Is also worth mentioning the story of Junior Messias, who was a talented Cruzeiro youth player before deciding to quit because he didn't get a professional contract. Then he emigrated to Italy to work as a delivery man, while he started playing in amateur leagues as a hobby and in 7 years he ended up at AC Milan where he just won the Scudetto
Alfie actually talked about him in a previous video! I think the only other reason why he didn't feature here is because at that point in his career, Santi had still experienced years and years of great success (especially at Arsenal), so his career had already entered its final phase, in a sense. But yeah, what a comeback he made ever since!
@Eoin F he does need his own channel. He's wayyyy too talented to be under someone's wing or rules. Alfie is in the Top 0.00001 percent of people with genuine talent.
Trautmann is the only man to have won the George Cross and the Iron Cross. My father saw his debut. Apparently he won the home fans over by half-time. Footballers complain about getting abuse from the stands, but Trautmann had worked for an organisation (the Luftwaffe) that had killed someone close to every person in the crowd within the past eight years. Imagine the hostility. Yet he won them round.
@@xndjdnnd5837 What have you heard of Zola , Dennis, Wise , Lebouf or Hasslebaink. We literally have fa cups and two uefa cup winners cup from the 1970s-1990s, we literally won a Super Cup vs Real Madrid in 1998.
I, would like to mention Peter Reid, of Bolton Wanderers and Everton. He started of with Bolton, as a highly rated midfielder, wining the second division championship and going on to play in the first division. His career floundered, with chronic knee injuries and it seemed over for him. That was until Everton took a gamble on Reid recovering his fitness and form, they paid a small fee for him and the rest is history. He won two League titles, the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and more than a few England caps.
Haven’t even started watching this yet Alfie, but thank you so much for putting something out on this topic. I have been looking for these redemption arc stories for inspiration for a long time. When I was younger, I was touted as some golden child (not in football). But as I got older, things went tits up and I have been trying to recover ever since. So thanks for this, Alfie. These happy endings are inspirational.
This made me think of Sam Hutchinson. I know a lot of people unless you watch the English football league, won't know who he is, but he was once a promising player at Chelsea, earning a pro deal and featuring a few times for the 1st back in 2007 - 2010ish. However he retired due to a knee injury in August 10, but came out of retirement in December 11 with Chelsea re-signing him. He never cut the mustard at Chelsea's but went on to make around 200 appearances, mainly for sheff wed in the 11 following seasons. I know he has still been plagued with injuries and never won a trophy l, but he gave absolutely everything when he played football. Could really see he loved playing football.
A great redemption arc was also the relationship between Vini Jr and Benzema from last season to this one. From “on my mother’s life, he’s playing against us” to the most lethal attacking duo in world football this season.
Day 13 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing rise back to the top-level football which culminated in return to Europe after 33 years which has seen elimination of Coleraine before a suprising win over AEK Athens before exiting 3rd Round against Elfsborg IF and recently continuing in the Cup win this season which has ensured another European summer next season
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 334) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
100% Verified: Well kinda… I went back and checked the last 30 or so and yep, he’s there. So I see no reason he’s not in the other 300 previous videos. I love your persistence. Keep it up my man. Squeakiest Wheel Gets The Grease!!!
Great video Alfie as always. I feel Benzema has had a great redemption arc over the past few years. Due to the scandals, his massive dip in 2018, and being exiled from the France squad, to now being the front runner for the Ballon D’or is a fantastic redemption story
The Rise and Fall of Dinamo Bucharest from the Romanian League.Relegated this season after 74 seasons in the first Romanian League, the Romanian club with the best fans and with the 2nd most titles and cups .
