#.1.Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi completed his trophy collection by winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup at France’s expense on Sunday, 18 December. He scored seven goals and claimed three assists over the course of the tournament, claiming his second FIFA Golden Ball (Best Player of the Tournament) for his exploits. He is the only player in history to win the FIFA Golden Ball twice.

Messi, who is Argentina’s all-time top scorer with 98 goals in 172 appearances, has enjoyed an unmatched career in club football. He has scored a whopping 695 goals and claimed 332 assists across Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, winning 11 league titles and four Champions League trophies amongst other honors. His brilliance has already taken him to seven Ballons d’Or, and he is not even close to being done yet.

#.2.Pele

The only player in history to win three FIFA World Cups, Pele is widely hailed as the best player in the history of football. The legendary Brazilian goal scorer, who won the FIFA World Cup in 1958, 1962, and 1970, scored a whopping 1,281 goals in 1,363 senior games for clubs and country.

Pele primarily played as an inside forward and was blessed with enviable pace, a lethal right foot, and the ability to dribble past even the most gifted defenders. Pele spent most of his career at the Brazilian club Santos. Pele, who remains Brazil’s joint top-scorer (alongside Neymar) with 77 goals in 92 games, spent nearly two decades there, winning 10 Paulista Championships, two Copa Libertadores, and two Intercontinental Cups.

#.3.Diego Maradona

The undisputed hero of Argentina’s FIFA World Cup campaign in 1986, Diego Maradona was a magician with the football at his feet. En route to FIFA World Cup glory in 1986, Maradona scored the the “Hand of God” and the “Goal of the Century,” both coming in a 2-1 win over England in the quarter-finals. While the first was cheekily scored with the help of his hand, the second saw him dribble past the entire English backline, including goalkeeper Peter Shilton, before slotting it home.

Maradona is also Napoli’s greatest-ever player, with him scoring 115 goals for them in 257 appearances to almost single-handedly drag them to two Serie A titles. Needless to say, the Serie A defenders were not too happy with his dribbles, quick change of direction, and deft touches, but even the best of the best couldn’t stop him in his tracks. In full flight, the former Barcelona man was a terrorizing presence.

#.4. Ronaldo Nazario 

As lethal as a bullet when in motion, Ronaldo Nazario was a force to be reckoned with in his playing days. He did not work as hard as many of his peers, but he comfortably outshone them when he stepped onto the pitch. Ronaldo could dribble with unimaginable pace, knew how to score from odd angles, and had a knack for popping up in the right place at the right time.

Ronaldo, who won the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups with Brazil, scored 15 World Cup goals in 19 appearances. He is currently the second-leading goal scorer in World Cup history.

Ronaldo played for several super clubs in his career, including Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, scoring a total of 295 goals in 452 appearances. Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo won two La Liga titles and a UEFA Cup, amongst other honors

#.5. Zinedine Zidane

The centerpiece of the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 European Championship, Zinedine Zidane is widely hailed as the greatest French footballer of all time. The Real Madrid legend was beyond explanation. He moved past defenders like they were not there, created chances at will, and scored some truly unbelievable goals.

In the 1998 World Cup final against Brazil, Zidane scored two excellent headers to take Les Bleus to a 3-0 victory. For Real Madrid, he scored an unbelievable volley in the 2001-02 Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen, sealing a 2-1 victory.

The 1998 Ballon d’Or winner nearly fired France to their second World Cup title in 2006 but a foul on Italy’s Marco Materazzi saw him sent off in the final. France eventually lost to the Azzurri in the shootout.

#.6.Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho made his career debut for Grêmio, in 1998. At age 20, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in France before signing for Barcelona in 2003. In his second season with Barcelona, he won his first FIFA World Player of the Year award as Barcelona won the 2004–05 La Liga title. The season that followed is considered one of the best in his career as he was integral in Barcelona winning the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, their first in fourteen years, and another La Liga title, giving Ronaldinho his first career double, receiving the 2005 Ballon d'Or and his second FIFA World Player of the Year in the process. After scoring two spectacular solo goals in the first 2005–06 El Clásico, Ronaldinho became the second Barcelona player, after Diego Maradona in 1983, to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabéu.

