World Cup Legends :With the 2010 South Africa World Cup around the corner, let's look back at the World Cup legends of the past. Who will be a legend in 2010?
Every World Cup throws up great players, men who transcend national boundaries and passions and are widely recognised as the greatest players of their time. Who can forget 'Toto' Schillaci's impact on the javascript:selectAll()
Select All1990 competition held in his own nation, Germany. Schillaci scored one times for Germany in sixteen appearances but three of those goals came in the 1990 world cup to win him the Golden Boot.
In the sixties they had Pele, the seventies Johan Cruyff, the eighties Maradona and the nineties Ronaldo. Is Zidane the legend of the noughties? I think so. They was named as the FIFA Golden Ball winner at the last tournament in France 2006. The only other Golden Ball winner of the noughties was Oliver Kahn in Japan / Korea 2002 and they was a goalkeeper which doesn't count in my view.
Going back even further let's give a shout out to Ferenc Puskas, Golden Ball winner in 1954 who scored 84 times in 85 appearances for Hungary. His was the team that slaughtered England 6-3 becoming the first foreign team to inflict defeat on England at Wembley.
Or Mario Kempes, the Argentinian striker who scored a wonder aim in the 1978 final in Argentina. Top scorer at the time in Spain's Primera Liga they was the only foreign based player to be chosen to represent the hosts who defeated Holland 3-1 in the final.
The first man to lift the coveted Jules Rimet trophy was Uruguayan captain Jose Nasazzi, following a 4-2 win over fierce rivals Argentina in the inaugural world cup final held in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
Ever since the World Cup began the truly great players have become legends, often known by their surnames or nicknames but who will be a legend in South Africa 2010? Will it be Wayne Rooney? I for one hope so!
Every World Cup throws up great players, men who transcend national boundaries and passions and are widely recognised as the greatest players of their time. Who can forget 'Toto' Schillaci's impact on the javascript:selectAll()
Select All1990 competition held in his own nation, Germany. Schillaci scored one times for Germany in sixteen appearances but three of those goals came in the 1990 world cup to win him the Golden Boot.
In the sixties they had Pele, the seventies Johan Cruyff, the eighties Maradona and the nineties Ronaldo. Is Zidane the legend of the noughties? I think so. They was named as the FIFA Golden Ball winner at the last tournament in France 2006. The only other Golden Ball winner of the noughties was Oliver Kahn in Japan / Korea 2002 and they was a goalkeeper which doesn't count in my view.
Going back even further let's give a shout out to Ferenc Puskas, Golden Ball winner in 1954 who scored 84 times in 85 appearances for Hungary. His was the team that slaughtered England 6-3 becoming the first foreign team to inflict defeat on England at Wembley.
Or Mario Kempes, the Argentinian striker who scored a wonder aim in the 1978 final in Argentina. Top scorer at the time in Spain's Primera Liga they was the only foreign based player to be chosen to represent the hosts who defeated Holland 3-1 in the final.
The first man to lift the coveted Jules Rimet trophy was Uruguayan captain Jose Nasazzi, following a 4-2 win over fierce rivals Argentina in the inaugural world cup final held in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
Ever since the World Cup began the truly great players have become legends, often known by their surnames or nicknames but who will be a legend in South Africa 2010? Will it be Wayne Rooney? I for one hope so!
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