20. Grzegorz Lato



Date Of Birth : 8 April 1950
Nation : Poland
Height : 175 cm
Major Club : Stal Mielec
Caps : 100 Games (45 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1974, 1978, 1982 (20 Games with 10 Goals)
Club Honours : 1 Time Polish League
2 Times Polish Cup
1983 CONCACAF Champion Cup
International Honours : 2 Times FIFA World Cup Third Place (1974, 1982)
1972 Olympic Game Gold Medal
1976 Olympic Game Silver Medal
Individual Achievement : 1974 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
1974 FIFA World Cup All-Star
2 Times Polish League Top Scorer (1973, 1975)
2 Times Polish Sport Player of The Year (1974, 1977)

Grzegorz Lato is regarded as the greatest right-winger ever to come from the Eastern Europe. Lato's playing career coincided with the golden era of Polish football, Blessed with remarkable acceleration, the talented winger consistently lived up to the high expectations placed before him whenever he was given the opportunity to compete at the international level. Lato was not renowned as crowd pleaser, but rather as a consistent and complete team player. His uncanny awareness on the playing field was ostensibly what allowed him to achieve great success at the international and club levels. He scored around 150 goal during his club career. Lato holds the all-time record the most appearances for Poland national team. Remarkably, He is an all-time World’s Top scorer as winger for international competition.

19. Carl Aage Praest



Date Of Birth : 22 February 1922
Nation : Denmark
Height : Unknown
Major Club : Juventus
Caps : 24 Games (17 Goals)
World Cup Participation : None
Club Honours : 2 Times Italian Series A
International Honours : 1948 Olympic Game Bronze Ball
Individual Achievement : Danish Football Hall of Fame

Carl Aage Praest is a hidden legendary Scandinavian footballer who has been forgotten for his greatness due to the fact that Denmark never closed to qualify World Cup final in his era. Carl Aage Praest is actually considered as the same level as the great of Denmark like Micheal Laudrup, Allan Simonsen or Peter Schmeichel to be raised in Danish football hall of fame. On another word, He is one of the best Danish players of all-time. He could play as winger on the both side and sometime switched to attacking midfielder. Aage Praest did his great jobs in Italian Series A with Juventus and become one of the best wingers in history of the club.

18. Raimundo Orsi



Date Of Birth : 2 December 1901
Nation : Argentina
Height : 169 cm
Major Club : Independiente, Juventus
Caps : 13 Games for Argentina, 35 Games for Italy with 13 Goals
World Cup Participation : 1934 (5 Games with 3 Goals)
Club Honours : 5 Times Italian Series A
International Honours : 1934 FIFA World Cup Champion
1927 Copa America Winners
1928 Olympic Game Silver Ball
2 Times Central European International Cup (1930, 1935)
Individual Achievement : 1934 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team

“Mumo” Raimund Orsi was the greatest outside forward before the World War II and the greatest Argentinean winger of all-time. He is one of Argentineans footballer to be transferred his race to be European later like Alfredo Di Stefano, Luis Monti or Omar Sivori. He was Italian before World Cup 1930. Hence, He didn’t participate in that tournament that Argentina won runner-up. Orsi played as outside-left for seven seasons at Italy and scored more than 100 goals during his career.

17. Cristiano Ronaldo



Date Of Birth : 5 February 1985
Nation : Portugal
Height : 186 cm
Major Club : Manchester United, Real Madrid
Caps : 68 Games (22 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 2006 (6 Games)
Club Honours : 3 Times Premier League
1 Time FA Cup
2 Times League Cup
2008 UEFA Champion League Winners
2008 FIFA Club World Cup
2009 UEFA Champion League Runner-Up
International Honours : 2004 European Championship Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 2004 Bravo Award
2004 European Championship Team of the Tournament
2007 Portuguese Footballer of the Year
3 Times UEFA Team of the Year (2004, 2007, 2008)
2 Times FIFPro World XI (2007, 2008)
2 Times PFA Players' Player of the Year (2007, 2008)
4 Times PFA Team of the Year (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
2 Times FWA Footballer of the Year (2007, 2008)
2007 Silver Ball European Footballer of The Year
2008 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2008 European Golden Shoe
2008 UEFA Club Forward of the Year
2008 FIFPro World Player of the Year
2008 European Footballer of The Year
2008 FIFA World Player of the Year
2009 Silver Ball European Footballer of The Year

