The best player in the history of soccer

[nadsag]

According to mine "The best _______ in the history of soccer" serious I would like to know what's your opinion about the best player in the history of soccer(of your country or world's)?

Please write according to this:
1. Name.
2. Nationality.
3. Age.
4.(optional). Teams played at.
5.(optional). Accomplishments(Datum-points) in his career.

Mine:
1. Eyal Berkovic
2. Israeli
3. 32
4. Maccabi Haifa, Southampton, Westham, Celtic, Blackburn, Manchester City and Portsmouth.
5. Got a kick in his face from John Hartson(At Westham), Won the Scottich championship with Celtic and helped Man. City to qualify to the Premier League.

Who do you think the best player?

 

[ShearerM4]

Re: The best player in the history of soccer

Originally posted by nadsag
5.(optional). Accomplishments(Datum-points) in his career.

5. Got a kick in his face from John Hartson(At Westham)

don't that really counts as a real accomplishment ...
I bet you only need to wind Hartson up a tiny bit and he'll be trying to beat the crap out of you.

 

[jani]

Andriy Shevchenko
Ukrainian
27
AC Milan, Dynamo Kiev
-His first ever award was a pair of Ian Rush boots.
-Once finished 3rd in FIFA World Player Of The Year.
-Singlehandedly brought Dynamo Kiev to the UEFA CL Semis a few years back.
-Joined Milan for £15m.
-Serie A Top Scorer in his first season at Milan with 24 goals. The next season he got 24 goals too but didnt win it (I think a certain Ronaldo won it). In 03/04 he won it again, with 24 goals.
-At Milan he has won the Champions League, the Serie A, the Coppa Italia, the European Super Cup.
-Has yet to win the Intercontinental Cup after Milan lost on penalties to them.
-Will most likely win the Italian Super Cup againts Lazio in August. The Cup will be played in Libya.


I doubt this thread will survive the mods wrath

 

[april__29]

i'll just say look at my sig

 

[ShearerM4]

Originally posted by april__29
i'll just say look at my sig

i watched a bit of that program last night on Channel Five about G.Best...
it was quite sad

 

[april__29]

yeah he kinda screwed his life well up, but on the pitch the guy was a legend he's still entertaing when hes on sky sports doing the commentry on a saturday, but yeah, if there ever was an example of how alcoholism can ruin your life then its Besty

 

[ngyc]

zidane

 

[aytacyolas]

maradona

 

[shokz]

Cruyff

 

[april__29]

Originally posted by shokz
Cruyff

what jordi?!?!

 

[mhflierman]

For me it's Marco van Basten and Zinedine Zidane. We all know what an impact they've had on modern football.

 

[Amdy Faye]

Maradona


I saw a clip of Pele the other day and he did an overstep, but it was really wide and slow, I kinda laughed lol and I was like

Maradona was better

 

[Hendrik]

1. Franz Beckenbauer
2. German
3. 58 years old
4. Bayern, New York Cosmos, Hamburg SV

Accomplishments as Player

World Cup: 1974
European Championship: 1972
European Cup: 1974, 75, 76
Cup Winners: Cup: 1967
World Club Championships: 1976
Bundesliga: 1969, 72, 73, 74, 82
West German Cup: 1966, 67, 69, 71.
European Footballer of the Year: 1972, 76

Accomplishments as Coach
World Cup: 1990; 1986 runners up
Bundesliga: 1994
Uefa Cup: 1996
First man to captain and coach a World Cup winning side.

 

[Shindig]

I'm going to throw Matty Sindelar's name into the mix. Played 3 games in the World Cup of 1934. Austria could've won it but the whole tournament was 'organised' by Benito Mousellini. Hence, the Italians won the final.

He was highly rated in his native Austria before the annexation of the country. Matthias refused to join the German side and was subsequently murdered by the Nazis.

http://www.uefa.com/footballcentral/News/Kind=4/newsId=53409.html

 

[TottiNZidaneR#1]

Zinedine Zidane... need i say more.

 

[emmer]

Originally posted by Amdy Faye
Maradona


I saw a clip of Pele the other day and he did an overstep, but it was really wide and slow, I kinda laughed lol and I was like

Maradona was better

wow, you seem to know pelé very well.

 

[Zlatan]

1. El Salvador(Johan Cruijff)
2. Dutchie
3. 58
4. Ajax, Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord
5. Watch out this list is quite big:

1967,1968,1971,1984: Dutch footballer of the year
1971,1973,1974: European footballer of the year
1979,1980: American footballer of the year

1964: Johan Cruijff makes his debut for Ajax 1 at a age of 16 years
1971,1972,1973: CL winner
1973: Cruijff goes to Barcelona, where he becomes one of there biggest legends of all time.
1974: Cruijff plays a wonderful World Championship and everyone sees him as the best player of the tournament
1978: Cruijff decides to stop his football career
1979: Cruijff makes his comeback to soccer in the squad of the Los Angeles Aztecs
1981: Cruijff returns to Ajax
1983: After a conflict with Ajax Cruijff goes as revenge on Ajax to their arch rivals: Feyenoord
1984: Cruijff stops definitive with soccer
1986: Cruijff becomes coach of Ajax
1988: Cruijff becomes coach of Barcelona, where he will gain his nickname: El Salvador(The Saviour)

That was it

 

[Vinnie Jones]

In my opinion it was either Beckenbauer or Maradona. I think ppl already posted their achievements.

 

[manutd4eva]

Zinedine Zidane, the best player I've ever seen.

 

[DJ Dee]

The greatest player is... me.
I have just been unlucky so far.



No I would go for Cruijff, the clips I have seen of him are just awesome. It is hard to judge players over such a great time period though! The game was a lot different when Pele played, than when Cruijff played, for instance.