Best foreign player in League of Ireland history?

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gucci wrote: »

Eric Lavine FTW!

I hate him.

paddy978

Why?I think hes good.

citytillidie

smashey wrote: »

Owen Da Gama.

Dont forget Luther Blissett

dreamers75

PORNAPSTER wrote: »

Without a doubt. The only world cup and European cup winner to play here too.

Incorrect

Gordon Banks and Venables played for pats in the 70s.

Sligo had a player who won the European cup with PSV, buggered if i can remember his name. Free ticket to a pats match to 1st person to name him without google

Has to be Ndo or Mbazai for me.

pablomakaveli

Tbh the likes of George Best, Charlton and Venables all played here in the twilight of their careers. Most of them only played a handful of games and did'nt make a big impact in the games they played.

I think we should limit it to the best foreign players who also played well while playing in the league.

smashey

citytillidie wrote: »

Dont forget Luther Blissett

And not forgetting Stuart Gauld.

gustavo

dreamers75 wrote: »

Sligo had a player who won the European cup with PSV, buggered if i can remember his name. Free ticket to a pats match to 1st person to name him without google

That'd be Johnny Hoeks

You can keep the ticket


For me certainly in the last 10 years it's Hunt or Ndo

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paddy978 wrote: »

Why?I think hes good.

An incident in Athlone.

I nearly blew a gasket.

aodea

Carl van der velden. man he used to break seats at half time. Plus he threw his shirt down on the ground when he was subed on and then subed off in same game.

LuckyLloyd

aodea wrote: »

Carl van der velden. man he used to break seats at half time. Plus he threw his shirt down on the ground when he was subed on and then subed off in same game.

Sweet left boot to be fair.

rovingrover

Apparently the Bobby Charlton stat re 31 games and 18 goals is in his autobiography. It is still totally wrong.

fh041205

Peter Hutton:D

Diabhal Beag

Your not a real Galway United fan unless you remember Damian Dupuy :pac:

HalloweenJack

Whatever happened to him?

I know he went to UCD and scored on his debut against Shels, iirc, in 2005 but I haven't heard anything of him since.

Legend has it we were going to sign him before UCD did at the start of the 2005 season but Devo didn't want him because he said he wouldn't score enough goals.

LeixlipRed

Hunt, Ndo, Nesovic, Gannon, Kalonas, O'Connor, et al. None of them can touch the legend that is Sparky :cool:

civis_liberalis

Foxx92 wrote: »

Alvin Rouse, terrible goalkeeper but one of the soundest players I ever talked to. Looks like Chris Rock too.

He's not that bad at all, just looks awkward. Fastest player on any team he'll play on as well.

civis_liberalis

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Your not a real Galway United fan unless you remember Damian Dupuy :pac:

We haven't had a player of his ability in the box since he left.

Sunset V

andyman wrote: »

Wesley Charles :pac:

Wesley Charles?

fh041205

Not many people will remember him but there was a lad with Drogheda around 2003 called Darren Beasley. Midfielder who played in England and Scotland. He looked a class act in that team (even though Drogheda weren't great at the time) but had to retire because of a back injury I think it was.

Quint

Jimmy Johnstone is the list of "greats" that played a few games.
As a Shels fan, I'd go with Rutherford ahead of Ndo.

Slash/ED

Sparkys more of a legend, but be realistic, pure ability wise Ndo was far superior. The man went to two world cups and played in the LOI in his twenties, that's not the kind of pedigree we get every year

BOHSBOHS

its got to be AVERY JOHN !!!!

hes been to more world cups than george best

Pure Cork

Bobby Tambling
Geoff Hurst
Uwe Seeler
Raich Carter
Bobby Charlton