Legendary footballers of all Time

 

The Top 5 Midfielders of all Time:

 

 

1)  Diego Maradona  (Attacking Midfielder)         1976 - 1998 (2014 - ????)

Ex Argentina & Bocca Juniors, Barcelona Player

97 Appearances for Argentina National Team While Scoring 40 Goals

World Cup Winner of 1986 and Runners up in 1990.

 

Onze d'Or (2): 1986, 1987

World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1986

FIFA Player of the Century: 2000

 

2)  Pele    (Attacking Midfielder)                          1956 - 1977

Ex Brazil & Santos Player

113 Appearances for Brazil National Team While Scoring 95 Goals

World Cup Winner of 1958, 1962, 1970

Played 1363 and scored 1283 goals.

 

UNICEF Football Player of the Century: 1999

South American Footballer of the Year: 1973

 

3) Zinedine Zidane   (Attacking Midfielder)       1989 - 2006

Ex France & Real Madrid, Juventus Player

108 Appearance for France National Team while Scoring 31 goals

World Cup Winner of 1998

 

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

World Soccer Greatest XI of all Time - 2013

 

 

4) George Best  (Winger)    1963 - 1984

Ex Northern Ireland & Manchester United

37 Appearances For Northern Ireland while scoring 7 Goals
Football League First Division (2): 1964–65 & 1966–67
 

European Hall of Fame (Player): 2008

PFA England League Team of the Century (1907 to 2007): 2007

5)  Sir Bobby Charlton (Midfielder)    1956 - 1976

Ex England & Manchester United

117 Appearances For England while scoring 60 Goals

World Cup Winner of 1966

Ballon d'Or: 1966

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE): 1969
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE): 1974

Please comment if you suggest any more Midfielders that I have missed out

 

 



Legendary footballers of all time

The Top 5 Defenders of all Time

 

 

 

1st Franz Beckenbauer :       1964 - 1983

Ex West Germany and Bayern Munich
He is generally regarded as the greatest German footballer of all time.
670 Appearances for clubs, 4 times Bundesliga champion, 1974 World Champion 
 

 

2nd Bobby Moore:       1958 - 1978
Ex England and West Ham Defender
World Cup Winner of 1966, 699 appearances for Clubs
108 appearances for England
 

 

 

3rd Cafu:                      1889 - 2008
Ex Brazil and AC Milan, Roma and Sao Paulo Central Defender
2 World Cups (1994, 2002). Holds the Record for Most appearances for Brazil at 142. he played 525 times for clubs
 

 

 

4th Carles Puyol:         1996 - 2013 
Current Spain and Barcelona Central Defender
6 Times La Liga Champion, World Cup Winner of 2008
670 appearances
 

 

5th  Paolo Maldini:      1985 - 2009

Ex Italy and AC Milan central defender
Won 7 Series A League Titles, 902 appearances for Club and 126 for country.


Please comment if you suggest any more Defenders that I have missed out



Legendary footballers of all Time

The Top 5 Goalkeepers of all Time:

1st Lev Yashin :         1950 -- 1970
Ex Dynamo Moscow and USSR Goalkeeper
Saved over 150 penalties in his career, 812 games played and 270 were Clean Sheets

2nd Peter Shilton :     1966 -- 1997
Ex England Goalkeeper
Ex Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, etc
holds the record of most appearances for England at 125 Games

3rd Peter Schmeichel :     1981 -- 2003
Ex Manchester United and Denmark Goalkeeper
In his career he has won 5 League Titles, 3 Fa Cups, League Cup and an Champions League Trophy with United

4th David Seaman :      1982 -- 2004
Ex Arsenal and England Goalkeeper
Holds a records of most clean sheets in the Premiership

5th Dino Zoff :     1961 -- 1983
Ex Juventus and Italy Goalkeeper
Holds a record of not conceding for 1142 minutes in International Tournaments between 1972 -- 1974.

Please comment if you suggest any more goalkeepers that i have missed out