Sir Bobby Charlton
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Bobby Charlton won the World Cup with England and was the European Footballer of the Year. Charlton is a legend at Old Trafford, he had more appearances than any other players until Ryan Giggs bettered him. Charlton has a goal-scoring record of 49 goals in over a hundred appearances for England.
Here are the rest of the contenders as by ‘Association of Football Statisticians’: Do you feel they deserve a place up there?
Lothar MatthausRoberto Carlos | (Germany)(Brazil) |
Marco Van Basten | (Holland) |
Rivaldo | (Brazil) |
Paolo Maldini | (Italy) |
Zico | (Brazil) |
Raúl | (Spain) |
Ruud Gullit | (Holland) |
Eusébio | (Portugal) |
Ferenc Puskás | (Hungary) |
Johan Cruyff | (Holland) |
Alfredo di Stefano | (Argentina) |
Bobby Charlton | (England) |
Jürgen Klinsmann | (Germany) |
Kenny Dalglish | (Scotland) |
Ali Daei | (Iran) |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | (Germany) |
Gabriel Batistuta | (Argentina) |
Michael Laudrup | (Denmark) |
Hristo Stoichkov | (Bulgaria) |
Dennis Bergkamp | (Holland) |
Frank Rijkaard | (Holland) |
Thierry Henry | (France) |
Pavel Nedved | (Czech Rep) |
Gheorghe Hagi | (Romania) |
Peter Schmeichel | (Denmark) |
Andriy Shevchenko | (Ukraine) |
Sepp Maier | (Germany) |
Didier Deschamps | (France) |
Lilian Thuram | (France) |
Edited by Staff Editor