Where Antonio Ubaldo Rattín‘s place in the broader footballing pantheon belongs tends to be divided along geographical lines. For footballing fans of Latin heritage like the former Boca Juniors man himself, Rattín was one of the great midfielders of the 20th century – a powerful, clever and decisive deep-lying playmaker who ran games and protected […]
Leônidas da Silva: The Rubber Man, The Black Diamond, Magia Negra – Brazil’s first World Cup star. Leonidas is one in a long, long line of great Brazilian strikers, boasting a goal record to rival virtually any forward to ever play the game and with a medal collection that showed off his dominance of Brazil’s two […]
Pele, Garrincha, Jairzinho, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and now Neymar – there is a very incomplete yet staggeringly talented list of attacking forwards who have helped lead Brazil to great things. It’s a list that no other nation on Earth can come even close to matching for talent or success, each one (Neymar aside) not […]
With the 2018 World Cup in Russia less than a year away, take a look back at the finest kits from every tournament since the first broadcasted in colour, Mexico 1970. 1970 Best Kit: Brazil Home To many, this team is still considered the finest international side to play the game; the ambassadors of Brazilian football’s long association with […]
European Cup winners from the dim and distant past like Benfica, Ajax and Celtic played a significant role in helping establish the competition as Europe’s premier club tournament, and yet it’s a sad indictment on the enormous changes we’ve seen over the past half century that such clubs will likely never reach that level again. […]
You wouldn’t think football and politics were two mutually complimentary careers. In fact, they’re not. But several stars of the game have turned their attention to the political sphere. From Roman Pavlyuchenko, via George Weah and Carlos Valderamma, CLICKON has found the best ones just for you. In some of these cases, the players were […]
Sometimes the very best players are surrounded by equally talented teammates, and together they are able to embark upon a domination of the footballing world. Look at Real Madrid of last season or the Barcelona sides of the last decade. However, there are circumstances in which a mercurial talent is not blessed with teammates on […]
The age-old debate regarding the greatest player of all-time has undoubtedly become tiresome, probably partly down to the fact that two current individuals – Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – have a claim to such a title and all we ever seem to hear about is their duel for world supremacy. Historically, meaning before Ronaldo […]
Last November, New York Cosmos won their third NASL trophy in four years. A fantastic achievement considering that in 2010 they rebranded the club after it went bust in 1985. But just like in 1985, the club once again are on the brink of going under. It’s a terrible situation for one of America’s most famous. […]
For all the PR waffle that players and clubs churn out, a respected footballer’s all-time best XI is one of the rare pieces of content that gains genuine interest from us football fans. And hearing Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez all-time best XI is no different. It’s safe to say that none of the Chilean’s current teammates […]
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