Top ten central defenders in football history

" French Football " announced the TOP10 list of the best central defenders in history. Unfortunately, the names of well-known legendary superstars such as Maldini , Nesta , Ferdinand , Stam, Terry and so on did not appear in the list. Almost all the stars who can be selected as the core have won international championships for their country.


1. Bobby Moore (England career: 1958-1978)

Bobby Moore is the legendary captain of England and one of the greatest central defenders in world football One, but also recognized as the greatest central defender in football history before Beckenbauer and Baresi. In the 1966 World Cup, it was Bobby Moore who led the team as captain to win the first World Cup in England history at home, and is also the only heavyweight national championship in English football so far.


2. Beckenbauer (German career: 1964-1983)

Beckenbauer is the greatest player in German history and also the greatest in world football One of the players, enjoys the reputation of "Football King". Beckenbauer helped German football to win the European Cup and the World Cup in 1972 and 1994 respectively. At the same time, he personally won the Golden Globe twice, the first and the most won the Golden Globe in history. Award defender player. In addition, Beckenbauer is also a milestone in world football. Because of his comprehensive and super personal ability,He created a free-man style of play. On the football field, in addition to the goalkeeper, he can basically play any position.


3. Sirea (Italian career: 1972-1988)

Sirea is one of the most famous central defenders in the history of world football, as well as an Italian meritorious central defender. In the 1982 World Cup, he served as the team's defensive backbone to help the Italian team win the championship. At the same time, he was also the core player of Juventus in the first dynasty era. In 1985, as the captain, Sirea led Juventus to win the first Champions League trophy in the history of the team.


4. Passarella (Argentine career: 1974-1989)

Passarella is the greatest central defender in Argentina, he was the team in the 1978 World Cup The captain helped Argentina win the first World Cup at home. His scoring ability is equally impressive. He is one of the most scoring central defenders in the history of world football.


5. Baresi (Italian career: 1978-1997)

Baresi is the only country on this list that has not helped himself as a core player to win Laureate player in important international competitions. Although he followed Italy to win the 1982 World Cup, he did not get a chance to play that year. Then in the 1990s and 1994 World Cups, he played twice as the defensive core, but unfortunately Italy missed the championship in the end. But this does not obliterate Baresi’s greatness. He is an absolute feat of the Milan dynasty. In 1989, he also won the second place in the Golden Globe Award.This was the highest ranking of central defenders in this award after Beckenbauer.


6. Coman (Netherlands career: 1980-1997)

Coman is Dutch football and became the greatest central defender in the history of the Netherlands. The four kings of the Netherlands", in the 1988 European Cup, Koeman was one of the core of the team to help the Netherlands win the title of the only important international competition so far. At the same time, Koeman is also the core of Barcelona's defense during the "Dream One" period.


7. Summerer (German career: 1985-1998)

Summerer is a legendary German central defender. In the 1996 European Cup, the German team was under his leadership After winning the final championship, he also won the Ballon d'Or in the same year, becoming a central defender who won the European Ballon d'Or after Beckenbauer.


8. Desailly (French career: 1986-2005)

Desailly was a central defender of French football. He was the backbone of the team’s defense in the 1998 World Cup. He helped France win the Hercules Cup for the first time in the history of the French team. Two years later, he helped France win the European Cup. As a central defender, Desailly has excellent physical and technical skills and is impeccable.


9. Cannavaro (Italian career: 1992-2011)

Cannavaro is Italy's number one contributor to the 2006 World Cup.And by virtue of his dream performance in that World Cup, he also won the 2006 World Footballer and the Golden Globe Award two supreme personal honours, and he became the first defender in football history to be elected World Footballer.


10. Ramos (Spanish career: 2004 to present)

I really don’t think he deserves to be on this list. Ramos’s early career was not as good as Maldini’s. Ferdinand, Nesta, Terry; middle age is not as good as Thiago Silva, Chiellini; in his later years, there is also van Dyck this mountain. But fortune made him a winner in life. As the main defense of Spain, he helped the team win the 2008 and 2012 European Cup championships and the 2010 World Cup championship. He also served as the backbone of Real Madrid’s defense to help the team in 2014. -In 2018, he won the Champions League four times in five years. Authoritative media collectively asserted that after Ramos retires, his historical status will even surpass Baresi and Beckenbauer, and he will sit back and watch.


PS : The editor is young and has never seen the miracles of many of the above gods. If the editor selects the top 10 defenders in football history, then the ranking is as follows:

1. Beckenbauer (Football King)

2. Baresi (the best free man in history)

3. Martini (no comment required)

4. Bergomi (real king of Inter Milan)

5. Ferdinand (the best central defender template in history)

6. Stam (Ferguson's regret)

7. Van Dijk (the strongest today)

8. Cannavaro (the only central defender in the world football player)

9. Terry (Iron-blooded pure man)

10. Nesta (elegant defensive artist)


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