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most popular superstars in this minute, currently holds the distinction of being the most expensive player in football history after having transferred to Real Madrid in a deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). His contract with Real Madrid is believed to have made him the highest-paid player in the world Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United." He is well-known as a free role player who basically started operating his force in left or right-side midfield but often try to get or position himself to make scores in front of the goal, scored 42 goals for Man Utd in 2008 was his superb performance for a winger. Ronaldo is very fast, great dribble with his individual technical abilities and possesses a special drive-shoot. But still, He has not been a great assister or creator but his best would be a scorer. He is just waiting the time to be raised in top 10 wingers of all-time.


16. Ryan Giggs   



Date Of Birth : 29 November 1973
Nation : Wales
Height : 180 cm
Major Club : Manchester United
Caps : 64 Games (12 Goals)
World Cup Participation : None
Club Honours : 11 Times English Premier League
International Honours : 4 Times FA Cup
3 Times League Cup
2 Times UEFA Champion League (1999, 2008)
1999 Intercontinental Cup
2008 FIFA Club World Cup
Individual Achievement : 1993 Bravo Award
1996 Wales Sport Personality of The Year
2007 O.B.E
2009 PFA Player of The Year
8 Times PFA Team of The Year

Ryan Giggs is famous as the most consistency footballer in history of British games who was chosen in the English Premier League Team of the Decade. Giggs holds a host of football records, including that of being the most decorated player in English football history. is the only player to have played and scored in every single season of the Premier League since its inception. Giggs surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances for Manchester United to become the club's all-time leader in appearances with 815 and scored around 150 gaols. Giggs had a very good disciplinary record during his early career receiving relatively few bookings. In fact, he has never been sent off when playing for Manchester United and only once when playing for Wales. His best goal was happened in FA Cup 1999 semi-final round against Arsenal, showed his superb dribble getting Arsenal’s four players passed and beautifully scored for Man Utd. He is one of the famous legends who regrettably never played in World Cup.

15. Tom Finney




Date Of Birth : 5 April 1922
Nation : England
Height : 172 cm
Major Club : Preston North End
Caps : 76 Games (30 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1950, 1954, 1958 (8 Games)
Club Honours : None
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 2 Times FWA Footballer of The Year (1954, 1957)


Tom Finney was a notable English football after the World War II alongside Billy Wright and Stanley Matthews. His total mastery of all the techniques triumphed over the lack of medals. He was versatile, playing in all the orthodox five forward positions of the day for Preston and appearing for England at right-wing, left-wing and centre-forward. He was a genuine two-footed player, packing an explosive shot in either his right or his left. He had speed, balance, was a pin-point passer and, for a man of no great height, could head with awesome power. Whilst Finney's ability was great many will remember him for his gentlemanly conduct on the game which ensured he never received a booking throughout his entire career. He totally scored 210 goals from 473 games during his career but there were two seasons he played in second division. Finney never won any trophy with Preston, The best was two times second place English Top Division and one time Second Place FA Cup.

14. Helmut Rahn



Date Of Birth : 16 August 1929
Nation : West Germany
Height : 178 cm
Major Club : Rot-Weiss Essen
Caps : 40 Games (21 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1954, 1958 (10 Games with 10 Goals)
Club Honours : 1 Time Bundesliga Champion
1 Time German Cup
International Honours : 1958 FIFA World Cup Winners
Individual Achievement : 1958 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team

Helmut Rahn is a famous German legend, was sparked by the heroic antics of the German team during the 50’s. Particularly, a right-winger, Rahn showed his great performance in World Cup 1954 final, Germany lagged behind 0-2 after only 8 minutes, but then pulled it back to 2-2 with Rahn assisting the first German goal and scoring the second. With not long to go, Rahn received the ball just outside the penalty box before going past a Hungarian player and managing to shoot at the lower left corner with his weaker left foot just before being tackled. The ball whistled into the back of the net and Germany went on to win the game 3-2 over the apparently unbeatable Hungarian team. This match is known in Germany as The Miracle of Bern because of its "David versus Goliath"-like setting, and it is generally seen as an instrumental part of the rebuilding of the German people's morale after the World War II. In 2004, 50 years after the Bern match, a life size statue of him was put up near Georg-Melches-Stadium in Essen, on the square named after him.

