2: Edmundo Zura (Newcastle Jets)

Following Newcastle's A-League championship in 2008, the club saw several players move on and in their haste to replace them, they signed Ecuador international Zura as their new marquee player.

There were already question marks about him upon the announcement of his signing in July 2008, with his Wikipedia page contradicting claims made by the player's management of previous exploits at Ecuador giants Barcelona SC where he was supposed to have scored 23 goals in 57 appearances. It was all a bit murky, with Jets coach Gary van Egmond admitting he'd never actually seen him play live.

And nine appearances and zero goals later, it was over. Zura didn't show many of the qualities which had supposedly made him an Ecuador international and he never settled into life in Australia. Three months after signing with the Jets, they agreed on a mutual termination of his deal and he went home, where he's actually done okay and won four more caps with the Ecuador national team.

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