David Martindale is one of the best managers in Scotland he’s lucky to have Livingston and Livingston is lucky to have David! They’re a great little club
I was actually happy watching the bit about Alenichev, up until the politics part: by joining United Russia, he undid all his previous great redemption work
Day 38: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
2015/16 Serge Gnabry: 1 league app for West Brom Tony Pulis: 'Serge has come here to play games but he just hasn’t been for me, at that level to play the games' June 2022 Gnabry: 4 Bundesligas, 20 goals in 33 for Germany, 1 UCL Pulis: 2 years retired with a 10% win record at his final club
One of your better videos. And that means something, because of all my favourite youtubers, you are one of the better ones. Big respect for the consistent quality videos you produce. You need your own show on TV.
You brought up Alenichev and I was like "oooooh, I remember that name!!" I'm Portuguese, grew up supporting Benfica. Alenichev was a name I remembered with respect.
Truly remarkable achievements respectively by these respective players who have sacrificed themselves to become a world class player and I hope to see more of the same from the current players in near future,good friends!!!🙏
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
Surprised there are not more spectacular redemption arcs. Plenty of rags-to-riches-to-rags cases, few the other way round. And I feel a redemption arc should really be where someone got lazy and lost it for a time, rather than fighting back bravely from injury. A good example would be Paul McGrath whose career went off the rails at Man U and even Alex Ferguson couldn't get him to stop drinking, but he went to Aston Villa and regained his talent. I have happy memories of Paul Merson in Portsmouth's promotion season. In fact managers seem to have more spectacular redemption arcs than players; look at Ranieri, written off after Chelsea and Greece, taking Leicester to the Premier League title, or Roy Hodgson from failure at Liverpool to success at Fulham and Palace, and most recently David Moyes.
Alfie really won't let go the fact Beckham supports 2022 World Cup :)) and I like Alfie for that, Bekcs is my childhood hero but obviously he's too much of an opportunistic entrepreneur nowadays
Great video Alfie! Just a tip: most non-English words that end with an e, have to be fully pronounced with the extra syllable at the end, like Juventude and Luftwaffe having four and three syllables respectively. In English this is usually signified by writing it as é, like café or Beyoncé (although there are the very few exceptions like catastrophe or recipe), but in other languages it usually isn't.
A video about the success story of Port Vale since Carol Shanahan took over, considering we just won the playoff final.Her charity work, bringing in Darrell Clark, then the things he went through this season. Plus we were on a winning streak and 1 point off the playoffs and she voted to end the first covid season early.
Brilliant video, suggestion based on this though: maybe a video on the most impressive player reinventions would be a good idea? I.e. players who started out in one position and ended up successfully changing their role later on. A Good example would be Philip Lahm, when he went from being a world class full back to a world class DM just like his successor Kimmich, or Joelinton having gone from a failed striker to a brilliant box to box midfielder etc.
Junior Messias and Thiago Silva are the biggest ones for me, Ian Wright still has a redemption arc because he was in prison when he was young and turned his life around
17:36 I'm pretty sure that this is the saddest injury in football. The best of the "what if" cenarios. Ronaldo would end his career with +700 goals easily if not for that
I only wanted to watch the Thiago Silva one but I am glad I stayed for the Trautman part. I will be watching the movie. As a Jose Mourinho fan, I am not a big fan of Alfie's videos so I am happy I put aside my biased and finished this. Soldiers can be victims too. Given the current Ukraine war, I hope people see it this way, God Bless you all
Beckham was never to blame for England's loss... Alan Shearer elbowed the goalkeeper and we had a goal disallowed because of it... and nobody remembers!
I know the video is about redemption arcs but an arc doesn't only go down and back up, it can also be the inverse. I appreciate your priority for the positive though. Are we also going to see a video where people came from nothing to greatness and then back down again? I can think of two players from my own supported team (Mendy and Johnson) who fit that bill. Your intros are really good and they remind me of the Squires comments before they became just pun threads ad nauseum. Keep up the good work.
