7 Greatest Footballers Who Never Won The World Cup

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  • From Netherlands legend Johan Cruyff to five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the greatest players of all time who never won the FIFA World Cup.
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  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    The thing is, Yashin was an ice hockey goaltender until he suffered a facial injury in his late teens, and decided to concentrate on Football. He still would occasionally play goaltender in pickup games with friends, and it is interesting to speculate on how much of his hockey experience shaped his football career
    Edit:- Do you fancy a look at Paco Gento and/or Jef Jurion? Two of the most interesting players of their time, and (especially so in the case of Jurion!) a bit unjustly forgotten today.

    • @sithvsjedi9696
      @sithvsjedi9696 ปีที่แล้ว

      A great goalkeeper obviously 😊. It must irk his biggest fans that Oliver Kahn was the only goalkeeper to win the Golden Ball (whether one thinks he deserved it or not is a different matter).

    • @mori5481
      @mori5481 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sithvsjedi9696 golden ball didn't exist in 66

    • @simoncaton1226
      @simoncaton1226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mori5481 this is something that irks me sometimes about history. We have many awards today that didn’t exist before and people will say that “x player is the only person who has won x in x number of times”

    • @mori5481
      @mori5481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@simoncaton1226 agreed, I think someone mentioned it with Messi since this is his second one but I'm damn sure Pele would have gotten 2 as well

    • @richehb6318
      @richehb6318 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Petr cech grew up playing hockey too but switched to football as he couldn't afford the equipment! Adds value to the theory

  • @princewillmadugba
    @princewillmadugba ปีที่แล้ว +405

    I'm still shocked that Netherlands have never won the world cup at least once with all the great teams they've had

    • @MihailParshin
      @MihailParshin ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I´m more shocked for Hungary. They were the best for years, they didn´t lost any match in so many matches, but then they lost final of WC. The most important match of them all. That is one very big tragedy.

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Trust me, in the Netherlands we're shocked as well. I'm convinced if you could field an all-time best 11 the Netherlands team would be the best in the world:
      Van der Sar
      Krol Stam Koeman van Bronckhorst
      Rijkaard Gullit Seedorf
      Robben van Basten Cruyff
      France/Brazil/Germany would be close though.

    • @bigpoppa3999
      @bigpoppa3999 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They've been agonizingly close so many times.

    • @bigpoppa3999
      @bigpoppa3999 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@daarom3472 nah bruh Brazil's all time simply isn't fair. Nobody would stop their attack and their defense would be all time too. There's simply too much Talent.

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bigpoppa3999 I fancy Holland's midfield though, and I don't Brazil's offense would be very ahead of NL's. van Basten and Cruyff both won 3 ballon d'or and both could've had more. Robben is a bit lower tier though I agree.
      Brazil would probably line up with Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Pele and Garrincha, very good front line as well but probably a bit less tactically apt.

  • @______yawn6419
    @______yawn6419 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    damn, remember when Messi used to be mocked for not having an international trophy? good times.

    • @zeo4481
      @zeo4481 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Imagine dragging your country to 3 finals and being mocked for it.
      Messi might have the single best international career after Pele yet people only care about 1rst place

    • @keysersoze5032
      @keysersoze5032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we get it hes the goat. Calm down

    • @______yawn6419
      @______yawn6419 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@keysersoze5032 just say you're mad

    • @azuesky_
      @azuesky_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​​@@zeo4481ragging? He had Lazezzi, Tevez, Maschereno, Di Maria, Higuain, Dybala, Aguero among so many other world-class players in their aboute primes playing with him throughout his career lol. You know Argentina is considered 2nd strongest team after Brazil in all time lists right? This not a mediocre team like Portugal, Belgium or something. Only time ronaldo had a decent team was for this worldcup at 38

    • @blast2686
      @blast2686 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@azuesky_ decent team but terrible manager

  • @reintaler6355
    @reintaler6355 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I think Rummenigge and van Basten deserve honorable mentions

    • @PassivesAbseits
      @PassivesAbseits ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'd rather mention Sammer and Seeler as the 2 best Germans to never win the World Cup.

    • @reintaler6355
      @reintaler6355 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@PassivesAbseits why?

    • @sagarranjan4585
      @sagarranjan4585 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@PassivesAbseits Ballack and Rummenigge for me

    • @jackbale5846
      @jackbale5846 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oliver Kahn aswell

    • @hijlkecornelisboorsma1058
      @hijlkecornelisboorsma1058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      without van basten his injurie look at the strikers the netherlands would have in 94 bergkamp kinking up with van basten.
      also ruud gullit could play in every line, he started as a sweeper then played as a second striker and played in midfield with ease to

  • @IchigoKurasaki666
    @IchigoKurasaki666 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Didn’t realise before that Puskas and Yashin legitimately look like twins

    • @wolfpackpete6408
      @wolfpackpete6408 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wasn't aware Puskas missed 2 years of playing. He would've likely been the all-time top scorer if this hadn't been the case.

  • @ajbw04m48
    @ajbw04m48 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Great video as usual. Quick disclaimer, Puskas actually played in two World Cups; 1954 with Hungary and 1962 with Spain. He switched his international allegiance after he emigrated there following the 1956 Revolution. Admittedly he was 35 and just past his peak, but it either says a lot about how good he was (or how poor the Spain team was) that he could still walk into the XI at his age.

