“One Season Wonder” Players on All Soccer Page

KOMPAS.com – Consistency is something important for a soccer player. Cristiano Ronaldo is an example of a player who has great consistency in the world of football.

Since the 2009-2010 season, Cristiano Ronaldo, who now defends Juventus, has always been able to score at least 20 goals in the national league.

In the 2020-2021 season, Ronaldo has accumulated 23 goals in 24 appearances for Juventus in the Italian league’s top competition, Serie A.

Aside from Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi is also a player who appears consistently from season to season. However, not all footballers can appear consistently like Ronaldo and Messi.

In the world of football, there are players who only perform well in one season. After that, his appearance was drastically reduced.

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Footballers who only look great for one season are called wonder of a season.

In the main competitions in Europe such as the Premier League (English League) or the Bundesliga (German League) there are players who become wonder of a season.

The following are five soccer players who earned the tag wonder of a season, as cited on page 90 min.

5. Carlos Alberto

Carlos Alberto was one of the scorers in FC Porto’s victory over AS Monaco in the final of the Champions League for the 2003-2004 season.

At that time, FC Porto, coached by José Mourinho, managed to beat AS Monaco 3-0 to win the Champions League title. However, it seems that Carlos Alberto’s name will only be remembered thanks to his only goal in the header game.

After that, the Brazilian player’s career sank and he moved to many clubs until he finally retired in 2019.

4. Benjani Mwaruwari

With 12 goals in 23 Premier League appearances, Manchester City are keen to bring in Benjani Mwaruwari from Portsmouth.

In February 2008 Benjani moved to Manchester City for £ 3.87 million and immediately scored a goal in his debut match against Manchester United.

However, Benjani’s career with Manchester City is far from brilliant. The Zimbabwean forward was recorded to have only scored three goals in 13 games for The Citizens in the second half of the 2007-2008 season.

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3. Roque Santa Cruz

AFP / CRAIG BROUGH Blackburn Rovers forward Roque Santa Cruz celebrates his goal against Sunderland in the Premier League Cup game held at the Stadium of Lights on November 12, 2008

Benjani Mwaruwari is not the only one wonder of a season never hired by Manchester City. In the summer of 2009, they spent 21.2 million euros to bring in Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn Rovers.

Manchester City are keen to bring in Santa Cruz after the Paraguayan forward looked strong with a 19-goal collection for Blackburn in the 2007-2008 season.

Unfortunately, Roque Santa Cruz’s sharpness faded with Manchester City, where he was only able to score three goals in 19 appearances in the 2009-2010 Premier League season.

2. Graphite

The name Edinaldo Batista Libanio, alias Grafite, shocked the highest competition in the German League, the Bundesliga, in the 2008-2009 season.

Along with Edin Dzeko, Grafite is the key player behind Wolfsburg’s success in winning the Bundesliga title and destroying Bayern Munich’s hegemony.

In that season, Grafite became top scorer Bundesliga with a score of 28. However, after that, Grafite’s acuity with Wolfsburg continued to decline until he finally moved to UAE club Al Ahli in 2011.

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The name Miguel Perez Cuesta aka Michu will probably always appear at the top of the player list. wonder of a season.

How not? Michu really became a Premier League sensation in the 2012-2013 season. The Spanish player successfully contributed 18 Premier League goals for Swansea City and led the club to win the League Cup that season.

AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS Spain’s Swansea City attacking midfielder Michu celebrates his goal against Chelsea in the first England League Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, on Wednesday (1/9/2013).

However, Michu’s greatness only came about in the 2012-2013 season. In the following season, he was only able to score two goals in 17 Premier League games.

Michu’s decline in performance even left him stranded at the UP Langreo club, which played in the fourth division of the Spanish League in the 2015-2016 season.