3 Players who have won the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League in the same year

2. Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos was one of the greatest left-backs in the history of the game and also very successful in terms of winning titles. He won the World Cup in 2002 with a brilliant Brazil team. Carlos had previously won the runners-up medal with the Brazilian national team in 1998 as France beat them in the final.

However, he made amends in 2002 by playing in every match of Brazil’s successful World Cup campaign. Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the final. Carlos ended up winning 125 caps for Brazil and scoring 11 goals.

Carlos was also part of the great Real Madrid team of the early 2000s, which was also known as “the Galacticos” and won every possible title in club football. Real had players like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo and Raul in their team. They beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League final in Glasgow. Carlos had been a regular starter for them throughout the season and ended up playing 512 matches in 11 seasons with Real.