Your team of the decade?

[AsmodaiPlay]

Mine would be:

Buffon

J.Zanetti, Cannavaro, Maldini, R.Carlos

Figo, Xavi, Zidane, Ronaldinho

Henry, Ronaldo

I wish Zidane and Figo still played, awesome. Zidane in particular was amazing to watch.

 

[Pogba4Now]

Both Lampard and Gerrard were driving THE driving force behind their club teams during the 2000s...in particular from 2003 onwards. The same can't be said about Zinedine Zinedine.

How about for England?

 

[Arnau]

Cannavaro is probably the most overrated defender of the decade. Sinamá singol owne him.

 

[Arnau]

therefore to say that he is an overrated (or even the most overrated) defender of the decade is just being ignorant ...

Fact.

 

[Jaboldinho]

He played well at the World Cup, and his won. He didn't deserve it, but that's how the trophies go most of the time, that doesn't make him an overrated defender for the decade, he really was good.

 

[kp41]

Ronaldo became World's best player in 2002 with playing 7 matches in a world cup (and I believe Rivaldo and Ronaldinho played better in some matches). He didn't play much for Inter because he was injured. Same goes for Zidane in 1998.

I'm not going to say that they didn't deserve it but the fifa world player goes to Best Player of World cup and especially its final, regardless of what happened during club season.

In 2006 Ronaldinho helped Barca to win LaLiga and UCL but he finished third to Cana and Zidane because of those World Cup.

I think World Cup has it's own award for best player so Fifa World Player of the year award should be about the impact in whole season.

 

[newbie original]

...you cant judge a player by the cups or the leagues he's won.. ...

Without any individual team titles, Pele would be one of the all-time greats.

Question: What pushed him over the top and made him the greatest?
Answer: The 3 World Cups.

How about for England?

"Team of the Decade"
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I see no mention of the words "club" or "international". Therefore it would be a combination of the 2.

 

[Jaboldinho]

Without any individual team titles, Pele would be one of the all-time greats.

Question: What pushed him over the top and made him the greatest?
Answer: The 3 World Cups.



"Team of the Decade"
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I see no mention of the words "club" or "international". Therefore it would be a combination of the 2.

I think his point was, that 'till the moment Zidane retired, he was always the driving force for the French national team, winning matches by himself if needed, and leading them to World Cup 98 and Euro 2000 victories. Lampard and Gerrard haven't done that.

Not all can be judged by purely statistics - the goals you've scored and the titles you've won - sometimes you just have to think for yourself.

 

[Zlatan]

GK: Maarten Stekelenburg
DR: Hatem Trabelsi
DL: Maxwell
DC: John Heitinga
DC: Cristian Chivu
MR: Nigel de Jong
ML: Rafael van der Vaart
MC: Wesley Sneijder
FC: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
FC: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
FC: Ryan Babel

 

[Xifio]

GK: Maarten Stekelenburg
DR: Hatem Trabelsi
DL: Maxwell
DC: John Heitinga
DC: Cristian Chivu
MR: Nigel de Jong
ML: Rafael van der Vaart
MC: Wesley Sneijder
FC: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
FC: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
FC: Ryan Babel

I'd start Mido (2001/2002 end of season version) ahead of Babel ... or even Andy Van der Meyde (from circa 2002-2003) ... other than that, the team looks good ...

 

[silvone]

Yeap, a lot of talented players started from Ajax during the years.....What is absolutely amazing is that most of them are dutch.In your starting eleven team, 8 are from Holland.Fabulous

 

[Pogba4Now]

"Team of the Decade"
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I see no mention of the words "club" or "international". Therefore it would be a combination of the 2.

Thats the point. Gerrard and Lampard failed to bring their national team forward but were successful for their respective clubs. Whereas Zidane did BOTH (brought both his clubs and national team forwards). This is what brings him above these other 2.

 

[Arnau]

Yeap, a lot of talented players started from Ajax during the years.....What is absolutely amazing is that most of them are dutch.In your starting eleven team, 8 are from Holland.Fabulous

For some reason cruyff import to barça the same youth system method.

 

[khan096]

Sorry for my bad english:
I think ronaldo deserved to be Top 3 players of all time with pele and maradona,not only decade.Ladies and gentlemen.what do you think?

 

[khan096]

I think ronaldo was best player since pele,and ronaldo in his prime in the 90's was phenomenon,pele wasn't.
And first,we're talking about players's career,not only decade.Maradona in the 90's maybe not in Top 30,but his career must in top 3.
HERE,There are some date about ronaldo and zidane'career.
The 90's was their peak,and zidane maybe still good in 00 and 01.So we are comparison between zidane and ronaldo the phenomenon in the 90's and 00's.
The 90's:Ronaldo was best player of the 90's.

