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20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by chrismex7(m): 8:38am On May 01, 2015
20. Iker Casillas

Iker Casillas , The legendary Real Madrid's captain he won La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup, Club World Cup, World Cup and the European Championships. He is an icon , one of the greatest captains ever .
19. Patrick Vieira

Patrick Viera - Arsenal - The captain of the Invincibles , the best premier league team ever , they won the league without losing a single match .

18. John Terry

John Terry - Chelsea - He has been an outstanding captain for Chelsea. He won three Premier League titles, four FA Cup’s, three League Cup’s and a Champions League medal . Great Captain

17. Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini - AC Milan - Everyone calls him “Il Capitano” because he was Milan's captain for 12 years , and Italy's captain for 8 years too .
He won the Champions League five times, seven Serie A titles, five Supercoppe Italiane, five European Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, one Coppa Italia and one FIFA Club World Cup title. One of the most succsesful Captains ever .

16. Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson "Captain Marvel" - Manchester United - He captained Manchester United for 12 years and England for nine years .

15. Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps - Marseille - He is one of only three captains to have lifted the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship trophies. He was the captain of the best France ever with Zinedine Zidane , Robert Pires , Thierry Henry etc .


14. Ian Ashbee

Ian Ashbee - Hull City - The only captain ever who played in four divisions , the main reason why Hull got promoted in Premier League in 2008 .
He will be remembered for ever by Hull City fans .
13. Jose Nasazzi

Jose Nasazzi - ‘The Great Marshal’ - He was the leader of Uruguay in their gold era when Uruguay won the Olympic Gold Medals twice (1924 , 1928) .

12. Tony Adams

Tony Adams - Arsenal - He spent his entire career playing for Arsenal . He won four Premier League (First Division) titles, three FA Cup’s, two League Cup’s and one Cup Winners Cup. He said : “I will sign every contract Arsenal put in front of me without reading it.”
We miss players like him in nowadays .

11. John McGovern

John McGovern - Nottingham Forest - He captained Forest in their golden era , when they won the Champions League twice .

10. Steven Gerrard

10. Steven Gerrard -"Captain Fantastic" - Liverpool - One of the most loyal players ever , he leaded Liverpool to make the famous comback in Istanbul in 2005 , when Liverpool won the Champions League in penalties against AC Milan after they were losing 3-0 . Just can't imagine Liverpool without him .

9. Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti - ‘King of Rome’ - AS Roma - 23 years in a single club , he scored 240 goals in 582 appearances for Roma .
He is 38 but he is still strong enough to play for his beloved team Roma .

8. Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona - Argentine and Napoli - He was the main reason why Argentina won the World Cup in 1986 , he scored five goals and assisted 5 too .
In 1990 he reached the worldcup final too but Argentina lost . He was the Captain of Napoli for 5 years , Maradona won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, a UEFA Cup and a Supercoppa Italiana as a captain and a leader too .

7. Francisco Gento

Francisco Gento - Real Madrid - He is the most successful captain of all time . He won 12 La Liga’s, six European Cup’s, two Copa del Rey, two Latin Cups and one Intercontinental Cup. A Captain that Real Madrid will remember him for ever .

6. Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol - Barcelona - He played 15 years for FC Barcelona , he won six La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey, six Spanish Supercopas, three Champions Leagues and 2 European Super cups.

5. Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi - AC Milan - He captained AC Milan for 15 years (1982 - 1997), he won six Serie A titles, three Champions Leagues, four Supercoppa titles, three UEFA Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups . One of the most succsesful captains ever .

4.Obdulio Varela

Obdulio Varela - ‘The Black Chief’ - Uruguay - He was the man who leaded Uruguay to victory , in 1950 he won World Cup with Uruguay in front of 170.000 Brazil Fans . Uruguay never lost a World Cup Match when he the legendary Varela played .

3. Roy Keane

Roy Keane - Manchester United - He won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League trophy. A leader that Manchester United is missing in nowadays .

2. Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore - “The Natural Captain ” - England and West Ham - Moore was the youngest England's captain ever , when he got the captain's armband he was only 22 years old . Pele said Moore is the greatest opponent that he ever faced after Brazil's 1-0 win against England in 1970 .
As West Ham Captain he won the FA Cup in 1964 , and the supercup one year later .

1. Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer - ‘Der Kaiser’ - Germany and Bayern Munich - As a captain he won every possible trophy .

Beckenbauer won five Bundesliga titles, four DFB-Pokals, three European Cups, one Cup Winners’ Cup and one Intercontinental Cup at club level when he was playing for Bayern Munich .

In international level he won : World Cup in 1974 and the European Cup in 1972 .

The most succsesful Captain ever .

Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by Basildvalour(m): 8:48am On May 01, 2015
Austin "jay jay" Okocha
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by Nobody: 9:25am On May 01, 2015
The list not complete without zidane
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by biola44: 10:32am On May 01, 2015
The order ain't right, common on, Casillas won everything recently and he's 20th?
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by tuffgongjo(m): 4:40pm On May 01, 2015
Basildvalour:
Austin "jay jay" Okocha
Winning what?
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by tuffgongjo(m): 4:41pm On May 01, 2015
atarapa:
The list not complete without zidane
Zidane?
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by OgidiOlu3(m): 6:54pm On May 01, 2015
Where is Phillipe Lahm and Zizou? undecided
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by anibo2(m): 9:09pm On May 01, 2015
Trash...maldini 17
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by tayoxx(m): 12:18am On May 02, 2015
oya exchange Maldini and puyol sharp sharp
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by seankay(m): 12:33am On May 02, 2015
Where is joseph yobo? he won the african cup of nations grin
Re: 20 Greatest Captain's In The History Of Football by Chanchit: 2:55am On May 02, 2015
Basildvalour:
Austin "jay jay" Okocha

No be only Austin JAY JAY Okocha, you go see AUstin Sikripoto.

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