13. Zoltan Czibor



Date Of Birth : 23 August 1929
Nation : Hungary
Height : 169 cm
Major Club : Barcelona
Caps : 43 Games (17 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1954 (5 Games)
Club Honours : 3 Times Hungarian League
2 Times Spanish La Liga
1960 Inter Cities Fair Cup
1961 European Cup Runner-Up
International Honours : 1952 Olympic Games Champion
1953 Central European Champion
1954 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 1954 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team

Zoltan Czibor was one of the great players in “The Magical Magyars” Hungary golden team, rated as Hungary’s best winger ever, played as a left-winger and was notable for having a powerful shot, world class finishing and for his superb dribbling. He was also known for his ability to score goals in major finals. During his playing career in Hungarian club football, Czibor scored 100 goals in 175 matches. Afterwards, He played for Barcelona in their great years for three seasons alongside Ladislao Kubala and Sandor Kocsis. Aside from Barcelona, He played outside his country for six teams such as AS Roma, Espanyol and Austria Vienna.


12. Kurt Hamrin



Date Of Birth : 19 November 1934
Nation : Sweden
Height : 170 cm
Major Club : Fiorentina
Caps : 32 Games (17 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1954 ( Games with 4 Goals)
Club Honours : 1 Time Italian Series A
2 Times Copa Italia
2 Times UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1961, 1968)
1966 Mitropa Cup
International Honours : 1958 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 1958 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
1955 Swedish League Top Scorer

Kurt Hamrin is one of the great Swedish footballers of all-time but was overshadowed by the famous trio like Nordahl, Liedholm and Gren. He was a right-winger who liked to induce the ball into the inside forward area and make scores on his own. He was best known for his dribbling and finishing. Hamrin is currently the sixth highest goalscorer of all-time in Italy's Serie A., playing 289 Serie A games and scoring 150 goals. Also, Hamrin played for Padova, AC Milan and Napoli for a few seasons a club. Hamrin is considered as the best winger in history of Scandinavian football. In 1958, He was voted 4th European Footballer of The Year. In 1967, He was selected as a starter FIFA World XI against Champion of Europe “Spain”.

11. Bruno Conti



Date Of Birth : 13 March 1955
Nation : Italy
Height : 176 cm
Major Club : AS Roma
Caps : 46 Games
World Cup Participation : 1982, 1986 (11 Games)
Club Honours : 1 Time Italian Series A
4 Times Copa Italia
1984 European Cup Runner-Up
International Honours : 1982 FIFA World Cup Champion
Individual Achievement : None

Bruno Conti is rated as one of the greatest players in history of AS Roma club. He was famous with his performance in World Cup 1982, was the second best attacker only to Paulo Rossi in that team. He could play as both left and right-winger well due to his great in both feet. Among the best in the world during his time, Conti was extremely fast, a great passer and a phenomenal dribbler. In the late career, He was loan to Genoa and played two seasons for them. He was chosen as a starter in All-Time AS Roma and Italy national team by many journalists in www.channel4.com. All in all, Conti is regarded as Italy’s greatest winger of all-time and the best winger in the world during the early 1980s. He was voted 5th European footballer of the year in 1982.

10. Zbigniew Boniek



Date Of Birth : 3 March 1956
Nation : Poland
Height : 181 cm
Major Club : Widzew Lodj, Juventus
Caps : 80 Games (24 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1978, 1982, 1986 (16 Games with 6 goals)
Club Honours : 1 Time Italian Series A
2 Times Copa Italia
1984 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
1985 European Cup
International Honours : 1982 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Individual Achievement : 1982 Polish Sport Personality of The Year
1982 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
1982 Bronze Ball European Footballer of The Year

“Zibi” Zbigniew Boniek was a symbolic Eastern European footballer during the 1980s. Arguably his best performance of his career for Poland came in a second phase match against Belgium where he scored a magnificent hat-trick, one of the best hat-tricks in World Cup history. Zibi was definitely one of the greatest stars in the tournament and appeared on many “Dream Teams” in papers and magazines in the wake of the World Cup. Boniek start playing as a right-winger before switched to a free-role attacking midfielder, could go running on the left, right side or the centre. But still, His best performance would be appeared as a winger. His speed, dribble and vision to make many assists were always impressive. He was notable playing as an attacking trio with Michel Platini and Paulo Rossi in Juventus in their successful years.

