Football greats

Alfredo Di Stefano: the Blond Arrow of Real Madrid Andrea Pirlo: the Italian midfielder who ran games from deep Andrés Iniesta: the midfielder whose goal won Spain the 2010 World Cup Bobby Charlton: world champion who scored with both feet Bobby Moore: the captain who led England to the World Cup Cafu: the Brazil captain who played in three World Cup finals Cristiano Ronaldo: the record-breaking goalscorer Didier Drogba: the big-match striker who won Chelsea the Champions League Diego Maradona: the wizard of Mexico 1986 Eusébio: Benfica's "Black Panther" Ferenc Puskás: Hungary's Galloping Major Franco Baresi: 20 years, one club, one captain Franz Beckenbauer: the Kaiser who redefined defending Garrincha: Brazil's 'Joy of the People' who won two World Cups George Best: the Belfast wizard who dazzled world football George Weah: first African to win the Ballon d'Or Gerd Müller: the penalty-area predator Gianluigi Buffon: Italy's most capped goalkeeper Gordon Banks: the goalkeeper who saved Pele's header Iker Casillas: Real Madrid and Spain's "San Iker" captain Johan Cruyff: the architect of "Total Football" Kaká: the fast-running star who led AC Milan to European glory Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: German forward who won the Ballon d'Or twice Kenny Dalglish: Celtic and Liverpool's goal-scoring forward Kylian Mbappé becomes World Cup's all-time top goalscorer with 22 goals Lev Yashin: the Black Spider who redefined goalkeeping Lionel Messi: from Rosario to the World Cup Lothar Matthäus: the captain who played in five World Cups Luka Modric: Croatia captain and 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Manuel Neuer: the goalkeeper who plays outside his goal Marco van Basten: a short career and unforgettable goals Michel Platini: the free-kick master who led France to Euro 1984 Paolo Maldini: one club, 25 seasons Pelé: the king of football Raymond Kopa: first Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or Rivaldo: left-footed wizard and 2002 World Cup winner Robert Lewandowski: the goal machine Roberto Baggio: Italy's artist who was more than one penalty Roberto Carlos: the left-back behind the impossible free-kick Romário: the king of the penalty area Ronaldinho: the Brazilian magician who played with a smile Ronaldo Nazário: the phenomenon Samuel Eto'o: the striker who won back-to-back trebles Steven Gerrard: the captain of the Istanbul night Sócrates: the doctor on the pitch and Brazil's 1982 captain Thierry Henry: Arsenal's record goalscorer Xavi: the master of the pass Zico: the number 10 of Flamengo Zinedine Zidane: the midfield artist who won France its first World Cup Zlatan Ibrahimović: the Swedish striker famed for acrobatic goals