while in my opinion (technically) Ronaldinho, Zidane and Maradona are should be three best player of all time... until today, so can you help me understand about pele more? please explain your reason wiht facts and statistics...
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Please read this\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele\n\nWith 12 goals (in the FIFA WC), and was part of three World Cup winning teams, although he did not play in the 1962 final through injury and did not receive a medal. He ended his career with a total of 1281 goals in 1363 matches, becoming the highest goalscorer in professional football ever. In his 92 appearances for the Brazilian team, he scored 77 goals.
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The answer is probably no one. Some people are better at scoring and shooting though. Two of them would probably be Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man. Utd. and Holland) and Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France). But in terms of ball control and creativity, Ronaldinho is numero uno.
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Maldini\nCafu\nPele\nZizou!\n\nMy choices are not based on who is more popular for whatever reasons, but who I think played better football!\n\np.s: nice question, as always!
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Pelé\n(Brazil)\n\nEdson Arantes do Nascimento, or better known as Pelè was born October 23rd 1940. He went on to become perhaps the best player of all time. He made his senior debut for Santos in 1956, a month before his 16th birthday and ten months later he played for Brazil against Argentina. Pelè missed the first two matches of the 1958 World Cup, before making his debut against Russia. His first World Cup goal came in the 1-0 quarter -final win over Wales and he scored a hat-trick in the semifinal against France and two more in the final over host nation Sweden. At 17, Pelé became the youngest ever winner of the World Cup.\nSource-Sam
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now the season has changed all the team is not dependent on one player.\nbut there is superstars in each teambecause of that you cant say the team won because of him.\nremember ronaldhino in brazil last time he was not a superstar but because of him brazil won the cup.\nnow ofcourse zidane is a best player and a superstar but because of this you can not expect that he would lead his team to champions of 2006.
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I think its too early to judge the players.  Can they ever be judged?  Well people are going to do it anyways despite the different types of conditions present in the different eras.  So, to get on with comparing, I would say that Ronaldinho is not yet better than Maradonna was.  I know that Maradonna fans would not even like the idea that he was being compared to anyone, let alone  a player like Ronaldinho, who is only half-way through his best years as a player.  Maradonna fans even have trouble with his being compared to Pele in the never-ending debate about the greatest player of all time.  What I will say though is that it is possible that Ronaldinho will surpass Maradonna.  Whether he does or doesn't remains to be seen.  If he does surpass him though, I don't think that you could ever say that Ronaldinho was even twice better than Maradonna.  Remember, Maradonna was a very great player.  Could Ronaldinho really ever be twice better?  No.  He will be a fraction better.  And believe me that will be enough to get Maradonna fans all around world up in arms...
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THE BEST OF THE BESTEST IS\nPELE\n\n\nBEST Players:\nAndriy Shevchenko "#7 Ukraine"\nZinedine Zidane "#10 France"\nSaeed Owairan "#10 Saudi Arabia"\nRafael Márquez "#4 Mexico"\nDiego Armando Maradona "#10 Argentina\nRonaldo "#9 Brazil"\nRivaldo "#10 Brazil"\nPele "O Rei" "#10 Brazil"\nEusebio "The Black Panther" "#10 Portugal" \nBastian Schweinsteiger "#7 Germany"\nDavid Beckham "#7 England"\n\nNew players 2Cheer:\nAndres Guardado "#19 Mexico"\nMabrouk Zaid "#1 Saudi Arabia\nSota Hirayama "#5 Japan"\nAndrey Rusol "#8 Ukraine\n\nBEST GOALCH "GoalKeeper":\nOleksander Shovkovsky "#1 UKRAINE"\nOliver Kahn "#1 Germany"\nOswaldo Sanchez "#12 Mexico"\nFabien Barthez "#16 France"\nLee Woon-jae "#1 South Korea"
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the best player of the moment is definitely ronaldinho of brazil / fc barcelona. but if we're talking about the best active player today then it has to be zinedine zidane of france / real madrid. zidane, however, is in the twilight of his incomparable career while ronaldinho is in his prime.
