Star players (usually strikers) at int'l minnows

Discussion in 'Players & Legends' started by themodelcitizen, May 28, 2018.

  1. themodelcitizen

    Jul 23, 2000
    BMO Field - Sec. 114
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    You know the type - like a mini-George Weah, the type of striker who is a regular in their national team and often head-and-shoulders above their teammates. Less like Weah, most of these guys seem to toil in their home country's domestic division with the odd season or two abroad.

    Deon McCauley from Belize seems to fit the mold, or Stefano Rijssel from Suriname. I get a strange sense of satisfaction seeing strikers whose career highlights have mostly been in early rounds of WCQ get a chance at a bigger club somewhere, even if McCauley didn't light up the NASL a few years ago.

    Any other examples in world football right now? For some reason, a lot of these smaller international minnows seem to produce a (relatively) top striker every generation or so.
     
  2. bandwagongooner

    bandwagongooner Member+

    Dec 9, 2006
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably Christian Pulisic in 10 years
     
  3. annoyedbyneedoflogin

    Juventus Football Clube Ajax Mineiro de Deportes
    Jun 11, 2012

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