    • @justhuy7960
      @justhuy7960 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I would say that Spain team was really unfortunate, not only missing their star player Di Stefano, they were also drew into same group with Brazil and Czechoslovakia, winner and runner up of the tournament

    • @desmondachocky537
      @desmondachocky537 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@justhuy7960 Di stefano was actually not even spanish.His native land was Argentina n to this day Argentines have never considered him an Argentine coz of his betrayal to switch allegiance to play for spain having have been a madrid legend.It's the exact scenario that Messi would have found himself had he accepted the offer of playing for spain.But Messi truly loves his country n would not here none of it,even though it would have been an easier route to his international success.He remained loyal to his country n he was indeed rewarded this past sunday despite the challenges n heartbreaks he faced with his national teams in the past.

    • @applehack97
      @applehack97 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@desmondachocky537 "never considered him an Argentine"? You clearly don't live here, otherwise you'd know how proud people are of our land being where "Maradona, Messi and Di Stéfano were born". Sometimes he's even included in our national "best of" lists despite having played only 6 games for our national team

    • @desmondachocky537
      @desmondachocky537 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@applehack97 Dude,I know what am saying,Argentines especially the older generation coz the younger ones don't know him that well n his history,do not recognize him as one of their own coz of his betrayal.There is a reason why the only notable sports personalities that Argentines appreciate the most for the longest are only two.Maradona n Messi.Do u ever hear them mention Maradona,Messi n Di stefano?Di stefano is only appreciated in spain,in madrid to be specific n those are facts.

    • @applehack97
      @applehack97 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@desmondachocky537 and I know what I'm saying as well and he's beloved by many of different ages, stop talking nonsense, Di Stéfano is super well regarded as one of the greatest nation and world wise

  • @Paddykelly8418
    @Paddykelly8418 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Cruyff was a joy to watch and played with a team that were also a team that were so exciting to watch.

  • @starwave8228
    @starwave8228 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Eric Cantona, Roberto Baggio, Pavel Nedved, John Barnes , Hiristo Stoichkov , Andrei Shevchenko , Peter Schmeichel , Brian Laudrup , henrik Larssen , Paul Gascoigne, Marco Van Basten - some of my favourites who have never won the WC.

    • @stephenduke412
      @stephenduke412 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Paul Scholes

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! Stoichkov was dominant in the ‘94 WC.
      Fun fact - cantona never played at a WC. Neither did Jean Pierre Papin. France missed both ‘90 and ‘94 before winning in ‘98.

    • @AblemanSy
      @AblemanSy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brian Laudrup? You mean Michael for sure. Brian was decent, but not that special.

    • @patrickexiler9255
      @patrickexiler9255 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SKa-tt9nm Papin played in Mexico in 86

    • @BloodyofHistory
      @BloodyofHistory ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maldini

  • @thargoff
    @thargoff ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Well done, a worthy list!
    Afaik Puskás was nationalised by Spain, like di Stefano, and actually played at the 1962 WC, the one you mentioned that di Stefano couldn’t participate in.

    • @Daneelro
      @Daneelro ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BTW good effort from HITC Sevens to properly pronounce his name, but both "s"-es should be pronounced as an English "sh", not just the one at the end.

  • @lester_the_molester
    @lester_the_molester ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Thank God Messi has avoided ending up on this list.

    • @andythecrimson8877
      @andythecrimson8877 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😁

    • @liberatedentrepreneur149
      @liberatedentrepreneur149 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Easy when the refs get him to glory 🤷🏼

    • @commieslayer7046
      @commieslayer7046 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@liberatedentrepreneur149 agreed the euro 2016 and the three peat was rigged for penaldo.

    • @BIadelores
      @BIadelores ปีที่แล้ว

      @@liberatedentrepreneur149 I agree I can't believe refs and Fifa rigged the Euro 2016 the way they did, unacceptable.

    • @PessiFlopOfPsg
      @PessiFlopOfPsg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Easy because the refs saved pessi

  • @afellownerd
    @afellownerd ปีที่แล้ว +73

    You should do 7 best players who never won the champions league next

    • @superstar_h_gamer5211
      @superstar_h_gamer5211 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ronaldo Nazario

    • @hatim3453
      @hatim3453 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Maradona comes first then R9 nd Zlatan

    • @superstar_h_gamer5211
      @superstar_h_gamer5211 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hatim3453 maradona had few chances tho
      Ronaldo had a chance and didn't

    • @mashar1
      @mashar1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vieira

    • @hatim3453
      @hatim3453 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@superstar_h_gamer5211 then Buffon nd R9

  • @missioncardiac7599
    @missioncardiac7599 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A great list. I feel lucky that I have managed to see a few of these players live: in chronological order: Distefano and Puskas with Real Madrid, Zico and Platini. (have also seen Pele and Maradona). All of them in friendly/exhibition matches though, but still.

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great for you, which player impressed you the most among those you watched? Would also like to know your top 10, if you have something like that in your mind.

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amazing!

  • @F1Krazy
    @F1Krazy ปีที่แล้ว +79

    On a similar note, could you do one about the greatest players never to play at the World Cup at all? A full XI would be interesting, I can think of several forwards and midfielders who fit the bill but no defenders.

    • @YeTism
      @YeTism ปีที่แล้ว +18

      George Best and Di Stefano stand out.

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Giggs?

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Defenders will always require a bit more research.

    • @anteveic327
      @anteveic327 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@YeTism Litmanen and Weah too

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@anteveic327 Cantona and Rush.

  • @gyorkshire257
    @gyorkshire257 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Re. Yashin: Growing up in Leeds in the 80's, 20 years after he retired, whenever we were playing football in the park, the keeper could shout "Russian Goalie" and that meant they were allowed to play out and only come back to their area when they were needed. That is his true legacy.

