Had Hungary lifted the 1954 World Cup, as they should have, Gusztáv Sebes would be lauded as one of the greatest of all time. He certainly was
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Thanks to the likes of Nelson Mandela, when apartheid was at its worst, a unique movement of football at Robben Island changed so much
A precise striker of the ball, Tugay garnered lofty praise from most he encountered and enjoyed a uniquely cult following
Outside Turkey, the maverick talent of Ibrahim Yattara remains a well-kept secret – but he was just as dazzling as Europe’s best
The only Ukrainian footballer to ever win the Ballon d’Or, Oleg Blokhin’s records stand him out as perhaps the greatest Eastern European footballer of all
For its size, Uruguay remain the ultimate over-achievers in football, harnessing their famed Garra Charrúa to devastating effect
My love of Colombian football was ignited by one astonishing passing move, and by Carlos Valderrama, the man whose genius had made it happen
Union Berlin in the 2001 UEFA Cup: the club that made their European bow before their Bundesliga one
Small and largely ignored in the German football spectrum, in 2001 Union Berlin burst onto the map thanks to an iconic DFB-Pokal run
Rising against the odds late in his career, Steve Savidan was one of Ligue 1’s best goalscorer and a France international. Then tragedy struck
Named the Gol di Turone, few moments in Italian football history have been as fiercely debated or controversial at that on in May 1981
In the history of both Argentina football and Real Madrid, few midfielders can match the complete flair, skill and class of Fernando Redondo
Though he had never donned the Cagliari shirt, when Gianfranco Zola returned to Sardinia in 2003, he was given a true hero’s homecoming
The showman and the dynamo: the unique similarities between George Best and Howard Kendall’s careers
Born on the same day is just the start: the life and times of legends George Best and Howard Kendall are fit for a movie on the enigmatic duo
In the history of Espanyol, one man stands above all others – Raúl Tamudo. And one moment of his is more famous than any other in La Liga
Spending years out of the game following a premature retirement, the brilliant Marc Overmars still had one triumphant return in him
He arrived with nothing to prove, but true to character, Clarence Seedorf would approach his Botafogo years, his twilight, with the same class as always
Reliable, professional and gifted, in the pantheon of great Italian goalkeepers, Stefano Sorrentino holds his own – even if he is criminally underrated
A serial winner and goalscorer for the world’s biggest club, Karim Benzema is a modern legend – and yet he’s still not as good as Olivier Giroud for France