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These are the ten top teams in the world. Recently the number two team, Italy won the world cup against the the number 4 team France. Zinedine Zidane won the most valuable player this year even though he got sent out of the championship game with a red card head head butting another player.
| Player | Nationality | Playing Position | |
| Pele | Brazil | Inside forward / Striker | Pelé is the first soccer player to achieve massive international acclaim. His name is regularly mentioned today, more than a quarter century after his retirement. He is the all-time top scorer in the history of the Brazil national team and is the only footballer ever to win three World Cup titles as a player. |
| Ronaldo | Brazilian | Striker | Ronaldo is born in the poor suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Driven by his childhood hero Zico, the youngster enters football early in his life. In 1996 Ronaldo became the youngest ever winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy and cemented his reputation as one of the world’s finest players by retaining it the following year. |
| Diego Maradona |
Argentina | Midfielder / Attacker | Born in the poor ghetto near Buenos Aires, Argentina, Diego started playing at the age of 16 in Argentina's senior national team. Maradona single handedly earned the 1986 World Cup for his country by scoring the controversial "Hand of God" as well as the "Most Beautiful Goal in World Cup History." |
| David Beckham | England | Right & Central Midfield | Beckham started playing at the age of 16 for the youth team of Manchester United.As a player, David Beckham is a wide midfielder with a predominant right foot. He's extremely precise on curving the ball with the inside of his foot. That makes him very dangerous on crosses and long balls down the flank. For England, Beckham scored in three separate World Cups and captained his country for six years, playing 94 times and scoring 17 international goals. |
| Zinedine Zidane | France | Midfield |