6 greatest players who never received an international cap

#4 Dario Hubner (Italy)

Dario Hubner was one of the most consistent performers in the Italian League during the middle of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s.

Bisonte as he was fondly called (in reference to his playing pattern like a bull) scored over 300 goals in a career spanning almost two decades, and made history as the oldest man to win the Serie A capoconeire (Golden Boot) in 2002 aged 35 (a record which was broken 13 years later by Luca Toni who did so aged 38 in 2015).

Making a name as an opportunistic goalscorer, Hubner started grabbing attention in the lower leagues with his goalscoring exploits, and continued with his impressive strike rate upon joining Serie A in 1997. However, for all of his goals, he never received an international call-up to the Italian national team.

A couple of reasons were responsible for this, including the fact that he competed for spots with legendary forwards such as Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, but moreso because of his poor disciplinary record and questionable work rate.

Hubner received a total of 10 red cards as well as 36 yellow cards during his playing career, and was a heavy drinker and regularly smoked on the bench, which did nothing to help his cause for all of his talents as a striker.