Vlado Svraka agreed

Vlado Svraka it's greatest ever, not greatest in the 21st century.

hello walkman i know mentioned only some examples

Vlado Svraka are you going to put iniesta and xavi in the same league with zidane, zico and maradona? Who are they?

Tedi Mulyadi they were the Midfield motors of the Golden Barca Era as well for the strongest Spanish National Team ever.....both of them were also under the Top 3 of Ballondor voting in 2010....they ARE under the Top 7 of the best Central Midfielders ever....not Attacking, not Defending as I said.... Maradona is a attacking midfielder and yes with the list of the 7 best Central Midfielders we could also mention Zico and Zidane

Subhradip Bhattacharyya you are the next skill amma

Subhradip Bhattacharyya No.

Baggio was a supporting striker. That's a whole different position

Russel Keith nope

Haha ur funny

Russel Keith no

Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho is number one in our heart not zizou cause his magic mame people love football

Xavi was kind of a at taking midfielder with Iniesta tho do research mate.

@@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 Nope. Both are CMs. Barcelona and Spain do not play with AM (classical 10s) they all use CMs so they can't be considered as attacking midfielders.

True but he basically played as attacking midfielder during the time he had 20 assists in La Liga

This guy likes to suck Messi and Barcelona off, so no surprise he always includes them whenever he can

doosh doosh don't think that true.

example 13 shut up dweeb I'm not trying to compete with you

doosh doosh dweeb that poor. Come on man I'm not even saying it in a bad way ,but calling me a dweeb is just so cringe.

doosh doosh ever considered maybe they're not arsed with another vid on that irrelevant league

1. Barcelona vs Chelsea 2.Arsenal vs Bayern 3.Liverpool vs Ac milan 4.Real Madrid vs Atletico 5. Inter vs Bayern 6. Manchester United vs Bayern 7. Real madrid vs Juventus

He was a genius, and his ability was wild. His first touch, and how he plays is like music.

Alex Johnson I’m pretty sure gullit and hagi were in the other lists of players that just missed out at the start

Sam Gollings i am talking about the ones in the description

Aryan Dewan ik

Aryan Dewan well mate read my comment carefully and see the video then u'll understand it😂

Alex Johnson finally some love for RUI COSTA !! Thank you !!

Baggio was a mix between an attacking midfielder and a second striker. Back when he was in his prime, that position was called a tretaquartista. But your are right, he is criminally underrated. In his prime, he was incredible. For me, he's among the top 10 best players of all time.

@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI he posted that 4 years ago

I am a Real fan and I am not outraged at all, I completely agree with what he said. Zidane is way too overrated. I also agree about Baggio, he is criminally underrated. But he was more of a second striker than a midfielder.

@@michaeltrumph121 Maradona was also a second striker

@@lior995 Nope, he was an attacking midfielder. He went deep at times and acted a bit like a second striker, but he was an attacking midfielder.

How is he overrated when he won everything in football individually and team trophies

@@DBDYAKU Zidane sneaks into this debate essentially for winning two trophies: The World Cup in '98 and the Champions in 2002. About the '98 WC, France was home club and everything was arranged for France to win it. Still, France barely managed to get into the final after beating Paraguay in the last minute, beating Italy in the penalties and suffering to defeat Croatia. It must be said that Zidane was suspended in the last game of the group stages and against Paraguay after receiving a red card and France had to battle without him. Then Zidane returned against Italy and Croatia and he played well, but wasn't decisive because he didn't score nor assist. In this matches, Leblanc, the penalties and Thuram where the ones who kept France alive while Zidane was in the second line. Then he played the final against Brazil, a team that was crumbling after Ronaldo had an episode before the final. So Zidane scored 2 goals and people still believe Zidane was decisive all over the WC and thus won the Ballon D'Or and everything that year, but in reality France wasn't lead by Zidane and rather was a good team where every player did a little part. Same could be said about France winning the Euro in 2000. About the Champions, Zidane lost 2 finals in Juventus in 96 (I think) and 98 against Dortmund and Real Madrid, both times Juventus was favorite and yet they lost and Zidane wasn't decisive nor couldn't turn things around for his team because he was a good player but not like Maradona or Ronaldo in the sense they could single handily carry their teams on their shoulders. So eventually Zidane decided to move in 2001 to Real Madrid, a team that had won 2 Champions in the previous 4 years because obviously he knew it would be easy to win in a team that was already in a team that was already winning. Still, it must be said that Real Madrid won more titles in the 5 years before Zidane (96-2001) than in the 5 years 'Zizou' played (2001-06). In conclusion, winning a lot of titles doesn't make a player automatically "Great" because for that matter Iniesta or Xavi would be way greater than Zidane and I wouldn't include either of them in this list.

