The top 10 best football players of all time

10.Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira was a Portuguese footballer who played like an attacker. Eusebius is considered by many to be one of the greatest players of all time. Dedicating his professional career, he scored 733 goals in 745 games (41 goals in 64 matches for Portugal). He was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and wild right-hand drive, which made him a prolific shotmaker. He is considered the best-known athlete of the Benfica S.L. and the Portuguese national team and one of the first African athletes in the world.

Eusebio helped Portugal to third place in the 1966 World Cup, was the best scorer in the nine-goal tournament (including four in the North Korea game) and won the Bronze Ball. In 1965 and 1966 the second place was established in Ballon d'Or, one in the First League, five years after the European Championship (1961-62). The next three ends of the European distribution (1963, 1965, 1965) joined in 1968).

09.Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer considered one of the greatest players of all time. As a prolific forward, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches in Hungary and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became the Olympic champion in 1952 and led his country to the World Cup final in 1954, where he was recognized as the tournament's best player. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), 10 national championships (5 Hungarian and 5 Spanish First Division) and 8 individual first places.

Puskás began his career in Hungary with Kispest and Honvéd in Budapest. Puskás began his career in Hungary with Kispest and Honvéd in Budapest. In the Hungarian league, he was four times the best forward and in 1948 the best forward in Europe. In the 1950s, he was a prominent member and captain of the Hungarian national team known as Mighty Magyars. In 1958, two years after the Hungarian Revolution, he emigrated to Spain, where he played for Real Madrid. During the match with Real Madrid, Puskás won four Pichichichichis and scored seven goals in two European Cup finals. In 1995 he was named best marksman of the 20th century by the magazine.

08.Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentine professional footballer. He is considered one of the best players of all time and is best known for his achievements at Real Madrid, where he played a key role in the club's dominance at the European Championships and in the 1950s. Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to participate in the five victories and scored goals in each of the five finals. After moving to Madrid, Di Stefano played mainly for Spain, but also for Argentina and Colombia.

Di Stéfano was a powerful, fast, agile and prolific attacker with great resistance, tactical versatility, creativity, and vision, and could play almost anywhere in the field. He is currently the sixth highest scorer in the history of the best Spanish league and with 216 goals in 282 league matches between 1953 and 1964 is the third highest scorer of all time. Along with Cristiano, Ronaldo is the leading shooter in the history of El Clásico.

In 262 matches RealMadrid scored 216 goals in the league (the club record set by Raúl and Cristiano Ronaldo). In 1957 and 1959 he received the Golden Ball award for European Footballer of the Year 21. In 1964 he moved to Espanyol, where he played until his retirement at the age of 40.

07.Michel Platini

Michel Francois Platini is a former French footballer and administrator. Platini, one of the greatest players of all time, won the Golden Ball three times in 1983, 1984 and 1985. In recognition of his achievements in 1985 he was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and the officer made 1988.

Throughout his career, Platini has played for the clubs of Nancy, Saint-Étienne, and Juventus. He was nicknamed Le Roi (The King) for his skills and leadership. Despite being primarily an advanced midfielder, he was successful as a prolific goalscorer; between 1983 and 1985 he won the Capocannoniere Series A Award three times in a row and was the best prolific goalscorer in the 1984-85 European Cup-winning campaign; Platini was a key player in the French team that won the 1984 European Championship, Platini was the best top scorer in his country until 2007 and holds the record for most of the goals he scored at the European Championship, although he did not appear until the 1984 winning edition.

06.Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Italian club Juventus and the Portuguese national team. Often considered the best player in the world and considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldo holds a record of five Ballon d'Or awards, mostly for the European player, and is the first player to win four European gold shoes. In his career, he won 26 trophies, including five league titles, five UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship. Ronaldo has a record number of goals in the 5 European League 395, the UEFA Champions League 120, the European Champions League 9 and the biggest help in the UEFA Champions League (34) and the UEFA European Championship 6. 670 top-level professional goals have been achieved for the club and the country.

