subject: The Best Soccer Players Of All Times [print this page] Among various sports enjoyed by many people, soccer is one game that is the hot favourite of 1 and all; courtesy the interest element of the game that keeps the adrenaline pumping. Soccer is well well known for a few skilled and excellent players. Nevertheless, there are a few who enjoy enormous popularity worldwide for their perfect gaming abilities and unfathomable and never say die sportsman spirit. Read on to learn more about such legendary football players.
Talk about the best players and Diego Armando Maradona is one of the first names that arrives to your mind. He is one of the ideal players of all times and is regarded to be responsible for getting the 1986 World Cup for Argentina. Maradona has arguably the greatest ever World Cup goal to his credit. In a fleeting victory against the England football team, he led the ball from the halfway line to the finish scoring what was recognized as the 'goal of the century' by FIFA. He also scored his infamous 'hand of the god' goal in the same game.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento is another famous football player of all times. Popularly addressed as Pele, this healthy and fit football player is said to have unequalled gaming talents needed for winning championships. With 500 goals to his credit, Pele has helped bring home 3 world cups for his country- Brazil. He is one of the very few young World Cup winning soccer players. In reality Pele brought laurels to the nation by winning world cup at young age of 17.
Adding to the long list of best soccer players is another name-Johan Cryuff. He is one of the talented British football players of his times. He is recognized for his mastery and expertise in gaming tactics of balance and dribbling. It is thus unsurprising that even proficient defenders found it impossible to stop him from striking a goal. Nevertheless, the career of this legendary player faced a downhill in its later stages when he was trapped in troubles like gambling, womanizing, alcoholism and many more.
Yet another well-known football player of all times is Zinedine Zidane. This player is stated to be 1 of the most accomplished football players of his generation. He played a big role in making France win the world Cup in 1998. Moreover, he contributed to the victory of France in European championship of 2000. He has been awarded with the title of European Footballer of the Year in 1998. To top it all, he was the indisputable winner of the title- FIFA World Footballer of the Year, thrice in 1998, 2000 and 2003.
More football players will come and go, but the ones mentioned above will stay in the memories of every football fan forever.
