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Legendary Football Players

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This section features the mini-biographies of the Football Careers 150 of the World’s most Legendary Football Players from the dawn of the sport in the Victorian Age right up to today’s national and international competitions from every corner of the globe. Read about Tostão from Brazil, one of the best strikers in his time or one of England’s greatest goalkeepers, Gordon Banks and much more football players facts. Click on the picture of the legendary football players for a short biography of their careers in football and achievements. Read here Legendary Football Players who had their Kit Numbers Retired.

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Walter Tull
001. Walter Tull
Thomas Nkono
002. Thomas N'Kono
legendary football player, teofilo cubillas
003. Teofilo Cubillas
Gordon Banks, Legendary Football Player
004. Gordon Banks
Boniek, Legendary Player
005. Zbigniew Boniek
Johan Cruijff
006. Johan Cruijff
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007. Jürgen Klinsmann
bobby-moore
008. Bobby Moore
Ferenc Puskas
009. Ferenc Puskas
Lev Yashin Football Player
010. Lev Yashin
Roberto Rivelino
011. Roberto Rivelino
Just Fontaine
012. Just Fontaine
hristo-stoitchko
013. Hristo Stoitchkov
gary lineker Stats
014. Gary Lineker
paolo-rossi
015. Paolo Rossi
Roberto Baggio
016. Roberto Baggio
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017. Franco Baresi
Legendary Players, My Football Facts
018. Franz Beckenbauer
Bergomi
019. Giuseppe Bergomi
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020. Andreas Brehme
Paul Breitner Football Player
021. Paul Breitner
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022. Emilio Butragueño
Careca
023. Careca
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024. Jan Ceulemans
Bobby Charlton
025. Bobby Charlton
Eusébio
026. Eusébio
Ubaldo Fillol
027. Ubaldo Fillol
garrincha
028. Garrincha
029. Gheorghe Hagi
029. Gheorghe Hagi
030. Geoff Hurst
030. Geoff Hurst
031. Jairzinho
031. Jairzinho
032. Mario Kempes
032. Mario Kempes
033. Sandor Kocsis
033. Sandor Kocsis
034. Hans Krankl
034. Hans Krankl
035. Grzegorz Lato
035. Grzegorz Lato
036. Leonidas
036. Leonidas
Sepp Maier
037. Sepp Maier
038. Lothar Matthäus
038. Lothar Matthäus
039. Giuseppe Meazza
039. Giuseppe Meazza
040. Roger Milla
040. Roger Milla
Luis Monti
41. Luis Monti
Johann Neeskens
42. Johann Neeskens
43. Wolfgang Overath
43. Wolfgang Overath
44. Daniel Passarella
44. Daniel Passarella
Pele
45. Pelé
46. Michel Platini
46. Michel Platini
Rob Resenbrink
47. Rob Rensenbrink
48. Luigi Riva
48. Luigi Riva
Oscar Ruggeri
49. Oscar Ruggeri
50. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
50. K-H Rummenigge
51. Hector Scarone
51. Hector Scarone
52. Juan Schiaffino
52. Juan Schiaffino
53. Enzo Scifo
53. Enzo Scifo
lennart-skoglund
54. Lennart Skoglund
Socrates
55. Socrates
56. Guillermo Stábile
56. Guillermo Stábile
57. Jan Tomaszewski
57. Jan Tomaszewski
Carlos Valderrama
58. Carlos Valderrama
Obdulio Varela
59. Obdulio Varela
60. Berti Vogts Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts started his career in his hometown club VfR Büttgen. The right-sided defender was soon picked up by one of West Germany’s top clubs at the time, Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he established himself and played for fourteen years. Nicknamed “Der Terrier” for always fighting for every ball as it was his last, Vogts was a big favourite with his home crowd. In 1967, he made his debut for West Germany and three years later he took part in his first big tournament, the World Cup in Mexico. Berti played in every game as the Germans captured bronzemedals. Vogts seldom had to settle for second best at club level. His impressive roll of honour included five league championships, one domestic cup title and two UEFA Cup titles all with the same club, Borussia Mönchengladbach. On a personal note, he was named German Player of the Year twice. One trophy that eluded him was the European Cup which he came very close of winning in 1977 when his team lost 3-1 to Liverpool in the final in Rome. By then he was already a