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Sunday, January 27, 2019

The 20 Greatest Soccer Players of All Time

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A Long List of the Twenty Greatest Soccer Players in the World of All Time
1. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
2. Diego Maradona
3. Lionel Messi
4. Johan Cruyff
5. Alfredo Di Stefano
6. Ferenc Puskas
7. Franz Beckenbauer
8. Zinedine Zidane
9. Paolo Maldini
10. Michel Platini
11. Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)
12. Gerd Muller
13. Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)
14. Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Morais)
15. Cristiano Ronaldo
16. Lev Yashin
17. Marco van Basten
18. Bobby Moore
19. George Best
20. Eusebio da Silva Ferreira
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1. Most esteemed scorer from Brazil - so good, so self-effacing too
2. One emotional Argentine dwarf - 'Hand of God' liar, did not atone
3. A wee man - five Ballons d'Or commemorate honoree's mastery
4. Dutch ace - so speedy, flees adversaries
5. S. America or in Spain
6. Hungary
7. 'Der Kaiser'
8. France (Les Bleus)
9. A.C. Milan, Italy
10. France
11. Brazilian
12. Germany
13. Brazilian
14. Brazilian
15. Juventus - too narcissistic
16. Soviet Union
17. Dutch
18. England
19. Belfast, N. Ireland - incomparable alcoholic
20. Portuguese 'Black Panther'
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