Who is the best football player in the world. The greatest football players in the history of football

This rating is the most accurate and impartial, because it assumes a comprehensive, objective approach during voting. 124 specialists representing 45 countries are selected for the working expert group. They are sent a list of more than three hundred of the most worthy players from around the world.

Each expert anonymously votes for 40 football players, ranking them in place, starting with the first. In this case, all game indicators and achievements of each of the applicants are taken into account. The most important criterion is the success of performances in the Champions League and for one’s national team, as well as the place taken in the national championship.

The best football player, according to one or another specialist, receives 40 points. The next one on the list is 39 points and so on down to 1 point. As a result, after summing up the points, a consolidated list of the strongest players on the planet is formed.

The results of the calculation of the 100 best football players in the world are traditionally published by The Guardian in the second half of December each year.

List of the top 100 best football players in the world. Top ranking

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina national team)

Today Messi has won as many trophies as he has full years– 30. To break the record held by Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, Leo only needs to win 7 awards. It seems quite real figure, especially since Barça almost won the Spanish Championship. IN current season Lionel has finally overcome the Buffon curse and has also taken the lead in the goalscoring race, ahead of Ronaldo, and has an excellent chance of winning the Golden Boot.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal)

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo lost his leading place in the TOP 100 to Lionel Messi in the 2017/18 season. As a consolation, he won another Ballon d'Or for his achievements in 2017. And all because Krish failed the start of the season in La Liga, scoring a measly 4 goals in 14 matches. But the match with Deportivo on January 21 changed everything. For 9 latest games Ronaldo scored 18 goals. The culmination was the CriRo poker against Girona in the 29th round (6:3).

Ronaldo, as in this rating, is second in the table of La Liga scorers, but he is only 3 goals behind Messi, although on January 21 the Argentine’s advantage was as much as 14 goals. There is still a chance to win! Perhaps in 2018, Cristiano will again become a leader in the TOP-100 ranking.

3. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil)

Brazil qualified for the 2018 World Cup by winning the qualifying tournament in South America, during which Neymar became the best goal-plus-pass player. He has 14 effective actions (6+8), the Brazilian this indicator even ahead of Messi!

This season, Neymar is the best player in the Champions League in terms of dribbles - 7.3; he also leads in this parameter in League 1 - 7.1. In the current Ligue 1 season, the Brazilian has already played 20 matches, scored 20 goals and made 16 assists. This best stats in France among all teams.

Extravaganzas have long been expected from Neymar, but he has not even come close to the Ballon d'Or, although at his age Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were already wiping the dust off the statuettes. Therefore, he is naturally ranked in the TOP 100 after Messi and Ronaldo. It is unlikely that the situation will change in the near future, especially since the Brazilian received a serious injury, underwent surgery and is still suspended from the Game.

4. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)

Kevin De Bruyne is not a goal machine, a radio-controlled pass sending system, or a super dribbler with a ball glued to his foot. He is a player who elevates football to an art form thanks to his versatility.

De Bruyne played 27 matches in the Premier League, scoring 7 goals and 14 assists. On average, Kevin had a shot at goal every 31.7 minutes, made a key pass every 27.6 minutes, scored a successful dribble every 53.9 minutes, and made a successful cross into the penalty area every 50.4 minutes. De Bruyne's pass accuracy percentage is 83.3%!

Kevin is Man City's best player not only in terms of sharp passes, but also in tackling the ball. And that's not it! De Bruyne is one of the top three players in the Champions League based on the average amount of running work per match, and he ranks first in his team in the number of tackles. With such talent, he can easily move Neymar from 3rd position into the TOP 100 next year!

5. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur and England)

Harry Kane closes the Top 5 best players of our time. By the way, he received the London Football Awards as the best player of the year in the Premier League. In 2017, Kane scored 56 goals in 52 matches, surpassing Messi himself in this indicator! He would have been guaranteed to win the scorers race if he had not been injured...

And now his fate is in doubt. This season, Kane has played 39 matches in all competitions and scored 35 goals. He also has 4 assists. If injuries do not overtake him again, he will be an excellent competitor in the TOP 100 rankings for Ronaldo and Messi next year.

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Let's get to the main point!
1) Zinedine Zidane

This French athlete is very popular football player, despite the fact that he hasn’t played for a long time! Many consider him the best football player of all times!

