Who is the best football player of all times?
By pratik87
@pratik87 (1927)
India
May 21, 2009 9:24am CST
Who is the Best footballer of all time. Is it Pele or Maradona or Beckenbauer or Cruijff or anyone else. What is your argument for your decision? Please discuss in detail.
A little bio of the Greats is provided here.
Pele: Winner of the Jule Rime Trophy, Most goal scorer is world soccer, voted as the best player of the Millenium and winner of many more honors.
Maradona: Captain of the World Cup winning Argentina Team in '86, voted as the scorer of the Goal of the millennium and loved by millions around the world.
Beckenbauer: Captain of the World Cup winning West Germany Team in '74, Coach of World Cup winning West Germany Team in '90, Only person to win the World Cup as Player and Coach.
Cruijff: Itroducer of the phrase "Total Football" and voted as the Best European player.
Now its your turn to have your say. Who do you think is the Best and WHY? A
6 responses
@hockeymaniac123 (14)
• United States
31 May 09
Zidane would be in my opinion, not just for the memorable head butt to the chest! haha
@hefangyl (10)
• China
21 May 09
in my opinion, there is no "the best"! there are many good football players during every period, each one of them has their merits. every year,there are many awards designed for the players, but only one could be the shinning star and known by more and more people. there is really some people better than else, but in my eyes, there are too many "grest players" in the world to choose "the best". what make me admire those is the spirit on them. that's all.
@trisulistiyo (9)
• Indonesia
25 May 09
Every players has golden era. I think the best player of all time is player who serve for his country (national team) for a long time, because it indicate that he was believed to do his task on the field. I choose Dino Zoff (Italian Goalkeeper) serve his country in the age 40+.
Please response my discussion about euro championship 2009, Barcelona Vs Manchester United!:)
@Wils0408n (10)
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24 May 09
Out of two players Maradona and Zidane.
Maradona - he drove his team on to win the World Cup almost single handedly. There were other good players in the team but nobody came close to performing on Maradona's level.
Zidane - his touch, vision and all-round ability were second to none. At Ream Madrid during the galacticos era, all the other world class players knew he was the best (I think Beckham was the one who said that). Extremely elegant for a tallish man (6'1), did everything so effortlessly.
Lionel Messi will be joining these two as a front runnre for the best player of all time.
@tavaresss (11)
• Portugal
25 May 09
Of course that is Maradona, the greatest hits of soccer, the most popular player ever.
