Legendary Football Players

Biographies of Legendary Football Players
This section features the mini-biographies of the Football Careers 145 of the World's most Legendary Football Players from the dawn of the sport in the Victorian Age right up to today's national and international competitions from every corner of the globe.
The players, all of whom have retired from playing, are arranged in batches of 15 with the latest entries shown as larger static images.
Click on the picture of the legendary football players for a short biography of their careers in football and achievements. Legendary Football Players is featured on MyFootballFacts Mobile App.
World Record Player's Transfer Fees
Table showing the world's 33 most expensive
player transfers to date - includes the recent move from Gareth Bale to Real Madrid.
Gareth Bale - the world's most expensive football player
Footballer of the Year Awards
Details of the English, European and World Footballer of the Year Awards
from 1947-48 to 2011-12

Germany's Jurgen Kilinsmann - FWA Footballer of the Year in 1995
Dimitar Berbatov - 26 goals & assists in the Premier League 2007-08
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists 2007-08
Unique table showing the combined goals scored and assists in the Premier League 2007-08
Chelsea's Portuguese maestro Deco
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists 2008-09
Unique table showing the combined goals scored
and assists in the Premier League 2008-09.

Argentina's Maradona Football Player Stats
Everton's Lescott - ever-present in 2007-08
Premier League Player's
Appearances 2007-08
Table showing every player to have made 18 or
more Premier League appearances for 2007-08
Fulham's Danny Murphy was ever-present during 2008-09
Premier League Player's
Appearances 2008-09
All 530 players who have participated in a Premier League match during Season 2008-09
Soccer
Tottenham's Sebastien Bassong scores against Liverpool
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists 2009-10
Unique table showing the combined goals scored
and assists in the Premier League 2009-10
Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun
Premier League Player's
Appearances 2009-10
All 516 players who have participated in a Premier League match during Season 2009-10
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Charles Wreford-Brown
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists Stats 2011-12
Unique stats of  the combined goals scored
and assists in the Premier League 2011-12
Sunderland's Sebastian Larsson
Premier League Player's
Appearances Stats 2011-12
Stats of all 246 players who have participated in a Premier League match in Season 2011-12
Action from Blackpools first Premier League match away at Wigan Athletic
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists Stats 2010-11
Unique stats of  the combined goals scored
and assists in the Premier League 2010-11
Rafael Van der Vaart of Tottenham Hotspur against Aston Villa
Premier League Player's
Appearances Stats 2010-11
Stats of all players who have participated in a Premier League match during Season 2010-11
Alf Ramsey
George Robledo
Hughie Gallacher
Nils Liedholm
Uwe Seeler
Poul 'Tist' Nielsen
Valeriano López
Vladimir Beara
Nándor Hidegkuti
Miguel Michu of Swansea City
Premier League Combined
Goals & Assists Stats 2012-13
Unique stats of  the combined goals scored
and assists in the Premier League 2012-13
Premier League 25-man squads 2012-13
Premier League 25-Man
Playing Squads 2012-13
Full details of every 25-man playing squad named
by all 20 clubs for the 2012-13 season
Legendary Football Players

001 Walter Tull
002 Thomas N'Kono
003 Teofilio Cubillas
004 Gordon Banks
005 Zbigniew Boniek
006 Johan Cruijff
007 Jurgen Klinsmann
008 Bobby Moore
009 Ferenc Puskas
010 Lev Yashin
011 Roberto Rivelino
012 Just Fontaine
013 Hristo Stoitchkov
014 Gary Lineker
015 Paolo Rossi

016 Roberto Baggio
017 Franco Baresi
018 Franz Beckenbauer
019 Giuseppe Bergomi
020 Andreas Brehme
021 Paul Breitner
022 Emilio Butragueño
023 Careca
024 Jan Ceulemans
025 Bobby Charlton
026 Eusebio
027 Ubaldo Fillio
028 Garrincha
029 Ghorghe Hagi
030 Geoff Hurst

031 Jairzinho
032 Mario Kempes
033 Sandor Kocsis
034 Hans Krankl
035 Grzegorz Lato
036 Leonidas
037 Sepp Maier
038 Lothar Matthaus
039 Giuseppi Meazza
040 Roger Milla
041 Luis Monti
042 Johann Neeskens
043 Wolfgang Overath
044 Daniel Passarella
045 Pele

046 Michel Platini
047 Rob Rensenbrink
048 Luigi Riva
049 Oscar Ruggeri
050 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
051 Hector Scarone
052 Juan Schiaffino
053 Enzo Scifo
054 Lennart Skoglund
055 Socrates
056 Guillermo Stábile
057 Jan Tomaszewski
058 Carlos Valderrama
059 Obdulio Varela
060 Berti Vogts

061 Fritz Walter
062 Zico
063 Dino Zoff
064 Andoni Zubizarreta
065 Ivor Allchurch
066 Osvaldo Ardiles
067 Jimmy Armfield
068 Enrico Albertosi
069 Majed Abdullah
070 Florian Albert
071 Amarildo
072 Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew
073 Dennis Bergkamp
074 Roberto Bettega
075 Laurent Blanc

076 Steve Bloomer
077 Jozsef Boszik
078 Jim Baxter
079 Igor Belanov
080 Josef Bican
081 Danny Blanchflower
082 George Best
083 Franz Binder
084 Oleg Blokhin
085 Giampiero Boniperti
086 Cafu
087 Pedro Cea
088 John Charles
089 Mario Coluna
090 Luis Cubilla

091 Eric Cantona
092 Carlos Alberto
093 Héctor Chumpitaz
094 Gianpiero Combi
095 Antonio Carbajal
096 Amandeo Carrizo
097 Cha Bum-Kun
098 Jack Charlton
099 Brian Clough
100 Zoltan Czibor
101 Kenny Dalglish
102 Alfredo Di Stefano
103 Klaus Allofs
104 José Luis Chilavert
105 Lakhdar Belloumi

106 Didi
107 Duncan Edwards
108 Paulino Alcántara
109 William "Dixie" Dean
110 Arsenio Erico
111 Rinat Dasaev
112 Giancinto Facchetti
113 Paulo Roberto Falco
114 Ali Daei
115 Ademir da Guia
116 Luis Figo
117 Eder
118 Stanley Matthews
119 George Weah
120 Mordechai Spiegler

121 Gerd Müller
122 Diego Maradona
123 Gaetano Scirea
124 Ruud Krol
125 Johnny Giles
126 Zinedine Zidane
127 Paolo Maldini
128 Nat Lofthouse
129 Denis Law
130 Tostao
131 Paul McGrath
132 Marco van Basten
133 Pat Jennings
134 Jose Nasazzi
135 Michael Laudrup

136 Charles Wreford-Brown
137 Alf Ramsey
138 George Robledo
139 Hughie Gallacher
140 Nils Liedholm
141 Uwe Seeler
142 Poul 'Tist' Nielsen
143 Valeriano López
144 Vladimir Beara
145 Nándor Hidegkuti