2) LIONEL MESSI

This player left big marks in the history of football! Throughout his career, he broke many records and received a huge number of titles! Messi - best player Barcelona, ​​and perhaps the world!

3) CRISTIANO RONALDO (Cristiano Ronaldo)

Today there are many disputes about who is the best player, among these disputes is Ronaldo, and with him Messi, about whom you read above. This player has also earned a lot of honor and respect among various magazines, rankings, etc.

4) RONALDO

Brazilian footballer. In Russia he is known as Ronaldo the Zubastic. In one of his interviews, Zidane said that this football player is one of the best players in the entire history of football, by the way, he also noted that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are not suitable for this title.

5) LEV IVANOVICH YASHIN

Our Compatriot. He played for the Dynamo club (Moscow). The only goalkeeper in history to receive the Ballon d'Or. He is called a goalkeeper from God.

6) PELE

King of Football. Pele is ranked first among the best players of the 20th century according to World Soccer magazine. He holds the record for the number of world championships won as a player - 3 titles.

7) JOHANNES CRUJFF

Former Dutch football player. He is second in the ranking after Pele. Best European Footballer 1971, 1973, 1974.

8) FRANZ BECKENBAUER

9) DIEGO MARADONA (Diego Maradona)

A legend of world football, the best football player in the history of Argentina, and of course the favorite of the Russian public!

10) ROBERTO CARLOS and DAVID BECKHAM

I thought for a long time which one to choose, but I didn’t bother and wrote both)

It's hard to choose from this large quantity There are only ten football players. I would also include Alfredo Di Stefano, Ronaldinho and many other football players, but what’s done is done!

Of course, I understand that I’m not a professional in this matter, and everyone has different opinions, so WRITE YOUR TOP TEN IN THE COMMENTS!!!)

Popular football portal "FourFourTwo"formed the hundred best football players of all time. “Sokker.ru” introduces readers to an interesting rating.

Places 100 to 91:

100. Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)

99. Mario Coluna (Portugal)

98. Mario Kempes (Argentina)

97. Neymar (Brazil)

96. Obdulio Varela (Uruguay)

95. Jalma Santos (Brazil)

94. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)

93. Philipp Lahm (Germany)

92. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)

91. Sepp Mayer (Germany)

Getting into the top 100 players in the history of the Game is a huge honor, so if someone's position seems unfairly low to you, remember how many thousands of players remained outside the top 100. Therefore, we take the “FourFourTwo” rating as a given, because we can argue on this topic ad infinitum, especially when it comes to the distribution of positions at the very top. In the top ten from the end we see the “Carpathian Maradona” Hadji and the Swedish star of all times Ibrahimovic. There are four world champions here: Brazilian Jalma Santos, German Philipp Lahm, Uruguayan Obdulio Varela and Argentinean Mario Kempes. The great German goalkeeper Mayer, the Hungarian goalscorer Kocsis, the Benfica legend Coluna are here, as is Neymar, who has the best years of his career ahead of him.

Places 90 to 81:

90. Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

89. Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)

88. Allan Simonsen (Denmark)

87. Javier Zanetti (Argentina)

86. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)

85. Uwe Seeler (Germany)

84. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)

83. Ryan Giggs (Wales)

82. Hugo Sanchez (Mexico)

81. Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia)

Of the world champions, only Roberto Carlos is here, but we see two Golden Ball winners - Stoichkov and Simonsen. Giggs and Batistuta don’t need additional introductions; Hugo Sanchez’s goals for Atlético and Real Madrid will tell the story. We note the presence of two legends of Inter Milan at once different eras– Facchetti and Zanetti, Uwe “The Furious” Seeler was the brightest German player between the first two world championships. Well, Dragan Dzhajic in general is perhaps the greatest Serbian player in history.

Places 80 to 71:

80. Thierry Henry (France)

79. Gigi Riva (Italy)

78. Juste Fontaine (France)

77. Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)

76. Dennis Lowe (Scotland)

75. Cafu (Brazil)

74. Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)

73. Omar Sivori (Argentina)

72. Jose Andrade (Uruguay)

71. John Charles (Wales)

Masopust, Sivori and Low won the Ballon d'Or in the first half of the 60s, with only Lev Yashin wedged between them. Jose Andrade, Cafu and Henry are world champions. John Charles is one of the top 20 Welsh heroes in Welsh history, while Juste Fontaine holds the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup (13 goals scored, World Cup 1958). Riva and Rijkaard were each stars in their own era, and Gigi spent almost his entire career at Cagliari, he main symbol this club.