#.7. Cristiano Ronaldo

With 819 competitive goals scored across four clubs and his country, Cristiano Ronaldo is the official all-time top scorer in men’s football. The Portugal superstar is widely hailed as one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the game, and deservedly so. In his prime, he could dribble past the sharpest defenders, could score from unimaginable angles, and made it a point to lead by example.

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner has won every desirable accolade in the world except for the FIFA World Cup. He has bagged five Champions League trophies, seven league titles across three leagues, and the 2016 European Championship with Portugal. The superstar is currently firmly on the wrong side of 30 (37), but he still has the passion of a 20-year-old. It will be interesting to see if he can use his perseverance to fashion another grand return to the biggest tournaments in football.

#.8. Thomas Muller

A product of Bayern's youth system, Müller has represented the club ever since. He made his first-team breakthrough in the 2009–10 season after Louis van Gaal was appointed as the main coach; he played almost every game as the club won the league and cup double and reached the Champions League final. Müller scored 23 goals in the 2012–13 season as Bayern won a historic treble; the league title, cup and Champions League. He broke the Bundesliga record for assists by providing 21 in a season (a record in the top five leagues jointly held with Lionel Messi in La Liga) and scored 14 goals as Bayern won a second treble in the 2019–20 season.

Müller earned a call-up to the German national team in 2010. At the 2010 World Cup, he scored five goals in six appearances as Germany finished in third place. He was named the Best Young Player of the tournament and won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer, with five goals and three assists. At the 2014 World Cup he played a major role in helping the team win the trophy, scoring five goals and receiving the Silver Ball as the tournament's second-top player and the Silver Boot as the second-top goalscorer, and was also named in the World Cup All-Star XI and in the Dream Team. In 2014, Müller was ranked the fifth-best footballer in the world by The Guardian.[9] Müller is the most decorated German footballer in history, with 32 trophies.[10]

#.9. Neymar jr

With 77 goals in 124 matches for Brazil since debuting at age 18, Neymar is the joint-top goalscorer for his national team alongside Pelé. At his youth stage for Brazil, he was a key player in the victory at the 2011 South American Youth Championship, where he finished as leading goalscorer, and also attained a silver medal in men's football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The following year, he won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Ball. His participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América was cut short by injury and a suspension, respectively, before captaining Brazil to their first Olympic gold medal in men's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Having renounced the captaincy, he featured at the 2018 World Cup, and after missing the 2019 Copa América through injury, helped Brazil to a runner-up finish at the 2021 tournament.

Neymar finished third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 and 2017, has been awarded the FIFA Puskás Award, has been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 twice, the UEFA Team of the Year twice, and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season three times. Off the pitch, he ranks among the world's most prominent sportsmen. SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN cited him as the world's fourth-most famous athlete in 2016. In 2017, Time included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[9] In 2018, France Football ranked Neymar the world's third highest-paid footballer. The following year, Forbes ranked him the world's third highest-paid athlete,[10] dropping a spot to fourth in 2020.[11]

#.10. Kaka

Kaká made his debut for the Brazil national team in 2002, and was selected for their victorious FIFA World Cup squad that year. An established member of the team for the 2006 World Cup, he was part of a much vaunted quartet that included Ronaldo, Adriano and Ronaldinho that ultimately underperformed at the tournament before he made his final appearance in a World Cup in 2010. He was also a member of Brazil's 2005 and 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup-winning squads, winning the Golden Ball Award in 2009 as the tournament's best player.

In addition to his individual awards, between 2006 and 2009 he was named in both the FIFA World XI and the UEFA Team of the Year three times. In 2010, he was named in the AC Milan Hall of Fame.[11] One of the world's most famous athletes during his playing career, Kaká was the first sportsperson to amass 10 million followers on Twitter.[12][13] Off the field, Kaká is known for his humanitarian work, where he became the youngest ambassador of the UN World Food Programme in 2004.[14] For his contributions on and off the pitch, Kaká was listed by Time as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2008 and 2009.[15]

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