The 10 strongest players of all time (first part)

10° Ferenk Puskás-hungary

Ferenc Puskás(Budapest, 2 April 1927 - Budapest, 17 November 2006),
was a soccer player and coach of Hungarian
national Spanish football, with a striking role. Milito in Honvéd and later in Real Madrid; defended the colors of both Hungary, his country of origin, for which he took the field on the occasion of the 1954 world championship and, subsequently, of Spain, a country of naturalization, which he represented on the occasion of the 1962 world championship.

He is considered the best Hungarian football player of all time and one of the most gifted of all time. It is also the third top scorer of all time, having achieved over 1000 goals between national and club career. Second tip very fast, with a remarkable head break despite the average height and an exceptional control ball at his foot, as well as just an incredible shot, was defined by his teammate and friend Alfredo Di Stéfano the best player of all times. In his trophies, in addition to several titles of champion of Hungary and Spain, include an Olympic gold with Hungary in 1952 and three European Cups in 1959, 1960 and 1966, as well as an Intercontinental Cup in 1960, with Real Madrid .

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Marcel van Basten, known as Marco (Utrecht, 31 October 1964), is a football coach and former Dutch player, with a striking role. He holds the position of Chief Officer for Technical Development for FIFA. Considered among the strongest players in the history of football, he scored 303 goals in his career (277 with club teams, 24 with the Dutch national team and 2 with the National Under-20), ended prematurely at only 28 years because of some injuries, although officially the announcement was made in 1995 at the age of 30.

Emblem of Ajax and Milan, in the Rossoneri jersey he composed an exceptional trio together with compatriots Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard. European champion with the Netherlands in 1988, van Basten is among the players who won the most Golden Balls awarded by France Football: three (1988, 1989 and 1992). He was elected FIFA World Player in 1992 and occupies the 9th position in the special ranking of the best footballers of the twentieth century published by World Soccer and the 12th position in the ranking of the same name compiled by the IFFHS. He was the first of ten players to score a quatern in a single Champions League game.

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Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, known as Leo (Rosario, 24 June 1987),
is an Argentine footballer, midfielder or striker of Barcelona and the Argentine national team with whom he was vice-world champion in 2014 and South America in the years 2007, 2015 and 2016; also with the national Olympic team he won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and with the national Under-20 he was world champion in 2005.

Considered one of the best footballers of all time, he is also one of the most prolific markers in football history. He is often confronted with Diego Armando Maradona, his compatriot. Over the course of his career, he has won 8 Spanish Championships, 5 Spanish Cups, 7 Spanish Super Cups, 4 Champions League, 3 UEFA Super Cup and 3 Club World Cup. Thanks to the thirty titles won, is the most decorated footballer in the history of Barcelona, ​​along with Andrés Iniesta.

Winner of the Golden Ball in 2009, the award given by the French magazine France Football to the world's best football player in a FIFA club, and of the FIFA World Player of the Year, has won the FIFA Golden Ball four times: in 2010 , 2011, 2012 and 2015. In 2011 and 2015, UEFA awarded him the Best Player in Europe award. In 2013, however, is included in the best football training of all time made by the magazine World Soccer. From 2007 to 2016 he was included in the FIFA / FIFPro World XI and UEFA has selected him on eight occasions in the team of the year.

At the individual level he won several titles, among others: top scorer and Pallone d'oro at the Under-20 World Cup 2005, best scorer of the Spanish League (2010, 2012, 2013 and 2017), of the King's Cup (2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017), Champions League (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015) and the Club World Cup (2011). With 58 goals scored, he is the best scorer in the history of the Argentine national team, with whom he won the 2005 Under-20 World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Zinédine Yazid Zidane (Marseille, 23 June 1972) is a football coach and former French player, Real Madrid coach. Nicknamed Zizou, he is considered one of the best players in football history. Raised in Cannes, he established himself in Bordeaux winning an Intertoto Cup. In 1996 it was bought by Juventus. Here in five seasons he won two Italian championships, an Italian Super Cup and UEFA, a UEFA Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup and an Intertoto Cup. In the summer of 2001 he moved to Real Madrid for the then record amount of 150 billion lire, contributing to the victory of a Spanish league and two Spanish Supercups as well as a UEFA Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup and an Intercontinental Cup. At the end of the 2005-2006 season he announced his retirement from football.

With the French national team he has participated in three editions of the world championship and three in the European championship, winning the 1998 World Championship and the 2000 European Championship. In national team he has collected a total of 108 appearances, achieving 31 goals. At the individual level he won an edition of the Golden Ball (1998) and three of the FIFA World Player of the Year (1998, 2000, 2003), a shared record with Ronaldo. In 2004 he was included in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living players compiled by Pelé and FIFA on the occasion of the celebrations of the centenary of the federation. The BBC has called it the best European player in football history, while FIFA has named him the best European player of the last fifty years. In addition, it was included by the magazine World Soccer in the list of the eleven best players in football history. He was included in the ideal team of the decade since Sun in 2009.

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Alfredo Stefano Di Stefano Laulhé (Buenos Aires, 4 July 1926 - Madrid, 7 July 2014) was a soccer coach and Argentinian national football player, a striker. Nicknamed Saeta Rubia (Freccia Bionda), he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, if not the best ever. In 2004 Pelé put him on the list of FIFA 100, a list of 125 professionals considered to be the best living football players. The AFS (Association of Football Statistics), ranking the "100 greatest footballers of all time", included him in 22nd place, while the magazine World Soccer has placed him in the thirteenth place among the strongest players of the twentieth century. Together with Isidro Lángara and Romário, he is the only player to have graduated top scorer in three different countries.

He lost the record of best scorer in the history of Clásico by Lionel Messi. With 18 achievements remains the madridista to have scored more goals to rivals blaugrana. Since 2008, the Spanish daily Marca has assigned the Alfredo Di Stéfano Trophy to the best player in the Spanish top division.

Franz Anton Beckenbauer (Munich, 11 September 1945) is a sports executive, football coach and former German footballer, a defender. Considered one of the greatest players in history and one of the best defenders of all time, he grew up in Bayern Munich, to which he tied most of his career (from 1964 to 1977) winning four national cups, four championships, a Cup Winners' Cup , three Champions Cups and an Intercontinental Cup.

In 1977 he moved to N.Y. Cosmos, with whom in four seasons conquers three North American championships. From 1980 to 1982 he played in Hamburg, where he won another championship before finishing his career with the N.Y. Cosmos. With West Germany he took part in three World Cups (1966, 1970, 1974) and two European Championships (1972, 1976), winning the 1972 European and the 1974 World Championships. At the individual level he won two Golden Balls, in 1972 and in 1976, becoming the first defender to be awarded twice the prize.