  • @ricardohurtado5646
    @ricardohurtado5646 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The next generation will claim its “greatest footballer of all time”. Zico had some amazing speed and foot power, gracefully moving past opponents. Platini was a true artist, every game a tour de force. There was never a more prolific and consistent goal scorer than Puskas, his team made football look like child’s play.

    • @deuscaritasest1278
      @deuscaritasest1278 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yah . .
      Zico n Cruijff Platini amazing.

    • @JusticeKasiroori
      @JusticeKasiroori ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. And the next and the next. Personally, I don't think Messi is the greatest but among the greats

    • @atmmoggio8393
      @atmmoggio8393 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JusticeKasiroori I have watched Messi since he was like 17. He is clearly only second to Pele, no caps. I think making a top ten list would be problematic, but guys like Cruff, Puska, Yashin, Backenbeur, Zico, Maradona, Gard Muller would make it.

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JusticeKasirooriI’ve watched football since 1986 and read the extensively about it’s history stretching back to 1930. Messi is the greatest ever and it isn’t close. Maradona had the most dominant stretch (1985-1990), but Messi has been better across his career.

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@atmmoggio8393 Can't say I watched Messi since the beginning but he was the clear goat for me before I looked into Pelé. They are the top 2 for me. Similar players in my top 10 as well, apart from gerd Muller. His overall gameplay apart from goalscoring isn't worthy of a top 10. Di Stefano, Eusebio, Platini etc. are much better picks.

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When I was a 16 year old kid during the 82 world cup . me and my mates here in England were blown away by Zico .

    • @reintaler6355
      @reintaler6355 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or that Brazil team in general, I bet

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. Zico is one of the players that don't get enough love.

    • @wobblertv8083
      @wobblertv8083 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@reintaler6355Best team never to win the world cup .Was gutted when boring Italy knocked them out , Even more than when England went out of the competition .But Italy had the striker who on that day just caught fire .

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2nd best Brazilian of all time for me, top 15 minimum.

  • @FoodFolksandGuns
    @FoodFolksandGuns ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I would include Modric on the honorable mentions list

  • @mendosjosh2245
    @mendosjosh2245 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    F.Y.I. Di Stefano has won an international tournament with Argentina the South American Championship (Now Known as Copa America) in 1947.

  • @momotheone9700
    @momotheone9700 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate you opinion and you explanation of this list alfie.

  • @yassinematboue2188
    @yassinematboue2188 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    7 successful signings made on the back of an impressive World Cup

    • @kieronparr3403
      @kieronparr3403 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are there any?

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Puskas to Real (even though it didn’t happen immediately after the WC). - dominant
      Gary lineker to Barca in ‘86 - great start to his career there, bad last year.
      Hagi to Barca in ‘94 - when he played he was great, but oft injured. Limited by 3 foreigner rule.

  • @Micek1911
    @Micek1911 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Not having Modric on this list or even on the honorable mentions is CRAZY.

    • @Micek1911
      @Micek1911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DDeglane16 He mentioned Wayne Rooney😭 Call me when Wayne Rooney wins 3 UCL's in a row, a balon d'or and carries his country to the world cup final💀

    • @Micek1911
      @Micek1911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DDeglane16 Watch the video again

  • @prasannabalaji1886
    @prasannabalaji1886 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I didnt forget his tears in euro 2004 final😭😭😭

    • @chestersabajo5527
      @chestersabajo5527 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ronaldo?)

    • @simon_reacts1236
      @simon_reacts1236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was the closest to reach World Cup in 2006 but only lost by a penalty in the semi final

  • @nightprowler6336
    @nightprowler6336 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Not even mentioning Roberto Baggio???? The Man Who Died Standing.

    • @NEELZE99
      @NEELZE99 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who?

    • @ryanergo754
      @ryanergo754 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      For me personally, he is worse than everyone in this 7. But, he could have made the honorable mentions in place of those fraud English players.

    • @nightprowler6336
      @nightprowler6336 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ryanergo754 worse? Stfu. Watch how Baggio played, he played the same style Messi plays and dribbled defenders same way. The only difference is that Messi won UCL and World Cup, Baggio won none.

  • @wandilemtambo9962
    @wandilemtambo9962 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Also for what must be the millionth time I'm asking you to make a top 7 playmakers of all time list. As it's one of the few general all time bases you haven't covered.

  • @wandilemtambo9962
    @wandilemtambo9962 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved this video Alfie, pretty much a re-affirmation of your prior greatest of all times list, and can't say I disagree.

  • @anthonyghazi774
    @anthonyghazi774 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    awww i really thought Baggio was gonna be mentioned, oh well the seven you said were very good as well so i cant really complain

  • @martinmadlmayr9947
    @martinmadlmayr9947 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great Video. I miss Roberto Baggio though…

  • @mashiah1
    @mashiah1 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Please do - best XI who never played in the world cup

    • @Beansontoast93911
      @Beansontoast93911 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s good I like that

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one

    • @MikoyanGurevichMiG21
      @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Weah is leading that line for sure.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Ian Rush, Eric Cantona and George Best good contenders as well.

    • @michaelscott7166
      @michaelscott7166 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dixie Dean, the first number 9, would be in with a shout.

