Top Soccer Players

Here is a list of the top soccer players of all times.

1. Pele

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The one word which can be used to describe him would obviously be “terror”. His mere presence would terrorize the opponent team and would have been the nightmare of any goalie. He was a prodigy, incomparable, and probably, someone this world will never see again in the next 100 years. He simply is a football legend one of the top soccer players the world has ever known.

2. Zinedine Zidane

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Zindane is very popular French who has an unmatched passion for the game. His performance in the 1998 FIFA world cup is the highlight of his career. He has been three times recognized by FIFA as “world player of the year”. He also won the golden ball in 1998 and 2006.The headbutting incidence also made him very popular .His achievements would never successfully represent the passion he had for the game.  However he is still the greatest footballer France has ever produced.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

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Some do it by power, others use skills but rarely do players combine all qualities and executes with perfection He skills include dribble, astounding crosses, long range efforts, juggle, free kick, never ending stamina and great accuracy.
A complete package who can with both fetes, serious pace, his high which he can achieve when he jumps for the ball, perfect body shape, unforgettable free kicks and last but not the least he is from Portugal and unarguably he is the player they have ever produced and is undoubtedly one of the top soccer players of all times.

4. Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario Da Lima)

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“Speed” is what describes this great player of Brazil and a true performer and loved by his countrymen for rising to the occasion and bringing glory to his country. The most unique feature of this striker was the speed with which he would strike and hardly left any chance for the opponent to react. Many said he played only half to his potential due to his frequent injuries.

5. Diego Maradona

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He is a legend who has given immense joy to their countrymen by the miracles that he performed. Although his career was short-lived and was affected by cocaine addiction his achievements include two astounding goals against England, one scored with his hand and now remembered as the “Hand of God,” and another that saw him single handedly take on a pack of defenders. Perhaps one of the best soccer players that ever played on the field he will always be loved by football players all across the globe.

6. Ronaldinho

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He is the absolute master of the art free kick. His achievements were often overshadowed by his fellow countrymen Ronaldo who played in the same era. He was also named in the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest footballers and in the FIFPro World XI consecutively from 2004–2007 he won his Champions League in 2006 and the Ballon d’Or in 2005.

7. Zico

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He is another player known for free kicks. He was a good finisher and world’s best player of the early 80′s. He is popularly known as “white Pele”. His shots had power pace and accuracy but free kicks were his trademarks.

8. Franz Beckenbauer

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This great defender from Germany was a game changer. He played the dual role of captain and manager for his national team and his team also won the world cup in 1974 and 1990 under him. He also won three European Cup championships. He won the title of “European Footballer of the Year” in 1972 and 1976.

9. Jari Litmanen

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He was among the few players who came to the limelight as a midfielder where he served as a first choice captain between 1996–2008. His international career has run from 1989 to date, making him the only footballer to play in International arena in four different decades.

10. Lev Yashin

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He had taken the attention of all football fans by his excellent goal keeping. He will always be remembered for his goalkeeping skills not only by his countrymen but all over the world. Yashin was associated with Moscow Dynamo club.  He tended goal for the national team in three World Cups. Dynamo won five league championships and three cups. He won the gold medal in 1956 Olympics. He was one of the finest goal keepers of all time.

Every sport has its own set of heroes who bring joy to their countrymen by the glory they bring to their country and change the way the game is played and also raise the game to a whole new level and set standards which are difficult to match and selecting any ten of them is really very difficult.

There are many weird sports that are present from around the world. From each region of the world, along with the very popular common sports there are also those really popular but very weird kinds of sports. They come in forms of entertainment as well as form professional leagues depending of the kind of extension they have in terms of mass popularity, even if they be confined within a particular region.

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Some areas of the world in fact do not celebrate some of the really popular sports but are pretty glorious with some rather strange ones. For instance North Americans don’t even know about cricket while people of South America have no clue of what hockey is and so on.

There are some rather unusual sports which are rather fun to play and do not conform to any of the rules or conformities of some of the major sports of the world and yet they are taken very seriously by those who practice them.

Some of the sports that deject all forms of boundaries in terms of games and playing are as follows:

1. The Ultimate Test between Man and Horse:

This indeed a very strange kind of sport that tests your stamina. You will learn how to be more agile while competing against a horse. This game originated in Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells. This sport really has to do with strength. You will require great agility and strength in order to take part in this. Marathon human contestants are put to test against those mounted on horses. This is how the marathon testing takes place.