Troy Deeney would be a shout due to his arrest and prison sentence to become a Watford legend leading them to the premier league and FA cup final and scoring one of the most iconic goals in recent memory
Gary McAllister signing for Liverpool at the age of 35 (although he looked like 40 at that time) helping them to a Cup treble in 2000 could be included here
That's gotta be the worst supposed redemption arc I've ever heard how does mcallister doing good at Liverpool have anything to do with a pen for Scotland
Is also worth mentioning the story of Junior Messias, who was a talented Cruzeiro youth player before deciding to quit because he didn't get a professional contract. Then he emigrated to Italy to work as a delivery man, while he started playing in amateur leagues as a hobby and in 7 years he ended up at AC Milan where he just won the Scudetto
Definitely true!
Forza Milan! ❤🖤
No wonder I was like “Where did this guy even come from?”
tbf it’s not like he’s a great milan player
@@Dante12466
Yeah lol
Surely Santi Carzola deserves a place here. Going from a career ending injury tot he la liga team of the season is incredibile.
Alfie actually talked about him in a previous video!
I think the only other reason why he didn't feature here is because at that point in his career, Santi had still experienced years and years of great success (especially at Arsenal), so his career had already entered its final phase, in a sense.
But yeah, what a comeback he made ever since!
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@Eoin F he does need his own channel. He's wayyyy too talented to be under someone's wing or rules. Alfie is in the Top 0.00001 percent of people with genuine talent.
Trautmann is the only man to have won the George Cross and the Iron Cross.
My father saw his debut. Apparently he won the home fans over by half-time. Footballers complain about getting abuse from the stands, but Trautmann had worked for an organisation (the Luftwaffe) that had killed someone close to every person in the crowd within the past eight years. Imagine the hostility. Yet he won them round.
The fact Thiago Silva joined Chelsea in his mid 30s and has already become a club icon is crazy
They have no history ofc he’ll become an icon. Oil club haha
@@xndjdnnd5837 every club has icons no matter what, even oil clubs before their takeovers
@@labeeb7735 I don't think leipzig had any icons before red bull came along
I don't even remember what their original name was
Chelsea had history way before oil like what?
@@xndjdnnd5837 What have you heard of Zola , Dennis, Wise , Lebouf or Hasslebaink. We literally have fa cups and two uefa cup winners cup from the 1970s-1990s, we literally won a Super Cup vs Real Madrid in 1998.
I, would like to mention Peter Reid, of Bolton Wanderers and Everton. He started of with Bolton, as a highly rated midfielder, wining the second division championship and going on to play in the first division. His career floundered, with chronic knee injuries and it seemed over for him. That was until Everton took a gamble on Reid recovering his fitness and form, they paid a small fee for him and the rest is history. He won two League titles, the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and more than a few England caps.
I want a part two just to see Joelinton get the recognition he deserves.
one or two more outstanding season and he deserves it agreed mate! one of my favorite Newcastle players at the moment
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This coming season will be very interesting. If he gets in the Brazil WC squad would be a huge boost for him.
Bruce was playing him out of position from day one because he’s a idiot eddy puts him in midfield turns into a beast
@@damienbrown6764 Tbf Joelinton was played at CF/CAM at Hoffenheim
"The best goalkeeper is playing in Manchester, and he's German."
- Lev Yashin
Who is he referring to?
@@ronaldolawyer3865 mustaben Jens Lehmann, he plays in Manchester same era as Yashin still run.
of course it was Trautmann
Bert Trautmann
I was heartbroken when we had to sell Silva due to Berlusconi's mess, he was brilliant at CDM and CB for Milan.
Haven’t even started watching this yet Alfie, but thank you so much for putting something out on this topic. I have been looking for these redemption arc stories for inspiration for a long time. When I was younger, I was touted as some golden child (not in football). But as I got older, things went tits up and I have been trying to recover ever since. So thanks for this, Alfie. These happy endings are inspirational.
Don’t let anyones expectations of you define you, we all on our own paths brother!
