Is this the most underrated player in European football?

[themodelcitizen]

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[Osnator]

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No doubt Arango is a great player and I agree that he is indeed underrated by many. But most underrated player in Europe? I don't know about that.

[phil80]

No, Iniesta is.

[themodelcitizen]

No, Iniesta is.

Iniesta gets a lot of respect, at least from journalists and people "in the know", even if not so much by the average fan outside of Spain. Arango on the other hand, is a few years older so has had the chance to do it consistently every season, but still gets little respect (at least proportionate to his skill), even from experts.

[goliath74]

How about Edmar?

[Offlimp]

Ze Roberto

[Cirdan]

Ze Roberto

Zé Roberto might be underrated outside of Germany and by Schweini-&-Poldi-fanboys, but people who know a bit about football, including sports journalist, know how good he is, and how important for Bayern.

[dniprodarcy]

How about Edmar?

From Metalist?!?
I think that in order for him to be underrated, someone would first have to rate him.

[karakartal]

I think (the stastics must think too) Alex De Souza is ONE OF THE most underrated player. When he came to turkey no one was thinking that he would be one the foreign legends of turkish football and also his stastics became more succsesful than the romanian legend George HAGI. Here is the stastics of Alex (since 2004) (after alex transfered to fenerbahçe)

-----------SEASON---------------CAPS-----GOALS-----ASSISTS
2004-2005(Turkish Leage)--------- 42 ------- 28 ---------21
2005-2006(Turkish Leage)--------- 43 ------- 20 ---------27
2006-2007(Turkish Leage)--------- 47 ------- 29 ---------22
2007-2008(Turkish Leage)--------- 49 ------- 18 ---------29
2008-2009(Turkish Leage)-----------8 -------- 5 ----------4
All Turkish Cups(from 2004)---------17 -------- 5 ----------6
UEFA CL (with Fenerbahçe)---------24 -------- 9 ---------13
UEFA Cup(with Fenerbahçe)---------9 -------- 2 ----------4
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TOTAL----------------------------222---------111----------120

Amazing stastics for a number 10

And when we look to his all career we can see;

--CLUBS/NT/ORGANIZATIONS-----CAPS-------GOALS--------ASSISTS

Fenerbahçe-----------------------222 ------ 111 -----------120
Cruzeiro--------------------------121 ------- 64 ------------61
Parma------------------------------5 -------- 2 -------------7
Flamengo--------------------------12 -------- 3 -------------0
Palmeiras-------------------------241 ------- 78 ------------56
Coritiba--------------------------124 ------- 32 -------------0
Campeonato Brasileiro-------------165 ------- 57 ------------40
Torneio Rio-São Paulo--------------33---------12--------------9
Camp. Paranaense-----------------69---------21--------------0
Campeonato Paulista---------------48---------18--------------9
Campeonato Mineiro----------------27---------23-------------15
Libertadores da América------------46 ------- 15 ------------16
Copa América----------------------13 -------- 3 -------------7
Copa do Brasil----------------------42 ------- 12 ------------15
Brazilian NT------------------------68 ------- 20 ------------12
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GENERAL TOTAL-------------------1236 ------ 471 ------------367

I love watching him but I would like to see him in the top 3 leages so all football fans would have a chance to watch him. La liga would be the best for his skills. Nowadays he's too old to transfer to top 3 and Anyway He's still playing for Fenerbahce and it seems they gonna sign a new contract and alex probably will retire football here. Fenerbahçe fans are lucky to have a
number 10 alex. As a beşiktaş fan I wish we would have a real number 10 like alex one day... but it seems impossible in the near future...