We have released a vote of VOTE: Pick your top 5 Greatest Captains in football history last week. It's voted by 615,253 All Football Fans, the results are as follows:
Carles Puyol
Puyol retired after 15 years of first team football at Barcelona and a decade as club captain. Puyol played 392 games for Barca, in which he won six La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey, six Spanish Supercopas, three Champions Leagues and 2 European Supercups.
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas is the only captain in the history of the game to have lifted eight different major trophies, namely; La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup, Club World Cup, World Cup and the European Championships.
Steven Gerrard
Gerrard has led the Liverpool team through an era which could politely be described a rough patch.As a captain he is both vocal and able to lead by example on the pitch.
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti is commonly referred to as the 'King of Rome', Totti has spent his entire 23-year career at Roma, where he leads both the all-time goal scoring and appearance charts. Still going strong at 38, Totti has 240 goals for Roma in 582 games.
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini captained Italy for eight years and AC Milan for 12, and was renowned for his leadership skills, earning him the nickname "Il Capitano", or 'The Captain'.
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