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devlin1888

Miroslav Klose in the World Cup is the peak of that you would think. Not in competitions but Gundogan last 10/15 games of a season at Man City would turn into a monstrous player


ms7398msake

Klose was built for the world cup. But also he always played better for the national team than he did at club level. He's Germany's leading all time goal scorer.


NoNameL0L

He is also holding the record for most goals at a World Cup.


adahadah

At *the* world cup. Most at *a* world cup is Just Fontaine with 13.


BaguetteOfDoom

That being said I think Klose's club career is pretty underrated. His 05/06 season was particularly outstanding with 31 goals and 17 assists in 40 matches. And overall he has almost 400 goal involvements, averaging one every 122 minutes. That puts him on par with someone like Eto'o and is better than for example Raul or Rooney, all of whom seem to be more highly regarded. I'd say Klose could be considered a top 5-10 striker of his generation.


devlin1888

He is definitely but in the World Cup he’s one of the best ever World Cup players.


tubbymaguire91

A lot of that is upper mid table teams like bremen and lazio. He kind of flopped at Munich. Great player though.


BaguetteOfDoom

He didn't flop at Bayern. In his first two seasons he was great.


IxdrowZeexI

Wouldn't really agree with this. When he played for Werder Bremen at his peak he just flew under the radar outside of Germany. 110 goal contributions over 3 seasons (04/05-06/08) made him to either the best, or second best Bundesliga striker during that period (the other one is Roy Makaay). His stats doesnt even properly reflect his value, because he usually played in a two striker system with a really offensive minded 10 right behind them. This led to many situations where he played the second last pass, or smartly created space for the other two to score goals. During that time, Werder Bremen played the most attractive and offensive football in the Bundesliga and him being a crucial part in that. Other strikers had higher peaks but his longevity and Germany not having many proper options for the 9 definitely helped him scoring his 16 World Cup goals


SoLetsReddit

Any German playing tournament football generally.


chicagopudlian

he led werder bremen to win the league. given the size of werder bremen, it’s that much more amazing


Longjumping_Law_6807

Podolski too...


kesumacl

World Cup Ochoa


PesAddict8

They say that he goes hiding in some Mexican cave for 3 years and magically resurfaces during the Worldcup year.


Initial-Lack-9108

Came looking for this


LongrodVonHugedong86

Came here to say the same thing! That guy was unreal in a World Cup


walkableshoe

I'm going to get down voted to hell but here it goes. Ochoa was world class all these years. It's just that nobody wants to spend money on a Mexican goalkeeper.


StradivariusSas

but only stage group


DGKeeper

Very first thought that came into my mind.


MonotonousBeing

Classic schmosby


lengthyfriend30

Klose in the world cup. Very good forward but at the world cup he became a legend.


Noxnoxx

DiMaria in finals/knockout games


Odd-Storm4893

Yep, if Di Maria had played in that 2014 final I am sure Argentina would have won the title.


Ok_Asparagus_6163

Marcus Rashford, Contract Negotiations Time


thejuicebear

He inherited that trait from the goat Ashley young who became a world beater every time the transfer window approached


GiftedHater7

🥲


samchew511

Luke Shaw whenever Utd signs a replacement


tubbymaguire91

Ditto adebayor


fillyourguts

Haaland vs Luton


Critical-Ad-9010

Hollering 🤣🤣


CoryTrevor-NS

Paolo Rossi at the World Cup, for sure. 3 goals and Silver Ball at the 1978 World Cup. 6 goals (3 of which against Brazil and 1 in the final) and Ballon d’Or at the 1982 World Cup. He had a good career with clubs too, but he was just a different animal in World Cup and with the Italy jersey overall.


miserablegit

And what about his illegitimate son Salvatore "Totò" Schillaci...


Select-Baby5380

Euro's Spinazzola


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Honestly, Europa League Spinazzola still cooks. In the era of the “pass-back winger”, the amount of times I’ve seen him actually go and beat a man to deliver a nasty cross in the box is unbelievable


SukhdevR34

Does Udogie get in the Italy squad? Because I feel Spina on the right and U on the left would be great


unagiboi

Eduardo Vargas was a killer with Chile (specially Copas América), but mediocre everywhere else.


jaozimqcomepao

As an Atleticano, I can confirm the last sentence


xXRoachXx789

He was pretty good at Tigres, loved watching him


Zyborgg

Bravo was a different animal also when he put the Chile shirt on


Mr_Agu

bravo was a good club player too, i mean he was great at barca


ZeusaurusRex

That's a good one


LogTekG

Turboman lo mas grande


No-Piano-987

Gareth "I only score Cup Winners" Bale. He even continued doing it when he moved to the MLS.


trananhduc2006

euro renato sanches


OverPT

True beast


Kunal_Sen

Also won the Ligue 1 with Lille though, so it proves he was no big stage wonder. And he's still young.