Places 70 to 61:

70. Paul Breitner (Germany)

69. Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)

68. Sandro Mazzola (Italy)

67. Florian Albert (Hungary)

66. Teofilo Cubillas (Peru)

65. Jimmy Johnston (Scotland)

64. Johan Neeskens (Netherlands)

63. Gordon Banks (England)

62. Dixie Dean (England)

61. Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)

Three Britons at once: the cult Celtic player Jimmy Johnston, the great goalkeeper and world champion Banks, and the hero of the early 20th century Dixie Dean. The Dutch Bergkamp and Neeskens worked magic, although they never became world champions, Johan even scored in one of his finals, but Paul Breitner responded in kind and eventually celebrated the victory as part of the West German team. Mazzola is another Inter legend and the idol of future generations, Florian Albert can boast of the Ballon d'Or, and Theo Cubillas is the best player in the history of Peru. You probably already recognized Peter Schmeichel: the famous goalkeeper of Manchester United and accomplice of the “Danish Fairy Tale 1992”.

Places 60 to 51:

60. Kevin Keegan (England)

59. Andres Iniesta (Spain)

58. Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina)

57. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany)

56. Daniel Passarella (Argentina)

55. Dino Zoff (Italy)

54. Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden)

53. Gaetano Scirea (Italy)

52. Roberto Baggio (Italy)

51. Jairzinho (Brazil)

There are three Italians at once - the winners of the 1982 World Cup Zoff and Scirea, as well as Roberto Baggio, who missed the decisive penalty in 1994 and was left with silver. But Andres Iniesta scored the only goal in the 2010 World Cup final, for which he has since been applauded in all stadiums in Spain. Jairzinho and Passarella are also world champions, but Karl-Heinz Rummenigge did not win the world championship with Germany, but he has two Golden Balls to his name, like Kevin Keegan. Nordahl rocked Serie A in the mid-20th century, where he played for Milan and Roma, but the Argentine Pedernera is the most mysterious figure in this top ten. It is known that his names were Genius, Maestro and Football Napoleon, but Adolfo’s career took place in South America in the 30s, 40s and 50s of the last century, so there is not much evidence of his greatness.

Places 50 to 41:

50. Xavi (Spain)

49. Nilton Santos (Brazil)

48. Mikael Laudrup (Denmark)

47. Roberto Rivellino (Brazil)

46. ​​Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay)

45. Oleg Blokhin (USSR/Ukraine)

44. Didi (Brazil)

43. Fritz Walter (Germany)

42. Matthias Sindelar (Austria)

41. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

This ten has a diverse composition. There are a lot of world champions here too. different countries and different eras, and the famous scorer of Dynamo Kyiv, winner of the Golden Ball Oleg Blokhin, and the Austrian Sindelar with tragic fate, and Buffon, still performing at high level, and the iconic German captain Fritz Walter, who was in Soviet captivity during World War II. And also the ex-coach of Moscow “Spartak” Mikael Laudrup and Didi, who did not give in to Di Stefano and Puskas at Real, who did not want to share the glory.

Places 40 to 31:

40. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland)

39. Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary)

38. Gianni Rivera (Italy)

37. Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)

36. Paco Gento (Spain)

35. Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain)

34. Stanley Matthews (England)

33. Gunter Netzer (Germany)

32. Paolo Rossi (Italy)

31. Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina)

There is not a single active player in this top ten, although all these names are well-known to this day. For example, Paco Gento is the record holder for the number of European Cups; the Spaniard won this trophy six times. Paolo Rossi scored in the World Cup final and won the Ballon d'Or, and Nandor Hidegkuti was part of the Hungarian Golden Squad. A special place here goes to Sir Stanley Matthews, who played football until he was 50, was a model gentleman and won the first ever Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year. A few years later, this award went to Luis Suarez Miramontes, who at the time of the award played for Barcelona, ​​and then moved to Inter, where he spent nine years.

