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Top 5 Greatest No.10s voted by AFers: Messi ranked 1st & followed by Pele!

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As we all know, No.10 shirts are often worn by the greatest players in the football world, so who are the top5 among them? Yesterday we posted a vote: Pick Top 5 greatest No.10s in football history   and here are the results :

Lionel Messi 

Messi has won a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record five European Golden Shoes. He's often considered the best player in the world and regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all time.

Pele

Regarded as the greatest player of all time, Pele was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in1999. According to the IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful league goal-scorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games.

Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho won two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or. He was renowned for his technical skills and creativity; due to his agility, pace and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, feints, overhead kicks, no-look passes and accuracy from free-kicks. 

Zinedine Zidane 

As an elite playmaker, renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. At club level, he created a world record fee of €77.5 million in 2001, which remained unmatched for the next eight years. 

Diego Maradona

As an advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona would often dribble past multiple opposing players on a run. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career. 

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