Pele? Maradona? Maldini? Who do You Think?
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Ever: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or PELE.\n\nNowdays is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, or Ronadinho Gaucho.
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golden ball or golden shoe ??!?!?!?\n\na) Steven Gerrard !\n\nRonaldinho didn't show his skill in playing so he was before ( in barca )  \n\nand Figo is not young enough to play like before even though he is good now ! ( but not as good as before ! )
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Two South American midfielders would get my vote... Either Kaka or Maxi Rodriguez would be fine to win this award as they are both young, brilliant on and off the ball, and make the players around them better...  It remains to be seen though, as Patrick Vieira is finally hitting his stride (the perfect captain for that French side if you ask me!), and it seems to me that a sleeping giant (no pun intended) has been awakened in Ronaldo!  If he has found his form, then he will end up being the most deadly striker at this tournament and I do not envy the task of any defender who has to mark him!  Finally it is worth mentioning that Alonso of Spain has been the biggest factor in their success thus far.  He makes those around him better and is absolutely lethal from a dead-ball situation!
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Pele was the one.\nafter him Ronaldinho, them Maradona and who the hell was Wayne Rooney?
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Eto'o\nZidane\nGatusso\nLampard\nC.RonaLdo\nBuffon
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Armando Maradona best soccer player? Hmmmm yeah right...*rolls eyes*
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Bufon\nAlessandro Nesta\nPaolo Maldini\nRio Ferdinand\nRoberto Carlos\nZidane\nRonaldinho\nStilian Petrov\nSteven Gerard\nRoque Santa Cruz\nMiroslav Klose
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1 kaka\n2 messi\n3 robinho\n4 van der vaart\n5 drogba\n6 juninho\n\nthey are all good though... hard to judge
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Ronaldinho\nLandon Donovan\nRonaldo\nRio Ferdinand\nDada\nDavid Beckham\nJohn Terry\nCarlos Puyol\nMichael Ballack\nThierry Henry\nRaul\nAlessandro Nesta\nLionel Messi\nGianluigi Buffon\nDaMarcus Beasley
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It will not be Ronaldinho because he is not a striker. It will be a striker -- I think Eto'o and Sheva are the best pure strikers, but Cameroon didn't qualify and I don't think Ukraine will advance far enough to give Shevchenko enough games. The same holds true for Thierry Henry and France.\n\nNeither Ronaldo nor Adriano are on top form, so I tend to discount them.\n\nI think that out of Italy, Holland, England, and Argentina, three will reach the semifinals. For this reason, I need to consider Toni, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, and Crespo. Since Argentina and Holland are not guaranteed to even escape their group, I have to lean toward Rooney and Toni.\n\nI think Rooney is a special player and this could be his tournament to shine. On a hunch, I will choose Rooney.
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defenitly not Ronaldo or rooney (he dont have enough experience yet). it may be (i hope)Henry.\nbut there are other players like Sheva, Crespo, totti, del piero, cisse, trezeguet, Ronaldinho.....but i think HENRY
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Wake -up call for all present:  Ronaldo was just replaced in the 69th minute.  He's a little overweight and not performing that well.\n\nKlose is now an easy pick seeing as he already has 2 under his belt - no-brainer and #1 favorite.  Same goes for Rosicky.  \n\nCrespo - maybe.\n\nDrogba more than likely won't make it past the next round.  \n\nOwen also left the pitch earlier than planned - as soon as Rooney is healthy again, he can go back to Newcastle for a long vacation.\n\nHenry also needs to make it into the half-finals.  They won't.\n\nRaul maybe\n\nShev maybe\n\nVan Nistelrooy longshot, but feasable\n\nAnd now the player you forgot:  Ronaldinho.  He will win the Golden Boot 2006.
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It has to be Pele.\n\nMaradonna was brilliant, but when he received the ball, you knew what he would do with it.  However, Pele would do what noone else would even think of.  George Best was innovative as well, but, being a Northern Ireland international, he never had a chance to prove himself on the World Cup stage.\n\nThere are others who have excelled in other sports; Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Emile Zatopek, Billie Jean King to name but a few, but they and not even Muhammed Ali could match Pele for excitment.
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Thierry Henry- Just a master of his trade, great pace, a world class finisher, scores with both feet, in a class of his own.\n\nClaude Makelele- Just simply the best in his position, just breaks things up to allow his team mates to attack, Genius.\n\nKaka- So underated in my opinion, by far the best Brazilian at this summer's World Cup Finals, he is a complete midfielder, scores great goals, great feet, great skill, great technical ability, tracks back, i would love him in a Chelsea shirt.\n\nPetr Cech- The most complete goalkeeper since the great Peter Schmichael, great agility, great organiser, hopes he recovers from his horrofic injury.\n\nWayne Rooney- The young boy has it all, great skill, vision, will to win, technique, the best English player since Gazza.
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It's hard to imagine.  Just now I'm trying to figure out if Ronaldinho will be the best player since Pele.  Yes, then also better than Maradonna, Cruyff, DiSteffano, etc.  Therefore--number two of all time.  We'll see what the World Cup will bring.  If he wins his second (and wins the Champions League) and is at his magical best, why wouldn't he be better than Maradonna et al.  So Robinho would have a long way to go...
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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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Ronaldinho....maybe Peter Crouch...LoL