This is a difficult question to answer as it is so subjective and opinion-based. A player who is at the height of his career now may not be rated so highly after the inevitable decline later in a career, just as the temptation to fall into nostalgia over past players can lead some observers to overstate how good a player actually was. In a list such as this, one can start with Pele and Maradona, who by any standards are the two greatest players ever to have played football. Johan Cruyff, Ronaldo before the injury sustained at Inter Milan (although he still came back to score plenty of goals in Brazil's 2002 World Cup success), and Zidane are strong contenders for a place in the top ten, Cruyff in particular. Puskas was a phenomenal player, Di Stefano, also from that era. Eusabio has to make the list. Lev Yashin, the great Russian goalkeeper and at risk of being accused of tokenism, one defender for the list is possibly Bobby Moore of England.
The point is that there is no definitive 'top ten players proven by statistics and accepted by everyone' list. The beauty of football and the reason for its global appeal is the passion it can engender in people. There will be plenty who vehemently disagree with this brief list of players (no Messi, no Garrincha, no Jairzinho etc etc) and that is why we love the game!
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20 top soccer players in 2006
The top three soccer players in spain are Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Falcao. :)
according to proffesionals if you are to dream of playing soccer in your sleep you are in the top 25% of soccer players in the world
Football players are undoubtedly tougher than soccer players. Football players tackle each other every game, slam into each other, pile on top of each other, and is the sport most prone to injuries and concussions. Soccer players are tough for running endurance, but football players run hundreds of yards a game, just not as much as a soccer player. In all, football players are tougher than soccer players. Soccer is tougher because you don't wear protection from head to toe like in football. Where in soccer you tackle,kick,shoot and all that stuff without protection.
The top three soccer players are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney. I love those three soccer players.(Especially Cristiano Ronaldo.)
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he's one of the top 20 players of all time , and ranks 14 th there and is one of the top 10 English football players of all time and ranks 6th
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They are Pele, Romario,Rivaldo, Johan Cruiff,Zidane,Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo Lima.Alan Shearer Theirry Henry. Deigo Maradona.
The top 35. We have better players then Mexico and the U.S.A. We just don't use them at the right time.
In soccer it is Robbie Keane.