Places 30 to 21:

30. Lothar Matthäus (Germany)

29. Raymond Kopa (France)

28. Socrates (Brazil)

27. Bobby Moore (England)

26. Valentino Mazzola (Italy)

25. Carlos Alberto (Brazil)

24. Ronaldinho (Brazil)

23. Eusebio (Portugal)

22. Lev Yashin (USSR/Russia)

21. Romario (Brazil)

We note the high position of Lev Ivanovich Yashin: he is the only goalkeeper to win the Golden Ball in 22nd place in the ranking. There are four Brazilians in the top ten with him, and Romario is higher than Ronaldinho, Carlos Alberto and Socrates. Why, Shorty even bypassed Eusebio, who, symbolically, took the next place with his friend Yashin. Bobby Moore and Lottar Matthäus are the captains of their teams at the victorious world championships and cult football players of their countries. Special attention should be paid to Valentino Mazzola, who is seriously ahead of his son. Valentino and Sandro are the only father and son to be in the top 100 strongest football players of all time. A unique achievement.

Places 20 to 11:

20. Paolo Maldini (Italy)

19. Bobby Charlton (England)

18. Giuseppe Meazza (Italy)

17. Gerd Müller (Germany)

16. Zico (Brazil)

15. Franco Baresi (Italy)

14. George Best (Northern Ireland)

13. Marco van Basten (Netherlands)

12. Michel Platini (France)

11. Garrincha (Brazil)

Everyone is a world football star, although it is clear that it is impossible to create an “all-time” ranking based on objective indicators, because such indicators do not exist. How can we compare, say, Giuseppe Meazza and Paolo Maldini? It turns out that the basis is a certain historical “media rating”: the names of the big stars of the past still ring loudly, although decades have passed. Thanks to this, Garrincha and Muller, Charlton and van Basten, Best and Maldini, Meazza and Platini, Zico and Baresi can be located in neighboring positions. But who is cooler than them and who got No. 1, the end is near!

Places 10 to 1:

10. Ronaldo (Brazil)

9. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)

8. Zinedine Zidane (France)

7. Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

6. Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina)

5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

4. Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

3. Pele (Brazil)

2. Lionel Messi (Argentina)

1. Diego Maradona (Argentina)

Led by two Argentines, the King of Football Pele has dropped to third place, and Cristiano Ronaldo is only fifth. Eight of the top ten players, besides Pelé and Beckenbauer, played for Real Madrid or Barcelona in their careers. This is how “FourFourTwo” got a hundred. How do you like it?

Football is the whole world with their deities. There are few people who managed to conquer the football Olympus and achieve world fame. But they managed to win the love and respect of fans all over the world, thanks to their excellent technical play and amazing will to win. Who are the best football players in the world? Of course, this list is subjective, but most football fans and fans will consider all the people listed in the article worthy of attention.

Javier Hernandez Creus

Javier Hernandez Creus, or “Xavi” as his fans call him, is rightfully considered one of the strongest football players in the world. Creus played for the Spanish national team, becoming twice European champion and world champion. This athlete managed to serve as captain of the Barcelona club, known even to people far from sports. Xavi was able to achieve such outstanding success thanks to his amazing dribbling talent and precise long-range passing.

In 2005, Xavi suffered a serious injury: the ligaments in his knee were torn. Because of this, the football player had to stop training for a while.

Despite global recognition and huge fees, Javier Hernandez remained himself. Creus - family man. He lives with his parents and grandmother. The athlete does not like noisy parties and going out. But Xavi goes mushroom hunting with great pleasure: “silent hunting” is one of the main hobbies of the football legend. Creus is also interested in motorsports and tennis, loves chocolate, meat dishes and the creativity of the group "REM".

Michel Platini became famous for his masterful possession of the ball: he seemed to be able to perform real tricks on the field. In total, the footballer played more than six hundred matches during his long career, scoring about 300 goals. For three years in a row - from 1983 to 1985 - Platini was recognized as the world's top scorer.

Fans nicknamed Platini "Shorty" because of his relatively short stature. However, growth did not prevent this athlete from becoming a true legend of the football world. After all, Platini is the only football player who managed to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or award three times in a row.

His father instilled a love of football in little Michel. It was he who taught the boy to compensate short stature ability to handle the ball and technical play. Platini himself joked that millions of Frenchmen could overtake him in cross-country or beat him to the punch, but only a few could beat him on the football field.

Platini's career flourished until 2015, when the FIFA Ethics Committee accused him of corruption. The footballer’s guilt was not proven, but there was circumstantial evidence in the case, based on which the judges decided to ban “Shorty” from participation in competitions for 8 years.

The name Ronaldo is known even to people far from football. The best football player of the decade, the best scorer in 2002, one of the strongest players in the world... The merits of this Brazilian can be listed endlessly. Many journalists argue that Ronaldo can be put on a par with the unattainable Pele.

