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Top 5 Greatest Soccer Players all time

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The zeal and creativity that characterize “the beautiful game” of soccer. It can make it a work of art, not for the physical setting in that, the sport is played. What makes football different from other forms of sport is the flexibility of expression given to players. Check the Top 5 Greatest Soccer Players of all time.

While cricketers and baseball players are restricted to certain moves, footballers can shoot, pass, tackle, or dribble. Their ball, in various ways, allows the best players to be at the top of their game.  This article will give you a list of the Top 5 Greatest Soccer Players of All Time.

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Top 5 Greatest Soccer Players All Time

We’ll be listing the top 5 best footballers of the past, by their accomplishments in their abilities, performances, and impact on soccer. These players have won every major award attained by their club and their country.

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They are recognized as the greatest footballers of the past all time. Let us cut to the chase and look at the top five most outstanding soccer players ever. We have done a lot of studies, so without further delay. Let’s look at the Top 5 Greatest Soccer Players of All Time.

5. Zinedine Zidane

NicknameZizou
ProfessionFootballer
Date of Birth23 June 1972
Age50 years
Birth placeLa Castellane
CountryFrance
Education and schoolNot Available
Height1.85 m
Weight80 Kg
Family DetailsNot Available

Zinedine Zidane was a superb footballer on the field. The Frenchman is revered and admired by fans of football and also by the game’s most renowned players. The Frenchman is famous as the man who slapped his head at the 2006 World Cup final against Italy.

After hanging up his boots, Zidane started his career as a manager. Although he was a coach, he proved unstoppable and won many prizes with his former club, Real Madrid.

4. Ronaldo Nazario

NicknameFenomeno
ProfessionFootballer
Date of Birth18 September 1976
Age46 years
Birth placeRio de Janeiro
Country Brazil
Education and schoolNot Available
Height1.83 m
Weight82 Kg
Family DetailsNot Available

Also called O Fenomeno, R9 was among the greatest strikers of all time. And there will never be another player as dangerous as he. The Phenomenon was awarded 2 Ballons d’Or and two World Cups in Brazil.

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Ronaldo was a global sensation who set the world on fire and was the top scorer with a staggering eight goals. He also won the Golden Shoe. The celebrated striker was composed, calm, and deadly in front of the goal in all the major matches.

3. Kylian Mbappe

NicknameKiki
ProfessionFootballer
Date of Birth20 December 1998
Age24 years
Birth place19th arrondissement
CountryFrance
Education and schoolNot Available
Height1.78 m
Weight75 Kg
Family DetailsNot Available

Although Kylian Mbappe is just 23, he’s probably the best player in the world today and is rapidly moving to be the top player France can ever produce. He was just a teenager when he was able to help his country win the World Cup title in 2018, and he has proven that it was just the beginning as he has helped them reach the finals in 2022.

Although Mbappe could not secure another straight Cup award, the fact is that it was not his fault. The Frenchman was the top athlete on the pitch and scored three goals during their loss to Argentina. Kylian Mbappe may be at the top of the list when the World Cup 2026 arrives.

2. Pele

NicknameO Rei (The King) 
ProfessionFootballer
Date of Birth23 October 1940
Age82 years
Birth placeTrês Corações
CountryBrazil
Education and schoolNot Available
Height1.73 m
Weight70 Kg
Family DetailsNot Available

Pele is among the best-known soccer players ever to play. Not only does he score one of the highest numbers of goals ever recorded in Brazilian soccer, which is an incredible feat, but he has also scored the most goals ever recorded on Earth (1279).

He has also recorded more assists than any other player in FIFA World Cup history, leading Brazil to 4 World Cup titles. He was named the FIFA Player of the Century, but the accolade that could be the most revealing about him is his place on the TIME 50 Most Important People of the 20th Century list.

1. Lionel Messi

NicknameLa Pulga
ProfessionFootballer
Date of Birth24 June 1987
Age35 years
Birth placeRosario
CountryArgentina
Education and schoolNot Available
Height1.70 m
Weight72 Kg
Family DetailsNot Available

It’s hard to imagine that a player from Argentina could rise into a position where they could stand side-by-side with a player like Maradona. Still, Lionel Messi has achieved that in his legendary career. Messi scored the most goals of all time for the legendary Barcelona FC. Barcelona FC earned a record-setting six Ballon d’Ors and will be remembered as the most successful player of his time.

Messi is a once-in-a-lifetime talent who has performed well in a time when athletes are taught to reach the highest level and transformed into athletic freaks. The only thing that he still needs to achieve is the World Cup title.

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