Never have had quite as much success over here as the South Americans or the Africans but there's a few to consider.
In terms of CL winners, you've only got Dwight Yorke who won it once with Man U and Rafael Marquez who win it once with Barca.
Javier Hernandez started in a CL final for Man U but Barca thrashed them.
Hugo Sanchez won a UEFA Cup, which isn't bad. And also five spanish leagues in a row while scoring more goals then you can possibly count. And dempsey came on as a sub in the europea league final for fulham which they lost. And Wagner and Dooley were unused subs when schalke won it, Dooley in particular having had a half decent career in germany but nothing too special.
Julio Valdes, probably panama's greatest player, won the cup winners cup with PSG and scored plenty in france, italy and spain.
And that's it in terms of continental success. (Jovan Kirovski was at dortmund when they won the CL but he wasn't even in the squad for the final, the semis or the quarters. He only played twenty minutes coming off the bench in two group games for that whole campaign.)
Owen Hargreaves won two CL's of course, but is a splitter who doesn't play for his birth country. Likewise John Barnes, Luther Blissett, Giuseppe Rossi, Lilian Thuram, Florent Malouda, Cyrille Regis, Clarence Seedorf, Jimmy Hasselbaink, Gerard Janvion, Jocelyn Angloma, Marius Tresor, Ted Parry, De Guzman etc, etc all played internationally for european teams.
In terms of domestic success Marquez and Sanchez both won the La Liga. Dooley and Paul Stalteri won the bundesliga. David Suazo won Serie A. And Hernandez and Yorke won the prem. Tim Howard won the FA Cup, one of a handful of americans to play in the final. Julian Sturgis, Terry Springthorpe and John Harkes being the others. Harkes, Kasey Keller, Jamie Lawrence, Frank Sinclair and Brad Freidel all won league cups too, if you consider that important.
In Scotland there's a few more success stories, because it's scotland. Gerry Baker, Maurice Edu, Shelton Martis, Carlos Bocanegra, Jack Cowan, Claudio Reyna, Joe Kennaway, Jerren Nixon, Nick Dasovic, DaMarcus Beasley, Emilio Izaguirre etc, etc. And you'll find the same in other crap leagues probably, the likes of Radzinski tearing up Belgium and oviedo and ruiz doing well in denmark and holland.
And then there's players who have scored plenty of goals in the big european leagues but never won anything in them. Just in England there's Paulo Wanchope, Mcbride, Dempsey, Wegerle, Kenwyne Jones, Lindy Delapenha, Euell, Earle, etc. Magico Gonzalez scored a fair few in Spain for relegation fodder sides.
And before long you're talking about the likes of Palacios or Donovan who played a bit in europe but never really did anything.
Really, if you're talking real success there's only marquez, yorke and sanchez. Of the three Sanchez was probably the best but Yorke had, imo, the better career. That CL win counts for a lot.
In terms of CL winners, you've only got Dwight Yorke who won it once with Man U and Rafael Marquez who win it once with Barca.
Javier Hernandez started in a CL final for Man U but Barca thrashed them.
Hugo Sanchez won a UEFA Cup, which isn't bad. And also five spanish leagues in a row while scoring more goals then you can possibly count. And dempsey came on as a sub in the europea league final for fulham which they lost. And Wagner and Dooley were unused subs when schalke won it, Dooley in particular having had a half decent career in germany but nothing too special.
Julio Valdes, probably panama's greatest player, won the cup winners cup with PSG and scored plenty in france, italy and spain.
And that's it in terms of continental success. (Jovan Kirovski was at dortmund when they won the CL but he wasn't even in the squad for the final, the semis or the quarters. He only played twenty minutes coming off the bench in two group games for that whole campaign.)
Owen Hargreaves won two CL's of course, but is a splitter who doesn't play for his birth country. Likewise John Barnes, Luther Blissett, Giuseppe Rossi, Lilian Thuram, Florent Malouda, Cyrille Regis, Clarence Seedorf, Jimmy Hasselbaink, Gerard Janvion, Jocelyn Angloma, Marius Tresor, Ted Parry, De Guzman etc, etc all played internationally for european teams.
In terms of domestic success Marquez and Sanchez both won the La Liga. Dooley and Paul Stalteri won the bundesliga. David Suazo won Serie A. And Hernandez and Yorke won the prem. Tim Howard won the FA Cup, one of a handful of americans to play in the final. Julian Sturgis, Terry Springthorpe and John Harkes being the others. Harkes, Kasey Keller, Jamie Lawrence, Frank Sinclair and Brad Freidel all won league cups too, if you consider that important.
In Scotland there's a few more success stories, because it's scotland. Gerry Baker, Maurice Edu, Shelton Martis, Carlos Bocanegra, Jack Cowan, Claudio Reyna, Joe Kennaway, Jerren Nixon, Nick Dasovic, DaMarcus Beasley, Emilio Izaguirre etc, etc. And you'll find the same in other crap leagues probably, the likes of Radzinski tearing up Belgium and oviedo and ruiz doing well in denmark and holland.
And then there's players who have scored plenty of goals in the big european leagues but never won anything in them. Just in England there's Paulo Wanchope, Mcbride, Dempsey, Wegerle, Kenwyne Jones, Lindy Delapenha, Euell, Earle, etc. Magico Gonzalez scored a fair few in Spain for relegation fodder sides.
And before long you're talking about the likes of Palacios or Donovan who played a bit in europe but never really did anything.
Really, if you're talking real success there's only marquez, yorke and sanchez. Of the three Sanchez was probably the best but Yorke had, imo, the better career. That CL win counts for a lot.
