The Story Of The Greatest Player That Never Got Discovered

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How good was Moscardelli actually? #GOAT
New video about one of the most underrated players we've seen over the 1990s in football. In this episode we take on Moscardelli who played for Arezzo, Pisa, Chievo, Roma and Bologna.

0:00 Why is everyone obsessed with Moscardelli?
2:10 How did is talent go unnoticed?
5:38 When Moscardelli REJECTED a Million Dollar Offer
8:55 The Unlikely Late Blooming of Moscardelli
12:20 What is up with the beard??
14:12 Playing Alongside Francesco Totti

[andreanecchi]

Here in Italy it is said that he never wanted to go to a team too far away, not to be far from his family.

[clairvoyantpao]

Around 2010 I was in Italy as an Erasmus student, at that time I was at top of my form running 15 km every day . The 5x5 football pitch was like 2 min from my apartment so many Italian guys were calling me to play for their team. Almost every day I was playing a 5x5 football match at least. I wasn't very good to score many goals but had great passing ability and was running a lot and most of the times I was the faster on the pitch.
One summer afternoon I was on that pitch preparing to play and a guy brings one of his friends. Before the game starts in the warm-up everyone was watching that new guy .At that time I didn't speak almost any Italian and the Italians were talking to me in broken English mixed with Italian. I said to one guy wow he is really good, and he told me that (the new guy) was voted last year the best player in Serie B.Then before the game starts he introduced himself to me .Ciao sono Davide !!! That guy was with long beard and a bun.
The game starts, and he was on the opposing team he starts quietly but after like 5 mins he scored like 2 goals .Thats it I saw that as a challenge and I would have him man-to man for the rest of the game I decided.
So I had him on manto man, I was in his back in the centre of the field with my hands touching his back he gets the ball on his feet, with one touch he passes the ball above his head and mine he runs towards the gk, the gk exits and I am running behind him, he lobs the gk in the penalty area and running to score an easy goal before the ball gets out of the field, I am running full speed behind him . Just before the ball gets out and i am about to intervene a corner with one touch he lobs me to the inside of the field, somehow I don;t fall even with that speed and follow again the ball, the ball still in the air with no gk, he could score an easy goal, but as I follow him back he lobs me again and shoots he hits the crossbar and then goal from a difficult angle .I was in awe !!!!I have never seen anything like this on a 5x5 football field .I was like what just happened ??? No one has done such a move when I was defending him. and all these happen in like 5 sec 4 lobs 3 on me and one on the gk .
The game ended I don't remember the score, probably we lost .After a month or so I went back to my country still thinking about that incident after a while I started searching best Italian players in Serie B/C , beard etc and found the legend of Davide Moscardelli.
To this day I am 90% sure he was that player on that field that afternoon. He was really special, can't be anyone else!!!

[hlo-klri]

Many people, myself included, will always go on about the talents of Ronaldo Nazario, Messi, Neymar etc. and think that there's no one in the world more talented than them. But I've always been of the opinion that there are many people in the world with talent that matches these greats but for whatever reason they never get picked up

[marcorossi]

Moscardelli was one of the first viral memes that spread out in the early 2010s on the italian internet. First time i saw him play was when he was playing in Serie B in Rimini. He was a great player for Serie C and B and he had enough talent to get in Serie A in his thirties and that's a great accomplishment for a "province superstar". What made him viral on social media in 2011-12-13 was his beard and haircut paired with his capacity of scoring a couple of attractive goals in serie A.

[vibemasterkorosu]

This guy would've definitely been able to compete with the likes of Kane, but instead choose to stay close to his family and his country. Mad respect

[oskariratinen]

A retired football coach was once my neighbor and he used to tell about this player called Pasi Nevanperä who was "the most talented guy Finnish football has ever seen, but unfortunately also the laziest". The guy was absolutely natural with the ball, but he only wanted to score goals and lots of them and didn't care how low a tier it happened on. He had no ambition to put in the work and effort to become the best he could be. That meant that ever since his youth years, he just took a step down in the league pyramid whenever he wasn't scoring enough goals anymore. He holds the record in goals scored on Finnish third tier during one season to this day, together with Joel Pohjanpalo. If I'm not mistaken, he still plays somewhere despite being close to if not over 50 years of age already. And you have to respect that. He loves the beautiful game for what it is, not for money or fame.

[agusganji]

You should try looking into Jose Luis "Garrafa" Sánchez. He was an argentinian lower league fiend, even when playing against the National team on a friendly, the likes of Gallardo, Simeone and Zanetti couldn't stop him, amazing story! recommended

[Naxafa]

In Spain we have "Pablo Infante". Some insights: after numerous media interviews in Spain, it emerged that Infante spent years refusing offers from club in higher divisions due to his work as director of a bank branch, located 50 kilometers from Mirandés' facilities. He was a graduate in Business Administration from the University of Burgos, and played the vast majority of his career in teams in the Province of Burgos. He single-handedly led third division teams to Spain's cup semi-finals.

[alecspeedflow]

Literally searched for him about a year, which i have seen his compilation years ago. Thank you for making a video about him

[CK-wdzv]

In my early twenties I played a 7 a side match with a 40 year old Iranian (I think) guy who had played in the 5th tier of portugeuse football. He was insane. It blows my mind to think how good players in the top leagues must be. They make it look so easy. And even players you think are terrible would probably be insane if you played against them.

[Bandymossgang]

This guys beard is inspiring on its own, I had no idea how nice he actually was thanks for the video !

[ElLoccoPollo]

He looks like Dado Prso, his hairstyle was almost the same and that reminds me. Prso backstory is a great one. Man didnt make it in his hometown of Zadar/Croatia, and then he makes it in France with part time job and part time playing football. Amazing player.

[mistakenintegrity]

Goosebumps! What a beautiful story/video and ending statement! Thank you! :)

[stergiosserres]

Moscardelli’s ball touch was amazing. Watching the video, I can tell, he was born with a super natural talent, that even the greatest coaches can’t help players achieve. What an incredible player.

[lakersfanhere]

Wow! Ur videos are great and ty for finally making a video about a forgotten Italian footballer, Davide! I still remember watching him in early 2000s and how he scored amazingly. He deserved better!!!

[kevinlucas]

I appreciate the time you took to put this story together. Enjoyed every minute.

[sonnycorleone]

Rispetto per Moscardelli, grande uomo, prima di essere un grande giocatore. Chi capisce qualcosa di calcio ed ha giocato a certi livelli, o avrebbe potuto giocare a certi livelli, solo che a volte ci sono scelte di vita che vanno al di là del denaro. Poi c'è chi è stato fermato dalla burocrazia sportiva: in Italia a livello giovanile ti facevano firmare il " cartellino a vita" questa pratica ha rovinato la carriera di molti giovani talenti ( compreso il sottoscritto, senza falsa modestia) . Diventava un ricatto, dove alla fine la squadra doveva avere un'ottima offerta economica, altrimenti dovevi riscattare il cartellino economicamente; altrimenti per 2 anni non potevi essere tesserato per altre squadre ( se ricordo bene, erano gli anni 80/90) . Sarebbe interessante fare una ricerca su questo " cartellino a vita" perché realmente ha rovinato tanti giovani talenti italiani. Buona vita a tutti.

[fan]

Love your dedication bro, it's for the first time I hear about this guy.

[Santiago-fnff]

I’ve been begging you for months in the comments to make a video about him, thanks for making me happy :)

[Michael-fivu]

I remember this guy from FIFA and people saying he is very talented. Lee Trundle is also a similar player from England.