The Next Messi

There are way too many versions of the "[Fill in Nationality] Messi" out there but just in case you want to keep track, here is a list of players that are often given that impossible to achieve nickname.

Ioannis Fetfatzidis - Greece



Iker Muniain - Spain
Marco Verratti - Italy
Takefusa Kubo - Japan
Marko Marin - Germany

Seung Woo Lee - South Korea


Eden Hazard - Belgium
Viktor Fisher - Denmark

Marco Rojas - New Zealand


Angelo Henriquez - Chile
Walid Soliman - Egypt

Hachim Mastour - Morocco/Italy


Gai Assulin - Israel
Frank Acheampong - Ghana
Jong Il-Gwan - North Korea
Sasha Shadrin - Russia
Youssef Msakni - Tunisia

Alen Halilovic - Croatia


Shimelis Bekele - Ethiopia
Raúl Ruidíaz - Peru

Yevhen Konoplyanka - Ukraine


Giorgi Chanturia - Georgia
Amir Sayoud - Algeria
Rabiu Ibrahim - Nigeria
Andik Vermansyah - Indonesia
Ali Ashfaq - Maldives

Supporter Videos: Coritiba (Brazil) and Göztepe SK (Turkey)

Coritiba (Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil)



Göztepe SK (Güzelyalı, İzmir, Turkey)

USMNT Behind The Crest Video Series

A video series with a behind the scenes look at the US Men's National Team during their recent stretch of 3 friendlies (Scotland, Brazil, and Canada) and 2 World Cup Qualifiers (Antigua-Barbuda and Guatemala).

Episode 1


Episode 2


Episode 3


Episode 4


Episode 5


Episode 6

Supporter Videos: Al-Ahly and Zamalek (Egypt)

Al-Ahly (Ultras Ahlawy)






Zamalek (Ultras White Knights)

Videos: The Acting Skills of Francesco Totti

Italian TV commercial spots for Vodafone and Sky Sport that Francesco Totti has appeared in over the past couple of years.

Supporter Videos: Club Africain (Tunisia) and Incheon United (South Korea)

CLUB AFRICAIN (Tunisia)



INCHEON UNITED (South Korea)

Videos: The Kop (Liverpool FC) in the 60's and 70's

Videos: Norway Tippeligaen TV Promos

Videos: J-League Best Goals - May to August 2011

Videos of the best goals from Japan's J-League from May to August 2011.

Video: Scorpion Kick Goals

Serhiy Popov


Zico


Luis Ángel Landín


Víctor Aristizábal


Cleiton Xavier


Rafael van der Vaart


Matuzalém


Francesco Ruopolo


Daniele Paponi

Videos: Vintage Goals

A few vintage goals from the 1970's and early 80's.

Justin Fashanu - Norwich City v Liverpool 1980








In this clip, George Best somehow manages to take the corner and also be on the end of the cross...

Supporter Videos: F.K Željezničar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Montreal Impact (Canada)

F.K Željezničar Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) "The Maniacs"




Montreal Impact

Supporter Videos: Al-Weehdat Club (Jordan) and Hải Phòng FC (Vietnam)

A Video Series highlighting supporters from lesser known leagues around the world.


Al-Weehdat Club (Jordan)




Hải Phòng F.C. (Vietnam)

Supporter Videos: TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and FK Vardar (Macedonia)

Videos highlighting supporters from lesser known leagues around the world.

TP Mazembe (DR Congo)






FK Vardar (Macedonia)

Videos: Adidas Dream Big - Andorra

Around the time of Euro 2008, Adidas produced a series of documentary videos highlighting smaller nations that "can dream big, no matter what their ranking". This complete version features a road trip to Madrid with a youth squad from the tiny nation of Andorra. Appearances by Mourinho, Messi, Villa, Podolski, Robben, and an inside look at Real Madrid.

Videos: Multiple Chances...No Goals

Unbelievable goalmouth scrambles that somehow end without a goal.

Videos: J-League Commercial Collection

Watching Rules & Manners of J-League


J-League Curry


J-League Furikake


"Let's go to the J League"


SEGA J-League


Bellmare Hurricane


Circle K


Dragan Stojković - Nagoya City Transportation Bureau


"Miracles happen in the stadium!"

Supporter Videos: Hammarby (Sweden) and Apollon Limassol (Cyprus)

A video series highlighting excellent supporters from outside the 'mainstream' leagues of the world. This time around it's Sweden's Hammarby IF and Cyprus' Apollon Limassol.

Hammarby IF (Sweden)





Apollon Limassol (Cyprus)

Inaugural Game Videos: MLS and J-League

Video from the inaugural games of Major League Soccer (1996) and Japan's J-League (1993)

MLS


J-League

Videos: England Promotion Parades

Promotion parades in the lower leagues of England.

Hartlepool United - 2007


Exeter City - 2009


Burton Albion - 2009


Rochdale AFC - 2010


Norwich City - 2010