legendary football players

this website tells you about some of the best players that ever lived

lionel messi pele cristiano ronaldo maradona cafu different trophies lev yashin roberto carlos ronaldinho hierro maldini cruyff gerd muller

lionel messi

Lionel Andres Messi Cuccitinni (Spanish pronunciation:[Ljo`nel An`drez `Mesi](born 25 of June 1987)is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered as one of the best players ever and regarded by many as the greatest of all time, Messi has one a record-tying 5 Balan`dor rewards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record of five European golden shoes. He has spent most of his entire career at Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 34 trophies, including nine LA LIGA titles, four UEFAs and seven Copa del Rey titles. He was only 22 when he won his first FIFA world player of the year award. He went on winning this award for the next three years. He became the first player to win this award in four consecutive years.

pele

At 17 years old, Pele became the youngest player to ever win the world cup and also is the only player to be part of three world cup teams. Pele is also the all time leading Goalscorer for brazil, scoring 72 goals in 92 games and during his career, Pele became known as 'the black pearl, the king of football, the king Pele or simply the king. Pele also scored four goals on thirty one occasions, 5 on 6 occasions and once scored 8! In 2010, Pele was named the Honorary president of the New York cosmos. Pele was named after Thomas Alva Edison. Pele became an international ambassador for the sport, working to promote peace and understanding. Many people believe Pele is the best player ever or the G.O.A.T (Greatest of all time). Pele is also the top scorer for brazil above Neymar, Ronaldo, Romario and Zico. The 11- year old Pele caught his eyes of Waldemar De Britto, a premier player of the nation. Britto is said to have presented Pele to sceptical managers of Santos, boldly starting Pele to become the best player that ever lived. Whether truly or not he believed in his passionate statement whether at the time he made it remains immaterial. The world began to sit up and pay attention to Pele when the 17-year old scored a whopping 6 goals during the 1958 world cup, thereby leading the brazilian national team to victory. Brazil won its first world cup that year. In his full career he has scored 1289 goals, and is only second to Arthur Friedenreich, an another brazilian soccer player who scored 1329 goals in his career. He was also known for his tremendous speed and balance, his jumping and ball-controlling abilities, and his spectacular goals.

cristiano ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional football player and he plays as a powerful striker for Portugal. In his whole career he has played for four clubs; man united, Juventus, Real Madrid and Al Nassar. He won three consecutive premier league titles, a champions league and a FIFA club world cup with man utd. Then at Juventus he won two Serie As, one Coppa Italia and two italian super cups. Also while at Madrid he played with some of the most famous players that ever played in the club like Ronaldo Naziro! Also he is often competed against Lionel Messi. The trophies he won for Real Madrid were four champions league titles, three Supercopas de Europa, three Mundial De clubs, four Balan 'dors, two Ligas, two Copa del Reys and two Supercopas de Espana. Cristiano Ronaldo actually had heart surgery when he was 15. He underwent a heat procedure to treat a irregular heartbeat. He had experienced episodes of dizziness and fatigue for several years to prior surgery and was advised by doctors to have it done in order to improve his health. After being released from the hospital, he took some time off in football in order to fully recover from the procedure. Fortunately, Ronaldo made a full recovery and was able to return playing again. Cristiano Ronaldo is also one of the most successful players in the world, although he didn 't win a world cup, but he won a European cup at least.

maradona

On October, 30, 1961, Diego Armando Maradona came from a poor family. He grew up in a slum of Villa Fiorita near Buenous Aires. His parents found it hard to raise 8 siblings. Maradona loved soccer then. Maradona got his first football at just 3 years old. Entranced with the ball, he slept with it at night. When he was nine, Francis Cornejo, the coach of the youth Argentinos juniors or "the little onions" as they where called noticed his skills. That is how Maradona started at the little onions. Then when he grew up he won two world cups. When Maradona played for Argentinos juniors the stadiums were jam-packed revealing his growing popularity. He was associated with this team from 1978 to 1982. For Maradona, football represented a way to freedom from poverty. When he was just 21, he moved to Barcelona for a record $7.7 million. This deal made him headline all over the world. Maradona made efforts to play for the Argentinian national soccer team in 1978 and 1992 but was disappointed. Cesar Menotti, the Argentinian coach for the world cup team, cut short Maradona's dreams to play in the 1978 world cup. In 1982, he kicked a player from Brazil kicked in the groin and was expelled from the game. He finally got his chance in 1996.

