In this Part II of the series ‘Those who did not make it’ I want to focus on players that used to play for youth sides/reserve side of Real Madrid but didn’t make it.
The players had to meet two criteria to be considered for this Real Madrid XI.
1) Had to be part of the Real youth/reserve set up for at least 2 years
2) Must not have started more than 20 games for the first team
Diego Lopez: 2000-2007, 3 starts, 0 goals
Villareal CF
Cesar Navas: 1999-2003, 0 starts, 0 goals
FC Malaga, Racing Santander, Rubin Kazan
Russian Champion 2009
Christopher Schorch: 2007-2009, 0 starts, 0 goals
FC Cologne
Ruben Gonzales Rocha: 2001-2006, 0 starts, 0 goals
Racing Santander, Celta de Vigo, RCD Mallorca, CA Osasuna
Jose Manuel Jurado: 2000-2006, 0 starts, 0 goals
Atletico Madrid, Schalke 04
German Cup 2011 (Schalke), UEFA Europa League 2010, UEFA SuperCup 2010 (Atletico)
Borja Valero 1997-2007, 0 starts, 0 goals
RCD Mallorca, West Bromwich Albion, Villareal CF
Daniel Parejo: 2003-2009, 0 starts, 0 goal
Getafe CF, Valenica FC
Winner European u21 Championship 2011
Juan Mata: 2003-2007, 0 starts, 0 goals
Valencia CF
Spanish Cup 2008, Fifa World Cup 2010, Winner European u21 Championship 2011
Roberto Soldado: 2000-2008, 4 starts, 3 goals
Getafe CF, Valenica FC
Alvaro Negredo 2005-2007, 3 starts, 0 goals
UD Almeria, Sevilla FC
Samuel Eto’o: 1996-2000, 0 starts, 0 goals
RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, FC Internazionale Milano
Spanish Cup 2003 (Mallorca);
Spanish Champion 2005, 2006, 2009, Spanish Cup 2009, Spanish Supercup 2005, 2006, UEFA Champions League 2006, 2009 (Barcelona);
Italian Champion 2010, Italian Cup 2010, 2011, Italian SuperCup 2010, UEFA Champions League 2010 (Internazionale Milano)
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What a fantastic team. Especially the offensive talent is mindblowing.
In the event of Real Madrid producing a talented defender, they usually make sure that he has a great career at the club rather than letting him go.
That is one reason why there is quite some gap between offensive and defensive talent here. But it is also quite possible that I forgot a great defender.
Get involved and let me know your personal Real Madrid XI of players who didn’t quite cut it at Real.
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