The most exciting Players you ever saw

Who are the Top 11 Players of all time who made you fall in love with Football?

It's not a best player list, just the 11 most exciting players you've ever seen on TV or live. Unless you actually watched the likes of Pele, Eusebio or Beckenbauer on a regular basis, you CANT include them!!!

1. Diego Maradonna
2. Kalle Rumennigge
3. Marco van Basten
4. Ruud Gullit
5. Michel Platini
6. Paolo Rossi
7. Socrates
8. Zico
9. Eder
10. Lothar Mattheaus
11. Uli Stieleke

Lothar Matteaus
Rudi Voeller
Zinedine Zidane
Luis Figo
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Baggio
Marco van Basten
Ruud Gullitt
Clarence Seedorf
Rivaldo
Paul Gascoigne

ads, I heard of the players you mention even Uli Stieleke but who is Eder?!!!

swedishmilanista said:

ads, I heard of the players you mention even Uli Stieleke but who is Eder?!!!

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Eder Aleixo was IMO the greatest left winger who ever played. He played for Gremio Porto Alegre and Atletico Mineiro among others and played for Brazil more than 50 times. Unfortunately he never played for a team in Europe. He was lightening fast and had a canon for a left foot and I once saw him score a goal from his own 40 yard line.

If you get a chance, watch the 1982 world cup games (Brazil-Russia, Brazil-Scotland, Brazil-Argentina) or watch Brazil-England (1981 friendly at Wembley) to see how good he was. Or watch old footage from Brazil-Young Boys Berne (A Swiss team) in 1983 where he scored on a free kick from 45 yards Much better than Roberto Carlos against France.

Ryan Giggs said that Eder was his soccer idol and he tries to model his game after Eder. For me Eder was more exciting to watch than Roberto Carlos, Giggs, ze Roberto and Cafu all put together!

wow......I can only pick 11 of them......hmmmmmmm

1. Diego Maradona
2. Marco Van Basten
3. Roberto Baggio
4. Michel Platini
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Zico
7. Ruud Gullit
8. Franco Baresi
9. Hugo Sanchez
10. Karl-Heinz Rumennigge
11. Gabriel Batigol

Once again.......a list like this, I am sure Maradona, Platini, Van Basten, and Baggio would always be on here, but as for everyone else, I could probably change them daily and still be satisfied with who is on this list......In other words, we have been blessed by a generation of quality world class footballers. Also......I guarentee you, me next list will include Ryan Giggs.....best player to come out of the UK in the last 15 years in my opinion, and I suppose the reprebate Gazza isn't too far behind

1. Roberto Carlos
2. Zinedine Zidane
3. Luis Figo
4. Roberto Baggio
5. Ronald Koeman
6. Marco van Basten
7. Hristo Stoichkov
8. Clarence Seedorf
9. Rud Gullitt
10. Jorge Luis Chilavert
11. Rivaldo

Who is Stielieke? What team did he play for? I'm only 20 and I have no idea who is he!

1. Marco van Basten
2. Ruud Gullit
3. Diego Maradona
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. Frank Rijkaard
6. Ronald Koeman
7. Raul Gonzalez
8. Luis Figo
9. Rivaldo
10. Dennis Bergkamp
11. Fernando Redondo

no real order

diego maradona
zinedine zidane
george weah
eusebio
johan cruyff
leonardo
carlos valderrama
gabriel batistuta
gheorge hagi
romario
jose luis chilavert

Only 11...
Let's see:
1 MARCO VAN BASTEN
2 Maradona
3 Cruyff
4 Romario
5 Giggs
6 Ilie Dumitrescu
7 Bergkamp
8 Gascoine
9 Zenga
10 Chilavert
11 Dukadam

SeedorfRulez said:

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Who is Stielieke? What team did he play for? I'm only 20 and I have no idea who is he!

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He played for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Real Madrid for a long time and represented Germany about 40 times.

In no partcular ranking

1Maradona
2Baggio
3Maldini
4Romario
5Brolin
6Hagi
7Ronaldo
8van Basten
9Weah
10Baresi
11Batigol