Were these players ever really given their deserved recognition ?
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I believe that Denilson can be put on the same level as Ronaldo and Rivaldo.\nSalas was a good player who's fame was restrained coz he played in a country like Chile, meaning that he couldn't get the proper sevice to score a lot of goals.\nOf the three, I think Alen Boksic is the best. I have always loved this player. Croatia was a relatively new country in the footballing world, and he could not get his proper recognition. Moreover, every1 was raving about Davor Suker, n so Boksic, though being part of Croatia's golden generation, was completely forgotten. But i can never forget that he scored the goal to deny Arsenal the league...
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In my opinion there are many extremely talented players in the world, like for example there is Ronaldinho, Romario, Thierry Henry, Samuel Etoo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leonel Messi, Robinho, Roberto Carlos, and etc.
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Aah let me guess; "SMART"people answered these questions, well let me set the record straight  I think some athletes are worth the money that they receive because they had to work hard to become PROFESSIONAL athletes, and a major fact is that most of them put their own bodies on the line just for the entertainment of fans. So they deserve every penny.
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I think it counts what a man can do and achieve with one team and he's an excellent coach, no matter if he's a bit arrogant and not respecting much colleagues and rivals.\nBut he did a magnificent job with Chelsea and people should respect that!
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Back in the good old days when a player played for his nation he was presented with a comerative cap to mark the occasion.  Not sure if they still get them but basically the number of caps a player has indicates the number of times they've played for their national team.
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Yes. He was reknown before hand for Redcards and foul play. He is a good defender, strong in the air and a good defender, just pretty hard to play against.
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absolutely not. he was sticking up for a teammate like players do all the time. he unfortunately took things a little too far and injured another player. it could've happened to anyone! would you like to be shunned for life if u made a mistake?
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Some players realise there's more than playing for a "better" club, its called LOYALTY!\n\nIts just a shame that more players dont have any of this and just follow the smell of cash and glory...
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Unfortunately it all comes down to economics, players have agents and they want their clients to be compensated for using their likeness in a video game.  Since I haven't played NBA Live 2006 I don't know which legends were included in the game.  Here are some players that many basketball fans consider all time-great players  Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Rusell, Oscar Robertson, Pete Maravich, John Havlicek, Rick Barry, Bernard King, Julius Erving, Earl Monroe....I named these players because I am sure you are already familar with Jordan, Magic, Bird and Kareem.  These other players were also great in their days.
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I don't think he has personally. He was just a guy that played sport and was really good at it.\n\nHe may have done charity work off the field but I do not know of any.\n\nBut I guess if you want to find anything at all, you could say he inspired others to succeed??
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yup its nice, i wonder if they are any famous football players since u cant really see their faces well
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Well, rightfully so.\n\nVerlander was the clear cut winner for the award.  Had Liriano and Papelbon both stayed healthy, it may have been a different story, but that wasnt the case.\n\nIt was nice to see someone with my name win something too!
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yap..some of them really have good names..some of my favourite is beckham, bastian schweinsteiger, javier mascherano, zambrotta, del piero, aimar..and many more i couldnt remember..
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Of course! There have been plenty....just off the top of my head I can think of two major ones:\n\nScottie Pippen\nDennis Rodman
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I cannot believe it myself.\n\nZidane is not even close to be the World Player of the Year..
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Strikers, or the midfielders at the front... because really, football/soccer games and statistics are basically all about how many times you score, and that's what strikers and those midfielders do. They sort of become "heroes" after they score and contribute to a team's victory, so they are often remembered for that. \n\nAt least there are figures concerning how many saves a goalkeeper has done in his/her career, but for defenders, there isn't much to say about how many times they managed to keep the ball away from the goal, for example.
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i think the underlying Q is, does he deserve it?  the guy's got skills certainly but i could name several defenders who did a better job than him. he was hyped up by the media bec. italy needed a hero and sorry to say this, but there wasn't one who really stood out in the team, not even buffon bec. lehmann was light years better than him. jens had a LOT of defending to do and he shone at his job. maybe i'm blind, ignorant, biased, etc. but i saw all of italy's games xcept for that match with australia and i wasn't impressed with cannavaro at all. it was zambrotta and pirlo (to a lesser degree) who got my attention. cannavaro prob. got it bec. some ppl perversely felt something had to be rectified with the "premature" voting in the world cup which resulted in the "erroneous" giving of the golden ball to zidane and cannavaro having placed # 2 in that voting, was the logical beneficiary of the token act. that's ok if we confine it to performances in the wc but i get the sense that the ballon d'or had a wider criteria and as in the past, league performances had to be taken into account as well, not just the wc. which is where, in my limited understanding, this award goes terribly wrong bec. if that was  done then the prize should have gone to someone else. anyway, that's just my opi and i'm no certainly no expert.