List: FIFA World Cup-winning players

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•  Bobby Charlton

  Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE is an English former professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot. His elder brother Jack, who was also in the World Cup-winning team, was a former defender for Leeds United and coach.

  

  44.1%
  

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•  Dino Zoff

  Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40. Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role, being named the 3rd greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks.

  

  39.4%
  

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  29.6%
  
•  Diego Maradona

  Diego Armando Maradona is an Argentine former football player, and current manager of the Argentine national team. He finished first in an internet vote for the FIFA Player of the Century award, and he shared the award with Pelé. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Sevilla, Newell's Old Boys and Napoli, setting world-record contract fees.

  

  26.0%
  

  36.4%
  

  37.7%
  
•  Franco Baresi

  Franco Baresi is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one". He is also the younger brother of Internazionale assistant manager Giuseppe Baresi. Hoping Franco could play with him in the nerazzurri; Giuseppe brought him for a trial in Inter's youth team, but Franco was rejected.

  

  31.7%
  

  34.9%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Gordon Banks

  Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century — after Lev Yashin (1) and before Dino Zoff (3). Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. Banks was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

  

  18.2%
  

  36.4%
  

  45.5%
  
•  Geoff Hurst

  Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE is a retired England footballer best remembered for his years with West Ham. He made his mark in World Cup history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4–2 win over West Germany at the old Wembley.

  

  21.6%
  

  37.3%
  

  41.2%
  
•  Pelé

  Edison Arantes do Nascimento,, best known by his nickname Pelé is a retired Brazilian football player. While his birth certificate shows his first name as Edison, and he prefers to call himself Edson, it is as Pelé that he has become a sporting legend. He is widely regarded by polls among football experts, former players and fans as the greatest footballer of all time. In his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero.

  

  38.6%
  

  36.4%
  

  25.0%
  
•  Fabien Barthez

  Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a former French football goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with 10. Professionally, he has kept goal for his clubs to a Champions League title and several Ligue 1 and Premier League titles.

  

  32.1%
  

  32.1%
  

  35.8%
  
•  Osvaldo Ardiles

  Osvaldo César Ardiles (born 3 August 1952 in Córdoba Province), often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is a football coach and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentinian national team. A competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

  

  21.4%
  

  42.9%
  

  35.7%
  
•  Peter Bonetti

  Peter Phillip Bonetti is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname, "The Cat". He was one of several goalkeepers who specialised in a one-armed throw which could achieve a similar distance to a drop kick.

  

  45.8%
  

  29.2%
  

  25.0%
  
•  Fritz Walter

  Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals. As the son of a Vereinswirt (clubs innkeeper) of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Walter began his football career early. At age 8, he joined the Kaiserslautern youth academy, and he made his first team debut at just 17, where he would faithfully remain throughout his career.

  

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•  Ronaldo

  Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 22 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Corinthians and was one of the most prolific scorers in the 1990s and in the early 21st century. Ronaldo won his first Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 1997 and again in 2002. He is also one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with French footballer Zinedine Zidane.

  

  28.3%
  

  34.8%
  

  37.0%
  
•  Zinedine Zidane

  Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French World Cup-winning footballer. Widely considered one of football's all-time greats, Zidane played for club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was a member of the French national team. His career accomplishments include helping France win the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, in addition to winning the 2002 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid.

  

  36.0%
  

  36.0%
  

  28.0%
  
•  Franz Beckenbauer

  Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born 11 September 1945) is a legendary German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. He is generally regarded as the greatest German footballer of all time and one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game.

  

  29.2%
  

  33.3%
  

  37.5%
  
•  Gerd Müller

  Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (born 3 November 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West) German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time. With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the most successful goalscorers of his era. Müller is now 8th on the list of all time international goalscorers.

  

  40.0%
  

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•  Jack Charlton

  John "Jack" Charlton, OBE, DL is an English former footballer and football manager who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and who was part of the England team who won the 1966 World Cup. He later became a manager of both domestic and international sides, and is particularly well known for his time as manager of the Republic of Ireland.

  

  21.4%
  

  42.9%
  

  35.7%
  
•  Helmut Rahn

  Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss (The Boss), (16 August 1929 in Essen – 14 August 2003) was a German football player. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

  

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•  Thierry Henry

  Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Barcelona and the French national team. Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne—a tough suburb of Paris—where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and signed instantly, making his professional debut in 1994.

  

  29.2%
  

  25.0%
  

  45.8%
  
•  Patrick Vieira

  Patrick Vieira (born 23 June 1976 in Dakar) is a Senegalese-born French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the French national team. He rose to prominence during his stint at Arsenal from 1996 to 2005, where he won three Premier League titles - one unbeaten - and four FA Cups, eventually becoming club captain.

  

  16.7%
  

  33.3%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Jimmy Greaves

  James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves (born 20 February 1940 in East Ham, England) is an English former football player, England's third highest international goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and more recently a television pundit - famous for his trademark catchphrase it's a funny old game. He is considered to be one of the finest goalscorers of his generation.

  

  35.7%
  

  14.3%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Rivaldo

  Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, commonly known as simply Rivaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Uzbeki side Bunyodkor. He is widely considered one of the finest playmakers in the modern history of the game. He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he won the 1998 and 1999 Spanish La Liga championship and the 1998 Copa del Rey.

  

  33.3%
  

  38.9%
  

  27.8%
  
•  Rudi Völler

  Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player and coached the national team to second place at the 2002 World Cup.

  

  50.0%
  

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  25.0%
  
•  Marcel Desailly

  Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as Abby Odenkey) is a former French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He also enjoyed a distinguished career at club level with several major European clubs.

  

  16.7%
  

  33.3%
  

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•  Toni Turek

  Toni Turek, real name Anton Turek, (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German football goalkeeper.

  

  33.3%
  

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•  Paul Breitner

  Paul Breitner is a former German football player. One of Germany's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country.

  

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