Who is the best player in the history of world football? It's certainly a matter of opinion. FIFA gave pele and Maradona the best player of the 20th century, but Cruyff, who was equally good, believed that Di Stefano was the best, and he was Cruyff's idol for a long time.
Truly great players can make a team strong on their own, and even change the history of football, such a classic example is Maradona to Napoli, but this is not as good as Stéfano to Real Madrid, known as the "Golden Arrow" and respected by the world as the "White Emperor", what did Stefano bring to Real Madrid? This is by no means what five Champions Leagues and a few league trophies can show, and listen to me slowly.
Alfredo di Stéfano was born on June 4, 1920 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of a former striker for The Famous Argentine team River Plate, who had to end his career prematurely due to injury. Stefano's mother, who was of French and Irish descent, worked hard with her husband to support Stefano and his two younger brothers.
Buenos Aires is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful lands in the world, facing the open La Plata River and the endless Pampas savannah to the north, which gives birth to the rugged character and rich artistic cells of Argentines. Stefano is also one of these people, and his desire for football is even stronger, and he likes to show his wit and art on the green field.
In 1943, at the age of 17, Stefano joined the River Plate youth team, made his debut for River Plate in 1945, won the Argentine Football League championship with the team, the following year Stefano was briefly loaned to the Hurricanes, returned to River Plate in 1947 to help the team win the Argentine league championship for the second time, Stefano scored 27 goals in 30 games, won the league's top scorer, Stefano was also known as the "Golden Arrow" because of his extraordinary speed and skill.
In 1949 , stefano joined Colombian Millionaires FC due to a financial crisis for River Plate , for which he won four Colombian Football League titles and twice as the Colombian League's Top Scorer during his time with Millionaires.
He stayed here until 1953. By 1953, trouble came, because the millionaire owner Seignol bought many foreign players from all over the world, and he was also the president of the Colombian Football Association, under his "leadership", other teams followed suit, which annoyed FIFA, so the millionaire team was banned.
Spain is the suzerainty of many South American countries, with similar languages and customs, and Seignol's frequent property dealings with Spain in business, so he is very familiar with the owners of some big clubs. The President of Real Madrid, Mr. Bernabeu, is one of them. Seignol introduced Stéfano to the two clubs, Real Madrid and Barca, who were far inferior to the old powerhouse Barca, so his desire was more urgent.
Finally, under the personal conditions of Spanish president Armando, the two clubs reached an agreement to use Stéfano in turn. The shrewd Bernabeu understood Barca's intentions, he approached Samitiere, who had played for Real Madrid and was a Barca scout at the time, and asked him to make a wrong assessment of Stefano, and Barca did voluntarily abandon the agreement with Real Madrid to share Stefano, and at that time, as long as barcelona people had a little patience to see Stefano's performance, they would certainly not have made such a decision.
Stéfano first appeared in Spain in 1953, pele was 13 years old, and he also played street football in a small town near the Brazilian port of Santos, and world football has not yet produced a real superhero. If it's coming, Stefano's first kick in Spain and Puskas's earlier feat of humiliating the Englishman at Wembley with Hungary can be seen as a declaration that they became superstars. The later French king Platini once said that the magical people of Stefano's era that belonged to history and the shooting process were somewhat messy in people's memories. In fact, Stefano was not as important and profound as Bailey and Maradona in the hearts of people in later generations, mainly because there was no television broadcast. Stefano belonged only to that particular era.
Stéfano's deeds are many, in addition to his comprehensive technology and solid "presence" in the midfield, the rest can only be imagined and felt through numbers, he wore the white shirt of Real Madrid for 11 years, until his departure in 1964, during which he also scored 307 goals in official matches, setting a club record, until it was later broken by Raúl and Cristiano Ronaldo. Of the 307 goals, he included 218 in La Liga, 40 in the Copa del Rey and 49 in the UEFA Champions League. These heavy goals have brought Real Madrid a rich harvest: five European Champions League trophies, eight Spanish league titles and one Copa del Rey.
Real Madrid went through an age of myth in the days of having Stéfano, and it was invincible – from home to abroad, from Europe to the world. This invincible lion in white robes is known as the "hero of the white horse", and the "golden arrow" Stefano is also known as the "white emperor".
In stefano's pre-era era, it's safe to say that no player has ever been able to play the role of a savior on a team as much as he has. Before his arrival, Real Madrid had been sidelined from the league title for more than 20 years, and one can imagine how painful that would be for a team with great leadership and glorious dreams. But the Argentine shooting machine scored a staggering 27 goals in 28 league games in its first season, and the Spanish team kept collapsing in front of Real Madrid for one reason – Stefano was unstoppable.
By the end of the 1953-1954 league season, Real Madrid had finally reached the podium, but amid the smiles of the Bernabeu and the club, they probably didn't realize that a great era had just begun. During the Argentine's 11 years with Real Madrid, the team has only lost three league titles, and he himself has become La Liga's top scorer five times. Consider the magical performance he led the team to the European Champions League, the splendor of the five crowns and the pinnacle of five final goals, and the age of 34 when he and Puskas completed the classic slaughter of the Frankish national team – which is an advanced age for a footballer.
In 1964, after losing to Inter Milan in the Champions League final, Stefano then left Real Madrid to join Espanyol. In 1966, after two years with Espanyol, Stefano retired at the age of 40, ending his illustrious career as the first emperor superstar in world football.
Stefano is not forgotten, and he still relishes his ability to control the ball at will, his passing skills, and his keen scoring ability. Some football historians even believe that Stefano is the representative of the early all-attack and all-defensive play, he has comprehensive ability, both attack and defense, a large range of activities, and the ability and speed of switching from defense to attack are unmatched. As a football superstar, Stefano is no less than Pele and Maradona.
After retiring, Stefano wanted to be a football journalist, but eventually took up the coaching whip, and eventually Elche, Boca Juniors and Valencia all left coaching resumes, of course, he also returned to his beloved Real Madrid twice to coach, but only won one championship for the team. In 2000, he was invited to become Honorary President of Real Madrid.
Stéfano's path to football is golden, and it is no exaggeration to call him the "White Emperor" on his way through which crowns are piled up. His contribution and honor to a club is unmatched by anyone in the history of world football, and his regret is only that in his brilliant football career, there is only one national honor of the Copa America; in addition, he failed to show his superhuman skills on the football fantasy stage of the World Cup, which greatly reduced his exposure and made fans around the world choke on it.
Stéfano became a Spanish citizen in 1956 and later represented the Spanish team. He scored 7 goals in 29 international tournaments for Argentina, 23 goals in 31 international matches for Spain, and 377 goals in 521 matches in three countries. In 1989, he was awarded the "Super Ballon d'Or" by previous Ballon d'Or winners, Stefano was named "Best Player of Europe in the 20th Century" in 1991, in 2008 he was named the best player in Real Madrid's 100-year history, and in 2011 he became the first player to be inducted into the FIFA Hall of Fame.
On July 7, 2014, Stefano died of a heart attack in Madrid, Spain, at the age of 88. On July 9, the Netherlands and Argentina held a one-minute silence in the semi-final of the World Cup.
Of course, some people may say, Stefano's game video I have also seen, slowly and leisurely, if you are now an ordinary player, don't blow it up. I would like to say that the discussion of the player cannot be separated from the era to which he belongs (unless that person is Maradona), because the nutritional level, physical condition, technical and tactical play and even the turf and football touch of the pitch are different from period to period, and it is impossible to say the same thing. You let pele parachute into the modern era, not necessarily better than Vinicius.
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