World Cup 2018: 5 greatest footballers who never won the world cup

#2 Eusebio

He won the Ballon d'Or award for the European Footballer of the year in 1965

Eusebio, (arguably) the greatest Portuguese player is also known as the 'Black Panther' was a striker who scored 41 goals in 64 appearances for Portugal. He won the Ballon d'Or award for the European Footballer of the year in 1965.

He led Portugal to the third place in the 1966 World Cup - in the process giving the world, one of the greatest comeback performances as Portugal came back to win 5-3 from 3-0 down against North Korea, Eusebio scored four consecutive goals to bring Portugal back. He also scored twice to defeat defending champions Brazil in the group stage.

Portugal eventually lost to England in the semifinal match where Eusebio scored their only goal from the spot to lose 2-1 to England. The game is known as the Game of Tears in Portugal.

Eusebio was one of the greatest strikers who never won the world cup.