In November this year, there will be a new World Cup, Brazil, France, Portugal, Argentina, all gearing up for the World Cup! But do you know who the greatest stars in every country are? In this video, let's take stock of the greatest players in each country!
10. Wales Bell
Wales is a small football country, although there have been giggs, Ian Rush and other world top stars, but they have not led Wales to achieve any results, and even can not lead Wales to participate in the World Cup or European Cup qualification, in fact, Wales in 1958 participated in the World Cup, and entered the World Cup 8, but at that time, the World Cup only 16 teams, many countries in the world did not participate in football matches. The player who really led the rise of Wales is Bale, before Bale, Wales did not participate in the European Championship at all, and even the world ranking was not as good as the Chinese team, but after Bale, he led Wales to break into the final four of the 2016 European Championship, and this year's World Cup qualifiers, Bale led Wales to successfully qualify, after 64 years to enter the World Cup again, therefore, Wales' greatest player is Bale!
9. Modric, Croatia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Croatia became independent, Croatia won the world cup for the first time in 1998, and it was shocking to finish third, and Croatian striker Sukh won the World Cup Golden Boot. Sukh was also once considered Croatia's greatest footballer, and since then, Croatia has never broken through the World Cup group stage, as well as the European Cup quarterfinals! In the past decade, Croatia has seen a golden generation, including Modric, Rakitic, Mandzukic, Perisic and so on, of which Modric led Croatia to the World Cup final in 2018 and won the runner-up, which is also the best result in the history of Croatian football, Modric honored the 2018 Golden Ball Award, there is no doubt that Modric has surpassed Suk and become the greatest player in Croatian history!
8. Iniesta, Spain
Spain's most glorious years were between 2008 and 2012, they won the big tournament for 3 consecutive times in five years, and this group of players, either Real Madrid or Barcelona, so both club honors and national team honors are extremely brilliant! Here I have several alternatives, namely Casillas, Xavi, Iniesta, Ramos, Alonso, Villa, Torres! The reason why the Spanish team was able to dominate the football world that year, relying on the midfield, Spain's greatest players are produced in Xavi and Iniesta, Iniesta is more advanced, the number of goals and assists is more, the 2010 World Cup final, the elimination of the Netherlands has become a classic, so, Spain's greatest player I chose Iniesta, the second is Xavi, the third is goalkeeper Casillas, the fourth Villa, the fifth Ramos!
7. Cruyff, Netherlands
Dutch football has influenced the whole of Europe, starting with Cruyff, Dutch talent has never been broken, 70s is Cruyff, 80s Dutch Three Musketeers, 90s Bergkamp, Kluivert, 21st century 000s Van Niys, Sneijder, 10 years Robben, Van Persie, and now Van Dijk, De Ligt, De Jong! The Netherlands has won the World Cup runner-up 3 times, known as the uncrowned king, in 1974, 1978, Cruyff led the Netherlands to reach the World Cup final twice, but unfortunately lost, in the 2010 World Cup, the Netherlands lost to the strongest Spain in history! The only champion of the Dutch team was the 1988 European Championship, and the leaders at that time, Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard, were known as the Dutch Three Musketeers! The greatest player in the history of the Dutch team is Cruyff, he created the history of Dutch football, the tactics of all attack and defense are still used today, Ajax's youth training system has cultivated generations of football talents, unless someone leads the Netherlands to win the World Cup, it is impossible to compete with Cruyff!
6. Meazza, Italy
Most of the impressions of the Italian team stay in the 90s, and the first decade of the early 21st century, in these 20 years, The Italian stars are gathered, the Serie A is very brilliant, which has emerged Baggio, Piero, Maldini, Inzaghi, Buffon, Cannavaro and other stars, of which Baggio and Cannavaro also won the Ballon d'Or. But Italy's greatest star is not from this era, but the distant 30s of the last century, his name is Meazza, yes, Inter's home name is named after him, Meazza played in AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, played in Serie A for a full 18 years, and led Italy to win the 1934, 1938 World Cup!
