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#2 Denilson
A lot of eyebrows were raised in 1998 when Spanish club Real Betis paid a world record fee of £21.5m to sign a 20-year-old Denilson from Sao Paulo. The talented winger scored just two goals in 35 appearances for Betis in his first season, before the club got relegated to the Segunda just two seasons after he arrived.
This marked the beginning of the downward spiral of Denilson's career. He transferred to Brazil on loan but returned to Betis in January 2001 to aid in their successful promotion back to the top-flight.
Just three seasons after his world record move, Denilson found himself on the fringes of the Betis team and started just three matches in the 2004/2005 season as Betis qualified for the Champions League and won the Copa Del Rey.
He was sold to Ligue 1 side Bordeaux in August 2005, with four years left on his Real Betis contract and left the French League for Saudi Arabia; which begun his journeyman status, as he played in five clubs in five different countries including Vietnam and Macedonia before announcing his retirement in 2010.
On the International scene, Denilson was more accomplished, winning 61 caps between 1996 and 2003 and was part of the victorious squads in the 1997 Copa America and FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Ball at the latter tournament. He also represented his country at two World Cups in 1998 and 2002, winning the 2002 edition.
A supremely excellent dribbler, Denilson was a master in the art of performing the feint dribble and showed a lot of promise with his pace in his early career. However his world record move in 1998 put an enormous pressure on his shoulder and even though he had a brilliant career with Brazil, his patchy club performances meant the Sao Paulo native did not live up to the lofty expectations of him.
