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Edison Arantes do Nascimento ( Pele )
soccer player who born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his
nickname Pelé. He was given the title of Athlete
of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and jointly
received FIFA Player of the Century chosen by officials at the
organisation, shared with Diego Maradona who won the people's vote.read
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Diego Armando Maradona
Soccer player legend born October 30, 1960 is a former Argentine football player. He played
in four World Cups and received the people's choice FIFA Player of the
Century award, after being voted in 2000 in an international public poll
on the organisation's website to decide the best player of the 20th
century.read more
Franz Anton Beckenbauer
Soccer player born September 11, 1945 is a German football coach, manager, and former
player, nicknamed der Kaiser ("the emperor") because of his elegant
style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" (reminiscent of
the Austrian emperors called Francis in English), and his dominance on
the football pitch. He is generally regarded as the greatest German
footballer of all time and also as one of the greatest footballers in
the history of the game .read
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Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
Soccer player born
April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football trainer/coach and
former star player, regarded as one of the greats of the game. Named
three times European Footballer of the Year (1971, 1973, 1974) and
European Player of the Century by the IFFHS in 1999.He
has been named as one of the best football players of his generation,
alongside Garrincha, Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer, although he did not win
a cup or tournament with his national team. As a Dutch international he
played 48 matches, in which he scored 33 goals.read
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Bryan Robson
Soccer player born 11 January 1957 in Chester-le-Street, County
Durham is an English former football manager and a former player. He is
the former manager of Sheffield United after being relieved of his first
team duties on February 14.Robson began his playing career at West Bromwich Albion, before moving
on to Manchester United, whom he captained to three FA Cups and a
European Cup Winners Cup. He also won two FA Premiership winners medals.
Towards the end of his playing career he moved into management as
player-manager with Middlesbrough.read
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Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona
Soccer player legend 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 "King Eric".Cantona's first club was Auxerre, where he spent two years in the youth
team before making his debut in 1983.read
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Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton
Soccer player legend born
11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland is a former English
professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the
European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He played almost all of his
club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his
attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.
He began to play for United's first team in 1956, and over the next two
seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he
survived the Munich air disaster of 1958. After helping United to win
the Football League in 1965, he won a World Cup medal with England in
1966 and another Football League title with United the following year.
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