2. Love Locked Race:

This is a sports event that was first introduced in Finland. This is all about a male competitor racing with a female in a certain way. There would be many obstructions and blocks on the way which would definitely bring you challenges.

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The person to win would have to finish the race without losing his female partner in the course of overcoming the obstacles even for once. This race takes place really fast and the obstacles are set that way.

3. A Different Kind of Swim:

This is a really interesting kind of swimming but pretty gross as you would have to go snorkeling in a marshy bog. The water filled trench is cut through a peat bog. Participants must wear snorkels as well as flippers in order to wade through the peat bog.

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Traditional swimming techniques are not welcome however but only through the use of snorkeling strokes and processes can one perform here.

4. Toe Sport:

This is yet another weird sport that welcomes you to use your toes. This is quite the same kind of sport that you used to play as a child which involved toe wrestling. This has now been turned into a major sport that even has a World Toe Wrestling Competition. It first originated in a pub in Derbyshire.

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The locals took this sport with great enjoyment and then made this so popular that it soon had its own championship. The individuals who participate have only got to use their feet in locks but then this is tougher than it may sound.

5. Fistball:

Though this is quite a popular sport among those who practice it but fistball is really not known worldwide. It is a lot like tennis and volleyball and definitely one has to have really strong fists in order to be a part of this game. One can pass the net and then have the ball contracted as best.

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The bouncing is allowed only for 3 times at a go. There has to be 5 players coming from each team. This sport has become really big with its league formation. Now it is featured in World Games as well.

6. Octopush or Underwater Hockey:

This is a non contact underwater sport that has two teams participating in it. The teams maneuver a puck right across the bottom of the swimming pool which is supposedly the goal area. It is played quite like hockey but just under water.

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This sport has become steadily famous in countries like UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. There are large Octopush sessions all across these major countries which regularly arrange competitions in this game.

7. Adult Kickball:

Reinvent this childhood game with the new venture into adult kickball. The adult kickball league is quite fun and wild. This game has now become a very important popular sport that brings lots of creativity and fun for adults.

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The World Adult Kickball Association has been developing really wonderfully with greater participation and involvement from different countries into this grand sport. There are now greater avenues for this once popular childhood game to be carried out into the world of greater sports.

8. Chess Boxing:

This is a combination of chess and boxing techniques involved in one single game that brings the power of brain as well as brawn into the same board. Sports boxing and chess are alternated with every round in this rather strange game.

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This is a great combination that invites to check not only the physical strength but also the mental dexterity of the players at the same level. The points are thus divided according to both evaluations.

9. Competition between You and Cheese:

There is a strange kind of competition that goes with finding out who is faster, you or a ball of cheese rolling down a hill. This incredible sport is rolled down the hill along with competitors to chase after it. The first person who gets to be downhill in perfect toeing of the cheese ball and gets to finish first will be the winner.

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This is how the person at the bottom wins. Competitors chase after the cheese but usually this cheese ball rolls pretty fast making it quite a challenging task.

10. Moustache Growing Competition:

The world beard competition is a biennial competition that challenges males with high testosterone levels to have a go at their beard and moustache growing capabilities. This is includes large moustaches, goatees and full beard styles.

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There are different sections to this competition which even includes a category called the Dali moustache.

11. Kaiju Big Battel:

This is a humorous sport originating from Japanese anime Kaiju Big Battel. This brings maniacal villains and ominous alien beasts all together in a touch competition. But this is more like a show match than anything else.

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The monsters are dressed and matched in their own way in big dresses.

12. Cardboard Tube Dueling:

This is yet another dueling competition that brings about members of cardboard dueling with league fighting talents.

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This works in a great way for competitors with their fancy costumes and even cardboard tubes to fight with.

13. The Mud Pit Belly Flop:

This is a kind of game where even the spectators get splashed in mud but in fact that is quite the fun. The very annual Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin brings about this game and brings about some of the greatest hubcap discus throws with it.

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This is also a great sport to show the strength and dexterity of your feet.

14. Bossaball:

This is another sport that includes soccer, gymnastics as well as capoeira, all integrated within a trampoline that would allow players and high bounders to do great spiking of the ball.

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This is a great sport to be enjoyed with and brings a variety of work in to one single sport itself.

15. Snow Polo:

Though it was popular among Turkish emperors of long gone days, this sport has come back again in a new but quite weird avatar.

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With the modified version of polo taking place across the snow this makes through shoddy terrains with horse riding players playing a dense shot of polo there.