He was great but he shined only forba while. His pro career on the high level was just 10yr long and he played in the very top form for only 4 or 5 yrs. After leaving Real he wasn't anywhere close to what he used to be.

After kaká left real madrid he just got worst but nobody can forget how good he was in millian and brazil

Kaká not being here is criminal

Lone wolf number 7 was too high for zidane xavi laudrupp nedved and guilet should have all been placed higher than him

Sorry mate but no - zidane is actually quite overrated and shouldn’t make it into this list

@@jsquire5pa but when did Redondo mark him out? Certainly not thre 2003 Milan x Madrid game

@@omalone1169 98 champions league final

@@alexandersmith1944 ahhh I will look into that...Redondo is one of my favourite players ..just a shame about injury

KDB will be better than Zidan, Zico or Charlton?? I wouldn't bet on that right now, but he is definitely an honorable mention

Gerrard >

Zidane was certainly great but you can't say he was better than Maradona.

Paul Scholes!

Theres simply no comparison between Zidane and Maradona. Zidane only won 1 league title with a Real Madrid of galacticos, Maradona won not 1 but 2 league titles with a club like Napoli when serie a was the best league in the world. Zidane played 2 world cup finals but with the best France of all time, Maradona played 2 world cup finals with a decent Argentina. Zidane is way below Maradona

Thanks Battist! Yes, we'd definitely put Zidane above Platini in a top seven most likeable players video!

HITC Sevens I have a question. You said you want to make a Best XI of all time video. Right now you have released goalkeepers + defensive spots + 4 midfield spots. Will you use two centre-backs and if so which are the last two videos you will release? Creative strikers and pure finishers? Or just one video with all kind of strikers?

Just one more video for strikers and the final XI will have 2 centre-back's and 2 strikers.

Maradona is overrated, never won the top continental cup for clubs or country and Argentina did better without him in his career. His one world cup win was thanks to cheating. Cruijff was the visionary general and master of total football, star of 74 world cup, sadly missed the 78 world cup finals, but had a magnificent career anyway as star of dominant Ajax and also Barcelona, where he was more important than Maradona. He played a crucial part in the development of the sport and must be in the all-time top 3 with Pelé and Messi. Di Stefano scored loads of goals and won European cups in probably the greatest club side of all, alongside Puskas, but didn't play in a world cup finals, the one major drawback to his reputation. Platini (I'm not keen on him either) is underrated now but was quite brilliant, another intelligent general and outstanding for France in 84 Euros, unlucky in 82 world cup with the infamous defeats to West Germany, otherwise he might be a regular in lists of the top 5 of all time.

mizofan yeah I do think cruyff is better than di stefano

Baggio over Kaka

You'll do well to find a bigger Jay-Jay Okocha fan than us, but it's pushing it to put him in the same bracket as those featured here. The reason for the positions being divided as they are is to give us a final XI at the end.

yes i know, the classic 4-4-2 formation thanks for the response

Xavi was a central midfielder not a CAM

What of Don Andres?

@@EagleEyes77 I love Don Andrés, probably my favorite player personally maybe tied with Xavi... he did score very few goals in his career, if he had scored more he'd be on the top

He was not very good at 1998. He only surpass R9 by 2 goals in the Final. The key of France victory if goal keeper and defenders.

@@nguyenai1337 yes but he did score those two goals. Imo he was amazing but then he was expelled so as you say he surpassed Ronaldo only after scoring those two goals

Another one plagued by injuries. One of my favourites. For whatever reason people forget these old eastern bloc players. Boban, Savecivic, Stoichkovic, Prosinecki.

