Legends Who Never Played in The World Cup Part 2
Dimitar Berbatov (born in1980)
Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov had a distinguished career in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, before announcing his retirement from football in 2019.
Berbatov was part of the Tottenham team that won their last major title when they won the League Cup in 2008.
According to analysts, Berbatov is considered one of the greatest Bulgarian players of all time, as he is the top scorer of the Bulgarian national team, with 48 goals in 78 matches. He made his international debut in 1999 when he was 18 years old and later appeared in Euro 2004, As it is the only international tournament in which he participated with his country, Bulgaria, while he missed the World Cup.
Ryan Giggs (born in 1973)
Ryan Giggs managed to succeed at the highest possible level during his career with Manchester United; On the international front, however, he failed to realize his dream of appearing with Wales in the World Cup, until his retirement from football in 2007.
Despite representing England as a youth player, Giggs became a capped player for Wales in 1991, playing alongside Liverpool legend Ian Rush in his early years as an international.
The Manchester United legend has never represented his country in any international competition, although he came close to doing so on a number of occasions. During his career with the Wales national team, Giggs played 64 caps and scored 12 goals.
It is worth noting that Wales qualified for the 2022 World Cup, and thus Wales will participate in the World Championship for the first time since 1958.
Eric Cantona (born 1966)
Eric Cantona, the legendary former Manchester United star, had a better club career than his career with the French national team, and his first international appearance was in 1987 before a dispute with former coach Henri Michel led to his exclusion from the national team.
Cantona returned to the French national team years later, after coach Henri Michel was replaced by the legendary Michel Platini; But the incident of assaulting a Crystal Palace fan with the famous "kung fu" kick when he was a Manchester United player, cost him his place in the national team squad, as he was suspended for 8 months from playing football.
Cantona participated in 45 international matches with the French national team, scored 20 goals, and was part of the French team that failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, he decided to end his football career in 1997 at the age of only 30 years.
George Best (born 1946)
The legendary star of Manchester United in the sixties and early seventies won the Golden Ball award as the best player in Europe in 1968 but missed the World Cup finals due to the low level of his national team, Northern Ireland, which failed to reach the finals in the years 1966-1970 - 1974
It is worth noting that he passed away in 2005 at the age of 59.
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