The 10 greatest attacking midfielders of all time

#2 Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane was a footballer who defined an era. Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll in 2004.

Considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, Zidane was one of the most complete players to ever play the game and he always seemed to bring his A-game when it mattered the most.

Zidane was well respected by his peers and many of his contemporaries believed him to be the greatest footballer of his generation. Swedish striker ZLatan Ibrahimovic commented:

“Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the ten other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.”

Ronaldinho himself said:

"Zidane is one of the best footballers of all time, one of my idols. He had such elegance and grace, a wonderful touch and superb vision."

The Real Madrid manager is quite simply one of the greatest playmakers the game has ever seen.