100 Greatest Soccer Players Quiz (Part 1)

[A] Lionel Messi | Eight Ballons d’Or, four Champions Leagues, 2022 World Cup; low-gravity dribbling and left-foot sorcery that bends physics.

[D] Pelé | Three World Cups, 1,283 official goals; samba flair with a permanent grin that globalized football.

[D] Diego Maradona | 1986 World Cup, Napoli’s two Serie A titles; mazy dribbles and audacious genius wrapped in defiance.

[B] Johan Cruyff | Three Ballons d’Or, three European Cups; architect of Total Football and Barça’s footballing DNA.

[C] Zinedine Zidane | 1998 World Cup & 2000 Euros, 2002 Champions League; velvet first touch and balletic control under siege.

[A] Cristiano Ronaldo | Five Ballons d’Or, five Champions Leagues, all-time top scorer; aerial supremacy and thunderbolt shooting sculpted by obsession.

[C] Franz Beckenbauer | World Cup winner as player & coach, three European Cups; regal libero who defended by attacking.

[D] Ronaldo | Two World Cups, two Ballons d’Or, 414 career goals; explosive acceleration and cold-blooded finishing before knee setbacks.

[A] George Best | 1968 European Cup & Ballon d’Or; dazzling dribbles and rock-star swagger at break-neck speed.

[B] Ronaldinho | 2002 World Cup, 2006 Champions League, two FIFA World Player awards; perpetual smile and elastic tricks that made stadiums dance.

[C] Paolo Maldini | Five European Cups, seven Serie A titles; 25 years of elegant, cerebral defending in Milan red.

[B] Alfredo Di Stefano | Five consecutive European Cups, two Ballons d’Or; complete forward who created as much as he finished.

[B] Ferenc Puskas | 84 goals in 85 caps, three European Cups; lethal left foot and galloping genius for Hungary and Real Madrid.

[A] Garrincha | Two World Cups; bow-legged wizard who turned full-backs into spectators down the right flank.

[A] Eusébio | 1966 World Cup Golden Boot, 1965 Ballon d’Or; Black Panther bursts and thunderous strikes for Benfica.

[C] Michel Platini | Three consecutive Ballons d’Or, 1984 European Championship; midfield maestro delivering free kicks like love letters.

[A] Thierry Henry | 1998 World Cup & 2000 Euros, Arsenal’s all-time scorer; ice-cool finishing and turbo-charged counterattacks.

[A] Gerd Müller | 1974 World Cup, three Ballons d’Or, 365 Bundesliga goals; born in the six-yard box with a poacher’s sixth sense.

[B] Dennis Bergkamp | Premier League icon, 1998 World Cup bronze; time-stopping first touch and surgical through balls.

[C] Franco Baresi | Six Serie A titles, three European Cups; immovable sentinel who captained Milan with quiet authority.

[C] Andrés Iniesta | 2010 World Cup winner, four Champions Leagues; metronomic passing and Wembley’s final dagger.

[B] Gianluigi Buffon | 2006 World Cup, 10+ Serie A titles, most capped Italian; ageless reflexes and granite composure.

[A] Bobby Moore | 1966 World Cup captain; elegant tackling and leadership that lifted the Jules Rimet with grace.

[A] Kenny Dalglish | Three European Cups, six league titles; Liverpool’s King who scored and created in equal measure.

[D] Marco Van Basten | 1988 European Championship, three Ballons d’Or; volleyed artistry and surgical finishing before injuries.

[A] Roberto Carlos | 2002 World Cup, three Champions Leagues; cannon left foot and jet-heeled overlaps from the back line.

[B] Xavi | 2010 World Cup, four Champions Leagues; tiki-taka metronome dictating tempo with 100-pass symphonies.

[C] Ryan Giggs | 13 Premier Leagues, two Champions Leagues; Welsh wing-wizard sprinting down Old Trafford’s flank for decades.

[D] Jairzinho | 1970 World Cup, scored in every match; Hurricane in yellow, relentless pace and power on the right.

[B] Michael Laudrup | Four consecutive La Liga titles, 1992 European Championship; Danish sculptor carving defenses with geometric passes.