Who are / were the five greatest soccer players of all time?
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I listed the BEST players of football. ( I didn't list Maradona because he don't win any World Player of the Year Awards and also because hes awards are less than these players. Listed Pele cos hes the top of the top and that's why he is the God of football)\n\nPele (No doubt, hes the 'God of Football')\n\nDidi (probably you've never heard about Didi but hes a midfielder player who was sought after by many European big clubs. He captained Brazil to their first world Cup final win against Sweden which they won 5 - 2 in 1954 and won the FIFA World Cup Best Player)  \n\nRonaldo (Three times World Player of the Year!) And much more! Here are the rest of his awards.\nDutch League Top Scorer (96)\nFIFA World Player of the Year (96, 97, 02)\nWorld Soccer Player of the Year (96, 97, 02)\nU-21 European Footballer of the Year (97, 98)\nSpanish Liga Primera Top Scorer (97, 04)\nEuropean Footballer of the Year (97, 02)\nFIFA World Cup MVP (98, 02)\nItalian League Footballer of the Year (98)\nCopa America Top Scorer (99)\nFIFA World Cup Top Scorer (02)\nIntercontinental Cup MVP (02)\n\nZinedine Zidane\nFrench Young Footballer of the Year (94)\nEuropean Footballer of the Year (98)\nFIFA World Player of the Year (98, 00)\nWorld Soccer Player of the Year (98)\nFrench Footballer of the Year (98, 02)\nEuro Cup MVP (00)\nUCL Best Player (02)\nSpanish Super Cup (03)\n\nAlfredo Di Stefano \n(A legendary player who played for Real Madrid and helped them lifted up 5 consecutives European Championships! Hes a magician! Heres his individual awards that'll amaze you how good he have been. Much better than his fellow Aregentinian Diego Maradona)\n\nArgentinean League Top Scorer (1947)\nColombian League Top Scorer (1951, 1952)\nSpanish League Top Scorer (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)\nEuropean Footballer of the Year (1957, 1959)
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Diego Armando Maradona (the great number 10)
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This is tough, so I am going to pick my dream 20 , GK- Schmeichel, Dino Zoff; DF- Beckenbauer, Maldini, Moore, Ashley Cole, Cafu, Zambrotta MF- Ronaldinho, Ferenc Puskas, DiStefano, Platini, Zidane, Cryuff, Maradona (yes, he was a middie!), and Best ; FW- Henry, Pele, Cantona, Ronaldo (in his prime he was absolutely sick!)
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ronaldinho, eto'o, messi, thierry henry,andriy shevchenko, pavel nedved
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David Beckham\nAndrea Pirlo\nRonaldinho
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THE BEST AFRICAN SOCCER PLAYER OF ALL TIME IS GEORGE OPPONG WEAH, THE LIBERIAN. PLAYER OF THE CENTURY, WORLD BEST, EUROPEAN BEST, AFRICAN BEST,3 TIME IN ROLL
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1.Van der Sar \n2.G.Neville\n3.Maldini\n4.Ferdinand\n5.Terry\n6.Giggs\n7.Beckham\n8.Gerrard\n9.Rooney\n10.Ronaldo\n11Ronaldinho\n\nNot necessarily the best 11 players in the world but I think they can play together and win any game.
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Pele, Johan Keryof, Maradona, Franz Beckenbauer, and Boby Charlton.  I wish I could add Platini! :)
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right now its Ronaldinho\nbefore that it was Eric Cantona\nand before that Maradona\nand then it was George Best\nbut Pele was the first true great
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Ronaldo\nZidane\nNesta\nCech
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Roberto Carlos(Brazil)- one of the all-time best free kick takers.
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Well let's see, they have: \n1. Ronaldo: the best player in the world 2 years ago and the best striker in the previous world cup. \n2. Ronaldinho: the best player in the world for 2005 and the leader of the strongest team in the world Barcelona. \n3. Kaka: One of the best, if not the best, player in A.C.Milan. \n4. Robinho and Pabtist: Have been playing greatly with Real Madrid.\n5. Cicinho: new guy but in Real Madrid, he actually proved himself as the best player in his position. Salgado had no chance cometing with him. \n6. Roberto Carlos: Great history with lots of chamionships with Real and Brazil. \n7. Emerson: the best pivot in my opinion. Plays for Juventus and that's enough! \n\nSo, you answer the question are they the best? \nI do think they are...
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The list goes as follows-(in no particular order)\nHere are a few of my fav football Players\nStevie Gerrard\nZinedine Zidane\nHernan Crespo\nOle Gunnar Sojlskaer (Don't mind the spelling please)\nC Ronaldo\nThierry Henry\nRonaldinho
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ronaldinho, rooney, ronaldo, shevchenko, raul, henry, van nistlerooy up forwards\ngerrard, lampard, beckham (although most disagree, despite his amazing crosses and devoted teamwork), kaka, cristiano ronaldo, zidane, ballack, riquelme in midfield\njohn terry, rio ferdinand, cafu, ashley cole, roberto carlos, lilian thuram, lucio, at back\nbest gk include peter cech, van der saar and jens lehman
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5 favourtie european players.\n<<<\nraul\nbuffon\nsergio ramos\nnesta\n\n\n5 rest of the world\nronaldo\nrobinho\nmessi\nkaka\nronaldinho\n\n5 fav players from the premier league\nc ronaldo \nterry\nrobben\nfabregas\nballack\n\n5 favourite from italian and spanish\nraul\nvan nisterooy\nbuffon\nsergio ramos\nzlatan ibrahimovic\n\ntourist\njuventina\nkiki\ndoober\nfoong....\n\ntourist\ncontact\njuve\ndoober\nandygurl\npinky\nand many more
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zinedane zidane-france\ndavid beckham-england\noliver kahn-germany\nfranz beckenbauer-germany\nmichel platini-france\nsissi-france\njust to name a few
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none of the answers so far agree with your rules so here goes\n1.  pat jennings\n2.  gary kelly\n3.  paulo maldini\n4.  john arne riise\n5.  franz beckenbaur\n6.  eusebio\n7.  mario kempes\n8.  johann cryuff\n9.  matt le tissier\n10.archie gemill\n11.ryan giggs\n\noh and not one brazillian