Name the single best and worst moment of a career

[brassmonkey]

David Trezeguet

Best: Scoring the goal that gave France the title in Euro 2000

Worst: Sitting out for most of WC 06 and then when getting his chance misses what should have been an easy PK by hitting the crossbar, thereby putting the nail in his team's coffin.

[Winston Smith]

Paul Gascoigne

Highest: Crying in Italia 90
Lowest: Getting sacked at Kettering Town after only 39 days as a manager

[dor02]

Michel Platini:

Best: Winning Euro 84
Worst: Coaching France at Euro 92

[Excape Goat]

Paul Gascoigne

Highest: Crying in Italia 90
Lowest: Getting sacked at Kettering Town after only 39 days as a manager


Crying in Italy is not exactly his high point. Perhaps, his goal vs Scotland or Hollad at Euro 1996 is his high point. He has plenty of low points in his career than Kettering own.

[green94]

DaMarcus Beasley

High: See Landon Donovan, add playing at PSV.

Low: Taking a leak in his shorts while on the pitch in 2002

[Catel]

Zidane
Best: two heads in a WC Final.
Worst: a head in a WC Final.

(or Worst: the WC 2002. Injured, he walks on an only leg during the last game against Denmark lost 2-0 by France.)

[Catel]

Papin, Cantona and Ginola
Best: everything they did out of a NT competition.
Worst: everything they did during a NT competition.

[nicephoras]

Suggesting Cantona lacks bad moments in his career at club level is bizarre.

[Catel]

Suggesting Cantona lacks bad moments in his career at club level is bizarre.
It was schematic :D
I was meaning those three players did with the French Team in or out of a Euro or the World Cups they never played. ;)

[nicephoras]

Just drawing a distinction there? ;)

I do see what you mean though. Then again, Cantona's career probably has more downs than ups overall, and that's despite all he won with Utd.

[billyireland]

Suggesting Cantona lacks bad moments in his career at club level is bizarre.
Cantona? Nah mate, he's an angel. Wouldn't harm a fly. ;)

Roy Keane
Best: 1999 CL semi-final against Juventus at the Stadio Del Alpi. 2-0 down on aggregate he picks up a yellow which means that not only are Manchester United all but out, but that he will miss the final even if he does make it. He scores a flicked-on header and goes on to give the performance of his life, and the rest...

Worst: Saipan. 2002. Horrible. (Haaland's not far off, but my national bias is kicking in)

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Worst: Missing most of 03/04, all of 04/05 and all but 5 games in 05/06 through knee ligament injuries and other various injuries, and going 40 months without a competitive goal because of it.

Best: Returning from those injuries at 33 years of age, scoring against Charlton in his 2nd game back and going on to contribute 6 in 12 games so far this season. That for me might just be a shade ahead of his CL winner vs. Bayern in 1999.

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John O'Shea
Best: Megging Figo, Chipping Almunia, or even saving Keane's shot.

Worst: The rest.

[glennaldo_sf]

Claudio Reyna
Best: His mazey run down the right hand flank that set up the goal that put the US a goal up against Mexico and on their way to the WC quarterfinals.

Worst: His premature retirement. Giving away the ball that led to the opening goal, and obtaining an injury that put him out of his last ever international match, in the US's must-win final match of WC 06 against Ghana.

[Winston Smith]

Crying in Italy is not exactly his high point. Perhaps, his goal vs Scotland or Hollad at Euro 1996 is his high point. He has plenty of low points in his career than Kettering own.

It's high a point in terms of of his consistent performances and popularity, he was fantastic in 1990. As for the Kettering Town point, I'd say that's the lowest he's ever been, up til now.

[johno]

Dwight Yorke

Worst: Walking out on the T&T National team in 2001
Best: Returning to the team and leading them to the WC in 2006


Russell Latapy
Worst: Playing only a few minutes in T&T's only WC Apperance despite being T&T's greatest ever player.
Best: Winning Superliga (Portugal) Titles w/ Porto 94/95 + 95/96

[Catel]

Thuram
Best: his only two goals with French NT in 1998
Worst: guilty on Charisteas' goal in 2004

[Vice]

Roberto Baggio

Best: His career

Worst:That carreer threatening injury in the 01-02 serie A season where he had 8 goals in his first eight games and was on course to have at least a career high 25 goal season forcing himself onto the azzuri like 98 before him. He may very well have outdid 94 if given the chance.

[spoonman]

Frank de Boer

Best: Great last minute pass to Bergkamp agains argentina at WC98 QF
Worst: Missing two PK's at Euro2000 semi against Italy