The Best Footballers

Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is an Italian football player who currently plays for Italian Serie C2 club Cisco Roma. Paolo Di Canio was born in Rome, in the district of Quarticciolo.

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Popularity: 37% [?]

Francesco Toldo (born December 2, 1971 in Padua) is an Italian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Inter.

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Popularity: 36% [?]

Filippo “Pippo” Inzaghi (born August 9, 1973, in Piacenza) is a World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie A club AC Milan and for Italy. He is the all-time leading scorer in official UEFA competition with 63 goals.

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Popularity: 37% [?]

David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury. He was awarded the MBE in 1997 for services to the sport.

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Popularity: 37% [?]

Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French former football player and now manager. Between 2006 and 2007 he was the manager of French club RC Strasbourg, but despite leading the club to promotion to Ligue 1, he resigned, citing internal relationship problems. He took over from Guy Roux as RC Lens coach a mere 5 games into the 2007-2008 season.

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Popularity: 55% [?]

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966 in Paris raised in Marseille) is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premiership titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup “doubles”. Cantona is often regarded as having played a major talismanic role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing powerhouse and he enjoys iconic status at the club. In 2001 he was voted their player of the century, and to this day United fans refer to him as “Eric the King”.

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Popularity: 56% [?]

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite born April 22, 1982 in Brasília, better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football midfielder and 2007 Golden Ball winner who plays for A.C. Milan of the Italian Serie A.

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Popularity: 37% [?]

Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born 27 March 1974 in Bilbao) is a Spanish football player. He is a midfielder who currently plays for English club Middlesbrough in the FA Premier League. He has played 38 games and scored 10 goals for the Spanish national football team, and represented Spain at the international 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 European Championship, and 2002 World Cup tournaments.

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Popularity: 78% [?]

Josep Guardiola Sala (b. Santpedor, Catalonia, January 18, 1971), also known as Pep Guardiola is a Spanish former football player. He was captain of both FC Barcelona and Spain. He also played for Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados de Sinaloa. Guardiola has also played for and been a strong supporter of Catalonia.

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Popularity: 79% [?]

Gianfranco Zola OBE (born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia) is a retired Italian footballer. He spent the first decade of his career in Italy, most notably with Napoli and Parma, before moving to English side Chelsea, where he was voted Football Writers’ Player of the Year in 1997. He was also capped for Italy and is currently joint coach of the Italian under-21s.

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Popularity: 79% [?]