  • @hakunmagnussen8186
    @hakunmagnussen8186 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Brilliant video 🎉 Insane to think about the netherlands and how they even with Cruyff could not win one final. I somehow feel like he didn’t take it too hard though😅
    P.S all though the source material might be a bit scattered “the rise, fall and rise again for KÍ-Klaksvíkar Ítrottafelag” in the Faroe islands and the increasing number of wins/points in european matches for multiple teams in the division,over the past decade, could be an interesting video. Merry christmas🎉

    • @thesweeperkeeper4830
      @thesweeperkeeper4830 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Dutch got drunk with some prostitutes the day before the final

    • @jvillanueva2978
      @jvillanueva2978 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Netherlands would have won in 78 had Cruyff had played I think.

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Zico was unlucky to share a decade with Maradona and a country with Pele and Garrincha, otherwise he may be talked about way more

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a top 15 player for me, maybe top 10 and 2nd best Brazilian ever. If he won the WC in '82 he would be more common pick in people's top 10.

  • @ryanergo754
    @ryanergo754 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am pretty sure Zico has Paulo Rossi shaped nightmares to this day.

  • @hellowalkman4506
    @hellowalkman4506 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nice list.
    I'd also add:
    - Steve Bloomer
    - Leonidas da Silva
    - Josef Bican
    - Zizinho

    • @F1Krazy
      @F1Krazy ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure Steve Bloomer should count, he retired 16 years before the first World Cup was even held

    • @hellowalkman4506
      @hellowalkman4506 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@F1Krazy i understand but he's arguably the greatest footballer born in the 19th century.

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bloomer, the first superstar of the game.

  • @crosleybendix97
    @crosleybendix97 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    West Germany prevented so many greats from possibly lifting a World Cup.

  • @TheKalaxis
    @TheKalaxis ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If this was a 22 man squad, then Eusebio would have been in it for sure

    • @matthewsantos6282
      @matthewsantos6282 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Eusebio should’ve easily been in the top 7

    • @kamaaljones258
      @kamaaljones258 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@matthewsantos6282 100% one of the all time greatest

    • @kamaaljones258
      @kamaaljones258 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewsantos6282 100% one of the all time greatest

    • @matthewsantos6282
      @matthewsantos6282 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kamaaljones258 Definitely top 10 of all time for me alongside: Ronaldo, Messi, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Puskas and Platini. I'd probably have Eusebio either 8th or 9th

    • @dhaanushl6465
      @dhaanushl6465 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@matthewsantos6282
      Yes. Eusebio 1 World Cup 9 Goals. Cristiano Ronaldo 5 World Cup 8 Goals.

  • @situn4377
    @situn4377 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad that you put Di Stefano on top who's the most complete footballer being a CF/SS on paper only as he dropped as deep as the DM position and started the play while also scoring loads of goals. His RMCF goalscoring record stood for more than 50 years

    • @obitouchiha4739
      @obitouchiha4739 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And to think he held that record while playing deep.

  • @amirilan4435
    @amirilan4435 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    How about 7 greatest footballers never to feature in the WC, there are some good exemples such as
    Weah sr.
    Yossi Benayoun
    Frederic Kanoute
    And im sure there are much more

    • @Banquet42
      @Banquet42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Giggs
      Haaland?

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Banquet42 Haaland still has a shot at it... he's young and the WC will be expanded to 48 teams so Norway surely has a chance going forward.

    • @olayinkaamara385
      @olayinkaamara385 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's done this video already back in 2018. m.th-cam.com/video/DTqPU-uTm-M/w-d-xo.html

    • @amirilan4435
      @amirilan4435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@olayinkaamara385 :0 i was unaware

    • @olayinkaamara385
      @olayinkaamara385 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amirilan4435 Fair enough 👍

  • @jonasfrohwitter8553
    @jonasfrohwitter8553 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a German I’m biased, but emitting Uwe Seeler from the list is a crime. He should arguably be in the top 7 instead of Zico. But not even an honorable mention is incomprehensible

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’d personally throw in Karl Heinz Rummenigge ahead of Uwe, but would be curious to get your thoughts on why Uwe was better?
      I also briefly thought about both Bernd Schuster and Toni Schumacher. One quit the national team too early but was dominant in the early 80s and the other was the best goal keeper in the world for much of that decade. But was controversial for a variety of reasons.

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว

      @DDeglane16 agree with your praise of seeler and him being better than rummenigge but Zico was much better all round player.

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว

      @DDeglane16 I see you were just trying to show the qualities of seeler, my bad for misinterpreting your comment.

  • @Not_Thebadguy
    @Not_Thebadguy ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The best country never to win was the netherlands, they've had several superteams, imagine facing an attack of Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, and Ruud Gullit for example.

    • @AholeAtheist
      @AholeAtheist ปีที่แล้ว

      Sneider, van Persie and Robben. It's sad, really.

    • @AblemanSy
      @AblemanSy ปีที่แล้ว

      Frank Rijkaard wasn't really part of the attack though.

    • @Not_Thebadguy
      @Not_Thebadguy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AblemanSy Yeah, I know, midfielder, no?
      It's close enoug in my opinion.

    • @AblemanSy
      @AblemanSy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Not_Thebadguy Yeah, defensive midfielder. Great player of course, but not an attacker :)

  • @thesweeperkeeper4830
    @thesweeperkeeper4830 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If Cruyff played in 78, I have no doubt we would have won

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonpitt8145bottled what? He didn’t play.

  • @joachimhovgaardramlau3064
    @joachimhovgaardramlau3064 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Best player each decade from the 1870s to the 2010s

  • @YeTism
    @YeTism ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Pretty much every Dutch player to ever exist. Cruyff, Robben, Van Basten, Gullit, etc.

