Your countries greatest player

[condor11]

who is your countries best player ever and why?

[DanRod78]

Venezuela:
Luis Mendoza "Mendocita": Pretty much the only good player Venezuela had for decades (60s-70s). Good friend of my dad :)
I have a picture of him standing with Pele before a game in Brazil, but I don't know where I put it.

Juan Arango "Arangol":

http://web.umr.edu/~rodaal/Arango.jpg

- One of the biggest reasons why Venezuela doesn't suck anymore.
- At age 24 has scored 10 goals in 45 games with the national team (not bad for a venezuelan)
- Just moved from Puebla, Mexico to Mallorca, Spain. Has only played 3 pre-season games with Mallorca.
After the 2nd game these were the headlines in the spanish sports news:
"The mistakes (of Mallorca) overshadow Arango's brilliant game"
"Arango's great game wasn't enough to avoid losing"
Diario de Mallorca: "... parece que tenemos un crack."

I'm going to say it before ILC say it:
YES, HIS PARENTS ARE COLOMBIAN. But he is 100% Venezuelan.

[SirManchester]

I'm Romanian by birth ....they say Hagi is the greatest player but many Romanian's know better.

I also consider myself Austrian and German since I lived there for long period of time in my life....

For Germany I'd say its either Beckenbauer or Muller...as for Austria, who knows.

[Fleck]

Ill tell you in 10 years. (USA)

[condor11]

I'm Romanian by birth ....they say Hagi is the greatest player but many Romanian's know better.


who is romanias greatest player?

[LordR]

Beckenbauer:

http://www.springhill7.freeserve.co.uk/beckenbauer.jpg


Matthäus was my idol in the late 90s.

http://wolfgang.supereva.it/calcio.jpg

Fritz Walter should be mentioned, too. He lead Germany to the '54 triumph, that had a much higher importance than all other titles.

http://www.raisport.rai.it/pub/static/4200/19540704FritzWalter_340.jpg

[tomo]

I'm Belgian and when you read soccer overviews it is always said that Paul Van Himst and Wilfried Van Moer were the greatest, but they played in the sixties and seventies so I can't really judge.

I've always been a big fan of Jan Ceulemans, a player who could have made a fantastic career but decided to stay in Brugge, and Eric Gerets (you probably all know him) who played for AC Milan and PSV.

Other big names are Enzo Scifo, Luc Nilis, Rik Coppens, Jef Jurion,...

[dor02]

I'm Belgian and when you read soccer overviews it is always said that Paul Van Himst and Wilfried Van Moer were the greatest, but they played in the sixties and seventies so I can't really judge.

I've always been a big fan of Jan Ceulemans, a player who could have made a fantastic career but decided to stay in Brugge, and Eric Gerets (you probably all know him) who played for AC Milan and PSV.

Other big names are Enzo Scifo, Luc Nilis, Rik Coppens, Jef Jurion,...

Enzo Scifo all the way! He was great at Mexico 86. Van Himst didn't do much at Mexico 70.

[dor02]

I'm Romanian by birth ....they say Hagi is the greatest player but many Romanian's know better.

I also consider myself Austrian and German since I lived there for long period of time in my life....

For Germany I'd say its either Beckenbauer or Muller...as for Austria, who knows.

Austria's greatest player would be between Sindelar, Happel, Krankl or Polster.

[Burkies Ginger Mop]

There are always three names that come up for Scotland’s best ever player. Kenny Dalglish, Dennis Law and Jim Baxter. My dad tells me it is Jim Baxter. Alex Ferguson says it is Jim Baxter. So I’ll go with him.

http://www.dobbsy.com/Caricatures/baxter.jpg

[dor02]

I live in Australia and Craig Johnston has been the most successful player. Played for Liverpool in the 80s. Johnny Warren was important in the 74 team but he would be as spectacular as Johnston. My dad is from Italy and I like Rossi the best especially after his goalscoring in 82. Unfortunately he retired early. If Baggio scored that penalty and Italy won the 94 World Cup, I would rate Baggio no. 1. Meazza and Piola played in the 30s and there isn't really an footage to see the talent. My mum's from the Phillipines and they hardly do anything soccerwise.

[DanRod78]

Ill tell you in 10 years. (USA)
JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

Do you have an idea of how many times people have said "In X years that guy is going to be the greatest player in the World" and in X years they check on him and his playing 2nd division in Colombia.

[SirManchester]

Austria's greatest player would be between Sindelar, Happel, Krankl or Polster.

I've only seen Polster play out of those so I can't really decide.

FK Austria Wien legend Herbert Prohaska was voted Austrian Footballer of the Century last night as the Austrian Football Association celebrated its 100th anniversary in Vienna.

[CW1980]

My country's greatest ever player also happened to be the greatest player ever to step on to a football pitch.

The man needs no introduction...

http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/glossary/jpgs/best.jpg

[Saudi64]

Saudi Arabia's best player ever is Majed Abdullah

http://www.majed9.net/

1. With the Saudi Arabian national team:

1984: Qualifying for Los Angeles Olympics

1984: 8th Asian Nations Cup

1988: 9th Asian Nations Cup

1994: Qualifying for the world cup (U.S.A.)