I’m a Man City fan and I still get goosebumps when I hear about Trautmann’s story. Astonishing. Thank you for highlighting him here.
This made me think of Sam Hutchinson. I know a lot of people unless you watch the English football league, won't know who he is, but he was once a promising player at Chelsea, earning a pro deal and featuring a few times for the 1st back in 2007 - 2010ish. However he retired due to a knee injury in August 10, but came out of retirement in December 11 with Chelsea re-signing him. He never cut the mustard at Chelsea's but went on to make around 200 appearances, mainly for sheff wed in the 11 following seasons. I know he has still been plagued with injuries and never won a trophy l, but he gave absolutely everything when he played football. Could really see he loved playing football.
I remember Hutch, he had so much promise.
Horrible filthy player.
A great redemption arc was also the relationship between Vini Jr and Benzema from last season to this one. From “on my mother’s life, he’s playing against us” to the most lethal attacking duo in world football this season.
A coach who got the better of them deserves credit too
Day 13 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar
From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing rise back to the top-level football which culminated in return to Europe after 33 years which has seen elimination of Coleraine before a suprising win over AEK Athens before exiting 3rd Round against Elfsborg IF and recently continuing in the Cup win this season which has ensured another European summer next season
I think that Trautmann's story deserves seperate video
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 334)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Honestly Alfie might ignore you for another month or so to say you have been asking for a year
100% Verified:
Well kinda… I went back and checked the last 30 or so and yep, he’s there. So I see no reason he’s not in the other 300 previous videos.
I love your persistence. Keep it up my man.
Squeakiest Wheel Gets The Grease!!!
Great video Alfie as always. I feel Benzema has had a great redemption arc over the past few years. Due to the scandals, his massive dip in 2018, and being exiled from the France squad, to now being the front runner for the Ballon D’or is a fantastic redemption story
The Rise and Fall of Dinamo Bucharest from the Romanian League.Relegated this season after 74 seasons in the first Romanian League, the Romanian club with the best fans and with the 2nd most titles and cups .
"Best fans" lol . *Meow Meow Meow
This video is actually motivating.
I really like Trautmann's story.
David Martindale is one of the best managers in Scotland he’s lucky to have Livingston and Livingston is lucky to have David! They’re a great little club
Lifelong Chelsea fan but Santi Cazorla is one of my favorite comeback stories... truly a fighter
Bert Trautmann's movie "the keeper" is a really great movie to watch.
I think your introductions are brilliant!
I was actually happy watching the bit about Alenichev, up until the politics part: by joining United Russia, he undid all his previous great redemption work
I was expecting another redemption arch where he speaks out against the war, just goes to show nothings a fairytale
How so? We need more world leaders like Putin.
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Why would he speak out against the war? I’m sure he loves his country and wants to protect her borders
I love your intros mate
Day 38: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
Always love to see Modric’s story. Marca is no more than a glorified tabloid in Spain
Marca, Sport, AS, Don Balón, Deportivo, etc...
@@anibalrodriguez2626 I didn’t want to be so drastic but yes. Spanish sport media is pretty terrible in general
2015/16
Serge Gnabry: 1 league app for West Brom
Tony Pulis: 'Serge has come here to play games but he just hasn’t been for me, at that level to play the games'
June 2022
Gnabry: 4 Bundesligas, 20 goals in 33 for Germany, 1 UCL
Pulis: 2 years retired with a 10% win record at his final club
Martindale's interviews are even better than his life story
I’m usually against it but I think a pt 2 would be great loved this video!
One of your better videos. And that means something, because of all my favourite youtubers, you are one of the better ones. Big respect for the consistent quality videos you produce. You need your own show on TV.
I love a redemption story.
Gives us a little hope that the romance is still in the game.
You brought up Alenichev and I was like "oooooh, I remember that name!!" I'm Portuguese, grew up supporting Benfica. Alenichev was a name I remembered with respect.
