Best Player in Football History

[Bule]

My votes goes to Johan Cruijff.

 

[The_Special_One]

El Dios Diego Armando Maradona.

PS: You forgot some big names in your poll. Maldini, Zico, Zidane, Eusébio, Di Stefano and many many others deserve to be there.

 

[Rentalkid]

Ridiculous!
Where are my choices?

Pele, Maradonna, or Cruyff? Where's Zizou, where's Beckenbauer, where's Platini, where's ...

 

[Milanista]

No one will ever agree on these polls.

 

[EatonTJ]

It's Pele, and it's not even close. Best ever, easy.

 

[steevio_uk]

Maradona.

What he done off the pitch and what a cock he was is immaterial in this debate.
We are talking about the player and not the all-round pro.

 

[AleksR9]

Ronaldo for what he did 96-2003

 

[gerd]

Ronaldo for what he did 96-2003

Pieter Blondeel, for what he did on the schoolyard 1968-1974.

I agree with Eatonj: Pele and it is not even close, but we have had this discussion a zillion times and each and every time this ends in aggro or tears...maybe a mod can close this thread or maybe we can have a permanent discussion thread about this, because this pops up with irregular intervals like the monster of Loch Ness

 

[Zombie]

Maradona

 

[kevano22]

Besty

 

[matherto]

Only going off what I have seen, I'd pick Zizou over any of them.

He was mesmerisingly talented.

 

[Stringer Bell]

It's a really tedious subject.

There are probably only four diiferent answers you'll get from this and that's either Maradona, Pelle, Cruijff or Best.

 

[Milanista]

There are more than 4. Probably more than 10.

 

[YoungGun_UK]

Phil Neville.

 

[Glavisted]

There are more than 4. Probably more than 10.

01. Pelé
02. Diego Maradona
03. Alfredo Di Stéfano
04. Johan Cruyff
05. Franz Beckenbauer
06. Zinedine Zidane
07. Michel Platini
08. Garrincha
09. Zico
10. Romario
11. Ronaldo
12. George Best
13. Férenc Puskas
14. Lev Yashin
15. Bobby Charlton

 

[steevio_uk]

01. Pelé
02. Diego Maradona
03. Alfredo Di Stéfano
04. Johan Cruyff
05. Franz Beckenbauer
06. Zinedine Zidane
07. Michel Platini
08. Garrincha
09. Zico
10. Romario
11. Ronaldo
12. George Best
13. Férenc Puskas
14. Lev Yashin
15. Bobby Charlton
16. John Pantsil

Much better.

 

[Milanista]

Giannit Rivera, Gigi Riva, Dino Zoff, Franco Baresi, Roberto Baggio.

 

[Glavisted]

Giannit Rivera, Gigi Riva, Dino Zoff, Franco Baresi, Roberto Baggio.

It's strange I couldn't consider any Italian player in the last list.

 

[Nick Cave]

If your a Man United fan surely Mark Robins has to be on your list..

 

[Jumbo_]

Cantona

 

[Dermot]

Ronnie Whelan

 

[Dominic]

We have this thread every month, enough is enough.