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Puskas was the greatest.\nRemember that he was outstanding in two different decades in football (1950s and 1960s) and even in the mid 1960s in the Spanish league there was a game when he scored five goals!\nDon't forget that Puskas was playing in an era where there was a lot more physical contact e.g. two-footed tackles from behind were still legal. There is no doubt that he would still be outstanding in today's game. His technique and accuracy was something else.\nAnd it wasn't just the goals, but the way he brought others into the game that made him the greatest player ever. A great leader.\n(By the way, a lot of Pele's 1,000 goals were in exhibition matches)
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Maradona was great but Pele has no equal. Pele led Brazil to a World Cup title when he was 17, that is amazing and will never be equalled. There may be other young players to play in the World Cup but to lead the team to a title is another thing altogether. Pele won three World Cups and Maradona only one.The only thing Maradona had over Pele was that he played in Europe for 12 years.
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You are REALLY confused!\n- Ronaldinho is playing for Brasil\n- Maybe were you referring to C. Ronaldo?\n- If you refer to C. Ronaldo, he is a good player, but on average, nothing to do with players like Ronaldinho, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Kaka, Henry, Totti, Beckam... and I can continue...\n- FYI: Figo has been one of the best players of the planet for the last five-ten years\n- Even the best players in the world (Maradona or Pele`) have had their up and down: yet, in today's game Figo has played a good game, and do not forget that he was the one passing the ball to Deco for the first goal
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arguebly george best .alas! this greatest of all time grearts is no more . tears come down we could not see this man is not in action at present . i wish he should have born now . when we see some of his older film , i feel what a player he was ,possing abandant of skill and brilliances . we remember only maradona, pele, boby charlton, boby moor, but nobody seems bother about this creature of god who once ruled the english and european circuit only but never played any world cup .
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Pele the KING!\n\nFrom my experience, most people who say Maradona is better tend to be Argentines.  Granted, Maradona is one of the greats of all time, but his claim to the throne of greatest player of all time tends to come from the two goals he scored against England in the 1986 World Cup.  His style also was more based on speed and strength thanks to his short and stocky frame, and strong legs.  Pele on the other hand is poetry in motion, strong yet graceful.  Maradona had many acrobatic plays as well, but his was more of the spectacular, of the spectacle, more flash and dash.  Pele made football an artform.  Plus the guy had 1300 career goals!\n\nThat's just my take on it.\n\nHey if you don't agree, just think about this: In 1970, the two factions involved in a civil war in Nigeria agreed for a 48-hour ceasefire just so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos.\n\nI don't think Maradona ever stopped any wars...\n:)
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As i am from scotland it has to be maradona, his hand of god was the second best goal of the world cup, his other goal in that game was what every scotish child dreams of doing to england, on his day maradona had more to his footballing abilaty than pele, sorry you brazilians out there.
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By definition, there can be only one "best player" in the competition, by the way, it will be either Ronaldinho or Wayne Rooney.\nYou read it here first!!
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Pele and Maradona arenot the only ones who led Brazil and Argentina to the trophy..On the other hand it was ZIZOU who led France to 1998 worldcup followed by 2000 Euro...and in 2006.. to the finals..they never dreamt of second place\n\n\n(No one can blame him for 2002 since he was injured the only three matches he played in round 32)
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Who's won the world cup 5 times and runners-up twice?\nWho's considered the best player of all time for 99% of the population, and scored more than a thousand goals, world champion when 17 years old and led his country to 3 world cup finals?\nWho's players are at this years final (on both teams)?\nWho's individual player has been named best footballer of the year twice in a roll and has been hailed as the best this time and age?\nWho's scored more at the world cup finals, and is 4 goals shy of the all time record for the competition, been nominated twice for best footballer of the year, been a world cup champion at the age of 17 and led his country to 3 world cup finals?\nIf you give Argentina a 200 year advantage, they would only come close, to what Brazil, and his players do, and have accomplished