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Of bids, bidders, builders and games 01:49am on 18 Jun 2009 Mexico is in Latin America and staged the Olympic Games in 1968
Di Stefano the greatest 5:07pm on 09 Feb 2009 This is the sort of discussion that goes nowhere, but it ignites the passion that only football is capable of. However, there have been a couple of strong facts supporting some personal choices.

If you look only at trophies, Pele is by far the most successful player ever (3 WC, 2 Club's WC, >1,000 goals), with Di Stefano following closely at club's level. Looking at skills, Maradona is the man, perhaps with Garrincha, Messi, Cruyff, Zidane and Ronaldinho coming next. At leadership level, I'd say Bobby Charlton, Beckenbauer and Puskas. For goalscoring, Fontaine, Romario, Muller, Best and the fat Ronaldo.

At the end of the day, you'll end up thinking of a list of greatest, not THE greatest. It's also not fair to forget names such as Zizinho, Didi, Platini, Baggio, Van Basten, Yashin, Nilton Santos, Maldini, Francescoli or Eusebio, each one responsible for his piece of magic!

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