Some of the biggest names in football, including Lionel Messi of Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Neymar of Brazil, Kylian Mbappe of France, Robert Lewandowski of Poland, and Kevin De Bruyne of Belgium, will compete at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
However, a number of well-known athletes won’t play in the World Cup because their squads didn’t advance to the quadrennial event.
These prominent athletes won’t be competing in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
- Federico Chiesa (Italy)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)
- Giorgio Chiellini (Italy)
- Marco Verratti (Italy)
- Erling Haaland (Norway)
- Martin Odegaard (Norway)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
- Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)
- Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria)
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria)
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
- David Alaba (Austria)
- Luis Diaz (Colombia)
- James Rodriguez (Colombia)
- Alexis Sanchez ( Chile)
- Arturo Vidal ( Chile)
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
