Best current footballer never to have played in an international tournament?

[NeilMcD]

Alan Hutton is a great right full l

[rambler14]

IMO it has to be Ryan Giggs, a great player who deserves to at least play a World Cup. Gary Speed is a great player too who's been unfortunate also a player like Mikel Arteta is unlucky that he's Spanish.
Hopefully Vidic gets a go on the big stage as he is truly World Class.

[anto1208]

I would think that there is plenty of players that have never got to a major tournament Artetta Baines Lesscot are 3 top players at Everton who have nt played in a major tournament then you have others like Hibbert and Osman Big Vic, Vaughan and thats just at one team.

[Metrostars]

Yeah the gold cup knocks out the two Canadians.

Canada along with Mexico and USA automatically qualified for the Gold Cup (kind of like Copa America).

David Suazo(Honduras), Nolberto Solano(Peru?), Ryan Nelson(NZ).

[deecay]

Tom Huddlestone,best player ive seen in a long time

IMO it has to be Ryan Giggs, a great player who deserves to at least play a World Cup. Gary Speed is a great player too who's been unfortunate also a player like Mikel Arteta is unlucky that he's Spanish.
Hopefully Vidic gets a go on the big stage as he is truly World Class.

We get it,you support corporate scum

[rambler14]

Tom Huddlestone,best player ive seen in a long time

Really????? Tom Huddlestone! Thats a strange one.

[Junior]

Loosely related, This months 4-4-2 has a "never played at a big tourament international 11" from past players

Includes Brady, Best and Shay Brennan from Ireland
Southall and Giggs from Wales
Madeley from England (Leeds fullback, refused to go to Mexico70 with Ramsey and England then never qualified for 74 or 78)

also included

Di Stefano
Weah (as mentioned above)
Ginola
Hulshoff (3 x european cup winner with Ajax - career ending injury)
Coelho (won lots of domestic honours in Portugal but only went to an international championship as manger in euro2000

[eekers]

this thread has wandered off from current into non current players and from best to that guy that plays for everton and is okay.

sergio 'kun' aguero wins it by a mile. he was arguably the best player in spain last season. i personally cant see much to seperate his ability from messi. the kid is a genius.

[Junior]

What about yer man Guti from Real Madrid? I know there appears to be mixed opinion on him as a player. I only follow la liga when I get chance on sky sports but he seems to have been mainstay in the Real midfield for a number of years now (joined in 1996 - 343 app as per wiki)

Only 14 caps for Spain though and non at an Intl tournament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%...ational_career

[gustavo]

Yea that unknown Aguero who plays for that obscure Spanish team Atletico Madrid

[gilberto_eire]

I don't think he counts as such, he's only 20(3 weeks) and has'nt had the opportunity, he is an Argentinian international, so it's only a matter of time,

I don't think young players count, ones anyway that have'nt had the opportunity to play since there has'nt been a tournament on since they made there international debut

[stojkovic]

Yea that unknown Aguero who plays for that obscure Spanish team Atletico Madrid

Who they signed two years ago for a very obscure 20 million.

[Pauro 76]

Anyone mention Georgi Kinkladze? Berbatov surely as well...

[superfrank]

Berbatov played in Euro 2004.

[Pauro 76]

Ah yeah, so he did!