10 Greatest football players of all time

The list of the greatest footballers has been made after research of number of internet websites related to football. One of the ways how to find out the answer was the survey!

So here they are – the greatest of the greatest.

1. Pele

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pele)

Brazil

1940 – Present day

Clubs: Santos, New York Cosmos

Major Honours:

World Cup (1958, 62, 70)

World Club Championship (1962, 63)

Sao Paulo State Championship (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973)

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player) 1970

2. Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona

Argentina

1960 – Present day

Clubs: Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Seville, Newell’s Old Boys

Major Honours:

Argentine championship, 1981

Spanish Cup, 1983

Italian championship, 1987, 90

Italian Cup, 1987

UEFA Cup, 1989

FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979

FIFA World Cup, 1986

South American Footballer of the Year, 1979, 86, 89, 90, 92

European Footballer of the Year, 1986

Argentine Sports Writers’ Sportsman of the Century, 1999

3. Johan Cruyff

Johann Cruyff

Holland

1947 – Present day

Clubs: Ajax, Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord

Major Honours:

World Club Championship (1972)

European Cup (1971, 72, 73)

Dutch Championship (1966, 67, 68, 72, 73, 82, 84)

Dutch Cup (1967, 70, 71, 72, 83)

Spanish Championship (1974)

Spanish Cup (1978)

European Footballer of the Year (1971, 73, 74)

4. Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

1945 – Present day

Clubs:Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos, SV Hamburg

Major Honours:

World Cup: 1974

European Championship: 1972

European Cup: 1974, 75, 76

Cup Winners: Cup: 1967

World Club Championships: 1976

Bundersliga: 1969, 72, 73, 74.

West German Cup: 1966, 67, 69, 71.

European Footballer of the Year: 1972, 76

5. Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane

France

1972 – Present Day

Clubs :Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid

Major Honours:

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995,1999

European Super Cup: 1996,2002

Intercontinental Cup: 1996, 2002

Italian Super Cup: 1997

Italia Serie A: 1996-97, 1997-98

UEFA Champions League: 2001-02

Spanish La Liga: 2002-03

Spanish Super Cup: 2001, 2003

FIFA World Cup: 1998,

UEFA European Championship: 2000

UEFA Champions League Best Midfielder – 1998

UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament – 2000

Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year – 1997, 2001

Serie A Footballer of the Year – 2001

French Player of the Year – 1998, 2002

FIFA World Player of the Year – 1998, 2000, 2003

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball – 2006

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