2. With Al-Nassr Club:

1980: Saudi Premier League

1981: Saudi Premier League

1981: King's Cup

1986: King's Cup

1987: King's Cup

1989: Saudi Premier League

1990: King's Cup

1995: Saudi Premier League

1996: Gulf clubs Championship

1997: Gulf clubs Championship

1998: Asian Cup winners' Cup


3. Personal Achievements:

Saudi Premier League Top Scorer 6 Times
(a national record):


1979 (13) Goals
1980 (17)
1981 (21)
1983 (14)
1986 (15)
1989 (18)


Asian Footballer of the year 3 times 1984,1985,1986 (selected by a panel of journalists)


Saudi Arabia's Player of the century selected by AFP news agency


Ranked 3rd In the voting for Asia's best player of the century, Awarded Feb 1999


Asian Player of the month twice june 1995, january 1997 (selected by Asian Football Confederation)

Arab countries top scorer "Golden Boot", Twice: 1981,1989


Asian Olympic qualifiers top scorer 1984,
(13 Goals.. 7 in first round, 6 in final round )


Gulf cup top scorer (with national team) 1982, (3 Goals)


Gulf clubs' Championship top scorer, twice:1991 (5 Goals), 1996 (5 Goals)
:D

[blanquiroja redded]

The man..The Legend....EL NENE..
http://www.peoples.ru/sport/football/cubillas/cubillas_1.jpg

http://www.contrapie.com/vercronicas.asp?id_cronica=358

Cubillas, nombrado mejor fútbolista sudamericano en 1972, empezó entonces sus andanzas universales. El frio y el incomprensible idioma del Basilea suizo, lo devolvieron tras 6 meses al FC Porto, donde fue adulado unos años. Es cuando, sin permiso, vuelve a Perú, a quien ofrece la Copa America 1975, y a su Alianza de Lima natal, dos campeonatos seguidos, donde, con Sotil, dibujarón un fútbol sútil y feliz, paredes inéditas, para ellos mismos, los compañeros, su club y los aficionados... Solo Belleza en Lima. Santiago Bernabeu, ante tal milagro del fútbol no dudó en reconocer en 1976 que "se había equivocado en no fichar a estos dos maravillosos, geniales y extraordinarios jugadores que eran Cubillas y Sotil".

[Bosanac]

Bosnia-Hercegovina greatest player...

SAFET SUSIC! One of PSG's best ever players...probably the best! And one of the best Former Yugoslavia NT players!

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/Assocweeks/TheGoldenPlayer/142137_351X180.jpg


Sušic a safe bet for goals

To help mark UEFA's Jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the past 50 years. Bosnia-Herzegovina chose Safet Sušic as their Golden Player.


Safet Sušic scored goals in France and Yugoslavia

By Fuad Krvavac

Safet Sušic wore the colours of FK Krivaja, FK Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain FC and Yugoslavia during a long and successful career. Whatever the shirt, though, the centre-forward was always likely to score goals.

Impressive statistics
Born in Zavidovici on 13 April 1955, Sušic started out with Krivaja before joining Sarajevo at the age of 20. He netted a century of goals in 350 games for his second club, precipitating a move to Paris Saint-Germain FC in 1982. Over the next nine years, Sušic continued to impress: as well as winning the French title in 1985/86, he scored 96 times in 343 appearances.

Hat-trick hero
Sušic also shone at international level, with 21 goals in 54 matches. He played at the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cups and at the 1984 UEFA European Championship. However, he is best remembered by many fans for the three hat-tricks he struck for Yugoslavia in victories against Romania (6-4), Italy (4-1) and Argentina (4-1) in the late 1970s. Since retiring, he has coached at AS Cannes, Istanbulspor AS and in Saudi Arabia. Here he reflects on his career with uefa.com.

uefa.com: How did you feel to be named Bosnia-Herzegovina's best player of the past 50 years?

Safet Sušic: The fact that football officials from different parts of the country were able to agree on one player is more pleasing to me than the fact I was chosen. This election has shown that people of various nationalities can live together in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I was not so surprised by the decision, although we have had many great players over the last 50 years. I would not have been surprised if they had picked Asim Ferhatovic, whom I watched as a boy, Ivica Osim, Muhamed Mujic or Blaz Sliškovic.

uefa.com: You always said that you would not have been the player you were without the help of great coaches.

Sušic: I might not have been as good. Fuad Muzurovic at Sarajevo, Ivica Osim with the national team, and Tomislav Ivic at PSG - they were all excellent coaches. My aim now is to reach their level as a coach.

uefa.com: Of the many goals you scored, which was your favourite?

Sušic: I'd have to say the three hat-tricks I scored over an 18-month period. The first - my first treble - was against Romania in Bucharest in a 1978 World Cup qualifier. But my favourites were against Italy and then world champions Argentina. I scored three times against the Italians in Zagreb in June 1979. Two months later, I got another hat-trick against the Argentinians in Belgrade.

uefa.com: Did you ever captain the Yugoslavian national team?

Sušic: I was vice-captain to Zlatko Vujovic, my team-mate at PSG. But in our last game for the national team, against Denmark in Copenhagen in the EURO '92 qualifiers, I took over the armband from Zlatko in the 70th minute. We beat the Danes 2-0.

uefa.com: Is there anything you didn’t achieve in your career but wish you had?

Sušic: Playing for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I was so proud when we played our first official match against Albania in 1995. I was 40 years old and had been retired for three years at the time.

[Cassano]

Roberto Baggio is the greatest ever!

[Ninrod]

From my contry I think this is guy:

http://tv.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI41285-EI1176,00.html



Click on: ASSISTA AGORA

[antonramer]

In Italy:

1st ROBERTO BAGGIO (80s-90s-2k)
2nd GIUSEPPE MEAZZA (30s)
3rd GIANNI RIVERA (60s-70s)
4th PAOLO MALDINI (80s-90s-2k)
5th GIGI RIVA (60s-70s)
6th SILVIO PIOLA (30s-40s-50s)
7th DINO ZOFF (60s-70s-80s)
8th FRANCO BARESI (70s-80s-90s)
9th GIACINTO FACCHETTI (60s-70s)
10th PAOLO ROSSI (70s-80s)