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[Big Niall]

Just wonder who people think is their countries best ever footballer (and remember football existed before the premiership). I think

England - Bobby Charlton
Rep of Ireland - Liam Brady
Northern Ireland - George Best
Wales - JOhn Charles
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
France - Zidane
Argentina - Maradonna
Germany - Beckanbaur
Italy - Baresi
Spain - struggling to think of anyone, weird, Butreguenno?

This covers most of the posters on this forum countries.

[66-1112520797]

Van Basten - Holland
Puskas - Hungry
Gascoigne - England ?
France - Zidane
Germany- Beckanbaur
Portugual - Eusebio
Brazil - Pele
Argentina - Diego Maradonna
Italy Baresi
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
N. Ireland Georgey Best
Spain - Xabi Alonso   seriously I have no idea.
Australia - Craig Johnston

I 've lived in all those countries.

[Sabre]

Spain - struggling to think of anyone, weird, Butreguenno?

Emilio Butragueño was a great goal poacher I rated, but, I wouldn't consider him the best. You could name important names like Arconada, Michel, Butragueño, Raul at his best... but it's true that it's difficult to say "who's the best".

Maybe Alfredo Di Estefano, although he was born in Argentina, and Puskas , who was born in Hungary. They've been perhaps the most praised, the most winning Spanish nationality players

[The Ace1983]

Scotland - Dalglish
England - Moore
Germany - Beckenbaur
USA - Donovan (!)
Trinidad & Tobago - Yorke
Brazil - Socrates (well, really it's Pele isn't it, but that gets a bit boring)
Argentina - Maradona
Holland - Cruyff
France - Zidane

[taff]

John Charles for Wales I agree with that 100%

[Big Niall]

I've obviously never seen John Charles play but the fact that Juventus voted him their best foreign player of the 20th century is good enough for me (surprisingly they didn't vote for Rushie )

Because he played for a small country and played many years abroad, he often gets over looked as a true legend.

[NiftyNeil]

England - John Barnes
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
Wales - Ian Rush
Northern Ireland - Elisha Scott
Ireland - Ronnie Whelan
France - Djibril Cisse
Germany - Didi Hamman
Holland - Dirk Kuyt
Spain - Xabi Alonso
Portugal - Abel Xavier
Denmark - Jan Molby
Norway - John Arne Riise
Sweden - Glen Hysen
Finland - Jari Litmanen
Poland - Jerzy Dudek
Austria - Bezian Idrizaj
Israel - Ronnie Rosenthal
Brazil - Fabio Aurelio
Argentina - Sebastian Leto
Mali - Momo Sissoko
Senegal - Papa Bouba Diop 

Did anyone else get some of those Red tinted specs off ebay?

[The Ace1983]

Denmark - Laudrup (can't remember which one)
South Africa - Benny McCarthey
Israel - Ronnie Rosenthal
Japan - Shinji Ono

Spain is the puzzler. I'd probably go for Raul but, as some have already stated, it's a hard one. Luis Enrique maybe?

[kazza 1]

England - John Barnes
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
Wales - Ian Rush
Northern Ireland - Elisha Scott
Ireland - Ronnie Whelan
France - Djibril Cisse
Germany - Didi Hamman
Holland - Dirk Kuyt
Spain - Xabi Alonso
Portugal - Abel Xavier
Denmark - Jan Molby
Norway - John Arne Riise
Sweden - Glen Hysen
Finland - Jari Litmanen
Poland - Jerzy Dudek
Austria - Bezian Idrizaj
Israel - Ronnie Rosenthal
Brazil - Fabio Aurelio
Argentina - Sebastian Leto
Mali - Momo Sissoko
Senegal - Papa Bouba Diop 

Did anyone else get some of those Red tinted specs off ebay?

Was Elisha Scott not a goal keeper?? I have never seem him play, but I do know he holds the record of being Liverpools longest serving player (1912 - 1934). There have been some top class players come out of Northern Ireland.......


George Best
Danny Blanchflower
Pat Jennings
Billy Bingham
Gerry Armstrong
Norman Whiteside

The best is deffo George Best!!

[AB's Red Army]

Legend for club and country [AC Milan and Croatia], Zvonimir Boban:

[destro]

England- Gerrard
Scotland-Dalglish
Wales-Rush
Ireland-Houghton
Denmark-Molby
Israel-Benayoun
Holland-Kuyt
Spain-Torres
Brazil-Barnes
Sweden-Hysen

[LFC2007]

England - Bobby Charlton
Rep of Ireland - Liam Brady
Northern Ireland - George Best
Wales - John Charles
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
France - Platini
Argentina - Maradonna
Germany - Beckenbauer
Italy - Rossi
Holland - Cruijff
Spain - Luis Suarez (excluding Puskas and Di Stefano as they were not Spanish)
Uruguay - Varela

[Sabre]

England - Bobby Charlton
Rep of Ireland - Liam Brady
Northern Ireland - George Best
Wales - John Charles
Scotland - Kenny Dalglish
France - Platini
Argentina - Maradonna
Germany - Beckenbauer
Italy - Rossi
Holland - Cruijff
Spain - Luis Suarez (excluding Puskas and Di Stefano as they were not Spanish)
Uruguay - Varela

You have to be old to remember Luis Suarez His left foot was indeed a good one, although the others (Puskas and Di Estefano) both got the Spanish nationality, and I don't like to undermine the nationality if they got it.

in Italy, you mean Paolo Rossi, the 1982 hero? Great striker, but I'd doubt to consider him better player as  a whole than Baressi or even Maldini.

Actually it's difficult to say who's better, a keeper like Dino Zoff (what a legend), or a striker like Rossi .

[LFC2007]

You have to be old to remember Luis Suarez His left foot was indeed a good one, although the others (Puskas and Di Estefano) both got the Spanish nationality, and I don't like to undermine the nationality if they got it.

in Italy, you mean Paolo Rossi, the 1982 hero? Great striker, but I'd doubt to consider him better player as  a whole than Baressi or even Maldini.

Actually it's difficult to say who's better, a keeper like Dino Zoff (what a legend), or a striker like Rossi .

I was going to say Baresi or Zoff but I thought I'd be different and say Rossi, his stint at the top was short but brilliant.

I don't count Puskas or Di Stefano as Spanish, despite both of them playing for the national team on a few occasions.

[Mikz]

N Ireland-George Best
  England- Stanley Matthews
  Scotland- Kenny Dalglish
   Wales- John Charles
  Holland - Johan Cryuff
  Germany-Franz Beckenbauer
  France  -Zinedine Zidane
  Brazil  - Pele
  Argentina - Diego Maradona
   Portugal- Eusebio
   Italy -Gianni Rivera
   Denmark- Peter Schmeichel
   Spain-Luis Suarez
   Yugoslavia- Dragan Stojkovic
   Hungary -Ferenc Puskás
   Bulgaria-Hristo Stoichkov
   Colombia- Carlos Valderamma
   Belgium -Jan Ceulemans
    Czech-Pavel Nedved
    Finland-Jari Litmanen
    Africa -George Weah
    Russia- Lev Yashin
   Rep Ireland - Liam Brady
   Austria-Hans Krankl
   Poland-Kazimierz Denya
   Romania-hagi
    Isle of Man -Norman Wisdom