5 Underrated Football Legends

Garrincha

Garrincha: Ran rings around them all

If anyone were to be given the ingredients of a spinal deformity and a pair of uneven bowlegged feet, a football player is the last thing you would consider to be the perfect recipe. That was what the legend of Brazil’s bow-legged angel though, a player with dribbling prowess which was so ahead of its time that if you were to watch any of his highlight reels in comparison to any world-class winger at the moment, the only difference would be the lack of colors.

The man was responsible was Brazil’s 1962 World Cup triumph as Pele was injured for the majority of the tournament, unfortunately, it is the other Brazilian who is often credited with the nations’ success.