"supports putin" well THAT respect is gone
@@bentn13 haha that switch up 🤣🤣
Loved Alenichev entry as a FCPorto fan he is still one of my favourite porto players ever. pure class and a great player
Big Davy is a legend. Says it how it is and does phenomenal press conferences at Livi
Day 478: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions
AI x 7
The most enjoyable football channel 👏🏻😀
Truly remarkable achievements respectively by these respective players who have sacrificed themselves to become a world class player and I hope to see more of the same from the current players in near future,good friends!!!🙏
a part 2 is needed alfie
Hey that's Steven 🇿🇦with Modric
This is a great arc! One of your videos to date!
7 best premier league loan signings (players like Landon donovan or henrik larsson who only ever played on loan)
Apart from Larsson, who of these players is good or at least interesting?
Tevez
Willock on loan at Newcastle was fantastic.
@@archstanton6102 unfortunately he signed permanently though
@@u1rtc7t5f64t157856v8 there’s a fair few including carlos tevez, lingard, george weah, lukaku (west brom)
You don’t mention “Bend it like Beckham” from 2002, which I believe played a role in furthering his redemption and growth in world wide popularity.
Oh that film, I actually thought Becks had main role or important role in that film :))
Glass jars with david beckham jar lids
I feel like Modrics story shifted during the night Vs. Manchester United. When he scored a golazo + contributed to winning
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
Surprised there are not more spectacular redemption arcs. Plenty of rags-to-riches-to-rags cases, few the other way round. And I feel a redemption arc should really be where someone got lazy and lost it for a time, rather than fighting back bravely from injury. A good example would be Paul McGrath whose career went off the rails at Man U and even Alex Ferguson couldn't get him to stop drinking, but he went to Aston Villa and regained his talent. I have happy memories of Paul Merson in Portsmouth's promotion season. In fact managers seem to have more spectacular redemption arcs than players; look at Ranieri, written off after Chelsea and Greece, taking Leicester to the Premier League title, or Roy Hodgson from failure at Liverpool to success at Fulham and Palace, and most recently David Moyes.
One of your best video and i am a fan!
Love your intros Alfie!
Jamie vardy would in fact have an arc, however it would be upside down than the one showed in the intro
Alfie really won't let go the fact Beckham supports 2022 World Cup :)) and I like Alfie for that, Bekcs is my childhood hero but obviously he's too much of an opportunistic entrepreneur nowadays
I really enjoyed that one. Thanks.
Great video Alfie! Just a tip: most non-English words that end with an e, have to be fully pronounced with the extra syllable at the end, like Juventude and Luftwaffe having four and three syllables respectively. In English this is usually signified by writing it as é, like café or Beyoncé (although there are the very few exceptions like catastrophe or recipe), but in other languages it usually isn't.
You're introductions are hella dope now
A video about the success story of Port Vale since Carol Shanahan took over, considering we just won the playoff final.Her charity work, bringing in Darrell Clark, then the things he went through this season. Plus we were on a winning streak and 1 point off the playoffs and she voted to end the first covid season early.
Something similar could be said for Sharon Brittan at Bolton, too!
Glad you included martindale
Part 2 please Alfie
bojan and powell in the intro as failed wonderkids, even though they’re two of my favourite players as a stoke fan
Brilliant video, suggestion based on this though: maybe a video on the most impressive player reinventions would be a good idea? I.e. players who started out in one position and ended up successfully changing their role later on.
A Good example would be Philip Lahm, when he went from being a world class full back to a world class DM just like his successor Kimmich, or Joelinton having gone from a failed striker to a brilliant box to box midfielder etc.
Theirry Henry; from left winger to great striker
That “in all seriousness” picture is gold, please say that phrase most often if only just so we see that Frank meme again
7 Best Premier League players that never played for their country.
Junior Messias and Thiago Silva are the biggest ones for me, Ian Wright still has a redemption arc because he was in prison when he was young and turned his life around
Man's got a cheese toasty ready in a minute. This video and that munch is like a Cole/Yorke level combo.