Ronaldo claims that football is not a job for him: first of all, the athlete values ​​the game on the field, and not multimillion-dollar earnings. The story of Ronaldo, or, as fans call him, “Zubastik,” may well form the basis of the script Hollywood movie. After all, the future star was born in the Brazilian slums. Little Ronaldo was a fearful, timid, withdrawn boy. The only place where all fears receded was the football field.

Ronaldo's fate was predetermined from childhood: both his parents and teachers saw that he was only interested in football. The boy could refuse food and sleep, just to stay longer on the field. It is not surprising that the first gift that his father gave to little Cristiano was soccer ball. At the age of eight, Ronaldo began playing for the Andorinha children's team. The coach nicknamed the boy “Bee”: he ran across the field in small steps, constantly making zigzags. Ronaldo claims that he still has this style today.

When Ronaldo was 13, his father left the family. It was then that “Zubastik” promised his mother that he would become the best football player in the world and would not allow his family to live in poverty. Ronaldo managed to keep this promise: football agents paid attention to him and soon the young football player began to earn good money. First of all, Ronaldo paid for renovations in his mother’s house, financed his youngest son’s education, and even bought a pizzeria for his father.

Since then, Ronaldo's fees have increased many times: he can fully support not only his family, but also a small city. What is the secret of success?

The football player claims that sex helps him win. Ronaldo believes that a couple of hours before the match it is necessary to surrender to the hands of a woman. At the same time, you cannot be active: energy should be splashed out on the football field, and not in bed.

It is interesting that the legendary football player still retains his childish traits. He loves visiting Disneyland, collecting teddy bears and playing for hours. computer games.

They say that Ronaldo's game is for last years reached such a level that only thanks to him the Portuguese team claims the champion title. It is not for nothing that Ronaldo became the most expensive player in the history of football and is included in the ranking of the best football players in the world.

Ronaldo has a son born “in vitro” through artificial insemination. Carried a child surrogate mother. The boy was named after his father.

“Blonde Arrow” - that’s what the fans nicknamed Di Stefano. Football player most played for Real Madrid throughout his career, becoming famous for his incredible technology games and the ability to easily bypass even the most powerful opponents. Di Stefano is considered one of the best football players in the history of Spanish football.

Surprisingly, Stefano was a real football all-rounder. He played equally well in defense and attack. Such talent is considered quite rare.

Di Stefano was born into a poor family: he spent his first training sessions with a homemade rubber ball. When future star was 10 years old, he was already playing with older boys, simultaneously mastering both his right and left legs. From 10 to 17 years old, Di Stefano managed to combine work and training: the family lived in poverty and the boy had to earn his own bread. At the age of 17, the young man decided to try his luck and went to the casting of the River Plate team. Of the 32 applicants, Alfred and his close friend. And so began the path to the top of football: beautiful goals, numerous victories and world fame did not take long to arrive.

Attacking midfielder Ronaldinho received the nickname "God of Football". He owns the title “Golden Ball”: performing amazing tricks with the ball, Ronaldinho manages to score spectacular goals, delighting his fans and all football fans and rightfully bearing the title “The best football player in the world”.

Ronaldinho was born into a poor family: his father was a worker, and his mother was a saleswoman. The boy's father dreamed of becoming a football player, however, due to circumstances, these dreams were not destined to come true. However, the man began training his sons from an early age: Ronaldinho’s older brother, Roberto, also became a football player. At the age of seven, Ronaldinho was already studying at a football school, where he showed amazing results. When Ronaldinho was eight years old, his father died of a heart attack. That same year, Roberto signed a contract with the Gremio team. To keep Roberto on the team, the club even bought his family a mansion.

It was the older brother who became an example and mentor for Ronaldinho. At just 13 years old, the boy received his first award: in one of the games he managed to score as many as 32 goals against the enemy!

After finishing school, Ronaldinho went to college. True, he never received a diploma: constant training interfered with his studies. His passion for football gradually grew into a vocation. In 1995, Ronaldinho began playing for Gremio: already during his first match, he scored two goals in a row against opponents. A few years later, the football player became a world celebrity: his name still does not leave the pages of the sports press, and matches with his participation make the hearts of fans around the world skip a beat.

By the way, Ronaldinho is one of the most scandalous athletes. He loves visiting nightclubs and has a passion for pretty women.