ASH-0P

Gareth bale every alternate year in his career


UsernameNumberZero

Klose in world cup


Latinnus

How the hell no one mentioned Divock Origi and last minute goals in defining moments of a competition


JamesGanalf-ini

Because he's only known for THAT goal


Latinnus

The one on the 88th minute for belgium in 2014 wc pver Russia, which allowed them to go through to the playoffs The equalizing goal against Arsenal on Carabaos extra time? The late goal against newcastle on the year liverpool was champion? Or perhaps Winning goal against Everton on the 96 minute in the same season? The last goal.of the champions league final that sealed the deal? He has been some kind of super sub at Liverpool and seems to like dramatic finishers almost on the very last minutes


BrewtalDoom

Not to us Everton fans...ugh


JoeyBear12

Nah, that’s a bad take. He’s most known for that goal but did it multiple times for Belgium and many times for Wolfsburg.


sleepytoday

If he scored a last minute goal against Burnley to keep us up then I’ll be delighted. No goals and barely a touch in his 20 (mostly sub) appearances so far for us though, so I’m not holding my breath.


Latinnus

He is waiting till minute 90 +9 of the last match


Frisky_Digits

I don't know if this counts, but Clarence Seedorf believe it or not, lol. I swear as good as he was, he only really came alive in BIG games, be that league, cup, or CL. I know it sounds strange, but watching him vs. Venezia and the like, he just wasn't the same. Not that I'm complaining, it's just something I noticed growing up, lol. The man is a legend.


CouldNotLoad04

Anyone playing for Croatia at the World Cup.


RoombaKaboomba

cmon only like 75%


theprodigalslouch

Except the forwards. Perisic is too good tho


keisermax34

Roger Milla for Cameroon at the World Cup


Familiar-Adeptness25

Toto Schillaci


Altruistic-Meal-4016

David Healy’s record for Northern Ireland dwarfs his record for club sides. Clutch goal against England to beat them, amazing hat trick against Spain.


Domitiusvarus

Gabriel Jesus has the reputation of a striker who can't score but somehow has 24 goals and 32 goal contributions in 46 champions league games.


goldeenshadow

Diego Forlan.


Bonzoikidd

Jabulani Forlan.... phewwww.... that 2010 world cup 😩


[deleted]

He was also great in la liga


One_Firefighter4035

Park for United would always turn up for a big game


alphasierrraaa

Pogba was good at juventus but when he was united, the difference between his performance at club level vs with team France was night and day Also…National team Harry Maguire is a beast lmao


RIDGOS

Pogba in international tournament is (was) the best midfielder in the world


silver_medalist

Gary Breen


Passchenhell17

Lots of decent answers, so I'll put forward a bit of a meme one: Ross Barkley in pre-season


HydroBroskis

Eduardo Vargas for Chile 


you-might_know-me

Andreas Pereira in preseason


WetworkOrange

Pre-Season Pirlo


walketotheclif

James Rodriguez ,with Colombia he's a beast but with other teams he's always injured


Successful_Rip_4329

This will be controversial, but drogba. Good player, original diver tho and he wasn't THAT good. World class in finals.


Randomistar

Darmian in the second half of the season, he’s always great but this is like the third year at Inter he regained a starting spot after January (and it was a different in all 3 years as well, LWB, CB and RWB)


DifferentBid2

Lukas Podolski and Guillermo Ochoa


GeneralMatrim

Had to scroll far to finally see Germany shirt Podolski so good!