5. Zidane, France
The French team has won a total of 4 major championships, namely the 1984 European Championship, the 1998 World Cup, the 2000 European Championship, and the 2018 World Cup, the famous players of the French team are Fontaine, Platini, Zidane, Henry, Benzema, Mbappe, etc., of which Platini led the French team to win the 1984 European Championship, Zidane led the French team to win the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Cup, Henry, as the second oldest team, followed Zidane to win these two championship trophies, Fontaine, Benzema national team has no honor, and Mbappe is the number one contributor to the 2018 World Cup France team to win the championship! According to the number of champions and the contribution to the national team, there is no doubt that Zidane is the greatest player in the history of France, in addition to the national team, Zidane is also excellent at the club, leading Real Madrid to win the Champions League, La Liga, leading Juventus to the Serie A title!
In terms of influence, france should be ranked first in Zidane, second in Platini, third in Henry, fourth in Fontaine, fifth in Benzema and sixth in Mbappe! Mbappe is still young after all, and if he wins the Ballon d'Or, the European championship, and leads France to a world cup again, then he will surpass Zidane and become the greatest star in the history of the French team!
4. Portugal C Ronaldo
There have been 3 great stars in the history of Portugal, namely Eusebio, Figo, and Ronaldo! Eusebio was a 1965 Ballon d'Or winner, and in 1966, "Black Panther" Eusebio led Portugal to the World Cup for the first time and finished third in the World Cup! The second great star is Figo, the 2000 Ballon d'Or winner who led Portugal to the final four at the 2006 Fifacious World Cup and the 2004 European Championship!
These two were previously considered two of the greatest players in Portuguese history, but they did not lead Portugal to the championship trophy! The third superstar of the Portuguese team is C Ronaldo, C Ronaldo's performance in the club has already surpassed all the earthlings, here we will not repeat more, we only talk about the national team, C Ronaldo led Portugal to win the 2016 European Championship, and the 2019 European League Championship, which is the only two championships in Portuguese history! Portugal has participated in the World Cup 7 times, of which C Ronaldo has played 4 times alone, and he is also the king of the european championship historical goalscorer, there is no doubt that C Ronaldo is the greatest player in Portuguese history, and has already surpassed Eusebio and Figo!
3. Bobby Charlton, England
When it comes to the England team, we will first think of Beckham, Beckham is the most famous football player in england, but Beckham led LinkedIn Gran's best result in the World Cup is only the top 8, the last 30 years, the representatives of the England team in various eras are Aran Shearer, Beckham, Rooney, Kane! Among them, in the 2018 World Cup, Kane took LinkedIn Glanr to the final four of the World Cup, and personally won the World Cup Golden Boot, which is the best result of england in the past 30 years, but Kane is not the greatest star in England's history, in the 1966 World Cup, Bobby Charlton took LinkedIn Gran to win the World Cup, and Bobby Charlton himself was elected the best player in the World Cup. This is the only championship trophy in English history, so Bobby Charlton is the greatest player in English history, Kane second, David Beckham third and Rooney fourth!
2. Maradona, Argentina
Argentina is the second largest soccer power in South America after Brazil, and has seen many cross-generation stars in history, including Mario Kempez, Maradona, Caniggia, Batistuta, Riquelme, Messi! As the top star in the team, Mario Kempez and Maradona have won the World Cup, and the 1978 World Cup and the 1986 World Cup are the only two championship honors for argentina! Especially in the 1986 World Cup, Maradona made himself the most famous star of the 1980s, so much so that now, there are quite a few media and fans who regard Maradona as the greatest player in the history of football! At the club level, the most successful player is undoubtedly Messi, although Messi led Argentina to win the Copa America in 2021, but Argentina has won a total of 15 Copa America titles, and 1 Copa America can not match Maradona's influence!
1. Bailey, Brazil
No other country has produced more football superstars than Brazil, and there are countless famous stars in the Brazilian team, and here I will only say a few representative stars who can influence the entire era, including Pele, Romario, Big Luo, Little Luo, Neymar! Among them, Pele led Brazil to win three World Cup titles, Romario led Brazil to win a World Cup, Da Luo led Brazil to win a World Cup, there are only two king in the football world, that is, Brazil's Pele and Argentina's Maradona, Pele 3 World Cups, Da Luo 1 World Cup, and Pele is still the brazilian team's most goals scored players, therefore, the greatest player of the Brazilian team, the first should be Pele, the second is Da Luo, the third Romario!