Today, we’ll discuss about four legendary footballers who have appeared the most in the debate about GOAT in Football. These footballers, often single-handed, turned the match results in their teams’ favor. These footballers have been legendary and have inspired generations in the era they played or have been playing.
Out of these four, two are contemporary greats while the other two are ageless legends. Here we start with the four footballers we bring you the closest to GOAT in Football.
4. Diego Maradona
The FIFA Player of the Century, Diego Maradona (he & Pelé were jointly selected for the honor), has been among the greatest players to walk on the football field. The Argentine Midfielder, Diego Armando Maradona, has so many achievements to his name viz. World Cup Winner’s medal, U-20 World Cup Winner, UEFA Cup Winner (with SSC Napoli), Spanish Cup & Super Cup Winner (with FC Barcelona), Italian Cup Winner (with SSC Napoli), Twice Italian Champions (with SSC Napoli), and many others.
The yester-era great has scored 34 goals from 91 appearances he made for Argentina while he scored 259 goals from his club career in the 490 official club matches he played. He is among the four greats who fans across the globe have rated as the greatest of game or GOAT in Football.
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Maradona is said to have in him the stamina of a fullback, strength of a centreback, tackling ability of a defensive midfielder, passing ability of a playmaker, finishing of a striker & dribbling ability of the best of bests.
3. Pelé
The FIFA Player of the Century, Pelé (he & Maradona were jointly selected for the honor), overpass Maradona is the number of achievements. The Brazilian Forward, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, has in his bag, a record 3-times World Cup Winner’s medal, Youngest World Cup Winner, Youngest two World Cup Winner, twice Intercontinental Cup winner (with FC Santos), and many others records & accolades.
The yester-era great has scored 77 goals from 92 appearances he made for Brazil while he scored 650 goals from his club career in the 694 official club matches he played. He is among the four greats who fans across the globe have rated as the greatest of game or GOAT in Football.
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The great footballer’s game was a exhibition of combined speed, creativity, and technical skill with physical power, stamina, and athleticism.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
The 5-time Ballon D’or Winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, holds the records for most goals in the UEFA Champions League (with 128), UEFA European Championship (with 9), FIFA Club World Cup (with 7), UEFA Nations League Finals (with 3) & in a UEFA Champions League season (17). The Portuguese Forward, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, has 34 La Liga hat-tricks to his name.
The present-era great has scored 99 goals from 164 appearances he made for Portugal while he scored 626 goals from his club career in the 836 official club matches he played. He is among the four greats who fans across the globe have rated as the greatest of game or GOAT in Football.
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Ronaldo’s game has been an exhibition of chop and scissors moves. He is also a very fast player & his free kick is unstoppable.
1. Lionel Messi
The 6-time Ballon D’or Winner, Lionel Messi, holds the records for most goals in La Liga (with 438), most goals in a La Liga and European league season (with 50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (with 36) and UEFA Champions League (with 8). The Argentine Forward, Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, has the most assists in football history to his name.
The present-era great has scored 70 goals from 138 appearances he made for Argentina while he scored 627 goals from his club career in the 718 official club matches he played. He is among the four greats who fans across the globe have rated as the greatest of game or GOAT in Football.
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Messi’s game has been an exhibition of extremely good dribbling skills, hitting the goal from any angle, any distance, i.e. his target skills which make him unstoppable.
The stats shared here for Messi & Ronaldo may change considerably as they appear in more games. This ends our four choices for the GOAT in Football debate, don’t forget to write in comments what you think. Also, in case you have someone else that you think as the GOAT in Football, do write about them in comments.
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