Top 5 YouTube footballers of all time

#1 Kerlon

The ultimate YouTube player, Kerlon was a phenomenon during the 2000s on YouTube. His famous seal dribble sparked years of hype for the Brazilian kid, who seemingly did it in almost every match.

He was full of tricks and had the audacity to pull off anything in a game, but all he had was tricks, he didn’t really have any end product to write home about. He wasn’t like Neymar or Ronaldinho who could do any trick in the world and make it count; Kerlon was just all show, no end product.

It was frustrating but in hindsight it wasn’t surprising. Hype around a young Brazilian who could dribble a ball on his head was all the rage when YouTube first arrived, and as more and more videos were made of Kerlon, the more clubs were linked with him.

He left Brazil for Inter later on in his career and fell flat on his face, and was essentially found out as being a one-trick-pony. He had trouble settling in and couldn’t meet the physical demands of Serie A and disappeared into obscurity not long after.