The 12 Greatest Footballers to Never Win the Champions League

The trophy that got away from some of the game's biggest names — World Cup winners, Ballon d'Or holders and record scorers who lit up every stage except the European final. Who tops the list of the unlucky greats? Cast your vote!

1

Diego Maradona

Argentine icon who won the 1986 World Cup and league titles with Napoli but never the European Cup.

1000pts

2

Ronaldo Nazário

Brazil's 'O Fenômeno', a two-time World Cup winner and Ballon d'Or great who never won Europe's top club prize.

772pts

3

Michael Owen

A Ballon d'Or winner at 21 whose spells at Liverpool, Real Madrid and United never yielded the Champions League.

463pts

4

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Prolific striker who won league titles in four countries yet famously never captured the Champions League.

392pts

5

Sergio Agüero

Manchester City's record scorer who left the year before the club's first Champions League triumph.

392pts

6

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech Ballon d'Or winner who was suspended for Juventus's 2003 final and never won the competition.

392pts

7

Harry Kane

England's all-time top scorer, long chasing a first Champions League crown across Tottenham and Bayern.

392pts

8

Kylian Mbappé

France forward with two World Cup Golden Boots who, across years at PSG and Real Madrid, has never lifted the Champions League.

392pts

9

Gianluigi Buffon

Legendary Italian goalkeeper and World Cup winner who lost three Champions League finals with Juventus.

309pts

10

Roberto Baggio

Italy's 'Divine Ponytail', a Ballon d'Or winner who never lifted the European Cup.

211pts

11

Antonio Di Natale

Udinese's devoted goal machine, a cult Serie A great who never played in a Champions League final.

211pts

12

Francesco Totti

Roma's one-club talisman and 2006 World Cup winner who never reached the summit of European club football.

93pts