who do you think is the best soccer player in history ?
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I think the best soccer player in history has to be Pele. He could do almost anything brilliantly, and is just pure genius.\n\nMaradonna, Platini, Johan Cruyff, Puskas, Di Stefano must all be considered great players as well, but I think Pele had something on all of them.
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The best player at World Cup 2006
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the better of them is ronaldinho\nthe best player ever
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I think Ronaldo is the best soccer player in the world today. In the future, who knows, maybe Robinho, will be the best soccer player in the world. It is a definite possibility.
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Andriy Shevchenko / then tied between Frank Lampard / Steven Gerrard\n\nWell, I would say the best players are ones who make the entire team better (through a combination of leadership and also because he is so dangerous on his own that the other team needs to pay more attention, leaving his teammates to cause damage).  Great players can also take over on their own when needed, especially in clutch/difficult situations.\n\nSo, I believe Ronaldinho is the best player in the world, but the second best player should probably be Wayne Rooney.  He causes so much havoc for the other team, injects so much energy into the team spirit and can either take over a game or free up his team to cause damage (Ruud Van Nistelrooy, e.g.).\n\nBut, Man U have not been performing, so the team would have to be Chelsea - therefore, must be Frank Lampard because he can do so many things.  Steven Gerrard plays a similar role, and he is clutch, but I think they both come behind Andriy Shevchenko who scores goals (leads Serie A every year), wins leagues, wins the European Champions League (or gets his team to the final), and makes his teammates better.  So, Andriy Shevchenko!\n\nThierry Henry, if he ever produced in clutch games, would be in this list as well.
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Do you mean the best player ever in England.  I agree with GB to a point, although whether he would have coped in todays game is anyones guess.  I thought Eric Cantona was fantastic ...ok, he never did much, but what he did do changed a whole game (or even season)\n\nAt the present time the best in England in Thierry Henry ... and in Europe ...Ronaldinho without a doubt.
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zidan is the best soccer player in this time and \npele and maradona and they were
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Pele of course!  For any question asked about the greatest game on earth you can answer with the greatest player on earth, Pele.
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I think Ronaldo so far based on his accomplishments.  But ask the same question again in 10 years and the answer may be Ronaldinho.  He has the most talent.
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Since, it is best ball skills. I believe you have to go with Ronaldinho. He is one of the smartest players WITH the ball. Not to mention his unbelievable athleticism and creativity with the ball.
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i think it's pele. i think he scored the most goals in a world cup
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well I think the best player now is ronaldinio.i like many other players bur really he shows that football can be very attractive game:P
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There have been so many great players in the history of football, and everyone will have a different criteria in their determination of what makes a player ‘iconic’, but there are a few names who I think must surely be in the hat…\n\nAside from Pele and Maradona, who are penned in already, I’d say the most obvious would be the great George Best, who sadly passed away last year.\nPele himself once described Best as ‘the greatest footballer in the world’, and for pure, unadulterated talent he’s certainly up there with finest proponents of the game. He had a unique genius that made him one of the most exciting players of his, or any other generation, as well as one of the first ‘celebrity’ footballers. The cheeky character so evident in his football was mirrored in his personality and the young Best was a star on and off the pitch, but he also had a self-destructive streak that controlled much of his life.\n\nAfter Best, I’d have to consider a good few others:\n\nPuskas – The Hungarian that showed England that rest of the world were actually quite good at football. Fearsomely powerful and one of the finest international goal scorers of all time.\n\nGordon Banks – Seemingly super-human English goalkeeper that made that unbelievable stop from Pele’s close range header in ’70. To my mind the best keeper ever, and in that sense a football icon.\n\nJohan Cruyff – The original Dutch master, he invented half the skills you see today off the top of his head. Wickedly creative, strong and skilful, Cruyff brought something new to the game and was at the heart of one of the most gifted World Cup sides ever.\n\nZidane – In my opinion the greatest player in modern football. Powerful and skilful with ridiculous vision, Zidane is a French playmaker that creates and scores goals that no one else can even imagine, let alone actually realise.\n\nPhew! And I haven’t even mentioned Van Basten, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Henry, Muller, Beckenbauer, Platini, Charlton, Garrincha, Zoff, Di Stefano, Maldini etc, etc…
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Pele, without doubt. I met him in 2000 while working at one of the major sponsors and he is a really great bloke. So not only was he unbelievable on the pitch, he was a great bloke too. \n\nCompare that to Maradona (junkie), George Best (drunk womaniser) and even Paul Gascgoine (wife-beater, drunk, fake-breast wearer). \n\nI've seen old video of Eusebio too and he was pretty special, but for me the greatest is definitely Pele.
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In the U.K.  George Best without a doubt.\n\nWorldwise Pele.
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Ronaldihno is the best ever. Pele didnt have the competition that ronaldihno has. granted there were quality players then, but there are many more today that ronladihno has beaten and outshined! that crooked toothed brazilian has more talent in his pinky finger than pele's whole body.
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Officially is Ronaldinho but for me the best player in the whole world is RONALDO.