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