Top 5 south American players excluding Maradona, Messi and Pele

International Football
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2 time World Cup winner with Brazil Garrincha?

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I might have to drop someone for Diego Forlan.

Another one of my all time favorites.

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Garrincha played for the Brazilian national team, the greatest Brazilian player before Pele hit the scene.

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Ronaldo
Zico
Romario
Socrates
Falcao- Brazilian one

Also mentions to because only I’ve seen clips and from reputation.

Mario Kempes
Di Stefano
Rivellino

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I keep getting him and Eusebio mixed :man_facepalming:t5:

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Ronaldo :face_vomiting:
Ronaldinho
Batistuta
Roberto Carlos
Rivaldo (his frame makes absolutely no sense, dude looked like a spaghetti monster to me)

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Bet they all look the same to you :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Can’t believe I’m giving you a like for that.

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It shows how Brazil teams of yester year had so much talent compared to this generation. It’s no wonder they won the World Cup as many times as they have.

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In black and white and grainy pictures all black people look the same :rofl:

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:eyes:

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Portugal is in Europe not South America :slightly_smiling_face:

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Unless you fold your map in a certain way :nerd_face:

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It’s a list of players that have left the biggest mark on me and also personal preference. Can’t comment on players like Socrates, Zico, Passarella etc.

Ronaldo
Batistuta
Ronaldinho
Suarez
Zanetti

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Oops. My :face_vomiting: and my :pleading_face: are too close together on my “recently used”

Ronaldo for me transcends the Messi/Ronaldo debate we all had during the 2010s. He would have eaten them alive. His career, as successful as it was, still feels shockingly incomplete for me. I can’t explain why. He won basically everything (except MLS Cup) but I always think of him as (a) the GOAT in my lifetime and (b) a what if player.

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Di Stefano wasn’t Brazilian, was born in Argentina and played for them, Colombia and Spain. Different rules in those days I suppose.

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What a weird stat. Has anyone ever played for more than three NTs?

Maybe some guys from the Balkans?

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Haha I thought so. Just wanted to clarify because I couldnt see how you’d dislike R9.

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Champions League :wink:

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Going by ‘recent’ times.

R9
Ronaldinho
Roberto Carlos
Sergio Aguero
Luis Suarez

Honourable mentions:
Alexis Sanchez
Gabriel Batistuta
Javier Zanetti
Bebeto
Cafu
Hernan Crespo
Carlos Tevez
Estaban Cambiasso

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