    • @steve4812
      @steve4812 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @ricardohurtado5646
      @ricardohurtado5646 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s crazy that this tiny nation consistently produces this much talent, and yet they are treated like footnotes.

    • @PessiTheFraud
      @PessiTheFraud ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ricardohurtado5646 Argentina stole the WC from them

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rijkaard, Neeskens, Johnny Rep (best name ever).

    • @captainfalconmain6576
      @captainfalconmain6576 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PessiTheFraudyou clearly didn’t pay attention to the much

  • @bury_the_elite65294
    @bury_the_elite65294 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video as always Alfie.
    Fun fact about Puskas; he was also an excellent coach. He even went to Australia in the late 1980s-early 1990s to coach National Soccer League powerhouse South Melbourne. IIRC he won the league & the cup competitions with SMFC, and two Dockerty Cups (a cup competition open only to teams based in the State of Victoria). One of the players in that South Melbourne squad was Socceroo star Ange Postecoglou, who rates Puskas as his biggest playing AND coaching influence.
    P.S. Any chance of doing a video about the recent debacle at the Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City derby? For those who missed it, that A-League match had to be called off in the first half because of morons from a Victory supporters group throwing missiles (one of which, a metal bucket, struck the City goalie in the head, leaving him with a deep gash in his face) & invading the pitch.
    I'm actually a Victory fan myself, and to say these criminal filth are an embarrassment to the club AND the game, is a massive understatement... :/

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great of you to mention his coaching abilities. He also coached greek giants Panathinaikos to their first ever ucl(european cup at the time) final in 1971. They lost in the final to Cruyff's Ajax.

  • @dr.strangelove4665
    @dr.strangelove4665 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the image of wayne rooney gave me an idea. 7 great strikers who severely underachieved at the world cup

  • @iganpparamarta8813
    @iganpparamarta8813 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maldini didn't even win any Euro considering the talents he played with. Wish he was included in 2006 team even without playing time he'd have at least a medal, like R9 in 1994.

  • @yasin_GD
    @yasin_GD ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You should do one for the worst players to have won the world cup

    • @BitigoBlack
      @BitigoBlack ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol... Khedira jumps to my mind.

    • @anthony8900
      @anthony8900 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@BitigoBlack Kevin Großkreutz is even on the same roster. Sami Khedira as one of the worst players to ever win the WC is one of the worst takes i've ever seen lol.

    • @yasin_GD
      @yasin_GD ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@BitigoBlack nah he was quality

    • @RaduIosif
      @RaduIosif ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mustafi

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BitigoBlack Did you actually just say that or do you not know who Sami Khedira actually is?

  • @Godplayzdice
    @Godplayzdice ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DeStefano, Puskas, Eusebio, George Best, Cryuff, Platini, Zico, Van Baasten, Güllit, Baggio, Maldini, Laudrup, Robben, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Casemiro, Modric, Debruyne, Neymar, Marcelo, Dani Alves, Zlatan.
    You can add Salah and Haaland in the list in few years.

  • @malthuswasright
    @malthuswasright ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first guess was Eusebio, and I still think he should have made the list. Though I can't think of who I'd drop from this very fine 7.

  • @roboi2241
    @roboi2241 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One common denominator in Puskas (54), Yashin (66), Cruyff (74), Platini (82+86) and up to last week Messi (2014) not winning the World Cup. The Germans.

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, for all but Yashin. Even if the USSR reached the final, they were not going to beat England at Wembley.

    • @roboi2241
      @roboi2241 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gumdeo Russia might not have beaten England and France might not have beaten Italy in 82 or Maradonna's Argentina in 86. The point was they never got the chance because of the Germans.

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Platini x Zidane comparison is quite interesting. Honestly can't put one over the other.
    Happy Holidays! 🎄

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Zidane is a legend and a breathtaking footballer to watch but also MASSIVELY OVERRATED.

    • @JayTechZM
      @JayTechZM ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@areebsiddiqui758 how was he overrated

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@areebsiddiqui758 What? 🤔

    • @areebsiddiqui758
      @areebsiddiqui758 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@JayTechZM The world cup win massively inflated his stock. He didn't even deserve to win the Ballon'dor that year, he wasn't the best player that season, just had a good tournament. Juventus was where Zidane had his best years and was known for going missing for extended periods. He came up with magical moments but was never consistent, even at his bests. A lot of people don't like stats but if we measure Zidane's output he was bang average. His goal and assist record was nothing special for the player he was built up to be.
      The Zidane Madrid signed was already declining and past his best. At Real he was known for a few iconic moments beyond which he was below par. One of the weakest of the so called Galatico signings Real made but people hold him up in such high regard because they only remember the highlights and the elegance.
      Recency bias and aesthetics are the only reason people even rate Zidane. In truth he wasn't half the player Platini was. Then there's the delusional folk who try and put him in the GOAT debate BeCAuSE hE wAs sO ClAsSy. Just because a player is easy on the eye, people make them out to be a lot better than they actaully are and Zidane is the perfect example.

    • @JayTechZM
      @JayTechZM ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@areebsiddiqui758 I was expecting the stats retort. To say he was massively overrated based on goal involvement stats would be minimising his impact alone. That's the issue I have with the current generation of football enthusiasts who boil down a players impact to just stats when stats are their to compliment the eye test. His impact was beyond goals and assists but his movement and football brain superceded his statistics. He's rightfully rated for what he did on the pitch. The France v Brazil 06 match speaks volumes of what he did. Sure he assisted a goal, but even if he didn't he put on a clinic that is regarded as one of the greatest individual performances in football history and he had many of those without scoring or assisting. France themselves were on the verge of missing that very world cup until he came out of retirement and pulled them to Germany. After he retired France were garbage till around euro 2012- WC 2014, so no. I'll comfortably disagree with you on him being overrated.

