YouTube saw masses of football fans share some of the most outrageous skills online.Soon it was easy enough for supporters to find out about some devastatingly skillful players over in Brazil and the like.
And consequently, clubs started to get involved as well, even going as far as signing them.But the internet - and in particular YouTube - seldom tells the full tale.
While they might look good in a highlights package, the game is a lot more than just pulling off nutmegs. Some of these players fell off into obscurity, and others managed to forge a decent career but never reached the heights some thought that they might do.
Here Daily Star Sport take you through some of the most famous names who never managed to truly replicate what they did for themselves online.Ricardo Quaresmamasted what’s known as the 'trivela', a pass or shot with the outside of the foot.The trickster started his career at Sporting Lisbon, before going on to play for the likes of Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto, Chelsea, and Besiktas - but despite the big clubs, he earned a signature for, Quaresma struggled to find any sort of consistency.His career eventually led him to Al-Ahli Dubai, Kasımpaşa and Vitória de Guimaraes, where he currently plays for now at the age of 38.Do you think we have missed any out?
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