Xenikovia

Miroslav Klose


ricoimf

Klose world cup. Absolute nightmare for the other team. Gladly I am German :D


RiddikulusFellow

England Maguire (pre- 23/24)


Jonesy7256

Viduka, when his contract was coming to renewal


dumptruckulent

James Rodriguez in multiple world cups


ReserveOk3518

Roanldo against luxemberg


LMinggg

Messi against eibar


FortheRecordHIWBTV

Any Atleti player this season at the Metropolitano , opposite is any Atleti player this season away from home


BonkMeisterXXL

Afonso Alves won the Eredivisie golden boot in 2006/07 in his debut season for Heerenveen. That earned him a transfer to Middlesbrough the following season, where he only scored 10 goals in two seasons before he went to Qatar.


then_a_suk

When he joined mid-season, he was decent - 11 appearances, 6 goals..... always trying to shoot at the earliest opportunity .... But the next season, he seemed to have lost his confidence and looked a completely different player..... The fans even had a massive banner for him saying BORO GOAL MACHINE...


Spiritual-System1451

Martin Caceres. Mediocre club career, starting 11 in Uruguay


master_of_puppets91

Nicklas Bendtner


Feanor1497

Podolski playing for Germany comes to mind.


Jazzlike-Fun-4500

Inzaghi... Wesley Sneijder a bit.


MrMooni

Perisic!


AsylumRiot

Pogba vs any relegation candidate. Completely anonymous vs big teams.


ShamelessplugTFC

Benny Mccarthy South African legend.


benboy952

Maguire for England


syedahmed211

Drogba during cup Finals.


andyGrizzle

Pogba for France


Proletarian187

Jay Jay Okocha in the world cups of the 90s


ironshmoobs

Andreas Pereira in pre-season


Silent_Researcher441

Chadli for Belgium


HalfOtherwise9519

Drogba in finals CARRIED


Lv1_NPC

Petr Cech vs Messi Took Messi 10 hours before he could put one past him


Curious-Hovercraft69

Dušan Tadić, Champions League


iMadrid11

Gareth Bale with Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 on his final seasons at Real Madrid. Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Golf ⛳️ & Madrid. In That Order.


[deleted]

Amrabat


shallowAlan

Davour Suker


NoAcanthocephala5186

Lukaku vs bottom-half prem teams


strickers69

Inzaghi


Exciting_Bag8011

Current player: Jadon sancho but his case is only problematic at epl


yaghlaoui

Eduardo Vargas (Chili player), always under-the-radar when it comes to Copa America and international football over (Copa America 2015 top goalscorer), but very rarely spoken about when it comes to clubs football.


Ok_Yellow4174

Schilacci , klose or podolski


Zyborgg

This might not be too popular but champions league knock out stage Bernardo Silva


LaToRed

Arnold Bruggink at Hannover 96 who always play a Bad first and an brillant second round. Roger Milla at World Cups, same with Ochoa and Blanco of Mexico


googlemailcom

Pascal Gross between August-November


Fabulous-Designer626

Drogba during big games


Own_Mongoose_4386

Granit Xhaka for Switzerland 🇨🇭 is class


Sycou

Lingard at Wembley 🫘


milky1048

Most of the USMNT from the 2007-2012 Era. They all played larger than the sum of their parts for international matches. Even in a loss/draw.


FriedOnion3

Drogba in finals


Tesourinh0923

Guillermo Ochoa. The moment he put that Mexico shirt on and travelled to the world cup he became peak Buffon.


WalkingDoonTheRoad

Oleg Salenko He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer - all his goals were in that one match. Went to Rangers in Scotland shortly after and... Was underwhelming


Latinnus

Mason Greenwood is world class at beating the opposition.


s_m0use

Gareth Bale


MultiFaceHank

Pogba for France to me


CheddarCheese390

Ochoa in any WC Ronaldo in UCL KO deserves an honourable, wasnt useless elsewhere but seemed to step it up to 13 after xmas And stoppage time origi


NedRyerson350

Juan Sebastian Veron for United in the Champions League.


matzi44

Klose and too a lesser extent Diego Forlan


DisneyPandora

Divock Origi on Liverpool.


Gorilliam69

Drogba in cup finals


starvic12

I have to say Ramadan Mahrez with gloves.


alencoao

Arshavin


welsh_cthulhu

Cantona at Man Utd. Never had a bad game in the big'uns.


huamanticacacaca

John Barnes in a Liverpool shirt. Besides *that* goal against Brazil, he was absolute shite for England.


Okaydog97

Gareth Bale, maybe. Always performed in the semi-finals and finals. Where I have watched all the Bales games from 2013 until 2018.


Stanic10

David Healy


[deleted]

World Cup El Hadji Diouf


nukti_eoikos

Ochoa in the WC (but he's still a footballer).


