10 Players We Still Can't Believe Won The Champions League

8. Paulo Ferreira

Another member of the alumni from the class of Porto '04, Paulo Ferreira was regarded as the hottest young right-back in the world €“ for about three weeks. An ever-present in the Porto side, Ferreira was calm and composed on the right-flank, overlapping with marauding runs, and floating in dangerous crosses for the likes of Derlei and McCarthy. He had cemented a place in the Portugal side, preparing himself for a Euro 2004 competition on home soil, and the money-spinning likes of Real Madrid and Chelsea were quietly enquiring about his services. If ever there was one pivotal turning point in a player€™s career, it occurred three weeks after the glorious 3-0 Champions League final triumph over Monaco. A £13.2 million transfer to Chelsea was being finalised, when Ferreira sloppily surrendered possession to Georgious Karagaounis, who fired Greece into a shock lead. Portugal lost their opening game in front of a shocked Estadio da Luz, Ferreira was ousted from the starting XI and Mourinho clearly began to have second thoughts about the player. It was a blow to the weak fragility of the player€™s confidence, and one which he seemingly never recovered from. Amassing a paltry total of 141 league appearances from nine full seasons, it€™s even more incredible that Ferreira was actually still on the books of the Londoners when it was their turn to lift the trophy eight years later.