By Norman Higgins


Soccer is famous throughout the world as a game of skill and excitement. It is full of twists and turns and is not a very easy game to predict.

There are many people throughout the world that try to make a name for them-selves in this game. Unfortunately not all of them make the grade when it comes to becoming a world renowned player.

But these following people definitely made it.

The Brazilian Maestro has to be the first person to mention. Edison Pele was just a 15 year old boy when he made his first class world cup debut for Brazil. This was a feat in itself and one in which he also managed to score two goals. He also went on to become known the king of soccer and was elected as the athlete of the Century according to the International Olympic Committee.

Pele had a wonderful 25 year playing career that produced around 1000 goals to his name. He was also selected as being one of the top 100 most influential sportspeople of the twentieth Century according to Time magazine.

An Argentinean of the same caliber as Pele was Diego Armando Maradona. This player also had talent to spare and just had a knack of scoring great goals.

His playing career lasted for about 26 years and made him a household name the world over. He was also in the news as much for his off the field antics as his on field prowess.

Then there was Hristo Stoichkov the famous Bulgarian soccer player. This man started his career playing for CSKA Sofia then went on to play for Barcelona where he won the Spanish Primera division with them. After his retirement in 2003 not a lot has been heard from this man as he seems to have quit the game in all capacities.

Finally there is David Beckham from England. He got his big break in the game at just 16 years old in 1991. Soon he went to Manchester United and really started to become recognized for his great style of play. Beckham has represented England in three world cups with the pinnacle being made captain for the 2006 World cup.




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