Name the single best and worst moment of a career

[Caesar]

Not a particularly well-known one, but...

Tony Vidmar
Best: Qualifying for the World Cup with Australia for the first time in 32 years, in his final campaign for the national team,
Worst: Being diagnosed with a heart condition that forced him to retire before the tournament.

[Gregoriak]

Oh for crying out f-cking loud.

Landon Donovan

Best: Getting to the quarter finals of the World Cup 2002 and being hailed as one of the players of the tournament
Worst: Trundling back to MLS bruised and beaten, after a a few months on the bench for Bayern Leverkusen

Cry out a bit louder. It's Bayer Leverkusen. ;)

[Gregoriak]

PELE!!!!

Best: Hmm... Many:
- His hat-trick against france as a 17-year old
- His 8 goals in 1 game
- I could name MANY others, lol

Worst: When he indentionally broke a player's leg, fathering a few illegitamate children

That was in a friendly against West Germany in 1965. The player whose leg was broken was Willi Giesemann.

For those that can read German, here's an article about that foul. (http://www.welt.de/data/2005/06/25/736668.html)

[Sempre]

Van Basten
Best: It hardly get's better than his bicycle kick against Den Bosch.
Worst: Obviously picking up his injury against Groningen. That's where all the nastiness started.

That's not a career highlight, just a great goal - for Van Basten the winning goal vs. the USSR was a top moment, or maybe one of his great displays in the Champions League with Milan.

[Sempre]

PELE!!!!

Best: Hmm... Many:
- His hat-trick against france as a 17-year old
- His 8 goals in 1 game
- I could name MANY others, lol

Worst: When he indentionally broke a player's leg, fathering a few illegitamate children

I'd like to hear what Ombak or tpmazembe say on this, but for Pele two
moments that stick out are: winning the World Cup final vs. Sweden in
1958 - he'd promised his father he'd win the WC with Brazil after the loss
of 50. And: the 4-1 demolition of Italy in the 70 WC final. That was a really
magical team, and it's gone down as one of the most beautiful ever.

[Eliezar]

That's not a career highlight, just a great goal - for Van Basten the winning goal vs. the USSR was a top moment, or maybe one of his great displays in the Champions League with Milan.

That goal and game had to be it for Van Basten.

[Bertje]

That's not a career highlight, just a great goal - for Van Basten the winning goal vs. the USSR was a top moment, or maybe one of his great displays in the Champions League with Milan.

It wasn't the winning goal. Gullit scored the winning goal (though Van Basten had the assist). You could say the entire EC was very positive for him, after a very hard debut-season with Milan.

Perhaps the final against Steua is a better 'finest moment', but for me the goal against Den Bosch stands out as it was just what Van Basten represented: Ajax was having a hard time and Wouters put in a bad cross, but still Van Basten manages to score (with one of the best goals I've ever seen, but that's not the point). The moment the team really needed him, he scored goals. He has that advantage over other Dutch stars as Cruijff, Bergkamp and Rensenbrink.

[Gregoriak]

Gerd Müller

Best: The final whistle in the 1974 World Cup final, knowing that his goal sealed Germany's victory.

Worst: Being subbed out of a Bundesliga game in February 1979. Notable for being the first time he was removed from a game due to bad form and not due to injury. For Müller it was a humiliating experience. He left Bayern soon afterwards.

[Excape Goat]

Diego Simeone
Best: Getting Beckham sent off.
Worst: Getting Beckham sent off.

Perhaps, Materazzi probably has his best and worst moment for the same play.

[Winston Smith]

Cry out a bit louder. It's Bayer Leverkusen. ;)

I give up. I'll get me coat.

[schafer]

Not a particularly well-known one, but...

Tony Vidmar
Best: Qualifying for the World Cup with Australia for the first time in 32 years, in his final campaign for the national team,
Worst: Being diagnosed with a heart condition that forced him to retire before the tournament.


I didn't hear about this. That's a shame.

[Spartak]

Andriy Shevchenko


Best
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/Competitions/UCL_/388541_MEDIUMSQUARE.jpg


Worst
http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/02/72/championsleaguefinal12.jpg

[celito]

Andriy Shevchenko


Best
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/Competitions/UCL_/388541_MEDIUMSQUARE.jpg


Worst
http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/02/72/championsleaguefinal12.jpg

Priceless !!! Good pics !

[celito]

Ronaldo:

Worst - WC Final defeat to France followed by 2 years of major knee problems.

Best - Coming back to win the WC in 02 and scoring 8 goals.

On another note:

Best - Being considered a physical phenom at 19-20 years of age.

Worst - Being considered "Fatty McBacon" at 28-30.

[Milliano]

Zvonimir Boban
Best: Attacking a police officer at the Zagreb riot? Or the 1994 European Cup Final.
Worst: 1998 World Cup semifinal. Being dispossessed by Thuram in front of his own 18, from which Thuram scored the equalizer.

[schmuckatelli]

Jeff Agoos
Best: Being named to the US squad for WC2002 at the age of 34.
Worst: Scoring an OG in the first match, being injured and not playing again in the tournament.

[unclesox]

Paolo Rossi

Worst: 2 year ban for bribery in 1980

Best: Spain '82 - hat-trick to knock out Brazil; both semifinal goals; first Italian goal in Final v W.Germany.

[Cassano]

Perhaps, Materazzi probably has his best and worst moment for the same play.

I don't know, I would say-

Best: Playing an amazing World Cup and showing he actually can be a world class defender

Worst: Constantly being benched at Inter by Mancini and when he did play - being labeled as a butcher, getting sent off, and such

[Cassano]

Francesco Toldo is a player who you can say had the best and worst moments of his career in one tournament

Best: Leading Italy to the Euro 2000 final, making crucial saves, saving 1 penalty during the semi-final, and another 2 in the shootout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Q-F6ZsL4Q

Worst: Making his only error of the tournament on Sylvain Wiltord's shot in the dying seconds of the Final.

[unclesox]

Along the lines of Toldo...

Luis Arconada

Best: Made crucial saves against West Germany and Denmark en route to the EURO 84 final.

Worst: Allowing Platini's free kick to slip under his body for the winning goal in the EURO 84 final.