9. Rob Rensenbrink



Date Of Birth : 3 July 1947
Nation : Netherlands
Height : 178 cm
Major Club : Anderlecht
Caps : 49 Games (14 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1974, 1978 (13 Games with 6 goals)
Club Honours : 2 Times Belgium League
5 Times Belgium Cup
2 Times UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1976, 1978)
International Honours : 2 Times FIFA World Cup Runner-Up (1974, 1978)
Individual Achievement : 1973 Belgian League Top Scorer
1976 Belgian Golden Shoe
1976 Onze d’Or
1976 Silver Ball European Footballer of The Year
1978 Bronze Ball European Footballer of The Year
2 Times Bronze Ball Onze d’Or (1978, 1979)
2 Times FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1974, 1978)

Rob Rensenbrink was a famous player of Holland in their great years, is regarded as the greatest footballer ever to play in Belgium league. A creative left winger of considerable skillful, A talented dribbler as well as a cool finisher and defensive infiltrator. He only ever missed two penalties in his entire career, and often enjoyed telling the keeper before hand where he was going to place the ball, and then still beating him there. He played as second striker for his club but switched to play as a wing-forwarder for Holland. Fortunately, Piet Kaiser could not show his great performance as he had done for Ajax, Rensenbrink was replaced as a long-period starter after then. Rensenbrink also helped Holland reach semi-final in Euro 1976. He scored around 250 goals during his career.

8. Ronaldinho



Date Of Birth : 21 March 1980
Nation : Brazil
Height : 182 cm
Major Club : Barcelona
Caps : 87 Games (32 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 2002, 2006 (10 Games)
Club Honours : 2 Times Spanish La Liga
2006 UEFA Champion League
International Honours : 1999 Copa America Winners
2002 FIFA World Cup Champion
2005 FIFA Confederation Cup
Individual Achievement : 1999 FIFA Confederation Cup Golden Ball
2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
2004 EFE Trophy
2004 Bronze Ball European Footballer of The Year
2 Times Best Foreign Player of Spanish La Liga (2004, 2006)
2 Times Bronze Bal Onze d’Or (2002, 2004)
2005 Onze d’Or
2005 UEFA Club Best Forward
2005 European Footballer of The Year
2 Times FIFA World Player of The Year (2004, 2005)
2 Times World Soccer Player of The Year (2004, 2005)
2 Times FIFPro World Player of The Year (2005, 2006)
2006 Silver Ball Onze d’Or
2006 UEFA Champion League Most Valuable Player
2006 Bronze Ball FIFA World Player of The Year
3 Times UEFA Team of The Year (2004, 2005, 2006)
3 Times FIFPro World XI (2005, 2006, 2007)

Ronaldinho is widely regarded as the most gifted footballer of all-time. He was famous for his exciting technical abilities especially dribbling, agility and making score. Ronaldinho was known as a versatile attacker but he always base on the left-side of the field as a midfielder. He started his career with Gremio before moved to Europe to play for Paris Saint-Germain. After he could do his performance in World Cup 2002 impressively, He was wanted by many big club in Europe. Ronaldinho decided to join with Barcelona and he finally became the best player in the world during the middle of the 2000s, won so many individual awards in that time, was expected to become a top world-legend in the future. On the other hand, His legend status such incredibly failed down that becoming an average footballer because of his unprofessional attitude as footballer. Recently, He just came back to have a good performance with AC Milan.

7. Francisco Gento



Date Of Birth : 21 October 1933
Nation : Spain
Height : 178 cm
Major Club : Real Madrid
Caps : 43 Games (5 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1962, 1966 (5 Games)
Club Honours : 12 Times Spanish La Liga
2 Times Spanish Cup
6 Times European Cup (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 66)
2 Times European Cup Runner-Up (1962, 1964)
1960 Intercontinental Cup
International Honours : 2004 European Championship Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : Voetbal World Team of The Century

“The Strom of Cantabria” Francisco Gento is the most successful footballer in club level hold the all-time record the most champions of Spanish La Liga with 12 and the most European Cup Winners with 6, additionally holds with Paulo Maldini the record most appearances in European Cup final with 8. Gento was noted not only for having great speed (he used to be an athlete in his youth and could run 100 metres in 11 seconds flat and was almost as quick with a ball at his feet), but also for his skills with the ball and his relatively high scoring capabilities given his position. In 1963, He was selected as a start FIFA World XI against England. Gento totally played for Real Madrid 605 games and scored 183 goals. All in all, He is considered as one of the greatest Spanish footballers of all-time as well as the best left-winger in the world between the late 1950s to early 1960s. Incredibly, He never voted in top five Ballon d’Or in any year.

