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Zinedine Zidane:
Zinedin Zidane is a french former football midfielder and started his professional club carrer in 1988 at AS Cannes and he quickly became better and rose trought in the professional ranks. In his career Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and the 2002 UEFA Champions League. He won the Golden Ball as the MVP in the World Cups of 1998 and 2006. ("Zinendine Zidane")

 

 

Franz Beckenbauer:
Beckenbauer is a German Soccer player who invented the modern attacking sweeper position which he played. He was calle “Der Kaiser” whitch means “the imperator”. He spent most of his career with the german club “Bayern Munich” and he led the team to three European Cup championships and four national titles. He also was twice selected the European Footballer of the Year. All in all he is the greatest German footballer of all time. (“Franz Beckenbauer”)

 

 

Johann Cruyff:
Cruyff is a Dutch Football player. His position is attacing midfielder. He started his profesional career in 1964 at Ajax Amsterdam and ended it 1984 at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Cruyff was known for speed, acceleration and his technical ability, but all that was based on his good team work. Cause of all these talents, he was named European Footballer of the Year three times and he was second best player of the century. (“ Johann Cruyff”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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