National Football Day is celebrated this Saturday (19) and, on this special date, the He decided to elect the top-10 of the greatest players in the history of the sport. 26 journalists gathered for the vote, which consecrated King Pelé as the greatest of all time. See the result below.
The ten largest players in history for the newsroom!
1st – Pelé (257 points)
2nd – Messi (223 points)
3rd – Maradona (187 points)
4th – Cristiano Ronaldo (156 points)
5th – Garrincha (109 points)
6th – Johan Cruyff (92 points)
7th – Ronaldo Phenomenon (78 points)
8th – Zinedine Zidane (62 points)
9th – Zico (44 points)
10th – Franz Beckenbauer (42 points)
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How did the vote worked? Each journalist set up the Top-10 itself in the history of football, and the points were distributed as follows: 10 points for the athlete for each vote as 1st place, nine points for each vote as 2nd place and so on, with the 10th place from each list receiving one point. Therefore, the maximum score of a player would be 260 points.
Also scored Ronaldinho Gaucho (39), Alfredo Di Stefano (37), Romário (33), Nilton Santos (9), Ferenc Puskas (8), Gianluigi Buffon (6), Manuel Neuer (6), Michel Platini (5), Toni Kroos (5), Eusébio (5), Paolo Maldini (4), Neymar Junior (4), Rivelino (4), Roberto Baggio (3), George Best (3), Andrés Iniesta (3), Lev Yashin (3), Jairzinho (2) and Xavi Hernández (1).
Origin of Football Day
National Football Day is celebrated in Brazil on July 19 because it is the date of foundation of the oldest team in the country: Sport Club Rio Grande (RS), created in 1900. The tribute was institutionalized in 1976 by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), at the time Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD).
