We had many topics about best 11 of all time. But what about Your’s favourite Players ? Please, put two 11: First - favourite Players of Your’s lifetime which peak You have witnessed Second - favourite Players regardless if they Played in Your’s lifetime or not my choices: Buffon Cafu Puyol Nesta Maldini Vieira Xavi Bergkamp Messi R9 Henry Buffon Puyol Nesta Baresi Maldini Rijkaard Xavi Messi Maradona Cruyff R9 @carlito86 , @leadleader , @PuckVanHeel , @Vegan, @PDG1978 , @Onze, @Tropeiro , @Sexy Beast , @Trachta10 and many more
I already picked this for all-time favourites, and only Bobby Moore was from before I was born. 1 Steve Sutton, 2 Cafu, 3 Rafael Gordillo, 4 Jean Tigana, 5 Johnny Metgod, 6 Bobby Moore, 7 Dejan Savicevic, 8 Lars Bohinen, 9 Andriy Shevchenko, 10 Michael Laudrup, 11 Kingsley Black (adventurous/open 4-2-3-1 I suppose, changeable to Man City-esque 4-3-3 with Laudrup as LACM I guess, or Black even (and Laudrup as left attacker), and Bohinen RACM - Sutton; Cafu, Metgod, Moore, Gordillo; Tigana, Bohinen; Savicevic, Laudrup, Black; Shevchenko That does include four Nottingham Forest players though, and Tigana and especially Gordillo's inclusions are based on retrospective viewing more than from the time probably (but I'm old enough to remember them, and did know who they were in the mid 80s, especially Tigana). Taking out Moore, plus the Forest players (even though they were all from my lifetime), and moving Laudrup to the left, could mean this is what I'd submit for a lifetime XI without any club bias/influence: 1 - Petr Cech, 2 - Cafu, 3 - Rafael Gordillo, 4 - Laurent Blanc, 5 - Fernando Redondo, 6 - Frank Verlaat, 7 - Georgi Kinkladze, 8 - Jean Tigana, 9 - Andriy Shevchenko, 10 - Dejan Savicevic, 11 - Michael Laudrup 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-1-2-1 - Cech; Cafu, Blanc, Verlaat, Gordillo; Tigana, Redondo; Kinkladze; Savicevic, Laudrup; Shevchenko Your teams would be entertaining to watch for me too, if they'd have been able to take the field, and in theory I'm pretty sure they'd win matches against mine lol, but even my second line-up has a few more niche choices/personal favourites, although also a good number of true world class players still (that I found/find particularly entertaining and/or have a definite liking for).
my choices: Neuer Dani Alves - Sergio Ramos - Van Dijk - Marcelo Pirlo - Xavi Messi - Zidane - CR7 R9 Neuer Carlos Alberto - Beckenbauer - Baresi - Roberto Carlos Matthaus - Pirlo Messi - Pelé - CR7 Gerd Muller
Chilavert Eboue - Van Dijk - R.Carlos Veron Ronaldinho - Zidane - Messi R9- Kluivert - Henry Higuita Moore - Bekeenbauer - R.Carlos Streltzov Maradona-Zidane - Ronaldinho R9-Pele-Messi
L. Ronaldo - Shevchenko Iniesta - De Bruyne Scholes - Schweinsteiger Cancelo - Vidić - Ferdinand - Lahm van der Sar Honorable mentions: Kahn, Alves, Modrić, Xavi, Beckham, Figo, Keane, Henry, Bergkamp, Baggio An all-time one is even harder! I won't use any of the modern ones then. Still, if you'll ask me tomorrow, it's highly likely that half of that team would be different. Best - Seeler - Cantona - Gullit Rijkaard - P. R. Falcão Brehme - Beckenbauer - Baresi - Cafu Schmeichel Honorable mentions: Yashin, Zanetti, Júnior, Figueroa, Chivadze, Koeman, Voronin, Robson, Lerby, Breitner, van Hanegem, Charlton, Ronaldinho, Platini, Zico, Cruyff, M. Laudrup, Finney, Éder, Boniek, Blokhin, Rummenigge, Puskás, Law, van Basten
At this very moment ofc -------------Lama/ Barthez----------- Amoros---Blanc--Desailly---Maldini Iniesta--Ab. Pelé--N'Doram--Djorkaeff ---Papin/ Sheva----Gullit/ Baggio (the first DM that comes to mind is Paul Le Guen. If having a dm is mandatory I'll swap him with Pelé who'll stay in the rotation with the three others) -------------Preud'homme------------ Amoros---Blanc--Desailly---Maldini Iniesta--Tigana--Platini---Ben Barek -------Papin/Sheva---Pelé-------- Although it's the same era, I put Preud'homme in there since I haven't seen him as much. but well many others, in both cases