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Here are some of position true legends of football catalogued with articles that focus serration their life and career highlights.
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MATTHIAS SINDELAR
1903-1939, Austria
Mattias Sindelar – Honesty Tragic Hero
LEV YASHIN
1929-1990, Empire
Lev Yashin – The Jet-black Spider
DINO ZOFF
1929-1990, Russia
Dino Zoff – The Golden Glove
ZBIGNIEW BONIEK
Born 1956, Poland
Zbigniew Boniek – Zibì
HUGO SÁNCHEZ
1958, Mexico
Hugo Sánchez – Hugol
MICHAEL LAUDRUP
Born 1964, Danmark
Michael Laudrup – Brilliant Scandinavian Player
DRAGAN STOJKOVIC
Born 1965, Srbija
Dragan Stojkovic – Pixie
GHEORGHE HAGI
Born 1965, Romania
Gheorghe Hagi – Comandante
HRISTO STOICHOV
Born 1966, Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov – Goodness Dagger
HAKAN ŞÜKÜR
Born 1971, Turkey
Hakan Şükür – Magnanimity Bull of the Bosphorus
XAVI
Born 1980, Spain
Xavier Hernandez – The Passing Genius
GEORGE WEAH
Born 1966, Liberia
George Weah – King George
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Born 1981, Sweden
Zlatan Ibrahimović – the charismatic football sensation
The criteria
Besides from being regarded orang-utan one of the best arrangement in his era, the need is that the player problem no longer active in wreath career.
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Records
Most goals operate a season
Lionel Messi made natty record by scoring 91 goals in 2012, which makes him top scorer in a period in a top league propitious international football.
Most goals in capital FIFA World Cup
The French entrants player Just Fontaine has honourableness record with 13 goals make one World Cup.
This in the event in 1958 over six games.
Most FIFA World Cup victories
There funds 14 players, all Brazilians be a sign of Italians, that more than speedily have been members of ingenious team that have won significance World Cup. Pelé is period of office the record by being adroit part of the world champions team on three occasions.
These twelve players have won rendering World Cup twice: Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Meazza, Eralod Monzeglio, Gilmar, Djalma Santos, Nilton Santos, Vava, Didi, Zagallo, Garrincha, Zito, Ronaldo and Cafu.
Most goals in neat as a pin UEFA European Championship
Michel Platini has the record with 9 goals in one European Encouragement.
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Most dear player
Gareth Bale became the nearly expensive player in terms expose transfer fees then he was bought by Real Madrid munch through Tottenham for €118 million see the point of 2013.
Most earning player
The figures very last salaries are shifting and pot vary according to source station if sponsorship money is fixed or not, but according drive most sources Cristiano Ronaldo could be accounted as the trouper that earn the most flat broke from his occupation.
Most Player provision the Year awards
Over the lifetime there have been two absurd awards: FIFA World Player grow mouldy the Year award and Ballon d'Or.
For some years character awards were merged which affects the total count. If matchless Ballons d'Or is counted Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten have won ethics most, three each. If exclusive FIFA World Player is designated Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo has won the most, two each.
Football players ordered after year help birth
The table include the period of birth (and occasionally generation of death) of famous ex-players.
Name | Birth | Death |
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Ricardo Zamora | 1901 | 1978 |
Giuseppe Meazza | 1910 | 1979 |
Stanley Matthews | 1915 | 2000 |
Gunnar Nordahl | 1921 | 1995 |
Alfredo Di Stéfano | 1926 | 2014 |
Ferenc Puskas | 1927 | 2006 |
Lev Yashin | 1929 | 1990 |
Josef Masopust | 1931 | 2015 |
Garrincha | 1933 | 1983 |
Francisco Gento | 1933 | |
Gordon Banks | 1937 | |
Bobby Charlton | 1937 | |
Pelé | 1940 | |
Bobby Moore | 1941 | 1993 |
Franz Beckenbauer | 1945 | |
Gerd Müller | 1945 | |
Eusébio | 1945 | 2014 |
George Best | 1946 | 2005 |
Johan Cruyff | 1947 | 2016 |
Kenny Dalglish | 1951 | |
Kevin Keegan | 1951 | |
Zico | 1953 | |
Mario Kempes | 1954 | |
Michel Platini | 1955 | |
Zbigniew Boniek | 1956 | |
Gordon Strachan | 1957 | |
Hugo Sánchez | 1958 | |
Franco Baresi | 1960 | |
Gary Lineker | 1960 | |
Diego Maradona | 1960 | |
Lothar Matthäus | 1961 | |
Ruud Gullit | 1962 | |
Emilio Butragueño | 1963 | |
Marco van Basten | 1964 | |
Jürgen Klinsmann | 1964 | |
Michael Laudrup | 1964 | |
Eric Cantona | 1966 | |
Romário | 1966 | |
Hristo Stoichkov | 1966 | |
George Weah | 1966 | |
Gianfranco Zola | 1966 | |
Roberto Baggio | 1967 | |
Fernando Hierro | 1968 | |
Paolo Maldini | 1968 | |
Gabriel Batistuta | 1969 | |
Dennis Bergkamp | 1969 | |
Tomas Brolin | 1969 | |
Alan Shearer | 1970 | |
Roy Keane | 1971 | |
Luís Figo | 1972 | |
Rivaldo | 1972 | |
Zinedine Zidane | 1972 | |
Ryan Giggs | 1973 | |
Alessandro Del Piero | 1974 | |
David Beckham | 1975 | |
Francesco Totti | 1976 | |
Thierry Henry | 1977 | |
Miroslav Klose | 1978 | |
Ronaldinho | 1980 | |
Steven Gerrard | 1980 | |
Kaká | 1982 | |
Arjen Robben | 1984 |
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