10 Greatest Soccer Players?

[sanshodayu]

1.Pélé
2.Maradona
3.Cruyff
4.Beckenbauer
5.Platini
6.Puskas
7.Best
8.Eusebio
9.Di Stefano
10.Garrincha

also; Maldini, Jairzinho, Ronaldo, Zidane, Charles, Krol, Matthaus, Charlton, Muller...

[Shakamaker]

Slightly different...

1.Pélé
2.Maradona
3.Cruyff
4.Puskas
5.Di Stefano
6.Best
7.Beckenbauer
8.Eusebio
9.Platini
10.Jairzinho

[paul calf]

football its called football not soccer

1)pele'
2)maradona
3)Beckenbauer
4)cruyff
5)zidane
6)best
7)baresi
8)eusebio
9)zico
10)gasgoine

[charliebobo]

Originally posted by paul calf
7)baresi

Hell yeah! You, sir, are a genius.

GREATEST:
1.Diego Armando Maradona (he played for Napoli so I got to see his goals every week and I can tell you, drugs or no drugs, nobody can do what he did with his feet)
2.Pelè
3.Johann Cruyiff
4.Marco Van Basten (the swan from Utrecht - utter genius)
5.Franco Baresi (just spectacular)
6.Franz Beckenbauer
7.Ferenc Puskas
8.Alfredo Di Stefano
9.Michel Platini
10.George Best

FAVORITE:
1.Franco Baresi
2.Marco Van Basten
3.Diego Armando Maradona
4.Paolo Maldini
5.Johann Cruyiff

BEST CURRENTLY PLAYING

Goalie: Gianluigi Buffon / Francesco Toldo

Defender: Alessandro Nesta / Jaap Stam

Midfield: Zinedine Zidane / Pavel Nedved

Forwadr: Ronaldo / Raul / Vieri

BEST GOAL EVER

Maradona, vs. England (obviously)

but also Van Basten, vs. Russia (1988)

[sanshodayu]

Of course, Baresi was superb. Gascoigne selection a major surprise to me, Paul- and yes, WE know it's football, but if i'd asked for 10 greatest football players, there would have been lists with Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor et al.. I'll leave that to the experts.

[rupert pupkin]

i can see this is a thread of baresi-philes

i have come to the right place then as he oozed class and was always my favourite

heres my list in no order

1.baresi
2.cannigia...although aged...it was an honour to see him play in the dark blue of dundee in the spl
3.billy bremner - once described as 10 stone of barbed wire
4.george best - nuff said
5.eusebio
6.Matthias sammer - may have faded badly...but for a season or so was incredible


gotta go guys will finish the list later

[Reigh Kaufman]

I'll just do favourites and give reasons.

1) George Best (best natural ability)
2) Pele (best of all-time)
3) Ray Wilkins (best passer of a football EVER - it's not always about who can scissor-kick a goal from the halfway line - the guy could pass to an ant)
4) David Cooper (best left foot to grace the field)
5) Matthew LeTissier (best natural goal-scorer)
6) Kenny Samson (best English defender EVER)
7) David Beckham (best dead-ball expert)
8) Kenny Dalglish (best Scottish player EVER)
9) Maradona (duh!)
10) Rossi (best player to watch in action)

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

Personally...

1. GLENN HODDLE
2. MARADONNA
3. PELE
4. PAUL GASCOINGE
5. GEORGE BEST
6. MICHEL PLATINI
7. JOHAN CRUYFF
8. BOBBY CHARLTON
9. ZINEDINE ZIDANE
10. FRANZ BECKANBUER

Of course most I've not seen in person playing. Glenn Hoddle was the genuine article for me. Best player I've ever seen, great work rate, brains, passing, skill, shooting...shit he had it all.

Shite manager though!

[James Logan]

1. Pelé
2. Zinedine Zidane
3. Johann Cruyff
4. Michel Platini
5. Franz Beckenbauer
6. Franco Baresi
7. David Beckham
8. Glenn Hoddle
9. Eric Cantona
10. Diego Maradona

No big fan of Maradona's. Don't know why, just don't think the guy is (or rather was) better than the 9 I listed before him.