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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 [...]