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Some of our former greats:

Pinga (national team player in 1930-1942)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_de_Sousa_Pinga
Note: Best Madeira player ever before Cristiano Ronaldo

Fernando Peyroteo (national team player in 1938-1949)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Peyroteo

Matateu (national team player in 1952-1960)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matateu

Eusébio (national team player in 1961-1973, played and was top scorer in World Cup 1966)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eus%C3..._Silva_Ferreira

José Torres (national team player in 1963-1973, played in World Cup 1966)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Augusto_Torres

Artur Jorge (national team player in 1967-1977)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Jorge

Humberto Coelho (national team player in 1968-1983)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Coelho

Bento (national team player in 1976-198?, played in World Cup 1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bento

Chalana (national team player in 1976-1988)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Chalana

Paulo Futre (national team player in 1983-1995, played in World Cup 1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIcc1dk9vyo&search=Futre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Futre

Some of our current greats:

Figo (played in World Cup 2002, selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo
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Deco (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deco
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Ricardo Carvalho (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Carvalho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vw...ardo%20carvalho

Pauleta (played in World Cup 2002, selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Miguel_Pauleta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUt...&search=pauleta

Some of our current up-and-coming stars:

Cristiano Ronaldo (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeF...tiano%20ronaldo

Ricardo Quaresma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Quaresma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrU...search=quaresma

João Moutinho
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Moutinho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoKU...search=moutinho

Manuel Fernandes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Henriques_Fernandes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XY9...uel%20fernandes

Some of our potential future stars:

Ricardo Vaz Te
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Vaz_Te

Bruno Gama

Hélder Barbosa

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Italy

Some of our former greats

Giuseppe Meazza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Meazza

Silvio Piola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Piola

Luis Monti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti

Angelo Schiavio

Giancito Fachetti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacinto_Facchetti

Giampiero Boniperti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti

Dino Zoff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff

Giuseppe Bergomi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Bergomi

PAOLO ROSSI!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0

Alessandro Altobelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0

Salvatore Schillaci aka Toto aka Brazil Boy's Boy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Schillaci

Roberto Baggio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Baggio

Alessandro Costacurta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Costacurta

Paolo Maldini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maldini

Cristian Vieri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Vieri

Some of our current greats

Alessandro Del Piero
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFB41zz6N0

Francesco Totti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyv9UIc3YY

Alberto Gilardino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gilardino

Gianluigi Buffon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon

Allesandro Nesta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Nesta

Luca Toni (perfect finisher ala Vieri)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Toni

Some of our current and upcoming stars

Daniele De Rossi (Midfield presence a bit of Gattuso & a bit of Totti in 1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_De_Rossi

Antonio Cassano (definitly a star and fiesty too!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrVQyHTofc

Some of our potential stars

Gianpaolo Pazzini (next striker to net all our goals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X74or_UsneU

Giorgio Chiellini (future of Italia's left defense)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Chiellini

Riccardo Montolivo (Winger Can Play MC role great on attack)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Montolivo

Last edited by InterMilan31 on Jun-01-2006 at 01:52

Wow guys. Looks great I'll take the liberty of updating the first post of this thread with all the teams so that we don't have to end up searching through the entire thread everytime.

I also like Paranoiko's idea of listing some interesting facts about certain players (eg. Eusebio top scorer in 1966 / maybe we can even say 9 goals or something of that sort). Either way, great job

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Italy Some of our former greats Giuseppe Meazza http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Meazza Silvio Piola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Piola Luis Monti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti Angelo Schiavio Giancito Fachetti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacinto_Facchetti Giampiero Boniperti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti Dino Zoff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff Giuseppe Bergomi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Bergomi PAOLO ROSSI!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0 Alessandro Altobelli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0 Roberto Baggio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Baggio Alessandro Costacurta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Costacurta Paolo Maldini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maldini Cristian Vieri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Vieri Some of our current greats Alessandro Del Piero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFB41zz6N0 Francesco Totti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyv9UIc3YY Alberto Gilardino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gilardino Gianluigi Buffon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon Allesandro Nesta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Nesta Luca Toni (perfect finisher ala Vieri) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Toni Some of our current and upcoming stars Daniele De Rossi (Midfield presence a bit of Gattuso & a bit of Totti in 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_De_Rossi Antonio Cassano (definitly a star and fiesty too!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrVQyHTofc Some of our potential stars Gianpaolo Pazzini (next striker to net all our goals) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X74or_UsneU Giorgio Chiellini (future of Italia's left defense) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Chiellini Riccardo Montolivo (Winger Can Play MC role great on attack) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Montolivo

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I just noticed. Where's Toto I know he didn't do anything before or after Italia '90, but this is a greatest World Cup players thread, and he was great for that World Cup. Golden boot and 6 goals should put him on that list. If you forgot him accidentally, you're forgiven

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Originally posted by Epicurus AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I just noticed. Where's Toto I know he didn't do anything before or after Italia '90, but this is a greatest World Cup players thread, and he was great for that World Cup. Golden boot and 6 goals should put him on that list. If you forgot him accidentally, you're forgiven

Im sorry but in Italy anything but a World Cup win is a failure

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Im sorry but in Italy anything but a World Cup win is a failure

So why are Baggio, Costacurta, Maldini and Vieri on there

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Originally posted by Epicurus So why are Baggio, Costacurta, Maldini and Vieri on there

because I put them there now stfu and do some brazil shit plz and all of them > Toto

edited there happy brazil

InterMilan show some respect to Epicurus, trust me he ain't no n00b and he'll whoop your ass if you continue apologize NOW

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 because I put them there now stfu and do some brazil shit plz and all of them > Toto

I see the stick is still lodged deeply inside your ass. I'll take your answer to reflect your incapability at providing any sort of valid justification for why a Golden Boot winner shouldn't be put on this list. This is not a Greatest Players thread, but a World Cup's Greatest Players thread. I'm adding him to the list, italicizing his name and putting it in size 3. Toto lives on forever.

Epi i'll gladly edit InterMilan31's post and include every other player you want

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