TOP 10 Greatest Football Players of All Time

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10. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) :

Ferenc Puskás (1 April 1927– 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He won three European Cups, 10 national championships (5 Hungarian and 5 Spanish Primera División) and 8 top individual scoring honors. he has played for Kispest, Budapest Honvéd, and real madrid.

Puskás was named the tournament's best player in the 1954 world cup. he was recognized as the top scorer of the 20th century. He was also listed in Pelé's FIFA 100.

9. Michael Platini (France):

Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French former football player, manager and administrator. Nicknamed Le Roi (The King) for his ability and leadership. During his career, Platini played for the clubs Nancy, Saint-Étienne, and Juventus.

Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times, and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. he won the Serie A capocannoniere award three consecutive times.

8. Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) :

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager. he was nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field. he plays for Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos, Hamburger SV and west germany. At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976.

Beckenbauer named Twice European Footballer of the Year. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.

7. Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentine) :

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and is best known for his achievements with Real Madrid, where he was instrumental in the club's domination of the European Champions' Cup and La Liga during the 1950s. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia. Di Stéfano, nicknamed "Saeta rubia" ("Blond Arrow"). he was selected as the Golden Player of Spain as the most outstanding player of the past 50 years. he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Di Stéfano was voted fourth, behind Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Johan Cruyff, in a vote organized by France Football magazine which consulted their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.

6. Zinedine Zidane (France) :

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French retired professional footballer. He played as an attacking midfielder for the France national team, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid. Zidane An elite playmaker, renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique. He was Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 1996, Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2001 and La Liga Best Foreign Player in 2002. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé. Zidane received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament at the 2006 World Cup.

Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll in 2004. Zidane has won the FIFA World Player of the Year three times, and the 1998 Ballon d'Or.

5. Johann Cruyff (Netherlands) :

Cruyff won the Ballon d'Or three times and he led the Netherlands to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) :

Ronaldo has four FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes, and one FIFA World Player of the Year title.

3. Diego Maradona (Argentine) :

Maradona is the FIFA Player of the 20th Century (2000), that he shares with Pelé, and the Golden Ball for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, and he has won 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

2. Pelé (Brazil) :

Pelé is called ‘The King of Football’. he has won 3 FIFA World Cups and was voted World Player of the Century that he shares with Maradona. Pelé is the most successful league goal-scorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals.

1. Lionel Messi (Argentine) :

The Argentine wonder Messi is the best player in history based on the words of football legends such as Mourinho, Guardiola, fergusson, capello, Wenger and others. Pele is great scorer but not the Goal maker. Maradona is characterized by dribbling and passing, but not by scoring. Messi is the best player in history because he distinguished at the same time by dribbling, goals, skills, passing and assists.

TOP 10 Greatest Football Players of All Time

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