Full name: George Best
Date of birth: 22 May 1946
Date of death: 25 November 2005
Playing position: Winger / Attacking midfielder
National team: Northern Ireland
Club career: Manchester United (1963–1974), Jewish Guild (loan) (1974), Dunstable Town (loan) (1974), Stockport County (1975), Cork Celtic (1975–1976), Los Angeles Aztecs (1976), Fulham (1976–1977), Los Angeles Aztecs (1977–1978), Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1978–1979), Hibernian (1979–1980), San Jose Earthquakes (1980–1981), San Jose Earthquakes (indoor) (1980–1982), Sea Bee (1982), Hong Kong Rangers (1982), Bournemouth (1983), Brisbane Lions (1983), Osborne Park Galeb (1983), Nuneaton Borough (1983), Tobermore United (1984)
Total goals scored: 247 goals in 641 games
World Cups: -
Full name: Lev Ivanovich Yashin
Nicknames: Black Spider, Impregnable Spider
Date of birth: 22 October 1929
Date of death: 20 March 1990
Playing position: Goalkeeper
National team: Soviet Union
Club career: Dynamo Moscow (1950–1970)
Total goals scored: 1 goal in 404 games
Penalty saves: 151
World Cups: -
(He won the Ballon d'Or award and named the “European Player of the Year” in 1963. He still remains the only goalkeeper to have won that prize. )
Full name: Alfredo Stéfano di Stéfano Laulhé
Date of birth: 4 July 1926
Date of death: 7 July 2014
Date of death: 7 July 2014
Playing position: Forward
National team: Argentina / Colombia / Spain
Club career: River Plate (1945–1951), Huracán (loan) (1946), Millonarios (1951–1953), Real Madrid (1953–1964), Espanyol (1964–1966)
Total goals scored: 406 goals in 562 games
World Cups: 1962 (did not play due to injury)
Full name: Ferenc Puskás
Date of birth: 2 April 1927
Date of death: 17 November 2006
Playing position: Inside-left
National teams: Hungary / Spain
Club career: Budapest Honvéd (1943–1956), Real Madrid (1958–1966)
Total goals scored: 592 goals in 610 games
World Cups: -
Full name: Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth: 25 January 1942
Date of death: 5 January 2014
Playing position: Forward
National team: Portugal
Club career: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (1957–1960), Benfica (1960–1975), Boston Minutemen (1975), Monterrey (1975), Toronto Metros-Croatia (1975–1976), Beira-Mar (1976), Las Vegas Quicksilvers (1976–1977), União de Tomar (1977–1978), New Jersey Americans (1978–1979)
Total goals scored: 790 goals in 807 games
World Cups: -
Full name: Franz Anton Beckenbauer
Date of birth: 11 September 1945
Playing position: Sweeper
National teams: West Germany Youth / West Germany B / West Germany
Club career: Bayern Munich (1964–1977), New York Cosmos (1977–1980), Hamburger SV (1980–1982), New York Cosmos (1983)
Total goals scored: 95 goals in 690 games
World Cups: 1974, (1990 as Germany coach)
Full name: Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Date of birth: 23 June 1972
Playing position: Attacking midfielder
National teams: France U17 / France U18 / France U21 / France
Club career: Cannes (1989–1992), Bordeaux (1992–1996), Juventus (1996–2001), Real Madrid (2001–2006)
Total goals scored: 126 goals in 614 games
World Cups: 1998
Full name: Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
Date of birth: 25 April 1947
Playing position: Attacking midfielder / Forward
National team: Netherlands
Club career: Ajax (1964–1973), Barcelona (1973–1978), Los Angeles Aztecs (1979–1980), Washington Diplomats (1980–1981), Levante( 1981), Ajax (1981–1983), Feyenoord (1983–1984)
Total goals scored: 400 goals in 709 games
World Cups: -
Full name: Diego Armando Maradona Franco
Date of birth: 30 October 1960
Playing position: Attacking midfielder / Second striker
National teams: Argentina U20/Argentina
Club career: Argentinos Juniors (1976–1981), Boca Juniors (1981–1982), Barcelona (1982–1984), Napoli (1984–1991), Sevilla (1992–1993), Newell's Old Boys (1993–1994), Boca Juniors (1995–1997)
Total goals scored: 311 goals in 592 games
World Cups: 1986
Full name: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Date of birth: 23 October 1940
Playing position: Forward / Attacking midfielder
National team: Brazil
Club career: Santos (1956–1974), New York Cosmos (1975–1977)
Total goals scored: 1281 goals in 1363 games
World Cups: 1958, 1962, 1970
FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT PELE
Pelé is the greatest player of all time. He reigned supreme for 20 years. All the others – Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini – rank beneath him. There's no one to compare with Pelé. - Franz Beckenbauer
The greatest player in history was Di Stefano. I refuse to classify Pele as a player. He was above that. - Ferenc Puskas
Pelé was one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries. - Andy Warhol
My name is Ronald Reagan, I’m the President of the United States of America. But you don’t need to introduce yourself, because everyone knows who Pelé is. - Ronald Reagan
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