Football’s Greatest

Gabriel Omar Batistuta (born 1 February 1969), nicknamed Batigol is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the tenth top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches. On the international level, he is [...]

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French pronunciation: [zinedin jazid zidan]) (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.Zidane played for major club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was the captain of theFrench national team. He was the iconic figure of a generation of [...]

Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈðjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; born 30 October 1960) is a former Argentine football player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys, setting world-record contract fees. In his international career, playing for Argentina, [...]

Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈpuʃkaːʃ]; born Ferenc Purczeld; 2 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarianfootballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary,and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarianand Spanish leagues. Top scorer of the 20th century,he was voted one of the greatest football players by World Soccermagazine. He became Olympic champion in 1952 [...]

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Dutch pronunciation: [joɑn krœyf]  pronunciation); born 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam), known as Johan Cruyff, is a retired Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team. He won the Ballon d’Orthree times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten. Cruyff was one of the most [...]

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ewˈzɛbiu dɐ ˈsiɫvɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]; born 25 January 1942), commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguesefootball forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans.He helped the Portuguese national team reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being thetop goalscorer of the tournament with [...]

Roberto Rivelino (born 1 January 1946 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian football player. The son of Italian immigrants from Macchiagodena (Isernia), he was famous for his large moustache, thunderous long-range free kicks, excellent long passes, quick thinking and distinct way of controlling the ball. He also invented a football move called the “flip flap”, famously copied by Ronaldinho, Zlatan [...]

Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) former French football player, manager and current president ofUEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He participated in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups, reaching the semi-finals in the latter [...]

George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a professional footballer from Belfast, who most notably played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders. In 1968, his annus mirabilis, he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named [...]

Gerhard “Gerd” Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛɐt ˈmʏlɐ]; born 3 November 1945 in Nördlingen) is a formerGerman football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time. With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he [...]

Raúl González Blanco (born 27 June 1977 in Madrid, Spain), known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club Schalke 04.[3] Raúl had spent most of his career playing for Spanish club Real Madrid up until 2010 and is the club’s all-time top goalscorer. Raúl is a three-time winner of the UEFA Champions Leagueand has long [...]