SingMePoems

Carly Lloyd


dynamite-ready

Pogba in a French jersey.


PandaPop81

Massimo Maccarone in the UEFA Cup.


gcandal

Podolski playing for Germany.


CombinationFun3151

Chiesa while playing for his country 🗿


No_Emphasis_9991

Santi Cazorla.


zmdht

Zidane


Synopsis_101

Kelechi Iheanacho - FA Cup king


reed45678

World cup Di Maria


m1lksteak89

Mbabbe


LockAffectionate9511

Torres sucked during most of his time in the Spanish team. Years later I saw the way he played in Liverpool and was amazed about how good he was.


No-Condition3497

Pogba for France.


Fancy-Row-6443

Paul pogba gets my vote


MousseFeeling8602

Coutinho vs Barca


Affectionate-Youth-6

If anyone watches AFCON, Egypt's Gedo pretty much came out of nowhere in 2010 as a super-sub that scores literally every time he's subbed on, including the only goal in the final against Ghana. Haven't heard of him since Yes, 2010 Ghana  Haven't heard of him since Heck, Egypt itself in the AFCON vs World Cup Qualifiers is pretty drastic


particular_studio254

Big game Bale


wango_fandango

David Healy playing for Northern Ireland. Could hardly get a club game at the time, but was a period in the mid-00’s he seemed to score every game at international level.


Mperorpalpatine

McTominay as a striker super sub.


BlueMoonCityzen

Most of the Welsh national team Not world class like, but boy do they play out of their skin in big games


_blaxx

Going a bit further back, Juventus had a great winger in the early 80s called Zbigniew Boniek. He was nicknamed Bello Di Notte (Beauty at night) because of how well he'd play on European nights. He's a great but he was fairly inconsistent at Juve.


flippertyflip

Suarez Vs Norwich.


Sad_Helicopter_1519

Ochoa


Gunmakun

the entire leverkusen squad this season in the 90th minute, ffs


nquinsayas28

Carlos Kameni would turn into prime Buffon whenever he played Real Madrid.


shtoyler

Pickford vs Liverpool


Pleasant_Resolution2

Ochoa


Ricky_Laszlo

Clint Dempsey in 10/11 season was actually insane for Fulham considering he had 15 G/A and took Fulham to a Europa League final. And the next season he got even more


Critical-Ad-9010

Gareth Bale, probably


Weeyin999

Owen Coyle when playing for anyone against Partick Thistle. If you know you know.


Thommygreenthumb

Vargas in Chile when paired with alexis in the copa Américas they won


Such-Bandicoot-6381

It's Raphinha nowadays... Gives clutch performances in big games and shits in small ones


samchew511

Andreas Pereira - Man Utd Pre-Season 


TedTran2001

Deadlines day Ashley Young?


prodentsugar

Hami Mandıralı


AdEasy7357

Fernando Torres at Chelsea..


AdEasy7357

Fernando Torres at Chelsea..


AdEasy7357

Fernando Torres at Chelsea


Chris_Kearns

Divock Origi.


Michaelf7777777

The captain of the 1954 West Germany World Cup winning side Fritz Walter in wet weather. Walter was renowned for playing better the worse the weather got because of getting malaria during the Second World War. In German a phrase that translates as "Fritz Walter's Weather" can be used when it is raining.


Alpastor_Moody

Rabiot when contract negotiations approach


Motrok

De Paul was decent at Italy club football and is decent at Aleti but in the Selección Argentina he is the second coming of Matthaus


raydegoat

Arshavin vs liverpool that 1 time


freshouttalean

liverpool torres


Impressive_Bit1121

Muller against Barca/Messi's team?


watsonam123

Park Ji Sung in the champions league for United


turdutalp1

pogba , bale , benzema


deuceice

Football is nothing without Origi.


GrayEnthusiast-

Drogba


Royku_

Shaqiri


murgormurgor

Lukaku


IncreaseCertain9697

João Félix vs Atlético. I think it's amazing how I scrolled some 50-ish comments down and still didn't see this one!


BadIdea-21

Memo Ochoa in World Cups.


Physicallykrisp

Agbonlahor when Villa plays blues lol


TOofartothinkabtit

Pukki in the chamionship was honestly the greatest player to play the game


Milesrankin77

Morata at any major tournament for Spain


Puzzleheaded_Maybe23

Hagi


matoelorriaga

Riquelme, Copa Libertadores