  • @Loneaxe
    @Loneaxe ปีที่แล้ว

    @HITC Sevens how long does it take to make these videoes? I am sure the amount of research you have done goes to great length.

  • @jesuisunstroopwafel
    @jesuisunstroopwafel ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I suggest a Best XI current and a Best XI all-time players whose countries never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

  • @etme1000
    @etme1000 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ferenc Puskas. What a legend.

  • @abcdefgh-ijk
    @abcdefgh-ijk ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Roberto baggio?

  • @niallfoody97
    @niallfoody97 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you do a list of the 7 greatest players to never play in the world cup.

  • @gajananmalgaonkar1282
    @gajananmalgaonkar1282 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Zico was head coach of fc goa in isl

  • @DScott-nk1lo
    @DScott-nk1lo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    CR7, Cruyff, Di Stefano, Eusabio, Platini, Yashin, Puskas

  • @connorupton4200
    @connorupton4200 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting thought based on the start of this video. If Messi was born in say Albania, would you get Albanian players who are like Julian Alvarez, who were inspired by Messi and wanted to be like him. Because there was a picture of kid Alvarez posing with a younger Messi. So I wonder if in this hypothetical situation, that would happen but in Albania and make that national team better.

    • @dinamomagreb
      @dinamomagreb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Messi wouldn't get anywhere near the amount of attention he has gotten if he was Albanian.

  • @olayinkaamara385
    @olayinkaamara385 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ranking every PFA Players' Player of the Year winner on playing ability.

  • @Blmnvr
    @Blmnvr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would you do a video on colin bell or bert trautmann

  • @TheBullet0012
    @TheBullet0012 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Technically Cristiano hasn't officially retired, so who knows. But it's probably very unlikely with him being at the 2026 WC

    • @daleviker5884
      @daleviker5884 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If he's at the 2026 world cup it will be as a spectator. (Come to think of it, a lot like his 2022 world cup.)

    • @han6061
      @han6061 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....

    • @HarshvardhanKanthode
      @HarshvardhanKanthode ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daleviker5884 It was quite a sad year for him, if he was just a few years younger he could have had a great WC with this Portugal Squad. It seems his confidence got broken after he got benched by Ten Hag

    • @antonioytm
      @antonioytm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro Ronaldo i by far greatest player who never won WC

    • @gerardomalazdrewicz7514
      @gerardomalazdrewicz7514 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@antonioytm "Ronaldo" is R9, and won 2 WC.
      Di Stéfano (as you admitted) and Cruijff (as you forgot) are are arguably GOAT contenders (unlike Cristiano), and neither won the WC.

  • @pp3917
    @pp3917 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad to see this list was finally updated for Messi to no longer be on the list

  • @jackhewitt600
    @jackhewitt600 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need a video ranking every team that should have won a trophy eg Tottenham under Pochettino , Belgium under Martinez

  • @1630revelloify
    @1630revelloify ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was hanging in there for the Neil Franklin reveal. Sad now.

  • @02087895726
    @02087895726 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best were all winners of the Ballon d'Or all playing for the same team. Extraordinary !

  • @gmain1977
    @gmain1977 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ruud Guilet could sweeper, winger , front man at a top level.
    To me Pele and Maradona are top 2 .
    Maldini best defender of all time I think.

  • @1955DodgersBrooklyn
    @1955DodgersBrooklyn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7 greatest players who never played in the World Cup would be interesting. George Best, for sure. In this generation it’s no longer Bale, maybe Jan Oblak?

  • @MrReese
    @MrReese ปีที่แล้ว

    Still hoping for that Austrian Wunderteam video at some point after the greatest pre-war player was mentioned in this one 😊.

  • @cleeuptowne6375
    @cleeuptowne6375 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good 🙏

  • @lil_zadeh6064
    @lil_zadeh6064 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It’s so weird that Messi will not be in these lists anymore

    • @vb2388
      @vb2388 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, cause Messi is a World Cup Winner
      Sorry, just wanted to write that…still feels weird 😅
      Like DiCaprio winning the oscar after a long time…needs time to getting used to

    • @lil_zadeh6064
      @lil_zadeh6064 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@vb2388 so true it will take some time to get used to it cause his ENTIRE career he has had the pressure of being in Maradonas shadow and people telling him he can’t be the goat until he wins the World Cup now that he’s done it it feels weird because it feels like 15 years of football has been leading up to this moment

    • @vb2388
      @vb2388 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Netaji-The British Slayer yes even I agree with that

    • @matija5555
      @matija5555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because he got 5 -6 penalties just to make people like you happy.

    • @vb2388
      @vb2388 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@matija5555 I thought Messi couldn’t score pens, “he succumbs to pressure”, then how did he score 2 pens in the QFs of the World Cup against Netherlands, another pen in the SFs of the World Cup against Croatia and 2 pens in the Final of the World Cup against France ….he didn’t miss a single pen in the KO Stages of the World Cup

  • @mrfoofoo69
    @mrfoofoo69 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Video idea : what the hell happened to South African football after the 2010 world cup. Can't even qualify for the African Cup of nations now, and the head of our FA who was found guilty of bribing fifa for the 2010 tournament is still in charge...

