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Crocker

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I had to go with Pele the greatest footballer t6hat ever lived

thirty7

After the embarassment of forgetting the great man, i'll vote The Don in this heat

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K Jay

How can people not know to vote pele. Perhaps Career Stats are needed to put it into context

All Games in all Categories per year combined
Games / Goals
1956 ..........002 / 002
1957 ..........073 / 065
1958 ..........068 / 089
1959 ..........103 / 127
1960 ..........082 / 074
1961 ..........075 / 111
1962 ..........059 / 073
1963 ..........059 / 074
1964 ..........050 / 060
1965 ..........074 / 105
1966 ..........051 / 042
1967 ..........065 / 055
1968 ..........082 / 059
1969 ..........078 / 068
1970 ..........075 / 059
1971 ..........074 / 030
1972 ..........074 / 050
1973 ..........067 / 053
1974 ..........045 / 019
1975 ..........025 / 015
1976 ..........044 / 026
1977 ..........042 / 023

1956-1977...1,367 / 1,279

Trophies & Tournaments:
World Cup: 1958 (winner), 1962 (winner)*, 1966, 1970 (winner)
South American Championship: 1959 (2nd)
Copa Libertatores: 1962, 1963
World Club Cup: 1962, 1963*
Brazil Champion: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (Taca do Brasil)
Brazil runner-up: 1966
Brazil Cup winner: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Brazil Cup finalist: 1966
Sao Paulo Champion: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
U.S. Champion (NASL): 1977
Top League Goal Scorer: 1973
Top Sao Paulo Goal Scorer:1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969

Now even Americans can understand his greatness. To put it into context here are the stats of a more modern legend.

Ronaldo

1989/1990 Season :-- Social Ramos Club (Brazil) - 8 goals in 12 games.
1990/1993 Season :-- Sao Cristovao (Brazil) - 36 goals in 54 games.
1993/1994 Season :-- Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte (Brazil) - 58 goals in 60 games.
1994/1995 Season :-- PSV Eindhoven (Holland) - 55 goals in 56 games.
1995/1996 Season :-- PSV Eindhoven (Holland) - goals in games.
1996/1997 Season :-- Barcelona (Spain) - 47 goals in 49 games.
1997/1998 Season :-- Inter Milan (Italy) - 25 goals in 30 games.
1998/1999 Season :-- Inter Milan (Italy) - 15 goals in 19 games.
1999/2000 Season :-- Inter Milan (Italy) - 3 goals in 7 games.
2000/2001 Season :-- Inter Milan (Italy) - Knee injury.
2001/2002 Season :-- Inter Milan (Italy) - 7 goals in 10 games.
2002/2003 Season :-- Real Madrid (Spain) - 21 goals in 30 games

273 in 337

Titles won

With Cruzeiro :---- Brazilian Cup (1993), Super Copa Top scorer (1994), Mineiro Championship Top scorer (1994), Mineiro Championship (1994).
With PSV Eindhoven : Dutch Championship Top Scorer (1995), Dutch Cup Top scorer (1996), Dutch Cup (1996).
With Barcelona :---- Spanish Super Cup (1996), FIFA Player of the Year (1996), Spanish League Top scorer (1997), UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (1997), Latin American Player of the Year in Spanish League (1997), European Player of the Year (1997).
With Inter Milan :---- FIFA Player of the Year (1997), UEFA Cup (1998), European Player of the Year (1998), European Forward of the Year (1998), Italian League Player of the Year (1998), Italian League Foreign Player of the Year (1998), UEFA Cup (1998).
With Real Madrid:---- Intercontinental Cup, La Liga Title, Copa Naranja, Super Copa Española.
With Brazil :---- Conmebol U-17 Championship (1991), South American Championship U-19 (1993), FIFA World Cup (1994), UMBRO Cup (1995), Runner-up with Brazil in the Copa America (1995), Bronze medallist with Brazil at the Olympic Tournament (1996), Copa America (1997), FIFA/Confederation's Cup (1997), FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1998), World Cup France (1998), Best Striker & footballer of World Cup France (1998), Copa America (1999), Champion of Intercontinental Cup (2002), Best European Footballer (2002), Word Cup 2002 (2002), Best Striker & footballer of World Cup 2002 (2002), FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (2002). ESPN best footballer(2003)

Now vote informedly!!

I had a sig, once.

Tyler Durden

I'm not sure of the exact figures but if you wanna go down the stats route look at Bradman's batting average.

His Test average was 99.94. To put that into context the second best is around 30 runs or something below him!! The guy was from a different generation but was completely the master of his sport.

Edit....Actually I think second behind him is Graeme Pollock who average 60. Bradman was a god and not in the JBL or Mister D sense of the word!!

K Jay

But it`s Pele, greatest player of the most popular sport in the World ever. And once the Americans wake up and see us divided they will put in one of their Rounders or Netball stars.

I had a sig, once.