After goalkeeper, right i left backs, central defenders, defensive (first part, the second part) and offensive midfielders (first part, the second part), we present 10 right wingers/right forwards who are in the competition of "France football" for a place in the ideal team of all time, which will be chosen by votes of 170 journalists.
DAVID BECKHAM: "Bend it like Beckham" is the name of the romantic comedy that was filmed in 2002 based on his crosses, free kicks, teledirected long passes. A member of the famous Manchester United generation that won everything in 1999, out of 115 games for the England national team, he played 58 as captain. Also played for Real Madrid, Milan, PSG, LA Galaxy.
Beckham, however, was much more than an "ordinary" footballer - a real global, pop icon, the biggest metrosexual among footballers. This expression was coined in England, and Beckham defined it to the end - "an urban man who has a strong sense of aesthetics and who spends a large amount of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle".
JODRZ BEST: A football player and a bohemian. When he left prematurely in 2005, at the age of 59, because his transplanted liver could no longer withstand, the whole of Britain and football Europe cried. He was a great star of Manchester United, which in 1968 he brought the first title of champion of Europe, as well as of Northern Ireland, where even after his death he has the status of a deity.
Chosen as the best football player in Europe in the prestigious "France Football" survey, although he spent more time in night bars than in training. Back in 1966, he stated that "Wednesday, Thursday and Friday drive him crazy and the only thing that makes him happy is knowing that there are parties on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday".
SAMUEL HERE: Perhaps the biggest African football star. Started in Real Madrid, became famous in Barcelona, with which he won two Champions Leagues. He complemented Ronaldinho and Messi fantastically. He also moved to Inter, and won the Champions League with him. He ran like an antelope - a central striker, but also on the right, left wing, he performed defensive tasks with Mourinho without question.
LOUIS FIGO: An elegant, refined skirt. Among the best Portuguese footballers of all time - almost alongside Eusebio and Cristiano Ronaldo. Moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid and caused a real football earthquake, Catalan fans threw a pig's head at him. Awarded the Ballon d'Or in 2000, Pele ranked him among the 100 greatest living footballers.
MANE GARINČA: "What planet is this Garrincha from," asked the Brazilian newspaper "El Mercurio" at the World Cup in Chile in 1962. A football player whose doctors rejected any possibility of becoming an athlete due to malnutrition, a bent spine and legs twisted to the same side, provided, as they say, the most joy in the history of football.
He won two World Championships, in 1962 he was selected as a player of the World Cup, he dribbled and collided with opposing players, turning the field into a real circus show. Television had just appeared, but he had tens of millions of fans around the world. It remains a legend, to be told and retold...
ZAIRZINJO: Member of the Brazilian Football Hall of Fame. The British "Guardian" ranked him 13th among the greatest footballers of all time. They called him the "Hurricane", not only because he ran like a real hurricane on the right side, but also because he scored incredible goals. One of them - in the victory against Italy 4:1 in the World Cup final in Mexico in 1970 - was declared the most beautiful ever at the World Cup, because half of the Brazilian team participated in it.
KEVIN KIGEN: Two-time consecutive winner of the Ballon d'Or, football legend of the 70s. Later described as the first English football star to attract modern media attention. Played in Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Southampton and Newcastle, but also in German Hamburger.
STANLEY MATTHEWS: They called him the Wizard of Dribbling or simply - the football gentleman. The first winner of the Ballon d'Or for the best player in Europe after the award was established in 1956.
The only footballer who received the British knighthood of Sera while still an active footballer. He played until the age of 50, and is still the oldest footballer to play in England's top league (50 years and five days) and the oldest player to play for England ever (42 years).
LEO MESSI: Maradona long ago declared him his legitimate successor. One of the greatest football players of all time - he has been playing at the highest, highest possible level for a decade and a half. He won the Ballon d'Or for the best football player in the world a record six times, won four Champions Leagues, 10 Spanish championship titles.
In Barcelona and La Liga, he broke all possible records - wearing the shirt of the Catalan club, he scored an unbelievable 445 goals. However, there is no such digitron that will collect his dribbles, genius moves with which he has been delighting the football world for 15 years. The only thing he lacks is a major title with Argentina.
ARJEN ROBEN: The flying Dutchman, eight-time champion of Germany with Bayern, two-time champion of England with Chelsea, and he also enjoyed one with Real, in Spain. Won the Champions League with the Bavarians in 2013. Elusive on the right - missed a great chance in the 2010 World Cup final against Spain - if he had scored, maybe the Netherlands would have been world champions for the first time.
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