World Cup winner. Three years earlier, West Germany hosted and won the World Cup with Vogts as one of their most important players. He played in all the seven matches including the final where he was marking the Dutch star Johann Cruyff with success. He was in fact an ever-present in every of the three World Cups he participated in, making his total of games to 19, beaten by only five other players in World Cup history. In 1977, Berti took over the captaincy of the national team from Franz Beckenbauer and kept it until after the Argentina World Cup the following year which was no success for him or the team as West Germany bowed out in the second phase. He retired as a player in 1979 and started working as a scout before taking over the German national team as coach in 1990 leading them to victory in Euro 1996. A somewhat less successful period of managing the Scottish National team followed. My Football Facts & Stats Brazil's Pele My Football Facts & Stats >> Legendary Football Players >> Charles Wreford-Brown Berti Vogts
60. Berti Vogts
61. Fritz Walter
61. Fritz Walter
Zico
62. Zico
Dino Zoff
63. Dino Zoff
64. Andoni Zubizarreta
64. Andoni Zubizarreta
Ivor Football
65. Ivor Allchurch
066. Osvaldo Ardiles
066. Osvaldo Ardiles
067 Jimmy Armfield
067. Jimmy Armfield
068 Enrico Albertosi
068 Enrico Albertosi
069. Majed Abdullah
069. Majed Abdullah
070. Florian Albert
070. Florian Albert
071. Amarildo
071. Amarildo
072 Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew
072 Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew
Dennis Bergkamp
073. Dennis Bergkamp
074 Roberto Bettega
074. Roberto Bettega
075. Laurent Blanc
075. Laurent Blanc
Steve Bloomer
76. Steve Bloomer
077. Jozsef Boszik
077. Jozsef Boszik
78. Jim Baxter
78. Jim Baxter
079. Igor Belanov
079. Igor Belanov
Josef Bican
080. Josef Bican
081. Danny Blanchflower
081. Danny Blanchflower
082. George Best
082. George Best
Franz Binder
083. Franz Binder
Oleg Blokhin
084. Oleg Blokhin
Giampiero Boniperti Biography
085. Giampiero Boniperti
Cafu
086. Cafu
087. Pedro Cea
087. Pedro Cea
088. John Charles
088. John Charles
Mario Coluna
089. Mario Coluna
Luis Cubila
090. Luís Cubilla
091. Eric Cantona
091. Eric Cantona
92. Carlos Alberto
92. Carlos Alberto
093. Héctor Chumpitaz
093. Héctor Chumpitaz
Gianpiero Combi
94. Gianpiero Combi
95. Antonio Carbajal
95. Antonio Carbajal
096. Amandeo Carrizo
096. Amandeo Carrizo
Cha Bum-Kun
097. Cha Bum-Kun
098. Jack Charlton
098. Jack Charlton
Brian Clough
099. Brian Clough
Zoltán Czibor
100. Zoltán Czibor
Kenny Dalglish
101. Kenny Dalglish
Alfredo Di Stefano
102. Alfredo Di Stefano
Klaus Allofs
103. Klaus Allofs
José Luis Chilavert
104. José Luis Chilavert
Lakhdar Belloumi
105. Lakhdar Belloumi
Didi
106. Didi
Duncan Edwards
107. Duncan Edwards
08. Paulino Alcántara
108. Paulino Alcántara
Dixie Dean
109. William “Dixie” Dean
110. Arsenio Erico
110. Arsenio Erico
Rinat Dasaev
111. Rinat Dasaev
Giacinto Facchetti
112. Giacinto Facchetti
Paulo Roberto Falcão
113. Paulo Roberto Falcão
Ali Daei
114. Ali Daei
Ademir da Guia
115. Ademir da Guia
Luís Figo
116. Luís Figo
Eder
117. Eder
Stanley Matthews
118. Stanley Matthews
George Weah
119. George Weah
Mordechai Spiegler
120. Mordechai Spiegler
Gerd Müller
121. Gerd Müller
Diego Maradona
122. Diego Maradona
Ruud Krol
123. Ruud Krol
Gaetano Scirea
124. Gaetano Scirea
johnny_giles
125. Johnny Giles
Zinedine Zidane
126. Zinedine Zidane
Paolo Maldini
127. Paolo Maldini
Nat Lofthouse
128. Nat Lofthouse
Denis Law
129. Denis Law
Tostão
130. Tostão
Paul McGrath
131. Paul McGrath
Marco van Basten
132. Marco van Basten
Pat Jennings
133. Pat Jennings
Jose Nasazzi
134. Jose Nasazzi
Michael Laudrup
135. Michael Laudrup
Charles Wreford-Brown
136. C. Wreford-Brown
Alf Ramsey
137. Alf Ramsey
George Robledo
138. George Robledo
Hughie Gallacher
139. Hughie Gallacher
Nils Liedholm
140. Nils Liedholm
Uwe Seeler
141. Uwe Seeler
Poul Nielsen
142. Poul Nielsen
Valeriano López
143. Valeriano López
Vladimir Beara
144. Vladimir Beara
Nándor Hidegkuti
145. Nándor Hidegkuti
Romário
146. Romário
Hakan Şükür
147. Hakan Şükür
Gianfranco Zola
148. Gianfranco Zola
Arjen Robben
149. Arjen Robben
Ruud Gullit
150. Ruud Gullit
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