Best Dribblers.

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  1. khan096

    khan096 New Member

    Jan 8, 2010
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    Alianza FC
    Maradona left feet
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  2. khan096

    khan096 New Member

    Jan 8, 2010
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    Ronaldo goal
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  3. khan096

    khan096 New Member

    Jan 8, 2010
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  4. khan096

    khan096 New Member

    Jan 8, 2010
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  5. khan096

    khan096 New Member

    Jan 8, 2010
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  6. khan096

    khan096 New Member

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    khan096 New Member

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  8. couper99

    couper99 New Member

    Feb 1, 2010

    -"Garrincha feint" (not touching the ball and making defenders fall anyway)
    - Pelé 'off-the-legs' dribble or "rebound dribble"(hitting the ball on purpose to the legs of a defender to make a wall pass to himself)
    http://www.360soccer.com/pele/pelepl05.html
    -Rivelino elastico


    for me:
    1940s: Stanley Matthews
    1950s: Zizinho
    1960s: Garrincha, George Best, Pelé
    1970s: Cruyff, Rivelino
    1980s: Maradona
    1990s: Ronaldo
    2000s: Messi, Ronaldinho
     
  9. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    adding names ... ;)
     
  10. couper99

    couper99 New Member

    Feb 1, 2010

    i agree. especially Zico, i forgot him..
     
  11. Doc_Exec

    Doc_Exec Member

    Jul 7, 2004
    No love for Romario? The greatest penalty box dribbler ever?
    The best since the 80s:
    Early 80s: Zico
    Late 80s: Maradona
    Early 90s: Romario
    Late 90s: Ronaldo
    Early 00s: Ronaldinho
    Late 00s: Messi
     
  12. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    It's interesting as I was always debating to myself whether I should rate Romario as better dribbler than Baggio ?

    Later on, I made up my mind to put Baggio in front, for his style was more "versatile" than Romario(who was most often did a quick turn and great in 's monotonous move (yet so effective) in one on one ... but besides, he was not so great in long run, nor against multiple players surrounded!
     
  13. Doc_Exec

    Doc_Exec Member

    Jul 7, 2004
    Romario had better (closer) ball control (even better than Ronaldo's) and could dribble in a much smaller space. No one could dribble better than Romario inside the penalty box. Not only that, Romario has also scored multiple goals on long runs after dribbling a handful of defenders (at WC 1994, PSV etc.). The reason why Baggio seems to be a more versatile dribbler is because he was playing more in the midfield and had more space to operate in (also move sideways etc.). Romario was usually perched up in the penalty box and was too lazy to come down. But, when he did (e.g., against USA in WC 1994), he could take on a whole defensive unit all on his own. And, no matter where he received the ball on or near the box, he was almost unstoppable, no matter how many defenders were in front of him.
     
  14. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    You're right, Romario is excellent in the box with his superb close ball control. However, that's ball control, part of basis to help dribbling skills, but not exactly dril;ing skills per se .. *for example Zidane is among the geatest players in ball control, but he is NOT in my TOP10 best dribblers surely)

    That's why I called Romario dribble skill is "monotomous" (but admittedly very effecient). The lieks Ronaldo and Baggio could start dribbling from midway and entering the box and also inside the box.

    Ronaldo in his best form 96-98, always got at least 2,3 defenders surrounded (not like Romario with mostly 1 marker) - look close to his clip in Barca, Inter and WC98, copa97, 99 - so I disagreed with you on Romario better than Ronaldo in smaller space! Ronaldo is among the rare players (with Pele, Garrincha, Best and Maradona) who does not require space nor being able to mark out of game in 90minutes - IMPOSSIBLE. Cruiijff , Mathews, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Figo Henry, Kaka, Messi C.Ronaldo Boniek Bergkamp bastem ... are all very good dribblers too, but they still required more space to be efficient in dribbling
    - well anyway it's very clear Roanldo is a better dribbler than Romario and Baggio, no contest - Ronaldo got tons of tricks under his legs to dribble passed opponents plus his thunder speed (

    Romario and Baggio, it is a close call, as these two relied mostly on their ball control to dribble but I give Baggio a nod for he could do on left, right and outside the box
     
  15. Doc_Exec

    Doc_Exec Member

    Jul 7, 2004
    This Pele dribble is so amazing that it's unbelievable how frequently he used to pull it off. If you hit a ball off a flat surface, it's future location is predictable. However, it's difficult to control the future location of the ball by hitting the medial surface of an opponent's leg (which is not flat) with the ball while running at speed. The King often used to go past 3/4 players at a time doing this move.
     
  16. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    Yes, most often Pele was UNDERATED in his dribbling skills ...
     
  17. old_carioca_in_nyc

    Jan 26, 2007
    Did someone post this? A compilation of best dribblers in Maracana Stadium...

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDAeuwrqww&feature=related"]YouTube- Dribles que marcaram história no Maracanã - lances lindos[/ame]
     
  18. The Winger

    The Winger New Member

    Mar 30, 2010
    Kildare
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Let's be honest Cristiano Ronaldo is the best dribbler in the game today, he may may be even the the best ever. Don't get me wrong Messi is still the best player in the World but not best dribbler.
     
  19. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    NO Messi is the best dribbler in the world today

    and BOTH, Messi + C.Ronaldo are NOT among the best dribblers ever (surely NOT in TOP5 bests)
     
  20. braine

    braine Member

    Feb 5, 2006
    Belgium
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Let us say they're style of dribbling is different ,but both are very good dribblers...

    In the top5 all-time I would sure put this 5 players ;

    George Best-Maradona-Matthews-Garrincha-Ronaldo
     
  21. The Winger

    The Winger New Member

    Mar 30, 2010
    Kildare
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Different era altogether game was slower, some of the players were even smoking and drinking just before their games back then!
     
  22. Triton

    Triton Member

    Apr 27, 2009
    He is not, but I would say he is close. By far the best dribbler today.
     
  23. Triton

    Triton Member

    Apr 27, 2009
    Prosinečki was known to smoke a hell lot of cigarettes in the 90s, yet that didn't stop him to dominate and playing very well.
     
  24. The Winger

    The Winger New Member

    Mar 30, 2010
    Kildare
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Zidane also smoked, my point is the majority of players nowadays don't smoke or drink alcohol before games where as in the 60's 70' and 80's players were known to have being boozing and smoking,before games hence the game was slower back then than now.
     
  25. DanFla

    DanFla Member

    Apr 18, 2010
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    For me

    50's: Leonidas
    60's: Garrincha
    70's: Cruijff
    80's: Maradona
    90's: Djalminha
    00's-06: Denilson, Ronaldinho
     

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