If not because injuries,ronaldo maybe had won fifa player of year in 1995,94-95 Season, 35 goals in 36 games,made him won Eredivisie Top Scorer,and he won 94 american world cup.Here was a date in 1996,ronaldo named youngest fifa player.According to FIFA
http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=71877.html
Clubs:1990-91 Social Ramos Clube (Rio): 12 matches/8 goals
1991-93 São Cristovao (Rio): 54 matches/36 goals
1993-94 Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte): 60 matches/58 goals
1994-96 PSV Eindhoven: 56 matches/55 goals.
1996 FC Barcelona: 15 matches/13 goals.
Internationals:15 matches/9 goals
Int. debut:24.3.1994 against Argentina (2:1)Honours:1991 South American U-16 champion
1994 Member of Brazil's World Cup winning squad.
1995 Second in South American Championship.
1996 Cup-winner with Eindhoven in Holland.
1996 Bronze medal with Brazil's Olympic team in the USA.Updatedecember 23, 1996

 

[khan096]

Ronaldo named FIFA best player of 1998 world cup.
World Cup '98 Best Player (Ronaldo, Davor Suker, Lilian Thuram) RONALDO was NO1
FIFA said"Will Ronaldo be chosen as FIFA World Footballer of the Year (1998) for the third time in succession?" All world people all believe ronaldo could third time named fifa player .But zidane won,why?like cannavaro in 2006,so cannavaro in 06 = zidane in 98
According to FIFA
http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=71347.html


FIFA player of year of the 90's:Ronaldo named FIFA World Player of the Year :1996 1st ,1997 1st,1998 2nd.
Zidane named FIFA World Player of the Year :1997 2nd 1998 st

Ronaldo named World Soccer magazine World Player of the Year in the 1990s:1996,1997

ZidaneWorld Soccer magazine World Player of the Year in the 1990s:1998

Ronaldo named the Ballon d'Or in the 1990s:1996 2nd,1997 1st,1998 3rd
Zidane named the Ballon d'Or in the 1990s:1998 1st

FIFA best player of the 1998 FIFA World Cup:
1. Ronaldo, BRA

2. Davor Suker, CRO

3. Lilian Thuram, FRA

4. Marcel Desailly, FRA

5. Rivaldo, BRA

6. Zinedine Zidane, FRA

7. Michael Owen, ENG

8. Edgar Davids, HOL

9. Dunga, BRA

10. Dennis Bergkamp, HOL
According to FIFA

http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=71765.html

 

[khan096]

The 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century World Soccer (magazine)Published December 1999)[4]
Top 20

1 Pelé
2 Diego Maradona
3 Johan Cruijff
4 Franz Beckenbauer
5 Michel Platini
6 Alfredo di Stéfano
7 Ferenc Puskás
8 George Best
9 Marco van Basten
10 Eusébio
11 Lev Yashin
12 Bobby Charlton
13 Ronaldo
14 Bobby Moore
15 Gerd Müller
16 Roberto Baggio
17 Stanley Matthews
18 Zico
19 Franco Baresi
20 Garrincha

According to ENGLAND World Soccer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soccer_(magazine)#The_100_Greatest_Players_of_the_20th_Century

All-Time Top-100 IN 1997
According to Italian magazine Venerd

BRAZIL player in Top-100:
ADEMIR Marques de Menezes
AMARILDO Tavares Santana
CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES
DIDI (Valdir Pereira)
DJALMA SANTOS
DUNGA (Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri)
Paulo Roberto FALCAO
Arthur FRIEDENREICH
GARRINCHA (Manoel Francisco dos Santos)
JAIRZINHO (Jair Ventura Filho)
JULINHO (Julio Botelho)
MAZOLA
N蚅TON SANTOS
PELE
Roberto RIVELLINO
ROMAIO de Souza Farias
RONALDO Nazaio de Lima
S覥RATES B.S.S. Vieira de Oliveira
M醨io Jorge Lobo ZAGALLO
ZICO (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)
ZITO (Jos?Ely de Miranda)

FRANCE PLAYER IN TOP-100
Just FONTAINE
Raymond KOPA
Michel PLATINI
http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/100magn.html



Greatest Players of the 20th Century vote by football fans in 2000:
Top 10: 1 Diego Maradona Argentina 53.60%
2 Pelé Brazil 18.53%
3 Eusébio Portugal 6.21%
4 Roberto Baggio Italy 5.42%
5 Romário Brazil 1.69%
6 Marco van Basten Netherlands 1.57%
7 Ronaldo Brazil 1.55%
8 Franz Beckenbauer Germany 1.50%
9 Zinedine Zidane France 1.34%
10 Rivaldo Brazil 1.19%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Player_of_the_Century

 

[khan096]

The 90's,people like talk about Who's bigger between Jordan and Ronaldo?At that moment,Jordan=Basketball.Phenomenon ronaldo=Football.

