5) Zinedine Zidane

Zidane won the UEFA, a La Liga title and the World Cup two times. He later found success as a manager. People say Zidane is one of the best managers to not only manage his team but one of the best managers in the history of soccer.

4)Ronaldinho Gaucho

Ronaldinho has won a World Cup, a Copa America, a Confederations Cup, a Champions League, a Copa Libertadores and a Ballon D’or. Ronaldinho helped Messi when he was just starting and without Ronaldinho Messi could have never been the player he is today. Ronaldinho told Messi that he would be one the the best soccer players of all time and he was right.

3)Pele

Pele has won the most World Cups in football history with 3 World Cups. Pele scored 77 goals in 92 games for Brazil, Pele held this record as the national team’s top goalscorer for over fifty years. Pele ‘s real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

2) Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi has won the most Ballon D’ors in history with 8 ballon d’ors. Messi won the World Cup in 2022, something he had been trying to get in all of his career. Because of Messi, Barcelona became one of the most well known clubs in the world.

1) Cristiano Ronaldo 

Cristiano Ronaldo has inspired many young soccer players like Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Alejandro Garnacha. Cristiano Ronaldo has won five UEFA champions leagues, the UEFA European championship and the UEFA Nation leagues. He is the top scorer in UCL in history. Some people started calling him Mr UCL. He won the FIFA Puskas award, that even Lionel Messi hasn’t won in his career. He has 5 Ballon d’ors.

Enderson Baires Cortez likes Cristiano Ronaldo because, “He had a big impact on soccer.”