Andre’s Escobar Is clearly #1. However, I can totally understand why you didn’t put him in this list and I do not fault you for that. This list is pretty good. Good job WM. (Even though Buckner should be higher)
Roberto is my favorite player of all time! Without him Italy wouldn't even qualify for the final that year. He literally carried them especially in the semi and quarter final games
Baggio was a great player and the missed penalty is totally part of the game. I am Brazilian, meaning I truly enjoyed the missed penalty, but it doesn’t change the great career he had and the fact that he scored a penalty kick in 1998 World Cup.
Luis Suarez career didn't end there tho after 2014 World Cup, he went to FC Barcelona to become Legend for them and stopped his Biting antics and is now is one of the best Strikers in the world currently.
Totally. He was a legend in Barcelona (won treble in 2015) and currently a goal scoring machine in Atlético. Obviously Watch Mojo researchers doesn't watch football.
Totally agreed. Like usual they preface the video with some lame, "this might not have exactly done what we said it did, but it was close enough to make our video" Good video, but the quality is going down with the constant need to increase views.
So sad that Baggio is just judged for that missed penalty, he was class the whole tournament and over his career, he’s one of the best players of his generation
And what people dont understand is that Italy didnt lose just because of that penalty miss, 2 other guys had missed before Baggio already including one of the greatest players of alltime Franco Baressi
@@aminali3372 no he did not. He injured his other kneee. Not to mention that Haaland got what he deserved, very dirty player. Keane was at least a world class midfielder.
@@TKnHappyNess no, just casuals and Americans will remember it for headbutt, i will always remember him for that volley goal in 02 CL final against Bayer
As much as I love that Italian team, Materazzi deserved that headbutt. And Zidane will always be remembered as one of the greatest footballers of all time.
come on guys, let's be honest, new generations won't give a fuck about his skills (even if he was CR level or higher), they'll only know that time he screwed up and cost his team the title.
Loris karius should of had a mention, he cost Liverpool on the winning the champions league final in 2018 by two mistakes from Benzema and Bale goal which finished 3-1
TBF, Karius had a horrific head bang that almost certainly led to a concussion, so his mistakes probably stemed from that. Please have a bit of compassion for him please.
Heyyyy Tomorrow is the Champions League Final 2022 Real Madrid V.S. Liverpool again just like 2018......will Alisson or Thibaut be the next Karius Tomorrow? Hmmmmmm👀
I don’t agree with Suarez being on that list it really didn’t end his career. There were a couple memes and all but after that he still tops as one of The European football’s top strikers and players up till now playing for Barcelona one of the biggest teams in football
Suárez didn't destroy his legacy: he then went on to be included in one of the most amazing and remembered trio of this era, MSN; and Baggio is still one of the greatest Italian players of all time. Americans and A. football 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Well, Suarez is one of the most hated players in the world. The fact that he will more remebered for the bites and that Ghana hand than his time at Liverpool or Barca show that his legacy is somehow tainted. Still a grat player in his prime though
@@Rafa-fl5bd most hated according to whom? Those are just media stories. Here in South America he is regarded as one of the most amazing strikers of his time, as well as in Spain, not to mention the Liverpool fandom always remembers him as a legend.
How about a video on Top 10 sports scandals that ended an athlete’s career? There’s Pete Rose’s betting scandal, Tonya Harding losing out on a promising ice skating career because of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which 8 members of the Chicago White Sox were banned from baseball, and Oscar Pistorius being convicted of murder, for starters.
How Suarez ruined his career after the bite????🤣😂 He just after that WC completed a triplete with Barca, he won Pichichi and golden boot while playing with Messi and his opponents being Messi and CR7 😂🤣
The people who know football know this: Baggio is the greatest Italian footballer of his generation. Zidane is the greatest french footballer of his generation. Suarez is the greatest Uruguan footballer of his generation. They should've included Robinho and Pato in the list
How in the holy name of christ is Suarez on this list I swear hes one every trophy he could get at club level since this and has scored 100 goals for Barcelona since then
@@evilpimp4371 how? He was drafted #1 overall which means pretty much every team was willing to pick him despite this. The only way this could have effected his career is if it ruined his draft value. He was still developed by NBA level coaching staff. He still got to play against the best players in the world. This play is not why he wasn’t a superstar. Not everyone can be and MJ or a Kobe.
