#3 Ricardo Quaresma
Quaresma had all the talent in the world at one point in his career, but his reputation for being a YouTube footballer seemed to take over what he was trying to achieve.
During his early career, he was meant to be the next Luis Figo, playing for both Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona before returning back to Porto in the mid 2000’s. He was slowly building a reputation for being a flair player and being someone who had enough confidence to try anything in a game, and his YouTube videos prove that.
He was one of the first players to pull off the Rabona skill move and sent social media into frenzy. Quaresma is the poster child of skill videos hiding the flaws of an individual. There is no doubt that the attacker was talented, extremely talented for a matter of fact, but a lot of hype surrounding the winger was built around his skills and his flair, not his actual ability.
Thanks to YouTube, Quaresma managed to become one of Europe’s most sought after players at one point in time.
