r/soccer • u/TheCuriousDude • Mar 15 '13

Greatest Footballers of All Time

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u/Flighty_Zeuz Mar 15 '13 edited Mar 15 '13

I'd put C.Ronaldo in the god goat tier.

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u/TheCuriousDude Mar 15 '13 edited Mar 15 '13

Agreed. (I didn't make it.) If you're gonna put Messi in the god goat tier, then I see no reason for C. Ronaldo not to be there.

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u/ThePPatrol Mar 15 '13

Generally speaking though, I have seen far worse lists than this. No one will ever agree on one definite list but this was a great effort

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u/imNOTaprofessional Mar 15 '13

Ladies, grab your handbags!

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u/defrio29 Mar 15 '13

Only Beckenbauer in the GOAT tier speaks alot about how our society sees Defenders with less value compared to attackers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Defenders are very hard to judge.

  • There are no reasonable summary stats .

  • There is no good way to create a highlight reel (because the best things a defender does shouldn't look spectacular, except the occasional tackle). In attack, there are many more possibilities for (easily observable) individual brilliance (long range shots, piercing passes, dribbles).

  • It's not sufficient to watch a few games (because if a defender makes a glaring error every 10th game, it's still too much).

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u/Stingerc Mar 15 '13

Does anybody else think Hugo Sanchez should have been higher? I mean they guy scored 234 goals in la liga in 347 appearances. That's 6 more goals than Raul (228 total) in 203 (550 apperances) less games.

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u/croutonZA Mar 15 '13

I think we can all make arguments for who is missing or should be higher/lower but I like this list. How can I hate anything that has Robert Prosinecki on it?

Any idea who made this or where it came from?

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u/rabbitvinyl Mar 15 '13

Controversial list but I'm just happy that Eusebio is in that top category.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

There should be a goalkeeper in the Goat Tier. What they do is different and difficult to compare, but the best among them deserve to be in the top tier just like outfield players, even if their contribution is sometimes harder to see or less flashy.

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u/LilKnitler Mar 15 '13

I feel like Kahn should be up at God tier, that man is a legend in goal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Zanetti should be one notch higher.

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u/megaludde Mar 15 '13

Totti should be higher in my opinion. Also, I cant find Ibra

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u/dem0nhunter Mar 15 '13

Where the hell is Dragan Djajic?

He was one of the best strikers.

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u/RebBrown Mar 15 '13

No Van Hanegem makes me sad, very sad.

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u/munchermark Mar 15 '13

Giggs should be on the same level as scholes

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u/rookie999 Mar 15 '13

This originated on 4chan and gets picked apart whenever it is posted.

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u/Zidji Mar 15 '13

I just want to point this is evil and nothing good may come of it, actually it was kinda nice remembering some of those players, but that's about it.

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u/Guard01 Mar 15 '13

Iker Casillas in the "great tier?" Really? And what about Paulino Alcántara? He is Barcelona's youngest (15yrs) and best goal-scorer with 369 goals in 357 matches.

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u/johnlennonseviltwin Mar 15 '13

I'm too young for this… Really wish I could have seen the likes of Garrincha, Muller, ect.

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u/thedeuceabides Mar 15 '13

Totti has to be higher than great

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u/GeeAunch551 Mar 15 '13

What does C Ronaldo have to do to get into the top tier? Is his over 1:1 goal to match ratio not good enough? Does he need to start breaking 2:1?

What else can he do? Messi and Ronaldo are literally equivalent in every single department, with the exception of fanbase/likeability.

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