6. Luis Figo



Date Of Birth : 4 November 1972
Nation : Portugal
Height : 180 cm
Major Club : Barcelona, Real Madrid
Caps : 127 Games (32 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 2002, 2006 (10 Games)
Club Honours : 4 Times Spanish La Liga
4 Times Italian Series A
2 Times Copa Del Rey
1 Time Copa Italia
1997 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
2002 UEFA Champion League
2002 Intercontinental Cup
International Honours : 2004 European Championship Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 6 Times Portuguese Footballer of The Year
3 Times Spanish Liga Foreign Player of The Year (1999, 2000, 2001)
1994 Portuguese Golden Ball
2000 European Footballer of The Year
2000 World Soccer Player of The Year
2000 Silver Ball Onze d’Or
2000 Silver Ball FIFA World Player of The Year
2001 FIFA World Player of The Year
2003 UEFA Team of The Year
2006 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team

Luis Figo was the greatest winger in the world during the last three decades and the greatest footballer ever to born in Portugal. He was a playmaking right-winger who was average in speed but remarkable in dribbling, ability to make pinpoint passing and his imagination to create assists. Figo started his famous with playing in Portugal “Golden Geneation Team” which consist of Paulo Sousa, Rui Costa and Jao Pinto, was notable for their beautiful style of play in midfield. Figo also was one of the most important roles helping Portugal reached semi-final round in EURO 2000 and FIFA World Cup 2006. Figo is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. He also played for Sporting Lisbon in his early career and Inter Milan in Late career. Due to his consistency, He played almost 800 games during his club professional career and scored more than 100 goals.


5. Dragan Dzajic



Date Of Birth : 30 May 1946
Nation : Yugoslavia
Height : 177 cm
Major Club : Red Star Belgrade
Caps : 85 Games (23 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1974 (5 Games)
Club Honours : 5 Times Yugoslavian League
4 Times Yugoslavian Cup
1968 Mitropa Cup
International Honours : 1968 European Championship Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 1968 European Championship Top Scorer
1968 Bronze Ball European Footballer of The Year
2 Times European Championship Team of Tournament (1968, 1976)
UEFA Jubilee Award (Serbia & Montenegro)

Dragan Dzajic is one of the most underrated footballers ever to play the game despite being one of the greatest left-wingers the world has ever produced. Dzajic is also the best player ever to come from Yugoslavia group of nations, renown for his great crosses and passes, unstoppable dribbling with great pace, natural technique and some of the best left footed free kicks ever. His most famous match was likely the 1968 UEFA Euro semifinal against England, in which his lob over goalkeeper Gordon Banks gave Yugoslavia a 1-0 victory against the defending world champion. The British press dubbed him "The Magic Dragan," In that year, Beckenbauer mentioned Dzajic should win Ballon’ Dor instead of George Best without doubt. Pelé was moved to say: "Džajić is the Balkan miracle – a real wizard. I'm just sorry he's not Brazilian because I've never seen such a natural footballer." Dzajic unbelievably scored around 300 goals in his career at top division level in spite of being a winger.

4. Jairzinho



Date Of Birth : 25 December 1944
Nation : Brazil
Height : 173 cm
Major Club : Botafogo
Caps : 81 Games (33 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1974 (16 Games with 9 goals)
Club Honours : 2 Times Campeonato Carioca
1976 Copa Libertadores Cup
International Honours : 1970 FIFA World Cup Champion
Individual Achievement : 1970 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
1972 Bronze Ball South American Footballer of The Year
Brazil Footballer Museum Hall Of Fame

Jairzinho is one of five players in The 1970 World Cup Champion Brazil team which is considered as the greatest team in history of the game. A high speed powerful winger, During World Cup 1970, He scored in every game Brazil played. In doing so, he became one of only 3 players - the others being Alcides Ghiggia and Just Fontaine - in the history of the World Cup to have scored in every game of the tournament. Jairzinho was a worthy successor to Garrincha in both the Botafogo and Brazil team although his style was not elegant but full of his devastating bursts of speed combined with lethal shooting and also superb passing. He never complained and performed his duties impeccably. His scintillating pace turned defenses inside out, exposing the opponent’s goalkeepers. He tied with Dragan Dzajic as the best wingers in the world between lately 60s to early 70s.


