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50 men's football figures

Not a best-of list, just 50 significant players, managers and others from the game's past and present. Mostly from the television age.
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Last updated: April 27, 2023
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Brazilian dribbler of the 1950s
Garrincha
Stunning volley that won Euro 88
Marco Van Basten
AC Milan great who became president of his country
George Weah
Coach who invented Total Football
Rinus Michels
French midfield artist who corruptly ran UEFA
Michel Platini
Brazil's 'White Pele' of the 1970s and 80s
Zico
Portugal's great striker of the 1960s
Eusebio
Generational Man Utd talent destroyed by booze
George Best
He bent it for a film title
David Beckham
Took a small English team to two European cups
Brian Clough
Career ended with a headbutt on the world's greatest stage
Zinedine Zidane
Der Kaiser
Franz Beckenbauer
Mightiest of the Magyars
Ferenc Puskas
The man who invented the World Cup
Jules Rimet
Juventus hardman of the 1970s
Claudio Gentile
Toothy Brazilian imprisoned for using a fake passport
Ronaldinho
Chelsea's Ivorian great
Didier Drogba
East Asia's greatest ever player
Son Heung-Min
He managed teams to win English, Spanish and Italian leagues
Jose Mourinho
World Cup golden boot winner turned TV presenter
Gary Lineker
Legal ruling in his favour changed football finances forever
Jean-Marc Bosman
Led Real Madrid to five early European Cup wins
Afredo di Stefano
Hirsute Brazilian great who gave up football to become a doctor
Socrates
Kung Fu badboy
Eric Cantona
The only man to win three World Cups
Pele
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His team of 'babes' were lost in a Munich air disaster
Matt Busby
Italian striker who seized glory in 1982
Paolo Rossi
Soviet keeper nicknamed 'the black spider'
Lev Yashin
Ponytail and penalty miss defined 1994 World Cup
Roberto Baggio
Scored more goals in one World Cup than anybody else
Just Fontaine
Decked in an Arab robe for his crowning achievement
Lionel Messi
Ultimate football bureaucrat brought down by corruption
Sepp Blatter
Germany's egomaniac late 80s star
Lothar Matthaus
English talent who cried after a 1990 yellow card
Paul Gascoigne
Early English manager who pioneered use of money to win titles
Herbert Chapman
Hand of God
Diego Maradona
Orchestrated the great AC Milan team of the late 1980s
Arrigo Sacchi
Won the ticker tape World Cup
Mario Kempes
Mad-eyed bald referee
Pierluigi Collina
Assaulted with a pig's head
Luis Figo
Accused of shoplifting in Colombia
Bobby Moore
Corner flag dance to announce Africa's arrival in world football
Roger Milla
Egomaniacal Swede
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Der Bomber
Gerd Muller
The greatest manager of the current age
Pep Guardiola
Wizard of the dribble
Stanley Matthews
Chain smoking exemplar of total football
Johan Cruyff
The greatest Arab player
Mohammed Salah
'Siuuuu'
Cristiano Ronaldo
America's greatest - if fictional - football export
Ted Lasso
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