The best football players in the world can be different for everyone. Because everyone’s favourite play style is different. We have chosen the players who are mentioned as partners in the lists of the best football made by Fifa and many sports organizations.
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1980 to a very poor family. The family earned a living from Ronaldinho’s older brother Assis’ football. Football, which is seen as a way of salvation for almost every child in Brazil, where more than half of the country suffers from poverty, was also a target for Ronaldinho. His first idol and mentor was Asssis. He is one of the last representatives of quality football players such as Maradona and Pele. He is known as a football player who develops his playing ability and finds / practices new playing styles.
Ronaldo
Ronaldo is both terrifying speed and super finishing. He scored 35 goals in the first season on Psv, passed to Barcelona, and scored unimaginable goals under this form, scoring a great average of 49 games-47 goals. He was 21 years old when he was named the best football player in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Born in 1985, the Portuguese Footballer started his football career when he was only 8 years old, playing in an amateur team. Later, Sporting transferred to Lisbon. He started playing as Manchester United’s youngest player in 2003. Between 2006-2008, he was chosen as both the footballer of the year and the young footballer of the year in England. Now in Juventus.
Zinedine Zidane
Born in 1972, Algerian-born French footballer Zidane is one of the most important players in the history of football. Player of the Year by FIFA in 1998-2000 and 2003; In 2006, he was selected as the most popular player in France. Playing as a point guard in the midfield, the football player showed his talent in football especially in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 European Football Championship, and in the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches in which he played in the final.
Michel Platini
Born in 1957, French midfielder Platini is now the president of UEFA. Considered one of the most important football players in the history of football, Platini is one of the two footballers who received the European Footballer of the Year award three times in a row. He was named the 7th best player of the 20th century by IFFHS. For him, there have been sports commentators who have said that he is playing football like he is dancing.
Johan Cruyff
Born in 1947, the Dutch player is one of the three footballers who received the European Footballer of the Year Award three times. Holland’s contribution to the finals in the 1974 World Cup is enormous. It is the footballer who gave his name to the movement called “Return of the Cruyff” in football. He is one of our fathers’ favorite footballers.
Franz Beckenbauer
Beckenbauer, one of the best midfielders ever, is a former football player born in Germany in 1945 and the former president of Bayern Munich. He has entered the list of the best and most respected players with his dribbles and strikes from the defence by all football authorities. He was named “Footballer of the Year” in Germany in 1966 and 1968, and in Europe in 1976.
Pele
Born in 1940, Pele was shining shoes before starting to play football. Discovered at the age of 11, Pele started his career in Santos, one of the most important teams in Brazil, and left him with Cosmos, another Brazilian team. Pele, who tasted the world championship in Brazil three times, was such an important player in his time that Nigeria declared a two-day ceasefire in the war with Biafra to watch Pele’s match.
Maradona
Born in 1960, the Argentine footballer is considered by millions to be the best football player ever in world football history. He was also among the 100 best living football players of Fifa. The legendary player Maradona, who played 96 times in the Argentine national uniform, scored a total of 36 goals in these matches.
Lionel Messi
Born in 1987, Argentine player Messi is compared to Maradona because of his style of play. Despite his young age, he has repeatedly received the “Player of the Year Award” by FIFA. Playing for the Argentina national team and the Barcelona team, Messi is also the first Argentinian footballer to win the “Golden Ball” award. Football fans are looking forward to the new records Messi will break and the super goals he will score.
Kathleen Sanzley