3. Stanley Matthews



Date Of Birth : 1 February 1915
Nation : England
Height : 175 cm
Major Club : Stoke City, Blackpool
Caps : 54 Games (11 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1950, 1954 (3 Games)
Club Honours : 1 Time FA Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 1956 European Footballer Of The Year
2 Times FWA Footballer Of The Year (1948, 1963)
1957 Order Of The British Empire
1965 Knight Of Bachelor
1992 FIFA Gold Medal Order

“The Magician” or “The Wizard of The Dribble” Sir Stanley Matthews is the greatest legend in history of English football. He is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. A vegetarian teetotaller, he kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50 years old, the oldest player ever to play in England's top football division. He played his final competitive game in 1970, at the age of 55. The Second World War interrupted his career. After the war, he fell out with Stoke and was transferred to Blackpool at the age of 32. Matthews was a right-side midfielder who assisted many goals after done his great speed, stamina and dribble. He was voted 11th and 17th World player of the century by IFFHS and World Soccer’s poll, respectively.

2. George Best



Date Of Birth : 22 May 1946
Nation : Northern Ireland
Height : 175 cm
Major Club : Manchester United
Caps : 37 Games (9 Goals)
World Cup Participation : None
Club Honours : 2 Times English Top Division
1968 European Cup Winners
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : UEFA Jubilee Award (Northern Ireland)
1968 European Footballer Of The Year
1968 FWA Footballer Of The Year
1968 English Top Division Top Scorer
1971 Bronze Ball European Footballer Of The Year
PFA Special Merit Award

“Soccer Beatle” George Best is one of the most talent footballers of all-time. If consider only his prime, He would be the greatest player in history of British football without any hesitation but he was known for his unprofessional behavior as an alcoholism effected his career not consistency. George Best was a left-winger who was tremendously skilled an innovative footballer. Unsurpassed on dribble and penetration, would often pass off the score after rather than take the goal himself. He was one of few players with virtually ambidextrous ball control with both feet. Best scored 185 goals in 465 matched for Manchester United. In his native Northern Ireland the admiration for him is summed up by the local saying: "Maradona good; Pelé better; George Best. He was one of the world legends never participated in World Cup. He was voted 8th,12th and 16th World player of the century by World Soccer, France Football and IFFHS’s poll, respectively.

И наравно...

1. Garrincha



Date Of Birth : 28 October 1933
Nation : Brazil
Height : 169 cm
Major Club : Botafogo
Caps : 50 Games (12 Goals)
World Cup Participation : 1958, 1962, 1966 (12 Games)
Club Honours : 3 Times Campeonato Carioca
International Honours : 2 Times FIFA World Cup Champions (1958, 1962)
Individual Achievement : 1962 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
1962 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
Brazil Footballer Museum Hall Of Fame
FIFA World Team of Century

“The Little Bird” Garrincha is regarded as the greatest winger and dribbler the world has ever seen. Many eminent football historians in Brazil and around the world refer to him being at least the equal of Pelé , was rated by many as the second greatest Brazilian footballer of all-time. He grew up in poverty with high right leg 6 cm shorter than the left. Rather than shying away from soccer after a childhood illness left his right leg bowing inward while the left bowed outward, he developed a devastating body swerve that mocked his body’s special anatomy. As a right-winger, He was known for his remarkable ball control, imagination, acceleration, crossing, dribbling skills and ability to create something from nothing, He also possessed a ferocious shot with either foot and was a gifted dead ball specialist known for free kicks and corners taken with the outside of his foot, Garrincha’s best career highlight was happened in World Cup 1962 which he could fulfill Brazilian after Pele was out of tournament because of injury. For his all matches in World Cup, Brazil only lost one match with him on the pitch. He scored around 242 goals in his club career. He was voted 8th and 20th the greatest footballer of the century from IFFHS and World Soccer’s poll, respectively, was voted 6th the best player in world cup history by France Football.

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