French Football has unveiled the top 10 list of the best centre-backs of all time. Unfortunately, the names of well-known legendary superstars such as Maldini, Nesta, Ferdinand, Stam, and Terry do not appear on the list. Almost all of the stars who can be shortlisted for the selection have won international championships for their countries as cores.
1. Bobby Moore (England Career: 1958-1978)
Bobby Moore is England's legendary captain, one of the greatest centre-backs in world football and is widely regarded as the greatest centre-back in football history before Beckenbauer and Baresi. In the 1966 World Cup, it was Bobby Moore who led the team to win the first World Cup title in England's history on his doorstep, and it is also the only heavyweight national championship in English football to date.
2. Beckenbauer (Germany Career: 1964-1983)
Beckenbauer is the greatest player in German history and one of the greatest players in world football, enjoying the reputation of "the emperor of football". Beckenbauer helped German football win the European Championship and the World Cup in 1994, and he was twice awarded the Ballon d'Or, the first and most Ballon d'Or defender in history. In addition, Beckenbauer is also a milestone in world football, due to his comprehensive and super personal ability, which has enabled him to pioneer the freeman's style of play, in football, except for the goalkeeper, he can basically be competent in any position.
3. Sirrea (Italy Career: 1972-1988)
Sirea is one of the most famous centre-backs in the history of world football, and is also an Italian centre-back, who helped Italy win the championship as the team's defensive backbone at the 1982 World Cup. He was also a central player in Juve's first dynastic era, and in 1985, captain Sirea led Juve to the first Champions League title trophy in the team's history.
4. Passarella (Argentina Career: 1974-1989)
Passarella was Argentina's greatest centre-back, at the 1978 World Cup, where he captained the team to help Argentina win its first World Cup title on its doorstep. His goal-scoring prowess is equally impressive, and he is one of the most goalscoring centre-backs in the history of world football.
5. Baresi (Italy Career: 1978-1997)
Baresi is the only player on the list who has not helped his country win a major international tournament title in a core capacity. Although he won the 1982 World Cup with Italy, he did not get a chance to play that year. Then in the World Cups of '90 and '94, he competed twice as the core of the defense, but unfortunately Italy lost the championship in the end. But that doesn't erase The greatness of Baresi, who was an absolute merit of the Milanese dynasty and in 1989 he also won the second place at the Ballon d'Or, the highest ranking of centre-backs in the award after Beckenbauer.
6. Koeman (Netherlands Career: 1980-1997)
Koeman is the greatest centre-back in the history of Dutch football, with the Dutch Three Musketeers and became the "Four Kings of the Netherlands", in the 1988 European Championship, Koeman as one of the core of the team helped the Netherlands win the only major international championship title so far, at the same time, Koeman is also the core of Barca's "Dream One" period of defense.
7. Summer (Germany Career: 1985-1998)
Summer is a legendary German centre-back, who won the final title under his leadership at euro 1996, and he also won the Ballon d'Or in the same year, becoming the most European ballon-back player after Beckenbauer.
8. DeSailly (France Career: 1986-2005)
Desailly is a meritorious centre-back in French football, in the 1998 World Cup, as the backbone of the team's defense, he helped France lift the Hercules Cup for the first time in its history, and two years later, he helped France win the European Cup. As a centre-back, Desailly is excellent and impeccable in both physical and technical ability.
9. Cannavaro (Italy Career: 1992-2011)
Cannavaro was Italy's number one contributor to winning the 2006 World Cup. And with his fantastic performance in that World Cup, he also won two supreme individual honors of the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or in 2006, making him the first defender in the history of football to be elected World Footballer of the Year.
10. Ramos (Spain Career: 2004–present)
I really don't think he should be on this list, Ramos was not as good as Maldini, Ferdinand, Nesta, and Terry in the early years of his career; not as good as Thiago Silva and Chiellini in middle age; and in his later years, he was also in front of the mountain of Van Dijk. But luck has made him a winner in life, having helped the team win the 2008 and 2012 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup as the main defender of Spain, and as the backbone of Real Madrid's defense, he helped the team win the Champions League four times in five years between 2014 and 2018. Authoritative media collectively assert that after Ramos' retirement, his historical status will even surpass Thatreshi and Beckenbauer.
: Xiaobian is still young, I have never seen the miracles of the above many gods, if you let Xiaobian select the top 10 defenders in the history of football, then the ranking is as follows:
1. Beckenbauer (Emperor of Football)
2. Baresi (Best Free Man in History)
3. Maldini (no comment required)
4. Belgomi (Real King of Inter)
5. Ferdinand (Best Centre-Back Template of All Time)
6. Stam (Ferguson's Regret)
7. Van Dijk (strongest today)
8. Cannavaro (the only centre-back world footballer of the year)
9. Terry (Iron-Blooded Pure Grandfathers)
10. Nesta (elegant defensive artist)