5 Big European players who have never played at FIFA World Cup

#5 Sjaak Swart After devoting his whole career to Ajax, Swart took home three European Cups and eight league titles. Despite representing his home country, Holland 31 times, he never played in the FIFA World Cup.

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#4 Ian Rush Ian Rush was known for his prolific goal scoring with Liverpool as won two European cups and five league titles. But, Rush missed the luck to play at the FIFA World Cup with his country Wales.

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#3 Ryan Giggs After spending his entire journey with Manchester United, Giggs had an enviable club record. Sadly, the double European champion's native Wales never qualified for a major international championship.

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#2 Bernd Schuster Schuster won the European Championship with Germany in 1980, but conflicts with the German FA forced him to retire from international football at the age of 24. He earned league titles with Barcelona and Real Madrid but never represented his country in the FIFA World Cup.

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#1 Alfredo di Stefano Di Stefano, a Real Madrid legend, represented three countries: Argentina, Colombia, and Spain. Spain could qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but they were defeated by Scotland. Di Stefano did not quit and was pivotal in Spain qualifying for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He missed the FIFA World Cup due to injury.

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