Top 10 Footballers That Have Never Won The Premier League!
Top 10 Footballers That Have Never Won The Premier League!
Who are the Top 10 Footballers That Have Never Won The Premier League!? Have you ever though about which Footballers that have never won the Premier League but have played a big role within the league ? We at Sillyseason.com have compiled a list of the Top 10 Footballers That Have Never Won The Premier League!, we obviously couldn’t mention all of the players because it would be a huge list, so we decided on going with the Top 10 most popular Footballers that have never won the title.
The Premier League Title is no doubt one of the most prestigious trophies in the world and it is a major achievement to win it while you’re playing in the Premier League.
Top Ten Players To Have Never Won a Premier League Title
Previously you can find that we released the Teams With Most Premier League Titles and Top 10 FA Premier League All Time Table if you haven’t seen them yet take a look after this list. until then let’s count down to the Top 10 Players To Have Never Won The Premier League.
10. Xabi Alonso
Starting the list is Top 10 Players To Have Never Won The Premier League is current Bayern Munchen defensive midfielder who can also play as a defender. Xabi Alonso was one of the best midfielders in the Premier League before he left for Real Madrid in 2009 for £30 million, reports suggest that he never wanted to leave Liverpool if it wasn’t the differences between him and Benitez.
Xabi Alonso spent 5 years in the Premier League but never won a Premier League title, he spent all five years with Liverpool only managing to win the UEFA Champions League. Since he left in 2009 Liverpool have not looked to be a Premier League title winning side.
9. Les Ferdinand
In ninth place is Les Ferdinand who is a retired English Footballer. He is cousins to brothers Rio and Anton Ferdinand. Many may be wondering as to why he has been included on the list but the former striker is worthy to mentioned as he scored a total of 150 goals in the premier league,has two runners up medals for the premier league and was also part of the PFA team of the year inclusion in the year 1996 as well as a league Cup medal in 1996.
He spent most of his playing time in the premier league with clubs like Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United , Tottenham Hotspurs ,West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers to mention a few.
8. Shay Given
In eighth place is Shay Given and makes it on this list as the only goal keeper . He has spent about a total of 20 years in the premier league with clubs like Manchester City and Newcastle to mention a few. He would have won the league during his spells with Newcastle and Manchester City in the years 1997 and 2012 respectively. Had he stayed to these club he would have definitely not been on this list. During his time with Newcastle he was named the clubs player of the year in 2006.
7. Gianfranco Zola
Gianfranco Zola who is a former Italian football and played in Italy as well as in England . During his spell in England he spent his time with Chelsea and there he became a fan favorite with his skills and goal scoring abilities. While playing with the blues he won the player of the year twice and was also named football writers player of the year in the year 1997. To his name was also the FA Cup winners medal and this goes to show as to why his name is so famous among the Chelsea fans around the World. But the Premier League winners medal is what eludes the Italian in his Gallery.
6. Fernando Torres
And in the sixth place is none other than the Spanish striker Fernando Torres. Torres’ first Premier league club was Liverpool back in the year 2007. He became known in the Liverpool history by being the second after Robbie Fowler to score more than 20 goals in a season. During his time with Liverpool he was also named as the the fastest ever Liverpool player to score A total of 50 goals in a season. During his stay with Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier league Torres won some silver ware but like all the names on this list he has never been a Premier League winner.
5. David Ginola
David Ginola makes it in at number 5. He is a French former international footballer and played in the premier league with Everton , Tottenham and Aston Villa. His first club in the English premier league was Newcastle United in the year 1995 from the French giants Paris Saint German. Of all the names on the list he is arguably the one who was closest the most when he played for Newcastle in the 1995/96 season when they (Newcastle) were 12 points clear during the chrismas period but failed to clinch the title at the end of the season.
4. Matt Le Tissier
One of the best penalty takers in the world, well if his not just the best, Matt is also part of the Top 10 Penalty Takers In The World Of All Time after scoring 47 penalties out of 48 penalty kicks showing how good of a player he was and how much he deserved a Premier League title, its bad that he wont be remembered for the things that he won but for the things he missed out on like the Premier League.
Matt won the Premier League young player of the year, he also made the team of the year in 1994 and he was name in the Premier League Hall of fame in 2013 alongside great players like Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.
3. Gareth Bale
A player who didn’t have the best of seasons in the Premier League during his time in the league, but Gareth Bale established himself as one of the best wingers in the Premier League, if not just one of the best wingers in the world. After spending an amazing season with Tottenham in 2012 Gareth Bale attracted Spanish Giants to break their bank and splash out £85.3 million for the Welsh mans services.
The Welshman joined Tottenham from Southampton in 2007 for only £10 million, he went on to spend 7 years with Tottenham Hotspurs without winning any Premier League title and makes the list of the Top 10 Players To Have Never Won The Premier League Gareth Bale decided to join Real Madrid in the summer of 2013.
2. Jamie Charragher
The runner up on the list is also another former Liverpool player this time its the former Liverpool center back Jamie Carragher. Jamie Carragher had been a popular figure in both Liverpool and England‘s starting line ups during his playing days. He retired from the English national team twice but graced the the premier league with a total of 508 caps and only 38 caps for the national team. With all these premier league appearances its very shocking to hear that he has never won the premier league title.
1. Steven Gerrard
Finally the number one on the Top 10 Players To Have Never Won The Premier League is Steven Gerrard, i’m guessing we all expected this because no other player can come to your mind when you think of the players who have never won a Premier League title in his Premier League career, and its looking like he will never win one considering his on his way out of the Premier League as he played his last game for Liverpool at the end of last season.