In the year of 1863, several soccer clubs from all over the country met in the English capital and set up the Laws of the Game. This formalised a sport that, until then, while very popular, had no regulations governing the play.Soccer as we know it today was molded in the 1960s with the advent of television and media coverage. Also, commercial air travel replaced travel by ship. This made it far more convenient to hold international matches and popularized the sport all over Europe.With such a long and illustrious history, the sport has thrown up a number of extremely talented players over the years. Every decade has had its good and great players, while some players have been so good that they consistently make it onto lists of all time greatest players.

The current decade has given the sport some very talented players. While it is not easy to find consensus on such a subject, it is generally agreed that the top ten current players are Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Steven Gerrard, Samuel Eto’o, Kaka, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Frank Lampard, and Fernando Torres.

A subject of even greater contention is to be able to come to a consensus on the greatest soccer players of all time. The sport has thrown up some tremendously talented players like Pele in the 60s, Maradone in the 80s, and Zidane in the 90s. But there seems to be some consensus in the top ten all-time greatest players. These include Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Zidane, Zico, Jari Litmanen, Enzo Francescoli, and Gheorghe Hagi.

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