Who's bigger -- Jordan or Ronaldo?


The original question, verbatim, from an ESPN survey formerly at
The month of June will likely be dominated by two athletes -- Michael Jordanand Ronaldo. Both are the focal points of team favored to win championships.Both are at the top of sports that are among the most popular around the world.But who's bigger? Who has more fans? Screaming teenage girls? Moreendorsements? In the U.S., you don't hear much about Ronaldo because soccerdoesn't have the same level of popularity as basketball. But is it adifferent story elsewhere? Make your case for who's bigger on a worldwide scale, especially if youlive overseas or have spent time in a country where people are familiar withRonaldo and Jordan. Fill out the form below and be as specific as possiblewhen comparing the two athletes, using whatever numbers or anecdotes you canthink of. According to USA ESPN:
http://mathforum.org/~richard/soccer/ronaldo.html

 

[khan096]

Cruzeiro
Campeonato Mineiro: 1994
Copa do Brasil: 1993
[edit] PSV Eindhoven
KNVB Cup: 1996
[edit] Barcelona
Copa del Rey: 1997
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997
Supercopa de España: 1996
[edit] Internazionale
UEFA Cup: 1998
[edit] Real Madrid
La Liga: 2003, 2007
Intercontinental Cup: 2002
UEFA Super Cup: 2002
Supercopa de España: 2003
Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu: 2003, 2005, 2006
[edit] Corinthians
Campeonato Paulista: 2009
Copa do Brasil: 2009
[edit] National team
FIFA World Cup: 1994, 2002; runner-up 1998
Copa America: 1997, 1999; runner-up 1995
FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997
1996 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal
[edit] Individual
Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1993-94
Campeonato Mineiro Top Scorer: 1993-94
Campeonato Mineiro Team of The Year: 1994
Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1994-95
La Liga Top Scorer: 1996-97,2003-2004
European Golden Boot: 1996-97
Don Balón Award La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1996-97
Copa América Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
Copa América Most Valuable Player: 1997
Confederations Cup All-Star Team: 1997
Cup Winners Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1997
Cup Winners Cup Top Goal Scorer: 1996-1997
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 1997
UEFA Most Valuable Player: 1997-98
Serie A Player of the Year: 1997-98
Serie A Foreign Player of the Year: 1997-98
UEFA Best Forward: 1997-98
Bravo Award : 1995, 1997, 1998
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1998
UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 1998
Copa América Top Scorer: 1999
Copa América All-Star Team: 1997, 1999
FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002
Ballon D'or: 1997, 2002
World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year: 1996,1997.2002
Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002
FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 2002
FIFA 100
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2002
FIFA World Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2002
FIFA World Cup Top Scorer: 2002
Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player: 2002
UEFA Team of The Year: 2002
Laureus Comeback of the Year: 2002
Strogaldo De Legendary Award 2002
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002
La Liga South American Player of the Year: 1996-97, 2002-03
Golden Foot: 2006
Brazilian National Hall of Fame inducated: Class of 2006
Serie A Player of the Decade: 1997-2007
France Football Magazine : Starting in 11 of all time: 2007
FIFA World Cup All-Time Scoring Leader
Campeonato Paulista Best Player: 2009
Goal.com Player of The Decade
Ronaldo in his peak was best player ever,the only one phenomenon,you can see his many videos on Youtube,no one close to him:
-360 spin by Zidane
-cruyff move
-complex spin by Riquelme
-double cut move by Ronaldo
-double scissors move by Ronaldo
-fake kick move by Schneider
-double lunge by Ronaldo
-matthews move
-nutmeg by Boukharii
-reverse scissors by Zidane
-ronaldinho move
-ronaldinho move (advanced version)
-sombrero move by Okocha
-stepover move by Pele
-stepover turn by Ronaldo
http://expertfootball.com/training/dribbling.php
1999 America Cup Ronaldo greatest magic VS Roberto Fabian Ayala

 

[khan096]

Greatest skills

Over 1000 videos about ronaldo in the 90's and 00's,see here:
http://tieba.baidu.com/%C2%DE%C4%C9%B6%FB%B6%E0/shipin/vlist/%C2%DE%C4%E1%B9%FD%C8%CB?sort=1