cafu

Brazilian football teams have a long tradition of using wing backs. Cafu (aka Marcos Evangelista De Moraes)is a prime example. Famous for his overlapping runs, he is one of the few players to have appeared in four world cup tournaments and won two of them. Cafu was also a dynamic, hard working powerful right back and also is the most capped Brazilian man, with more than 140 caps including a record 20 world cup games. He was also born in 7 June 1970. He is one of the most skillful, successful and wildly respecting attacking full backs in the modern game. During a long career, at club level he has achieved success in south America and Europe as well as making history in a record breaking international career. Cafu began his career with his hometown club Sao Paulo in the late 1980s, and quickly became a crucial member of the team as they enjoyed great success in the early part of the 1990s. In a little over six years at the club, he who a Brazilian league championship medal in 1991, and helped the club to win the Copa Libertadores and the intercontinental cup in each of the next two years. Also becoming established in the national team, Cafu played in the Copa America in both 1991 and 1993 before making his world cup debut in the U.S.A. In 1994, playing two matches won there first title in 1970. Now, he is one of the best defenders in the world.

different trophies

Ballon d'Or

This reward is to the best player who scored the most and played the best.

Gerd Müller holding the European Golden Shoe trophy

Gerd Muller

This trophy goes to the top scorer of the year and season.

World Cup

This event is where nations battle each other to win it and they will be said the best in the world.

Champions League

This is where great teams go to battle each other and be the best team in Europe.

lev yashin

Lev Yashin was born in the city of Moscow in district Bogorodskoe. During world war 2, at the age of 12, Lev Yashin was evacuated from his family at Ulyanovsk, in 1943 went to a factory as apprentice fitter. He returned to Moscow in 1944, continuing in the factory, all of his free time playing soccer as playing keeper for the team as 'Tushina'.

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos is a Brazilian footballer who is often regarded as one of the best left backs ever. In a glittering career, during which he represented Brazilian national team and a number of clubs, he has given ample evidence that he is certainly up there among the greatest of the game.

ronaldinho

Ronaldinho won the FIFA world player reward in 2004 and 2005 and Ronaldinho's 2005 Nike advertisement went viral on Youtube, becoming the first video to get a million likes. Ronaldinho joined forces with the united nations to educate the public about AIDS in 2001, and on june, 2013, he launched his own line of condoms named sex free.

fernando hierro

Fernando Ruiz Hierro was born in Velez Malaga on march 23rd in 1968. He was a powerful, dangerous and indestructible centre back who played for Spain and real Madrid and had a smashing right foot to clear the pall and do excellent passes, as well as making strong tackles and scoring goals for club and nation.

paolo maldini

Paolo Maldini is probably the best ever defender for AC Milan and won a whopping 28 trophies and has 902 appearances and the trophies he won were 3 UEFA champions leagues, 2 champions clubs cups, 7 Italian champions, 1 Italian cup winner, 1 FIFA club world cup, 6 Italian super cups, 1 Copa Italia, 2 intercontinental cups and 5 UEFA super cups.

Johan Cruyff

Hendrick Johannes Cruyff was born in 1946, in Holland in the city of Amstredam. Now, this is the second best footballer player in history, and he was also very thin. He was very fast, and he had much intelligence and skill. He played at football with his two powerful legs. He weared the number 14 as his team and country number and his farther played with his friend.

gerhard muller

Gerhard Muller was born on November 3rd 1945 at Norlingen and was an indestructible centre forward who even has a trophy for the Balan`dor! He was German, and won a couple world cups with Franz Beckenbauer and slammed the ball into the net at every game he played in which means no keepers would save them.

Montage of soccer players including Mbappe and Ronaldo

Lionel Messi celebrating a goal, seen from the back

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