Part two definitely
Great vid!
17:36 I'm pretty sure that this is the saddest injury in football. The best of the "what if" cenarios. Ronaldo would end his career with +700 goals easily if not for that
He already has 800+ goals lol you mean 1000+
@@stain4128 wrong Ronaldo
@@Abdisa-sj2fq oh lol my bad I thought you were talking about CR7 knee injury
Please do a video on the 10 weirdest kit changes in Malaysia’s 3rd tier
an Arc can be the other way round too, Goes up and then comes back down.
Number 1 needs his own documentary
Love your videos, please do what the hell is going on at 1860 munchen
class video and idea 👏🏼👏🏼
Make a part two!!
Alinichev scored the second goal in the 2003 UEFA Cup final. Derlei Silva scored the winner
Great video....Aleynichev scored the second goal...Derlei got the winner...
I beg people watching find interviews with Martindale. Genuinely inspiring
Tony Vidmars personal redmption for Australian better be here
I think Jonas also needed a spot in this video.
Hopefully Jordan Rossiter (former Liverpool prodigy) can revitalize his career like this, as well...
Part 2 would be cool.
Let's hope we can see hazard in this list in a few years
I only wanted to watch the Thiago Silva one but I am glad I stayed for the Trautman part.
I will be watching the movie.
As a Jose Mourinho fan, I am not a big fan of Alfie's videos so I am happy I put aside my biased and finished this.
Soldiers can be victims too.
Given the current Ukraine war, I hope people see it this way,
God Bless you all
Number 4 is my favourite 💯
Everyone, within reason, deserves a second chance. Cheers for David Martindale
Beckham was never to blame for England's loss... Alan Shearer elbowed the goalkeeper and we had a goal disallowed because of it... and nobody remembers!
You should do in depth story about the number 1 spot
If you do the reverse or a “fall from grace” you have Anatoliy Tymoshcuk front and center of that thumbnail
"Although Silva thankfully recovered" is said on a black and white picture. That's like. Very aggressive.
Part 2 please
Oooh Thiago Silva 🎶
Please do a "What on earth is going on at Levante UD?"
I know the video is about redemption arcs but an arc doesn't only go down and back up, it can also be the inverse.
I appreciate your priority for the positive though.
Are we also going to see a video where people came from nothing to greatness and then back down again?
I can think of two players from my own supported team (Mendy and Johnson) who fit that bill.
Your intros are really good and they remind me of the Squires comments before they became just pun threads ad nauseum.
Keep up the good work.
Troy Deeney would be a shout due to his arrest and prison sentence to become a Watford legend leading them to the premier league and FA cup final and scoring one of the most iconic goals in recent memory
I'd have said Henrik Larsson after two leg breaks still ended the GOAT at Celtic and playing for Man Utd and Barcelona.
The king of Kings
@@christopherr3676 king keeny?wow you bhoys are shallow
@@stuartpenman6387 shallow but can spell correctly
@@christopherr3676 wow whoosh , what a bhoy
@@stuartpenman6387 hardly you total weapon
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Henderson deserves a shout
Not really a redemption arc, but Bobby Woodruff coming back from TB(!) in the early 60's is certainly an arc of sorts......😉
It’s poetic justice for Thiago Silva who couldn’t get a game for Porto to win the UCL in their home ground
Beckham had a second redemption story too, at LA Galaxy.
Ousmane Dembele arc incoming
Gary McAllister signing for Liverpool at the age of 35 (although he looked like 40 at that time) helping them to a Cup treble in 2000 could be included here
Was that a redemption arc
He missed a penalty for Scotland i the Euros before
That's gotta be the worst supposed redemption arc I've ever heard how does mcallister doing good at Liverpool have anything to do with a pen for Scotland
It wasnt a steady rise...he was stalling in mediocrity in Coventry...