  • @jakobkristensen9445
    @jakobkristensen9445 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. As always you have a great knowledge, and you are by far my favorite football historian on TH-cam. But I have one problem...
    To answer the "Is it necessary to win the World Cup to be considered the greatest of al time" question... Some people are saying that a player should win the WC to be considered GOAT, while you are taking the complete opposite direction by saying that he could have been from Albania.
    The truth should be somewhere in the middle. The most fair solution would be to suggest that to be considered the GOAT you should at least equal you own countries best result. Let me give some examples.
    - Are you from teams like Germany, France, Argentina and Brazil which have won the World Cup before, THEN YES! You have to win the WC to be the single greatest player ever.
    - Are you from Netherlands or Portugal it will probably be enough to win silver or bronze "to pass the World Cup test". Had George Best had a greater longivity and passed through to the quarterfinals in a World Cup, it should have been enough to make him a GOAT-contender too.
    - But lets take a modern example. A lot of people are expecting a Haaland vs Mbappe era for the next decade. But Haaland are from Norway and will never have a realistic chance to win the World Cup. Thats right!! But that doesn't mean that he doesn't have to do anything at the WC at all.
    Mbappé has won the WC and equalled Frances best result. Norways best result was Round of 16 in 1998. So For Haaland to equal Mbappés WC win, Haaland at least has to get Norway to another round of 16. That said, they will both have to win a lot of Champions Leagues titles and a lot of ballon d'ors and dominated an football era too, to even be included in the GOAT-debate. If not, then this "have they done enough at the world cup to be possible GOAT-contenders" talk are not even relevant.
    - And what if a player is from Sierra Leone? Or Luxembourg? Then they will probably have to qualify for a continental championship or at least make it to the play-off qualifying round for a big tournament AND win a lot of ballon dors and Champions League titles.
    The World Cup achievements is a fine parametre to judge the greatest of all time, but it has to be done in relative terms, and to even be included to this debate a player must have been dominant force in football for many years and won a lot of titles individually and at club level.

  • @jaafarchaoui185
    @jaafarchaoui185 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do a video on Larbi Benbarek

  • @jasonjones5357
    @jasonjones5357 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I agree with all of those picks and the 7 honourable mentions. The only thing I disagree with is Maradona fighting for the bronze. He was more skilled than Pele and Messi; no one has ever had Maradona's skills. He could do with a golf ball which most premier league players today couldn't do with a football.

    • @jakobkristensen9445
      @jakobkristensen9445 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No. Messi and Pelé are so much ahead of Maradona in both longivity, club career and individual awards (Pelé has 7 retrospectively, while Maradona has only 2).

  • @dimitrijensk2845
    @dimitrijensk2845 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    With the greatest respect to Ronaldo, I think Cruyff is the greatest to never win it.

    • @solid_ice6639
      @solid_ice6639 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ronaldo is far better than cruyff and it’s close between him and messi

    • @gerardomalazdrewicz7514
      @gerardomalazdrewicz7514 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@solid_ice6639 R9 is not far better than Cruyff. Cristiano is not better than Cruyff.

    • @solid_ice6639
      @solid_ice6639 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gerardomalazdrewicz7514 you never watched cruyff played ronaldo is far better it’s not even a conversation

    • @alyjam
      @alyjam ปีที่แล้ว

      @@solid_ice6639 Ronaldo won the World Cup though.

    • @solid_ice6639
      @solid_ice6639 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alyjam I meant the better ronaldo cr7

  • @MsRooney456
    @MsRooney456 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way your talking about Ronaldo in this is crazy

  • @ishaandw
    @ishaandw ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If Messi was born in Albania, he could have represented Spain instead

    • @Zach-mw5so
      @Zach-mw5so ปีที่แล้ว

      Or Switzerland

    • @alyjam
      @alyjam ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zach-mw5so Ah yes, Switzerland, the country that treats their migrant workers with respect unlike crappy Qatar so they actually play for Switzerland without being bribed.

  • @raistormrs
    @raistormrs ปีที่แล้ว +14

    what about zlatan? just asking.

    • @bensweetland8488
      @bensweetland8488 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This channel only considers players who played before coloured TV and where each player has about 5 clips available to watch of them. And calling them buzz words like tenacious. I fully respect the amount of effort and work he puts into the videos but there is a very clear bias against players who played post 2000.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Van Basten, and Baggio, and Weah... the list would go on.

    • @amooolusina6978
      @amooolusina6978 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bensweetland8488 Zlatan is not close to all those players he mentioned..
      Zlatan does not even have the UCL..C'mon

    • @amooolusina6978
      @amooolusina6978 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@soundscape26 Van Basten was great, and Baggio was spectacular. However, they are not better than all those football greats mentioned in this video of his.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amooolusina6978 Yes, I meant those weren't included either... Zlatan was not that special of a miss.

  • @kieronparr3403
    @kieronparr3403 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are you going to do "what's happening in Australia "?

  • @skyzz7365
    @skyzz7365 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm ur 100th like

  • @RyuzakiTaiyou
    @RyuzakiTaiyou ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 433)
    I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
    If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

  • @benjamindillard2391
    @benjamindillard2391 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would have put Eusebio at 7 over Zico, but very minor. Great list.

  • @wolfman9028
    @wolfman9028 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1960 European Cup Final Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Real Madrid: 3-7.
    Puskás and Di Stefano were two of only three players to have scored a hat-trick in a European Cup final, with Puskás being the only one to ever score four goals.
    Enough said…..
    0:05 0:05
    The other was Pierino Prati for Milan in their 4-1 victory over Ajax in 1969.

