Best Soccer Player Ever

The history of football has seen many great players. But only a few are true legends

It is not an easy task to determine who the best soccer player of all time is. If someone from England is asked, he would quite likely choose Bobby Charlton. An Argentinian, on the other hand, can make the easy pick of Diego Maradona just as a Brazilian would for Pele.

To make our top ten list as fair as possible, we ranked the players according to their skills, titles, and influence on the game.

Who Invented Football

Every sport has a history. But none of them as interesting as the history of football.

Soccer’s obscure origin is ironic considering its popularity today. Historians tried to trace the individual who began the history of football but soccer’s very ancient origins has clouded him in mystery.
Yet historians successfully traced the cultures that first played football-like games.
To see more clearly how football began, we can divide its origins into two. First, the ancient times that goes back as old as 4,500 years (A) and then the modern period, the immediate predecessor of the football we love today (B).

A. The Ancient Origin of Football

Historic artifacts and enduring traditions make it clear that football has been played in Egypt, Ancient China, and Rome. The game’s basic principles survived through the years and went on to be played during the medieval times.