Nii Lamptey should have been a worldwide superstar, but instead, very few people know his story. At the age of 19, he had the footballing world at his feet. Hailed as his natural successor by Pelé himself, he had outshone the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, Demetrio Albertini, Juan Sebastián Verón, and Josep Guardiola at youth tournaments, and he was the top scorer in the Dutch league for PSV the previous season (Culture, Industry)