He'll have to come headbutt me then, as there's no chance on Earth I'm putting him in the same bracket as Cruyff, di Stefano and Maradona.

HITC Sevens agree to disagree then. If you're judging Maradona by his peak though, I think it's only fair to do the same for Zizu. For reasons of their careers taken as a whole, I think di Stefano and Cruyff beat Maradona,

Maradona was brilliant for 15 years, it wasn't as though he had a brief spell of genius like Best or Ronaldinho. We're not just judging them on their peak, but if we were, Maradona would still be miles ahead of Zidane. Like you said, just have to agree to disagree.

I watched, so it reminds me of one name : Juan Roman Riquelme. In the match against Germany, after leading 1-0, Jose Pekerman made a blunder by taking him off. He was the creator; taking him off, meant Argentina lacked of creativity and Germany had chance to win. And yes, Germany won. If Pekerman didn't make that mistake, Argentina may have won the tournament with Riquelme.

Oh he's as good as overrated Maradona

because hes overrated. one good ucl run doesnt make him all time great.

Raffy Clarke Hall nope

No

Platini is now widely underrated, but surely one of the very greatest

Raffy Clarke Hall no way in hell

It depends on what tournament you’retalking about. League tournaments no doubt Platini was better, but World Cups Zidane was better

Z10>xavi>iniesta

Messi isn't an attacking midfielder. Also, Ozil should be on the list. He has the most created chances since 2005/2006.

@@tobioduntan If Messi isn't an attacking midfielder how did he win 4 times (tie with Xavi) IFFHS best playmaker of the world? Why he scores lot of gol outside the box in the center part of the field?

They are idiots for not including hum, no knowledge

michael laudrup is the best passer of the ball ever, if this guy is not no.1 on best passers list.. he is a cm btw

Lw

My opinion: 1. Pelé 2. Zico 3. Garrincha 4. Falcão 5. Tostão 6. Ademir da Guia 7. Rogério Ceni

@@lucaspaes33 ronaldo nazario?!!!!

My opinion: 1. Pele 2. Ronaldo nazario 3. Garrincha 4. Romario 5. Zico 6. Djama santos 7. Didi

Bernd Schuster, Heinz Flohe, Olaf Thon and Netzer are my favorite Germany players. Actually, in his early career, Rummenigge was also one of my favorites, but when he changed to become a goal poacher in 6 yards area, my mind changed.

Cheers Jagua, I'm a huge Iniesta fan so it was tough. Honestly don't think there's that much to separate him and Zidane.

HITC Sevens Just three FIFA Player of the Year awards and one Ballon D'Or, I suppose. 😃

The struggles of playing in the Messi-Ronaldo era!

Yeah, Leo and Cristiano! Very tough to grab any individual award with those two around! Could you please reveal the seven most underrated goalkeepers ever?

Jagua Nana are you seriously put iniesta in the same level as zidane, zico and maradona? Who is iniesta?

Scholes probably would have benefitted from a central midfield seven, rather than an attacking or defensive one.

I see what you mean but Bobby Charlton still deserves to be on this list he was the best man utd player of all time

Simply put Juan, there isn't. Out of the 70 players to feature in this series, only 3 are from England's '66 squad, and all three were incredible players.

The Premier League Is A Disgrace To Football Well if it isn't Mr 'I don't care about arguing with people but carry on arguments until I have the last word anyway'.

The Premier League Is A Disgrace To Football Yep, thought I'd make you annoyed. That's why I did it. Ohf course, you know what the only way to prove you're not bothered by it is., 😀

We didn't 'miss' Xavi, he featured in the video, we just consider seven players to have been better than him.

Along my journey, I passed by a young lad donning the old "Yellow Submarine" kit - perhaps a tribute to JRR10? Glorious!

Mhh... The Problem is his prime ended with the age of 27 😂

It's criminal to not even put Ozil in the honorable mention. Same as Fabregas.

Matadona played on one leg in 1990…as great as Stojkovic was, he was not at the same level overall.

Spanish Luis Suarez, who was an attacking midfielder, not the Uruguayan Luis Suarez, who is a centre-forward.

