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Best Football players of all time

The football scene has seen some great names over the last century and these players contributed a lot to the history of football. From Pele and his World Cup glory to Cruyff and the “total Football” passing by Maradona and the “Hand of God” all the way to Messi and Ronaldo. All these names were essential to the well known and established football we love nowadays. Dive in to know the history of these players and their effect on history itself.

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Pelé Image
PeléWednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, (born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professio...

Johan Cruyff
Johan CruyffFriday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football playe...

Diego Maradona
Diego MaradonaSunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as...

Zinedine Zidane - image
Zinedine ZidaneFriday Jun 23, 1972 to Present

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French former professional footba...

Michael Ballack
Michael BallackSunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present

Michael Ballack is a retired German footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of ...

Francesco Totti
Francesco TottiMonday Sep 27, 1976 to Present

Francesco Totti (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played for...

Ronaldinho
RonaldinhoFriday Mar 21, 1980 to Present

Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Zlatan Ibrahimović - image
Zlatan IbrahimovićSaturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. Primar...

Kaka
KakáThursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 22 April 1982, commonly known as Kaká) or Ricardo Kaká, is a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano RonaldoTuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present

Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the...

Lionel Messi
Lionel MessiWednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present

Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both FC Barcelona and the Arge...

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Ciro ImmobileTuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present

Ciro Immobile is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Lazio an...

Mohamed Salah
Mohamed SalahMonday Jun 15, 1992 to Present

Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Eg...

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