were not effective on the international stage

Francesco Totti - ITALY (58 Caps 9 Goals)

Ask anyone in Italy of the top five players from the past two decades and this man is likely to figure on most lists. Francesco Totti is one of Italy’s most gifted strikers. For someone who is Roma’s most capped player and their record goal scorer, his return of just nine goals from 58 Caps for Italy, is meagre at best.

Whilst it is true that he has played more as a trequartista than a traditional center forward, that still doesn’t explain his lackluster goal tally. The fact that Danielle De Rossi, a defensive midfielder and his team mate has score more than him, is something that isn’t likely to sit too well with Totti.

For a player of his unrivalled ability, he still hasn’t proven himself on the international stage and is unlikely to do so now. Perhaps the “King of Roma”, was never quite destined to become the “King of Italy”, but one thing was for sure, when he did turn up for the Azzurri, he certainly gave a good account of himself, even if he never managed to reach the giddy heights of his club career.

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