Legendary Football Players

You may disagree with the list below.Because it's totally relative to choose who is the best and it's based on people opinion.But this list should be good enough based on the player skill,their achievement in history and prestigious labels of them.


Pele

Obviously Pele (1940) is not the most original choice as greatest ever football player,but there is no denying his pedigree. His deft touch, dribbling skills and tremendous goalscoring ability, would see him notch up more than a thousand goals and play a key role in two of Brazil's first three World Cup victories.


He helped his club Santos win the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup twice. His finest hour came in 1970. Playing in perhaps the greatest ever World Cup winning team, Pelé was universally acknowledged as the world's best player. 


In 1975 he joined the NASL, and became a goodwill ambassador for football in the USA. It’s a role he has been playing ever since.


In captain Tsubasa anime,there are Santana as a strongest rival and probably he is depicted of Pele (Edson Arantes Do Nascimento as an original name from Brazil).

Diego Maradona (1976-1997)

Diego Armando Maradona (1960) won the 1986 World Cup almost single-handedly and and guided Napoli to it's only two Serie A titles. By far the best player of his generation, Maradona's main strength was his incredible technique, which allowed him to move the ball with pin-point accuracy.


Maradona was voted best player of all time in an internet poll held by FIFA, much to the chagrin of Pelé-fans, who contended that such a poll was bound to attract voters who had never seen Pelé play. The title of greatest ever footballer is probablya bit too much credit for a player who also had clear short comings. Since his retirement from football, Maradona's life has been marred by drugs abuse and health issues.


In World cup 1986,there is a match between Argentina vs England with two unusual goals.Both goals are scored by Maradona which the first is controversial because he scored goal with hand and the second goal is the best goal ever where Maradona passed out 3 English player and trick the Goalkeeper.Argentina wins the competition when they beat West Germany 3-2.

 
Johan Cruyff (1964-1984)

Johan Cruyff(1947) was the star of the exciting 1974 Dutch "Total Football" World Cup team and the Ajax team that won a hat-trick of European Cups in the early Seventies.


Three times European footballer of the year, he was by far the most naturally gifted European player of his generation, and probably of all time.His supreme technical skills, speed and acceleration made Cruyff virtually impossible to defend against.


He usually played the center forward position,but would often drop deep or move to the wing to confuse and draw out his markers. His tremendous tactical insight meant that Cruyff was one of the few players in this top 10 that went on to become a world class coach.

 

Alfredo Di Stefano (1943-1966)

Two-time European Footballer of the Year, Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926) is believed by many to have been the best all-around player in history. Di Stéfano was a powerful forward blessed with stamina, tactical versatility, and above all vision.


He played for River Plate, Huracán, Millonarios Bogota, but was most successful in his role as conductor of Real's symphony of attacking football.


After having almost been signed by FC Barcelona, he led their rivals Real Madrid to five consecutive European Cup victories. Di Stéfano won caps for Argentina,Colombia, and Spain, but never graced a World Cup. He moved to Espanyol in 1964 and played there until hanging up his boots at the age of 40.

Ferenc Puskas (1944-1966)

Scoring 84 goals in 85 matches, Ferenc Puskás (1927) was the stand-out player of the marvelous Hungarian national team that notched up a four year unbeaten run in the early 1950s.


The "Magical Magyars" won Olympic gold at the 1952 Helsinki games, but heir most resounding victory came in 1953, when they became the first non-british team to defeat England at Wembley. They reached the final of the 1954, but with Puskas picking up an injury early on inthe tournament, the Hungarians were defeated by West Germany. 


Puskas fled Hungary in the wake of the Soviet invasion of 1956 and went on to play for RealMadrid well into his 30's, winning numerous trophies.