  • @isaacfung622
    @isaacfung622 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are still great regardless

  • @rays8346
    @rays8346 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who cares about winning World Cup Cryuff achieved more then Pele everything Barcelona have today is thanks to him that blueprint will stay forever TRUE LEGEND

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think you need another list, this time of players who also never won the Euros or Equivalent... I do think Ronaldo winning that is very close to winning the World Cup for example.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some argue that winning the Euro is harder than winning the World Cup... I think Alfie himself did a video on that last year.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JonasRodgers Just because it has Brazil, Argentina and the odd African surprise? The Euro is more levelled. His video made a good case for it looking at both sides, but the World Cup worth 3 Euros, no way.

    • @alyjam
      @alyjam ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe. But the audience is absolutely massive for the world cup and that's when CR7 always struggled. For many people who are not really into football, "Ronaldo" is the Brazilian guy who won the world cup.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alyjam For younger people, sub-30 mostly, Ronaldo is CR7, not Ronaldo the phenomenon. He stopped playing at the highest level some 15 years ago already.

    • @daleviker5884
      @daleviker5884 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Some argue that winning the Euro is harder than winning the World Cup". And many argue that the earth is flat, too.

  • @mygamechannel5974
    @mygamechannel5974 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oops that's gotta be hurt!

  • @JoDyMa
    @JoDyMa ปีที่แล้ว

    DAY 64: Hey Alfie, could you do a video on the life, career, controversies and tragedy of Justin Fashanu. It'd be your best video yet and it's a criminally underheard story. ❤️

  • @shottskies
    @shottskies ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting vid but Heskey is a notable omission from this list.

  • @wanking3432
    @wanking3432 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    12:12 minutes: Ronaldo hasn't been regressing for the last 18 months. He's had a bad last 6 months, but his first season back at United was pretty good.

    • @Luis-ww8mp
      @Luis-ww8mp ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just shows how much he knows about Ronaldo. Not surprised he put him sencond

    • @HarshvardhanKanthode
      @HarshvardhanKanthode ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Luis-ww8mp yeah I found that weird, Di Stefano was great but he didn't play through THIS era, with teams as good as Bayern, Juve, in the CL and La Liga teams like Barca, Atletico and Sevilla as they are now.
      Plus almost every record Di Stefano had at RM Cristiano has broken it

    • @wanking3432
      @wanking3432 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Luis-ww8mp He doesn't know much about Ronaldo. He thinks Ronaldo doesn't do much outside of goal scoring. But then you see Ronaldo's records and he has the 4th or 5th most assists in Football history and when he left La Liga in 2018, he had the 3rd highest assists in La Liga history behind Xavi and Messi.

    • @gerardomalazdrewicz7514
      @gerardomalazdrewicz7514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HarshvardhanKanthode 5 UCLs? how did Cris break that?
      And don't say "he tied it", you said "at RM".

    • @yemi3266
      @yemi3266 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gerardomalazdrewicz7514 it's pretty obvious cr7 is clear of di stefano

  • @befok1
    @befok1 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is tough list to compile... But some mention of the likes of Eric Cantona, Hristo Stoichkov, and George Weah would suffice.

  • @zuffin1864
    @zuffin1864 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alfie taking after irish guy after seeing how well his departure went 🤣

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So what when they have never won the FIFA World Cup trophies,they have been the all time greatest respective players to have ever pioneered this sport with the number of respective accolades which they have won in their entire respective careers,good friends!!!:-D

  • @williamlee7672
    @williamlee7672 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would have put Baggio ahead of Zico.

  • @pascallovic
    @pascallovic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can’t believe that 3 times Ballon d’OR winner Marco van Basten didn’t make the cut or the honorable mentions.

    • @obitouchiha4739
      @obitouchiha4739 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And instead he puts a bunch of English players.

  • @bryngefferies7530
    @bryngefferies7530 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ronaldo has been a first Class professional for over 22 years that has won everything in the game accept the World Cup!
    Bring him back to Man Utd to be a player/assistant Manager to Ole or Outsider like Zidane cos we gladly have him back at our club!

  • @Mbappe878
    @Mbappe878 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Puskas is extremely underrated, for me the third best player in history after Messi and Pele

    • @SKa-tt9nm
      @SKa-tt9nm ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably the greatest pure goal scorer ever, only Gerd Muller is in the conversation.

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best European-born player, for sure.

    • @BloodyofHistory
      @BloodyofHistory ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SKa-tt9nm cr7 in

    • @ParthPatel-no7kc
      @ParthPatel-no7kc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SKa-tt9nm Puskas was a left forward for the most part of his career and not a 9, his playmaking abilities were very impressive. Miles better overall than gerd muller. Eusebio is also better than muller.

  • @YeTism
    @YeTism ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Maldini is the best player to never win the world cup, just based off the fact alone that i assumed he won a world cup in 2006.

    • @ImGodTheMaryBanger
      @ImGodTheMaryBanger ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol if it weren't for a dive against Australia Italy would have had to go to penalties. Admittedly Italy were likely to win that but the dirty tactics came out before 90 was up... Lololol Maldini 06 🤣🤣🤣🤣 had to cheat against a terrible side like Australia 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @agnikaineverdies7646
    @agnikaineverdies7646 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Video made solely to include Ronaldo in another video

    • @yemi3266
      @yemi3266 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true actually

  • @ctman770
    @ctman770 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who are the other four with dusted so on the bronze list for goat?

  • @theincandescentman685
    @theincandescentman685 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watch out for Christiano RonAldO