Football fans think that taking penalty kicks is easy for players, as the ball is only 11 meters away from a goal in which there is a goalkeeper, and it is easy to place it to the left, right or in the center of the goal.


But the days have proven and history tells that the greatest players of the round witch wasted penalty kicks or penalties, some of which were decisive, and their teams lost titles and inflicted losses.


Among these stars are Argentine Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are at the top of the list of players' most wasted penalty kicks in the 21st century.

  • Messi: 27 kicks.

  • Ronaldo: 27 kicks.

  • Italian Francesco Totti: 19 kicks.

  • Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 16 kicks.

  • Italian Antonio Di Natale: 15 kicks.

  • Uruguayan Edinson Cavani: 14 kicks.

  • Wayne Rooney of England: 13 kicks.

  • Brazilian Ronaldinho: 13 kicks.

  • Frank Lampard: 13 kicks.

  • Argentine Sergio Aguero: 12 kicks.