7 Footballers Who THRIVED Following Position Changes

From Cristiano Ronaldo to Thierry Henry, HITC Sevens takes a look at a number of football / soccer players who have flourished following position changes over the years.

[scorer]

Maldini transition to center back let him play till he was 41 despite his knee injury and he was as effective as he was at left back

[farouq]

6:21 I love how much fun he makes of the Scarf Irish Guy

[Halcryder]

Kinda disappointed on a total lack of mention of Philip Lahm, one of the greatest transitions in modern football.

[craigseddon]

Best one I ever heard was Edin Dzeko, was a CM playing for Zeljeznicar, he was that poor as a CM that when they got an offer of €25, 000 for him the Chairman said they thought they won the lottery. He transitioned to a striker and two years later was sold for €4, 000, 000 to Wolfsburg then later £27, 000, 000 to Manchester City

[MastinoNapoletano]

Dries "Ciro" Mertens...started as a potential left wing at PSV Eindhoven to becoming a prolific center forward under Sarri at Napoli...

[yankiefrenz]

where is Benteke from striker to liability 🤣

[rockzsr]

Ronaldo was actually a right winger before he is a left winger. And despite the evidence that he is more of a striker now he still prefer to be referred as a Left Winger

[poziomowiec]

for me u forgot about Piszczek he started as a striker and ended as one of the best right-back

[Caiser]

do a video on 7 managers who killed players careers or vice versa

[spoots]

didn't Torres play as a goalkeeper in his youth career?

[HKFootballTalk]

Please do the opposite: players who failed after changing positions

[saintroddy]

6:25 I love the back-and-forth between the channels, please keep it up.

[calebmufcthompson]

Last time I was this early, Roberto Carlos was told he’d have to be a striker to succeed

[memeology]

HITC Sevens: 7 footballers who thrived following position changes


Gullit (who could player at the top level anywhere from CB to ST): Am I A Joke To You

[AaaaAa-yfku]

Theo hernandez from milan could switch to winger like bale. Hes one of the top scorers on the team and he basically plays as an attacking LB cus of his speed

[GATguy]

It was YOU who wrote the Neil Franklin book?! Mate honestly one of my favourite football books I’ve ever read, genuinely couldn’t recommend it enough to my mates

[ianhopper]

Criminal to leave out Milner. Bloke is outstanding everywhere.

[lukescanlon]

Moussa dembele moving from upfront when he was at Fulham to one of the best CDMs around at spurs

[JaculaDudek]

Łukasz Piszczek - from a striker to right-back defender

[robbiebalboa]

Glad you mentioned Zambrotta, I remember at the wing he couldn’t string a pass, but he was a hard worker, drop him 20 yards and he had that time to make better passes and make some great runs on and off the ball.