@@HITCSevens ohh i forgot him...sorry ...and it's great to see when creators reply to comments and care about their viewers...keep the good work going....and i love ur videos...thanks

Zidane does not belong. And Beckenbauer is not a midfielder

Hi Lex, I just replied to one of your previous comments, but Raich Carter was a brilliant inside-forward from the 1930's and 40's. He was the youngest man to captain a team to First Division and FA Cup success, and the only man to win an FA Cup before and after the war. Carter was a clever footballer, always picking up pockets of space, who was a real entertainer and a prolific scorer. At 0:48, I'm pretty sure that's Gunter Netzer.

+HITC Thanks for replying. Raich Carter is the only one I don't know in your list. No wonder, 1930s-1940s, the same generation as the likes of Giuseppe Meaza, right ? As for the player at 0:48. No, it's not Gunter Netzer, because Netzer was blondie, and I know his face. It's still a puzzle for me and for other people. But I am quite sure it's Heinz Flohe, Germany midfielder at WC 1978. We have to make sure the jersey number was 10, 20 or 30. Looking at the picture, it's more likely around 1970s. Netzer wore number 10 at WC 1974, Flohe wore it at WC 1978. But the face is more like Rainer Bonhoff who wore number 16 and 6 at WC 1974 and WC 1978, respectively. Can you flip that picture so we can see his face completely ? :)

Yes, similar eras. Played against each other once. When I search for Heinz Flohe in our image database that photo doesn't come up. I can only think I'd search for Netzer or Schuster, so I'm at a loss Lex!

+HITC Schuster didn't wear number 10. It's Hansi Muller who wore number 10 at Euro 1980 and WC 1982. But I know Hansi's face and hairstyle. It's more like Dieter Muller than Hansi. Felix Magath wore it at WC 1986, Lothar Mattheus at WC 1990. But surely, it's not one of them. Btw, actually who would you want to mention when you add that picture ? Netzer, right ? However, I am still curious, can you tell me from what source did you get the picture ? Maybe I can search in that source to find out who the guy is.

Getty Images.

To test them who the better, let them play in a muddy pitch. I am quite sure Xavi would deny, while Hoddle would say : "No problem". :)

I would replace Frank Lampard with Mattew Le Tissier. I like Lampard, but Le Tissier and Gascoigne were the closest to Hoddle's level.

England chance to win WC 1986 were denied by the great Maradona. Although, I saw in that match, Hoddle's freekick was better than Maradona.

No he is seventh due to lacking consistency and being less effective than those ahead of him. We just mentioned his record in finals as people often mention '98, 2000 and 2002, overlooking his 3 other major finals.

razza119 Of course they will. It would be absurd not to - even if there has been a slight massaging of his goals total since his retirement.

Plenty have been better

@@michaeltrumph121 not many are better than Zidane he has a short temper but he's a baller

@@simplyNuzi At least 20 are overall better players than him.

@@michaeltrumph121 as I said not much

@@simplyNuzi He's too inconsistent

Dele Alli is too young and Eriksen isn't there yet. Almost there though. Ozil should definitely make the list if not honorable mention. Literally most created chances in his generation

Dude hate Zidane so big times. In his 100 greatest players list he put Zidane over Bobby charlton but not in this mildelfier ranking he put Bobby over zizou

@@yvans. Zidane is 29th and Charlton is 22nd.

He simply didn't deserve them.

Zidane is too high, he doesn't make my list. You are right about Laudrup though.

the most overrated sportsman, ahead of Mike Tyson

Platini is much more overrated imo

Matthias McCormack if he was great at his top then he is not overrated

pele most overated, then pogba, then modric..

Brian?

@@ewanburns2319 Michael, one of the very greatest players ever to play football and certainly a top 7 attacking midfielder

Zidane doesn't belong. And Ronaldinho was a left midfielder

Gullit ? Yaw... Dragan Stojkovic made fool of him in the match between Yugoslavia vs Netherland and Red Star Belgrade vs AC Milan in mid-late 80s. Stojkovic also made Franco Baressi, Frank Rijkaard and Paolo Maldini looked mediocre in that matches. He also showed that he was better than Maradona in the match vs Argentina at WC 1990, from where he was selected in the team of the tournament. Stojkovic was the most entertaining attacking midfielder, number 10 playmaker. And as a coach, he was entertaining too with his football skills.