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Best football players ever

Top 10 players
Football has known many great players, however there are only a few that stand out the most. It are these players that are generally seen as the best players ever. This website contains info and footage of these players.
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Other top 10 lists
The football game has many aspects, like dribbling, defending, scoring goals etc. Not every player is the same or has the same task. We created a top 10 list of each aspect of the game so you can see which players were the best in their ability.
Voting results
As we try to be a very interactive site, we give visitors the possibility to vote on their favorite player. The voting results are displayed below.

Best player of all time:
1. Lionel Messi 
8535  votes

2. Zinedine Zidane 
8359  votes

3. Cristiano Ronaldo 
6932  votes

Beckenbauer 
1650  votes

Zidane 
2353  votes

Pele 
2708  votes

Yashin 
3344  votes

Messi 
11598  votes

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Top 5 players
1.  Diego Maradona
2.  Pelé
3.  Johan Cruyff
4.  Franz Beckenbauer
5.  Alfredo Di Stéfano
Football facts
pele&garrincha
Brazil never lost a game with both Pelé and Garrincha in the team, a total of 49 games.
Top 5 dribblers
1.  Diego Maradona
2.  Lionel Messi
3.  Garrincha
4.  Johan Cruyff
5.  George Best
Top 5 strikers
1.  Pelé
2.  Ferenc Puskás
3.  Ronaldo
4.  Diego Maradona
5.  Eusébio
Football facts
Juste Fontaine
Just Fontaine holds the record for scoring the most goals at a single World Cup. He did this in 1958 by scoring 13 goals for France.
Football facts
Lev Yashin
Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper who received the European footballer of the year award (1963). He also stopped 150 penalties in his career.
Top 5 defenders
1.  Franz Beckenbauer
2.  Bobby Moore
3.  Carlos Alberto Torres
4.  Nílton Santos
5.  Paolo Maldini