@@marvelsProtege we are talking about ruining career moments here. He moved on and became a legend at Barca, and he's always been a legend in Uruguay. England can think whatever they want; they're clearly the most hipocritical in terms of condemning "innapropiate behavior".
You forgot Andres Escobar. He got literally murdered in 1994 by the cartel after scoring a own goal at the World Cup that ended Colombia’s chances to go to the round of 16.
@@goddammitnappa1617 He sure does. And in 9 less games than Aikman. But nowhere in my joke statement did I take away from what he accomplished on the field. I mentioned his ongoing battle with injuries. 2008- broken right pinky finger, 2010- broken left collar bone, 2013- raptured disk, 2014- 2 transverse process fractures, 2015- broken left collar bone, 2015(again)- broken left collar bone and finally 2016- compression fracture L1 vertebra. So I do apologize. I meant to say the next 8 years getting injured
Baggio is a legend in Italy. Over 200 goals in La Serie A. 9 World Cup goals and numerous awards. That penalty shot miss did not ruin or define his career
Several months after the '86 Series, the Red Sox came to Shea for a charity game with the Mets. Buckner was introduced and got a standing ovation. To Mets fans, the man's a hero
It should have been ruined though, but we all know morals and values aren't necessary for people with talent (especially in famous sports like football) sad world.
Scott Norwood's missed FG is featured in the video but it wasn't in the Top 10 or the Honorable Mentions. Jim Marshall's Wrong Way Run was also featured but not in honorable mentions or the Top 10.
I'm a Italian guy. I was 8 years old when there was that tournament. I dont care about that error.. i'll love Baggio forever. As me,as all the Italian People.
Yes a lot of people outside of Italy like me love Baggio and I believe Italy should have won World Cup 98 Baggio was playing like a frkn Beast that year France was just lucky
I was in 6th grade watching live when the Bill Buckner incident occurred. I was a Mets fan as a kid so I was thrilled in the moment but I've always felt bad for him. He was a really good player and had a great career but that one play completely tarnished his memory.
If that error had happened in the 2nd or 3rd inning no one would associate it with the loss. Same for Ralph Branca giving up the homer to Bobby Thomson in ‘51.
They still had another game to play too. If that ended the whole thing? I can kinda sorta understand that but you can't blame one guy for one play for losing a team game.
Andre’s Escobar Is clearly #1. However, I can totally understand why you didn’t put him in this list and I do not fault you for that. This list is pretty good. Good job WM. (Even though Buckner should be higher)
OMG, I'm still surprised at how much persecution there is behind Luis Suarez. The last biting incident was in 2014 and he continued his amazing career after that. Far from being ruined. Dislike to you WatchMojo
It should have been ruined though, but we all know morals and values aren't necessary for people with talent (especially in famous sports like football) the majority does not have a second chance, but you only need to be talented/pretty/rich and then you can get away with everything.
I mentioned that, but I also noticed nothing on this list came before 1986. Plus, although the list is inclusive, it seems to be very soccer and hockey centric.
I understand the list, but it's totally unfair that Baggio is remembered by that kick. An amazing player with so many great moments. And Zidane's carreer is so much bigger than that moment too.
Baggio had so much misfortune I dont know how he didnt win the Championsleague when he was with AC Milan that team had so many allstars it was a complete team
I think a better title for this would be "career-defining mistakes." Some of these athletes had great careers even afterward, but they'll never be able to shake the reputation as a result of these mistakes.
How could you do a list like this and not put Donnie Moore on here. He gave up a go ahead homerun to don Baylor of the Red soxs in 1986. He committed suicide bc of this.
It should have been ruined though, but we all know morals and values are not necessary for people with talent (especially in famous sports like football)
Kind wrong with some of these: - Suarez was hammered by media but quickly recovered thanks to his great performances while playing for Barcelona. In the next years he was considered the best striker in the world and nowadays he is considered to be arguibly the best striker of his generation and of the last decade. - Zidane was also hammered by the media, but he was retiring anyways. Despite of this, the headbutt is rarely brought up and nowadays Zidane is world-widely considered one of the greatest of all time. If anything Zidane more than made up for the incident because years later he became one of the most succesful coaches in the world by leading Real Madrid to 3 Champions Leagues in a row.
