10 Best Football Players of the World: Top Soccer Players [2018 ]

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Deepak Kumar Christiano Ronaldo, Football, football players, Highest Paid Soccer Players, Juventus, Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, Soccer

Football is one of the most loved games in the world. Though, Cricket is the most favorite game in India but still you can easily find a lot of football fans here. Some people believe that it is much better to watch a football match than a cricket match because they think that a cricket match needs a lot of time to be devoted and not everyone has that much time in this fast pacing times. Though, there are lot of talented football players from various countries but today we will talk about the 10 best Football players of the world. If you are a true football freak you must be knowing most of the players from our list of top 10 Football players of the world.

10 Best Football Players of the World

Here we have listed the 10 best soccer players of the world. Check out the list and do let us know in the comments section that who is your favourite one and why?? Here you go:-

1.Lionel Messi

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Every football lover must be knowing this name, Lionel Messi. His full name is Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini. Lionel Messi is one of the best Football players of the world. He has also won the FIFA’s player of the year award. He is also known as one of the greatest football players of all time. He belong to the Barcelona club and plays for them. His amazing football skills and tactics have brought him 32 trophies. He has achieved around 600 goals till now. He was born in Argentina and his early childhood he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency but his dreams were much higher and he did not let this condition become an obstacle for him. His medical expenses were paid by the Barcelona Club for which he decided to play. His started his debut at the age of 17. He play at the forward position in the team.

Date of Birth of Lionel Messi: 24 June, 1987

Age of Lionel Messi: 31 Years

2. Christiano Ronaldo

Christiano Ronaldo is also one of the best soccer players of the world and his skills are superb. Christiano Ronaldo needs no introduction as he is already very popular among the footballs fans in India and around the world. He was the second player after Lionel Messi to win this honour. ChristianoRonaldo’s Full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. He was born in Madeira in Portugal. He also plays at the forward position in his team. Currently he is playing from the Juventus team. In the year 2009 he left Manchester United and moved on to Real Madrid and this was termed as the most expensive football association team transfer. Christiano Ronaldo also comes under the World’s Highest Paid Soccer Players of the World. He scored his first International goal in the Euro 2004. He has unique style of playing football and is famous for his unmatched soccer skills.

Date of Birth of Christiano Ronaldo: 5 Feb 1985

Age: 33 years

3. Neymar

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Neymar is a Brazilian Footballer who is very popular among the football lovers. He plays at a forward position for the French Club Paris Saint German. He also plays for the Brazil National Team. The career of Neymar started at the young age of 17. With his help the club easily won 2 championship. Neymar is known for his unique style of playing the game. He has excellent dribbling skills and has a good pace while running. In 2017, Aug Neymar became the world’s most expensive player and he joined Paris Saint-German club leaving the Barcelona football club. He mostly play as central striker or second striker in the field. His special skills and tricks helps his team to make more goals.

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4. Manuel Neuer

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Manuel Neuer is a German footballer. His full name is Manuel Peter Neuer. He was born on 27th of March, 1986. He plays as the goalkeeper and also plays the role of the team captain for Bayern Munich. He also plays for Germany National Team. He has excellent skills to stop the goals that’s why he is popularly known as the sweeper keeper. He has good flexibility and shows his skills to stop all the goals. For four continuous years 2013-2016 he has been awarded as the best goalkeeper of the world, IFFHS World’s best Goalkeeper. Manuel Neuer has won the FIFA World cup with Germany. His skills are super cool that’s why he was declared as the third best player in the world by The Guardian.

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5. Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez is an Uruguayan footballer. He plays as a striker for his own national team and also for the Barcelona. He is also regarded as one of the best football players of the world. Talking about his achievements he has already won 16 trophies in his football career till now. In total he has made 400 goals in career including those for his national team. In the year 2010 Luis Suarez was awarded him his first trophy and he was also declared as the Dutch Footballer of the year. The football clubs for which he has played are Nacional, Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona. Currently he is playing for Barcelona. He is known for his powerful shots and direct running at the players.

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6.Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish football player who was born on the 3rd of October month in the year 1981. He is also popular as one of the top football players of the world and has excellent football skills and tricks. In his football career he has won 32 trophies in total. He plays as a striker in the team and has a powerful kick. He always tries his superb skills to achieve maximum goals in less time. He has gained a lot of popularity and praise when he played at a forward position at Ajax. He is also called as the bets goalscorer of his country and holds 62 goals in his bag. Because of his accurate and perfect striking techniques he is also known as the one of the best football players of the generation.

7. Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale is a Welsh footballer known for his high speed running and skills. His techniques to cross defenders is awesome. He is known as one of the best footballers of the world. His physical capabalities are awesome. He was born on 16 July 1989 and plays for the Real Madrid cup. He also plays for the Wales national team. Internationally he has achieved 29 goals in his football career. For a total of 6 times he has been named as the Welsh Footballer of the Year. He has shown his amazing skills and talent in number of tournaments and that’s why he holds a place in the top 10 footballers of the world in our list. He is known for his stamina, agility, running skills and pace.

8. Andrés Iniesta

Andres Iniesta Lujan was born on 11th of May 1984. His place of birth is Fuentealbilla which is in Spain. He plays at the mid field position. He plays for the Japanese Club Vissel Kobe. He has also played as a captain of the team for the club Barcelona for 3 seasons. Talking about his achievements in the game of football he has won 33 trophies in total. He is also known as one of the best Spanish Footballers of all times. Due to his excellent mid fielding and skills many a times he has been declared as one of the best football player of the generation.

9. Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a French professional coach and a former football player. His nickname is Zizou. He was born on 23 June 1972. He was declared as one of the greatest football players of all times. He was known for his awesome playing techniques and skills. He played as an attacking midfielder. He has played for Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid football clubs. He had also won the La Liga Title and UEFA Championship league. Zidane has received a lot of awards and honours in his football career. After retirement he has become a football coach. First he became an Assistant coach for Read Madrid then became the coach of Read Madrid’s B team. He is the only coach in history who led his team to win 3 consecutive UEFA Championship leagues.

10. Christian Erisksen

Christian Dannemann Eriksen is a Danish Football player. He was born on 14 february 1992. He plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League Tottenham Hotspur Club and Danish National team. He was also the youngest football player in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He has won Ajax Talent of the Year, Dutch Football talent of the Year awards. He has also won the Hotspur Player of the year award and possess some superb football skills and techniques.

So, this was all about the best Football players of the world. If you are also a football freak and true lover of football, we would love to hear from you. Don’t forget to tell us who is your faourite football player out of these 10 greatest footballers of the world. Stay tuned with Buzzarenas.

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Deepak Kumar is a Teacher, Blogger and an Entrepreneur. He runs an institute and is also the co-founder of xPress Web Solutions, a web solutions company and ikoumerce which is into E-commerce. He has done Computer Science from Delhi University and has 8 years of teaching experience. He teaches various subjects upto XII class and above that also. Blogging is one of his greatest passions. He has other successful blogs in tech and education niche which has a large number of readers and have gained a lot of popularity among blog readers.