Who is really better in soccer Pele or Maradona? Because some people say it's Maradona and some say it's Pele.
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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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Maradona-might be a junkie but he won the world cup single handed-Pele won it in a quality team Maradona had a pile of crap for teamates-either that or Zidane who also won the world cup single handed. France won the world cup with that Guivach dude who failed to score in about 30 games when he played for newcastle
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i'm going to say Ronaldinho\n\nI just finished reading an article that Pele says "Ronaldinho better then Maradona"\n\nC.Ronaldo has sick skill too but I've seen all his moves. he needs some new ones
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PELE;MARADONA;BECKENBAUER
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i think that only maradona cruyf and pele could compare due to titles and skills. Ronaldinhio is great but too young, and best didnt won so many titles. between them i choose maradona. he was skillfull we has always played in hard leagues and he won titles without having good players at his side like pele or cruyf.
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How about "Maradona".....
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pele was one of the greatest football players of all time. to find his like you would need to look at the entire history of the sport and bring in players like puskas, stanley matthews, or alec james.\n\nmaradonna wasn't a football player at all. he was just a cheat.
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Pele is the best and is recognized as the best\nPele the one and only\nSee\nhttp://www.ifhof.com/hof/halloffame.asp
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Pele from Brazil and Maradona from Argentina
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i agree. pele was absolutely incredible. he didnt just have the skill but he had the brains and vision of a world class footballer. but for me at the moment it has to be thierry henry closely followed by ronaldinho, then kaka, then steven gerrard
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Maradona is definetely, the best.\nactive player I can say messi
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Maradona, because compared to Pele when Maradona played he was surrounded by pants players whereas Pele was surrounded with great players.  This shows that Maradona won his world cups basically single handed.
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Pele is definately THE BEST THERE EVER WAS but Ronaldinho is the best right now and could easily be THE BEST EVER!
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Geroge Hagi from team Romania.  This guy was AWESOME!  When the World Cup came to America in '94, he tore it up out there!  I went to a World Cup game and saw Romania play, and it was GREAT!  Chances are, those who say Pele, are saying him because that's the only soccer person they actually know.  I'm not saying Pele is bad at all....he's great.  I just think Hagi really played the sport in no other way than anyone else.
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YES HE WAS,HE WON WORLD CUPS WITH ORDINARY ARGENTINIAN TEAM,PELE WAS PART OF GREAT BRAZILIAN TEAMS,A GREAT PLAYER BUT DIEGO WAS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL PLAYER WHO MADE A TEAM WIN.
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of all times pele but for now it is ronaldinho
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Pele of course\nbecause pele his dream fantastic time is more than 15 years, but maradona only some years after world cup 1986.