Best Soccer Players in the World - In the Past!

Eusébio
Personal information
Full name	Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth	25 January 1942 (age 68)
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1957–1960 1960–1975 1975 1975 1975–1976 1976–1977 1976 1977 1977–1978 1977–1978	Sporting Lourenço Marques Benfica Rhode Island Oceaneers Boston Minutemen Monterrey Beira-Mar Toronto Metros-Croatia Las Vegas Quicksilvers New Jersey Americans União de Tomar	42 (77) 301 (317) 11 (19) 7 (2)[1][2] 10 (1) 12 (3) 21 (18)[1][2] 17 (2) 4 (5) 2 (1)[1][2]
National team
1961–1973	Portugal	64 (41)[3]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Best Soccer Players in the World - In the Past!

Johan Cruyff

Personal information
Full name	Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
Date of birth	25 April 1947 (age 62)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, Second striker
Youth career
1959–1964	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1964–1973	Ajax	240 (190)
1973–1978	Barcelona	143 (48)
1979–1980	Los Angeles Aztecs	27 (16)
1980–1981	Washington Diplomats	32 (12)
1981	Levante	10 (2)
1981–1983	Ajax	36 (14)
1983–1984	Feyenoord	33 (11)
Total		521 (293)
National team
1966–1977	Netherlands	48 (33)
Teams managed
1985–1988	Ajax
1988–1996	Barcelona
2009–	Catalonia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Best Soccer Players in the World - In the Past!

Franz Beckenbauer

Personal information
Full name	Franz Anton Beckenbauer
Date of birth	11 September 1945 (age 64)
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
Playing position	Sweeper
Youth career
1959–1964	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1964–1977	Bayern Munich	427 (60)
1977–1980	New York Cosmos	105 (19)
1980–1982	Hamburg	28 (0)
1983	New York Cosmos	27 (2)
National team
1965	West Germany B	2 (0)
1965–1977	West Germany	103 (14)
Teams managed
1984–1990	West Germany
1990–1991	Marseille
1994	Bayern Munich
1996	Bayern Munich
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Best Soccer Players in the World - In the Past!

Lev Yashin

Personal information
Full name	Lev Petrovich Yashin
Date of birth	22 October 1929
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	20 March 1990 (aged 60)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1949–1971	Dynamo Moscow	326	(0[1])
National team
1954–1970	Soviet Union	78	(0)
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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Gheorghe Hagi

Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Hagi
Date of birth	5 February 1965 (age 45)
Place of birth	Săcele, Constanţa, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1978–1980	Farul Constanţa
1980–1981	Luceafărul Bucureşti
1981–1982	Farul Constanţa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1982–1983	Farul Constanţa	18 (7)
1983–1987	Sportul Studenţesc	107 (58)
1987–1990	Steaua Bucureşti	97 (76)
1990–1992	Real Madrid	64 (15)
1992–1994	Brescia	61 (14)
1994–1996	Barcelona	35 (11)
1996–2001	Galatasaray	132 (59)
Total		513 (232)
National team
1983–2000	Romania	125 (35)
Teams managed
2001	Romania
2003	Bursaspor
2004–2005	Galatasaray
2006	Politehnica Timişoara
2007	Steaua Bucureşti
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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Zinedine Zidane

Personal information
Full name	Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Date of birth	23 June 1972 (age 37)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983	US Saint-Henri
1983–1987	SO Septèmes-les-Vallons
1987–1988	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1992	Cannes	61	(6)
1992–1996	Bordeaux	139	(28)
1996–2001	Juventus	151	(24)
2001–2006	Real Madrid	155	(37)
Total		506	(95)
National team
1994–2006	France	108	(31)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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Rivaldo

Personal information
Full name	Vítor Borba Ferreira
Date of birth	19 April 1972 (age 37)
Place of birth	Paulista, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bunyodkor
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1992	Santa Cruz	0	(0)
1992–1993	Mogi Mirim	30	(10)
1993–1994	Corinthians	41	(17)
1994–1996	Palmeiras	44	(21)
1996–1997	Deportivo La Coruña	41	(21)
1997–2002	Barcelona	157	(86)
2002–2003	Milan	22	(5)
2004	Cruzeiro	2	(1)
2004–2007	Olympiacos	70	(36)
2007–2008	AEK Athens	52	(24)
2008–	Bunyodkor	53	(33)
National team‡
1992-1993	Brazil U20	9	(1)
1993–2003	Brazil	74	(34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2008 (UTC)