Ronaldo was honored by the prestigious magazine FourFourTwo as the greatest player in European football history.
Ronaldo surpasses Cruyff, Zidane is the greatest in European history
Recently, the famous magazine FourFourTwo has just announced a list of the 100 greatest players in European football history. Notably, Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed a series of legends to stand at number 1.
Ronaldo leads the list of 100 greatest European players
Describing Ronaldo , FourFourTwo wrote: “In the last years of his career, things did not go well for Cristiano Ronaldo. However, despite being surpassed by his great rival Lionel Messi, his achievements cannot be ignored when talking about Ronaldo. to the best European players of all time.
It cannot be denied that the 5 Golden Balls achieved during the period of Messi’s dominance are very remarkable, helping Ronaldo rank 2nd in the list of players who have won this award the most. That shows how extraordinary and consistent he fought in his career.
At the national team level, Ronaldo is the male player with the most goals in history with more than 125 goals in more than 200 appearances for Portugal, winning 1 EURO championship. Simply put, no European player has ever reigned at the top for so long.”
There is still a lot of controversy because Ronaldo has not won the most prestigious team title in soccer, the World Cup, something that Beckenbauer, Zidane or Bobby Charlton have done. However, it cannot be denied that 5 Golden Balls, dozens of titles at the club level and the peak of the EURO 2016 championship with Portugal helped CR7 have a solemn position in football history.
Ronaldo is the only player still playing in the top 10. More broadly, the top 100 greatest European players of all time voted by FourFourTwo also includes 10 currently playing stars including Toni Kroos ( 100th place), Erling Haaland (98), Harry Kane (95), Robert Lewandowski (90), Kylian Mbappe (69), Kevin De Bruyne (35), Sergio Ramos (27), Sergio Busquets (24), Manuel Neuer (23), Luka Modric (18).
Recently, Ronaldo was named in the Portuguese national team to participate in EURO 2024 (June 15 – July 15) and will become the first player to attend 6 finals of Europe’s most prestigious tournament at team level. recruitment.
Top 10 greatest European players in history (according to FourFourTwo)
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Johan Cruyff
3. Franz Beckenbauer
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. Andrés Iniesta
6. Bobby Charlton
7. Gerd Müller
8. Paolo Maldini
9. Xavi
10. Michel Platini
