Speaking of being a late bloomer, Big Tony must be the first to be promoted. The 26-year-old Tony is still struggling in the Italian second division, and his previous career has not improved much. He has been wasting his time in low-level leagues. /kloc-debuted at the age of 0/7, with only three seasons of experience in the first-class league and no performance. In short, no one can see that he has the potential to succeed. But fortunately, he has a good girlfriend, Marta Chechetto. It was her encouragement that made Tony firm his football path, and only in this way could he become a late bloomer.
In the 2003-2004 season, Big Tony, who played in Serie B for the third time, broke out. He scored 30 goals in the season and became the top scorer in the second division, helping Palermo reach the first division after 30 years. In the autumn of 2004, luca toni entered the first-class competition again. In the 2004-2005 season, Lucattoni scored 20 goals, ranking third in the top scorer list, and Palermo also qualified for the UEFA Cup. In the summer of 2005, Lucattoni moved to Florence for 10 million euros. In the 2005-2006 season, luca toni scored 3 1 goal in a single season, which not only won the title of top scorer in Serie A, but also was the first person to score more than 30 goals in a single season in 47 years. This achievement also won him the honor of the European Golden Boot Award, becoming the first European Golden Boot Award in Serie A and Italy in history. In the summer of 2006, Tony represented Italy in the World Cup in Germany as the main center and helped Italy win the World Cup for the fourth time. He was also selected as the best team in the World Cup, and he was also considered as the world's number one center by the media.
2. diego milito
Because he looks like "Uruguayan Prince" Francescoli, he has a noble title of "Prince", but before the age of 30, his career was quite different from his title. Even if he is a prince, he can only be a lonely prince, because before the age of 30, he has been wandering in the ranks of civilians, although there have been some outbreaks. From 2005 to 2008, it exploded to 66,544 in three seasons. In 2008, at the age of 29, he was relegated to Serie B because of his club Zaragoza, and the unwilling Milito had to seek a transfer again. This time, it was a civilian team that extended an olive branch to him. Although his old club Genoa is the birthplace of Italian football, the strength of the team here is just so-so. Although Genoa is not a giant team, it can't make Milito complete the transformation from a civilian to a prince, but it has become a stepping stone for Milito to enter the giants. During his season in Genoa, Milito scored 24 league goals, second only to Ibrahimovic, ranking second in the scorer list. It was this season's outstanding performance that Serie A giants Inter Milan offered him an olive branch at the end of the season. The 30-year-old Milito became a real prince, and Milito did not let Inter Milan down. In his first season, diego milito made 50 appearances for Inter Milan, scoring 30 goals and assisting 8 times. On May 22nd, Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to win the Champions League final and achieve the triple crown. Diego milito scored twice in the game and was named the best player in the Champions League final. On August 27th, Milito was elected as the best striker in the Champions League in 2009- 10 season and the best player in UEFA in 20 10 year, and has since become the undisputed top killer in the world.
3. Drogba
In the summer of 2004, when Drogba, a 26-year-old African elephant, came to Stamford Bridge for 24.5 million pounds, he was greeted by constant doubts. People think that this unknown guy is not worthy of Chelsea's giant status. In the first two seasons, Drogba's performance was quite satisfactory. Although he didn't score many goals, he often scored key goals in key finals to prove his existence. The season when Drogba really entered the room was undoubtedly the 2006-07 season. This season, Drogba scored 20 goals in 36 appearances in the Premier League, won the Golden Boot Award, helped Chelsea win the runner-up in the Premier League, and also helped Chelsea win the Carling Cup and the FA Cup. He scored all the goals in the two finals. This season, he was also selected as the best team in the Premier League and the best team in UEFA. Few people question him any more. More Chelsea fans are happy to have him. It can also be said that this season has established Drogba as the top killer in the world.
4. bierhoff
Bierhoff was born in 1968./kloc-0 became famous in the final of the European Championship in 1996. At that time, he was 28 years old and came off the bench in the final between Germany and Czech Republic. After he touched the ball for the first time on the court, he tied the score to 1 for the backward German team, and finally scored the winning golden ball, becoming a German in one fell swoop. Bierhoff was 28 when he made a big splash in Britain. Prior to this, he had long played in Italian low-level leagues and played for the little-known ascoli team. Few people know him. In the European Cup final of 1996, even the most experienced fans didn't know who this tall man was when they changed into Shor, who was exhausted in the No.20 shirt. Therefore, as described by the media, bierhoff experienced a month from "ugly duckling" to "white swan" in Britain, and he found his own star road with his "golden head".
196 After the European Cup, bierhoff quickly became a world-class striker, especially his header, which made him unique in football. Although his scoring method is monotonous and ugly, his efficiency is surprisingly high. In the 97/98 season, he scored 27 goals, the best result in Serie A in the past half century. This record was not surpassed by Tony until the 2006/07 season. Therefore, opponents began to call bierhoff an "air monster", and the media even awarded him the reputation of "the best golden head in the world".
5.klose
The top scorer in the history of the World Cup, "Flip Prince" is also a typical late bloomer, because he became famous at the age of 28. Although he had a brief sensation before he was 28, he won the Silver Boot Award with five goals in the 2002 World Cup. However, because all of Klose's five goals were headed, harsh media not only failed to give him enough attention and praise, but began to criticize him for only heading and ignoring the skills at his feet. The fact that he returned to mediocrity after a brief highlight seems to confirm the media comments.
Until the 2005/2006 season, 28-year-old Klose scored 25 goals with 14 assists, and won the Bundesliga Golden Boot and the assists king. He made 56 appearances, 40 goals and 24 assists in various competitions, and the 2005/06 season was also the peak season in the middle of Klose's career. In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Klose, who had high hopes, helped the underestimated German team win the third place with five goals and was elected as the top scorer, thus establishing his superstar status. In the three seasons that Klose played for Werder Bremen, he scored 53 goals and had 39 assists in 89 league appearances. At that time, in the defensive football environment, with the horrible data of average efficiency exceeding 1, he led Werder Bremen to enter the Champions League for three consecutive seasons and all successfully reached the knockout stage, creating a new history of the team's European war. The 2007/08 season is the first season for Klose to join Bayern Munich. In this season's competition, Klose can change with the team's tactics and be competent for the position of second striker and front waist. He played 39 games for Bayern, scored 2 1 goal and assisted 12 times, which helped Bayern win the double crown in 2007/08.