Most elegant footballers

[Moishe]

I knew that he was one of Argentina's greats but I'm asking about elegance and not so much about his overall ability.

Being a Boca fan, you must really hate hearing your dad talking constantly about a River legend.

My viejo is the one of only three gallinas in the entire family. He and his friends and cousins saw this as they're way of being rebels. The past aside from SuperClasicos is about all he's had to yap about the past few years so whenever he brings up the old men I let him:D My dad would refer to his pitch movement as watching a tango. Doesn't get too much more elegant than that.

[dor02]

That's good enough for me.

[Volrath]

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[Bonus_Game]

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[Luislb10]

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[flash1316]

I think of current players -- Pirlo, Riquelme, Pires, Rui Costa, Figo, Maldini, Sagnol, Rivaldo, Xavi, Mikel

[Rivo10]

Well certainly in the last ten year's only two player's imo were the embodiment of Elegance.That's Zinedine Zidane and Rui Costa.Aesthetically they were simply a joy to watch.

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Well certainly in the last ten year's only two player's imo were the embodiment of Elegance.That's Zinedine Zidane and Rui Costa.Aesthetically they were simply a joy to watch.
Probably both and Riquelme are the last real number 10 "the maestro".

[kingkong1]

Puskas, Di Stéfano, Didi, Pelé, Beckenbauer, Bobby Charlton, Zidane (chronological order).

The maximum in class allied to supreme elegance.

And to think that Real Madrid had the three 1st at a time...and blew it!

Take a look a this rare and precious video:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxJmoc3qgQc

As a Brazilian, I’d elect Didi, ‘with his aplomb of an Ethiopian Prince’, in the words of famous playwright Nélson Rodrigues.

I’ll never forget his calm and erect figure confidently carrying the ball in his hands to midfield after Sweden's 1st goal in the 1958 WC: Brazil won the title there, and Didi was declared the Outstanding Player of the tournament...

No wonder the new born King of Football chose HIS shoulder in order to express his rookie emotion.

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[kingkong1]

See (in a clip dedicated to Garrincha) the spectacular and absolutely elegant goal scored by Didi in the 1958 semifinal against France (for me one of the 10 most beautiful goals of the game in all times):

br.youtube.com/watch?v=1D_E6yqyL5c (http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=1D_E6yqyL5c)

Go directly to minute 5:05 of the video for that superb goal...

To minute 4:44 for Didi's highly precise curve pass to Vavá score his bomb in the 1st goal...

Or minute 5:44 for his masterful & artistic serve to anthological Pelé 3rd goal (which could be in that list, too)...

Lethal elegance!...

[Perú FC]

Only one more to be mentioned: César Cueto (Peru):

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[tdv123]

Juan Roman Riquelme. He dose everything with a touch of class.

[Volrath]

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This is the kind of stuff that screams elegance.

[NorthernBoy]

Hoddle, Francescoli. Both just made the game look effortless.

[herewego]

People who are to young to have seen him playing live are excused.

All the others know, that there was never a more complete and elegant player than the "Kaiser"

Watch this clips from the Euro final 1972. Not a Beckenbauer compilation, but many complete game situations of one of the best games of football ever played, with a Beckenbauer scene every now and then. Take your time and enjoy.

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(Thanks Gregoriak for your videos)

[mojourney]

Garrincha!!!!

[Big Soccer Member]

Goalkeeper: They can't be elegant
Defender: Beckenbauer
Midfielder: Cruyff (played just off the forward, I know!)
Striker: Van Basten

Due to their way of training youth players the Dutch produce the most elegant players consitantly. Even today, Van Nistelrooy, Sneijder, and Van der Vaart are carrying on the mantle of those before them.

[xTottixCorex]

Zidane, Riquelme, Hoddle, Francescoli, Kaka

[BongartzUndRivera]

Goalkeeper: They can't be elegant.
Really?
When I was a kid Goalies suchs Lev Yashin, Gordon Banks, Dino Zoff, Sepp Meier were among the first footies who had given me the most presence, charisma and elegants.

[kingkong1]

Depth, lethal quickness, verticality.

One of the most elegant and technically perfect goals
of all times.

Pelé, Garrincha, Di Stéfano, Cruyjff, Maradona, Platini, Zidane never
dreamed of scoring an all-aerial goal like that (only Zico did something similar,
but not quite as beautiful).

Had to be Falcão (hawk in Portuguese).

Internacional red] x Atlético Mineiro [b&w], Brazilian Championship 1976,
semifinal, 00:91'.

Atlético Mineiro had Cerezzo, Reinaldo, Joãozinho, Éder in those times.

Inter won 2 x 1 & went to the final to clinch the title.

6 touches, 4 players involved (Jair, Dario, Escurinho, Falcão), the Hawk creating
and concluding.

Watch that!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-alFKDXxg&feature=related

World-class Brz aplomb.