"Top 10 Athletes Who Ruined Their Careers With One Play " 6: Chris Webber - "While the blunder is still brought up it didn't have a lasting impact on Webbers NBA career" How is this "Ruining their careers with one play?" Am I missing something here?
Being a die hard Red Sox fan, I never placed the sort of blame on Bill Buckner as many. This moment somehow made him into a Scape Goat and I totally think that was unfair. The entire playoffs the Sox replaced him in the late innings of a game for defensive reasons because his knees were just shot. I remember one moment earlier in the Series where he was rounding third base giving his all to score and you could see the excruciating pain he was in. He gave it his all. I also think that the pass ball/wild pitch (My opinion is that it was a wild pitch) was a much bigger factor, because that caused the game to be tied and thus winning (The World Series) was no longer a sure thing. The assholes who sent him death threats clearly knew nothing about Baseball. R.I.P. Billy Buck.
Suarez is still playing football and he is still winning trophies and scoring many goals, his career did not suffer..... the click bait was wrong and Zidane is the greatest midfielder of all time in Europe
Are you suggesting they aren’t athletes because they are from North America? The title is misleading but it’s because they don’t know what the word “ruined” means. But these people were all athletes.
Luis suarez career peaked and progressed after the biting incident. It was far from ruined. Even today he is one the best 5 strikers in the world. He was in his prime after the incident
Zidane was literally retiring from his career, idk how that ruined it, he was always remembered as a football legend and when he came back as coach for Real Madrid he was also very successful
Roberto Baggio is up there with Roaldo,Messi,Brazillian Ronaldo,Pele,Maradonna!!! The guy was poetry in motion,this didn't ruin him,one of the best to ever touch a ball.
I have to object for Roberto Baggio characterisation on this list. His career wasn't ruined after the penalty miss, majority of fans across different clubs appreciated the man for his genius talent. Without him Italy wouldn't have made it to the final and beat so many other teams to it. He was rushed to play in the final although he was suffering from injury. That penalty was for Italy to stay alive, others have also missed. Franco Baresi (greatest of all time defender and current AC Milan captain) who had career defining performance in the final also missed. Still I'm glad this channel is including actually non American sports and athletes that are most popular around the world.
“The Miracle of the Meadowlands” should have made the top ten! A couple of the New York Giants’ coaches got fired by the end of the season. Also, Leon Lett does not even deserve an honorable mention! The Dallas Cowboys had a huge lead against the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. The Cowboys still won despite Leon’s bone headed goof!
That play occurred right before I went to college. That play was so botched and so infamous, my roommates and I used to reenact it as a comedy routine.
As an Italian who was just 8 during the 1994 World Cup, I’ll always remember Baggio for how happy he made me with his goals against Nigeria, Spain and Bulgaria, rather than for the missed penalty. It was a phenomenal summer to me, even if we lost the cup. And it should be worth mentioning that Baggio shouldn’t have played the final since he was injured. But what could our coach do, leaving him out after all he did? Our maniac media would’ve eaten the coach alive if he did it. The fact that Baggio was on the pitch in the sweltering heat of Pasadena shows how professional and great he was as a player. His career suffered a lot because of that penalty, but he still played very well in the years after 94. He made it to the 98 World Cup, it was almost a national scandal when he wasn’t called for 2002, and had a major role in minor Serie A teams like Bologna and Brescia in the latest years of his career. I’d say his career was marred by that penalty, but it didn’t ruin it. He is still regarded as one of the best Italian players ever.
I was 7.5, Italian born and raised… baresi messed up the penalty too… still Baggio won golden foot in 03… I’m for roma but still a huge fan of Baguio as one of the best player in Italy
It was before everything you listed, but Kermit Washington’s (Lakers) sucker punch to Rudy Tomjanovich (Rockets) in 1977 seems to jump out as one that should be on this list. No matter what he did for the rest of his career, Washington was infamous for that incident.