In 2016, Zidane was named the best French footballer. Thousands of fans come to watch him play, and this is not surprising. After all, the most beautiful goal in the history of football belongs to this athlete.

Zidane was born in France into a family of migrants from North Africa. Since childhood, Zidane has been interested in sports. He was studying martial arts, rode a bike and skateboard. However, in the end the choice fell on football. Already at the age of ten, Zizou was a member of teams of all ages. Zidane signed his first contract at the age of 16, immediately becoming a starter for the Cannes team. Soon Zizou felt overwhelmed by the young and fairly average team, and he moved to Bordeaux, scoring 10 goals in his first season. It was at Bordeaux that the footballer demonstrated his talent for free kicks. After Bordeaux, Zidane played for Juventus and Real Madrid.

The only thing that has let Zidane down more than once is excessive emotionality. He was once sent off in the 110th minute of a match for head-butting another player. Having lost their best player, the team lost the match. Zidane later explained his unsportsmanlike behavior: a player from the opposing team insulted his sister.

In 2016, Zidane became the coach of the Real Madrid team. By the way, Zizou is an exemplary family man: he has been married to a French woman, Veronica Fernandez, for many years and has four sons, who are this moment They study at the Real Madrid football school.

Messi has been named top scorer in the Champions League five times. In 2010 he was named the best football player in the world, and in 2011 the best football player in Europe. While playing for the Spanish national team, Lionel Messi managed to score more than two hundred goals against his opponents. In the Argentine capital, they even erected a monument to this amazing athlete, who never ceases to amaze fans with his amazingly beautiful, fast-paced game.

Messi started playing football at the age of five. By the way, the football player’s father was the coach of a local football club. He believed that Lionel would never achieve sports fame. Only his grandmother believed in the boy, to whom Messi would dedicate all his goals scored in the future.

Already at the age of 10, Lionel played for the local team. They predicted a good football career for him. But in 1998, the young player was given a frightening diagnosis - growth hormone deficiency. Doctors claimed that Messi's height would no longer increase. However, the Barcelona club allocated a huge amount for the treatment of a promising player: Lionel underwent a course of therapy in the best European clinic and after 5 years he played for Barcelona, ​​impressing fans with his technique and speed on the field.

Now Messi continues to set sports records and take first places in sports ratings. However, due to numerous injuries, he is not able to participate in all matches.

Maradona is not only one of the best, but also the most scandalous player in the history of football. A genius and a rebel, a man who set many world records and ended his career ingloriously, deserves to take a “silver” place in the list of the world’s strongest football players.

Maradona's talent manifested itself in childhood: at the age of nine, playing in a children's team, he looked much more technical and confident than his peers. He began playing for the youth team of the Argentinos Juniors team at the age of 12, and the coaches released him onto the field under a pseudonym: Maradona’s age was much lower than the acceptable age. In just five seasons playing for Argentinos Juniors, Maradona scored more than a hundred goals.

Having left his first team because the fee was too low, in Maradona’s opinion, the footballer moved to Boca Juniors, and soon began playing for Barcelona. He had the opportunity to be a player for Napoli and Sevilla, and also play for the Argentina national team. In all matches, Maradona demonstrated amazing playing technique, high speed and masterful ball control. Many believed that Maradona was the best football player, but at one point his career was broken: doping was discovered in the athlete’s blood. Unfortunately, take it back past glory he never succeeded.

Not everyone will dare to argue that Pele is the best football player in the world. This athlete managed to become a world champion three times. Over 92 matches, he managed to score 72 stunning goals.

Pele was born in 1940 in Brazil. The boy's father was a football player, but due to a serious injury he had to leave the sport. It was he who taught Pele the basics of the game. True, the future football player was not able to train much: he had to earn a living by shining shoes. However, already at the age of seven, Pele so impressed the coach of the local team that he ended up in the local youth team.

As a teenager, Pele was already earning more than his father and practically fed his entire family. Growing up, the football player honed his skills, and soon fans around the world realized that no one could surpass him. Brazilians considered Pele a national hero: it was thanks to him that the country's national team reached a new level and began to compete on par with the best football clubs in the world.

In 1977, Pele played his last match. 77 thousand spectators came to say goodbye to the king of football. As the match came to an end, rain began to fall from the sky. And Pele, forgetting about the ceremony inherent in football, burst into tears in the arms of his friends. Thousands of fans around the world cried with him at that moment...