In Madrid, Ronaldo won 15 trophies, including two league titles, two King's Cups, four UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Super Cups and three FIFA Club World Cups. Real Madrid's best player, Ronaldo, scored a record 34 hat-tricks in the 2014-15 season, including a record eight hat-tricks, and is the only player to have scored 30 goals in six consecutive league seasons. After entering Madrid, Ronaldo took second place three times at Ballon d'Or, behind his supposed rival Lionel Messi, and then won the Balloons in 2013 and 2014. After winning the Champions League in 2016 and 2017, Ronaldo secured the Balls again in 2016 and 2017. This was followed by the historic third Champions League, which made Ronaldo the first player to win the trophy five times[8]. In 2018 he signed a €100 million transfer deal for Juventus, the highest fee paid by a player in 30 years and the highest ever paid by an Italian club.

05.Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a former German professional footballer. Already at the beginning of his career, he was called Emperor for his elegant style, dominance, and leadership on the pitch, as well as for his first name, "Franz", which recalls the Austrian emperors. He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile midfielder, Beckenbauer has gained recognition as a midfielder. He is often credited with having invented the role of a contemporary or libero sweeper.
Beckenbauer has won two European Football Championships of the Year, 103 times in West Germany and three times at the FIFA World Cup. He is one of three men, along with the Brazilian Mário Zagallo and the Frenchman Didier Deschamps, who won the World Cup as player and coach; in 1974 he won the World Cup as captain and repeated his performances as coach in 1990; he was the first captain to win the World Cup and the European Championship at international level and the European Championship at club level. In 1998 he joined the 20th-century world team, in 2002 he joined the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in 2004 he joined FIFA 100, the world's greatest live players.
At club level, Bayern Munich Beckenbauer won the UEFA Champions Cup in 1967 and the European Cup three times in a row between 1974 and 1976, becoming the first to win three European Cups as club captain. He became a team leader and later president of Bayern Munich. After two stays in New York City, he started at the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.

04.Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff was a Dutch professional footballer. In 1971, 1973 and 1974 he won the Golden Ball three times as a player. Cruyff was the most famous representative of Rinus Michels' football philosophy and is considered one of the greatest players in the history of football: In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dutch football emerged from the dark and became a driving force for the sport. Cruyff led the Netherlands to the 1974 FIFA World Cup? final and won the Golden Ball as a player in the tournament. During the 1974 Final, he created a fame that bears his name, the "Cruyff Turn", a movement that was widespread in modern games.
At club level, Cruyff began his career at Ajax, where he won eight Eredivisie titles, three European Cups and the Intercontinental Cup. In 1973 he moved to Barcelona for the world record for transfers, won the league in the first season and was elected European Football Champion of the Year. After retiring in 1984, Cruyff was very successful as coach of Ajax and later Barcelona and remained an influential advisor to both clubs.

03.Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine professional footballer. Many in the sport, including football writers, players, and fans, consider him the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona was the first player in football history to set two world records of £5 million per transfer to Barcelona and another record of £6.9 million for Napoli. He has played in Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Naples, Seville and Newell's Old Boys during his club career and is best known for his performances in Naples and Barcelona, where he has received numerous awards. In his international career in Argentina, he scored 91 games and 34 goals.

02.Lionel Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Barcelona in Spain and for the Argentine national team. Often regarded as the best player in the world and considered by many as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi holds a record with five Ballon d'Or awards, of which he won four in a row and a record with five European Golden Shoes. He spent his entire career in Barcelona, where he won 32 trophies, including nine league titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and six King's Cup titles. As a productive goalscorer and creative player, Messi has broken records in most official League goals (383), the League season (50), the European Football Club season (73), the calendar year (91), the Classic (26), the League (149) and the Copa America (11). He scored more than 600 goals in his professional career for the club and the country.

01.Pele

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacker. He is considered by many in the sport, including writers, players and football fans, to be the greatest football player of all time. Pelé, the world's top scorer, scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches, including unofficial friendly and away games. For some time during the season, Pelé was the best-paid player in the world.
Pele began playing in Santos at the age of 15 and in Brazil at 16. During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, and Pele is Brazil's top scorer with 77 goals in 92 games. Santos' club-level shooting record led him to the Copa Libertadores in 1962 and 1963. "Pelé's electrifying game and love of spectacular goals" made him a world star, and his bands toured the world to make the most of his popularity.
Pelé is also famous for his combination of the terms "Juego Bonito" and "Fútbol". Pelé was known for his ability to strike with both feet with strength and precision and to anticipate his opponents' movements on the pitch.