Vote/Debate on Club Legends

Dynastian98 8 years ago Edited

Real Madrid 483 7140

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

Debate freely if you wish, but these are the ones I have down so far. If there's more you wish to add/remove from the list then let's hear your arguments for/against a player. I italicized ones I am unsure of.

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
Guti
Xabi Alonso

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
Samuel Eto'o

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

David Villa

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Ashley Cole

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Edwin van der Sar
Wayne Rooney
David Beckham
Nemanja Vidic

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Cesc Fabregas
Robin van Persie

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Michael Owen
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

Gareth Bale

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
Wesley Sneijder

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
Andrea Pirlo

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manuel Neuer
Thomas Muller

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2017-01-08 03:11:56

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

Debate freely if you wish, but these are the ones I have down so far. If there's more you wish to add/remove from the list then let's hear your arguments for/against a player. I put asterisks against one's I am unsure of.

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
*Guti**

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
*Deco*
Samuel Eto'o**

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

*David Villa**

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
*Ashley Cole**

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
*Ruud van Nistelrooy
*Edwin van der Sar*
Wayne Rooney
*Nemanja Vidic**

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
*Cesc Fabregas*
Robin van Persie**

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
*Xabi Alonso
*Luis Suarez*
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

*Gareth Bale**

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
*Zlatan Ibrahimovic**

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
*Wesley Sneijder**

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
*Andrea Pirlo**

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
*Manuel Neuer*
Thomas Muller**

2017-01-08 03:11:56

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
Guti

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
Deco
Samuel Eto'o

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

David Villa

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Ashley Cole

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Edwin van der Sar
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Cesc Fabregas
Robin van Persie

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

Gareth Bale

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
Wesley Sneijder

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
Andrea Pirlo

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manuel Neuer
Thomas Muller

2017-01-08 03:11:56

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
Guti

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
Deco
Samuel Eto'o

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

David Villa

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Ashley Cole

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Edwin van der Sar
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Cesc Fabregas
Robin van Persie

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

Gareth Bale

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
Wesley Sneijder

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
Andrea Pirlo

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manuel Neuer
Thomas Muller

2017-01-08 03:11:56

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
Guti

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
Deco
Samuel Eto'o

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

David Villa

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Ashley Cole

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Edwin van der Sar
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Cesc Fabregas
Robin van Persie

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Michael Owen
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

Gareth Bale

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
Wesley Sneijder

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
Andrea Pirlo

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manuel Neuer
Thomas Muller

2017-01-08 03:11:56

Since I was intrigued by the comments on the Mikel thread, I'm curious to the players in recent memory you would consider to be "club legends". Here are the ones I have down.

RULES

The list is mostly full of players who have left/retired recently or are still active.

Real Madrid

Raul Gonzalez
Sergio Ramos
Cristiano Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos
Iker Casillas
Zinedine Zidane
Guti

Barcelona

Andres Iniesta
Xavi Hernandez
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Ronaldinho
Deco
Samuel Eto'o

Atletico

Fernando Torres

Valencia

David Villa

Chelsea

John Terry
Frank Lampard
Didier Drogba
Petr Cech
Ashley Cole

Manchester United

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Edwin van der Sar
Wayne Rooney
David Beckham
Nemanja Vidic

Arsenal

Robert Pires
Patrick Vieira
Dennis Bergkamp
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Cesc Fabregas
Robin van Persie

Liverpool

Jamie Carragher
Michael Owen
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres

Tottenham Hotspurs

Gareth Bale

AC Milan

Ricardo Kaka
Andrea Pirlo
Filippo Inzaghi
Gennaro Gattuso
Andriy Shevchenko
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Clarence Seedorf
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Inter Milan

Javier Zanetti
Wesley Sneijder

Juventus

Alessandro Del Piero
Gianluigi Buffon
Pavel Nedved
Andrea Pirlo

Roma

Francesco Totti

Bayern Munchen

Franck Ribery
Philipp Lahm
Arjen Robben
Oliver Kahn
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manuel Neuer
Thomas Muller

Comments

Dynastian98 8 years ago

Real Madrid 483 7140

Here's a question for Arsenal and United fans: What about Robin van Persie? There's no doubt in my mind that he's one of the most talented players to ever put on an Arsenal shirt, but his move to United works against him. But for United, one could argue that he was the lone difference between United and other English teams in 2012/13. That season was magical from RvP.

Another question for Arsenal fans: What do you guys think of Cesc?

SunFlash 8 years ago

USA 19 3260

Don't all Gunners hate Cesc?

As for Van Persie, not really. I mean, he was great for us, but one league title isn't anything to get super obsessed about in comparison to United's history. Add in that he underperformed (relative to what was expected) in his final two years, I'd have a hard time slapping the title of legend on him.

Marcus2011 8 years ago

Chelsea FC, England 277 6501

Ashley Cole was legend for Arsenal too .. Best left back Arsenal ever had .. best left back England ever had ..

Emobot7 8 years ago Edited

543 11477

@Sunflash I know right, van Persie, ok (for Arsenal), I can understand to a certain extend, but Cesc? No freaking way, especially when he ended up at Chelsea.

@Marcus2011 I mean, he played more game for Chelsea than Arsenal and considering he switched from Arsenal to Chelsea, can't really expect them Arsenal fan to be fond of him. XD

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2017-01-08 21:10:01

@Sunflash I know right, van Persie, ok, I can understand to a certain extend, but Cesc? No freaking way, especially when he ended up at Chelsea.

@Marcus2011 Didn't you meant Chelsea legend? I mean, he played more game for Chelsea than Arsenal and considering he switch from Arsenal to Chelsea, can't really expect them Arsenal fan to be fond of him. XD

2017-01-08 21:10:01

@Sunflash I know right, van Persie, ok, I can understand to a certain extend, but Cesc? No freaking way, especially when he ended up at Chelsea.

@Marcus2011 I mean, he played more game for Chelsea than Arsenal and considering he switch from Arsenal to Chelsea, can't really expect them Arsenal fan to be fond of him. XD

2017-01-08 21:10:01

@Sunflash I know right, van Persie, ok, I can understand to a certain extend, but Cesc? No freaking way, especially when he ended up at Chelsea.

@Marcus2011 I mean, he played more game for Chelsea than Arsenal and considering he switched from Arsenal to Chelsea, can't really expect them Arsenal fan to be fond of him. XD

quikzyyy 8 years ago

Arsenal 429 9010

RVP is not a legend for me.

@Sunflash I don't know, with Cesc is more complicated. I don't hate him, when Wenger said he is not going to re-sign him back so what were Cesc other options? Considering Arsenal denied him, you have to move on. But since he has paid for his own transfer to Barcelona, that says a lot..

Marcus2011 8 years ago

Chelsea FC, England 277 6501

He is Arsenals youth product .. one of the vital players of the notorious invincible team .. sh*t the guy has left big impact on the club ! He just left the club in time ! Good for him ! It took Henry another year to realize that Arsenal are in for title drought ..

amir_keal 8 years ago

Arsenal, Netherlands 66 2895

I'd consider Sanchez a legend to be honest. He drags us to things.

Amerr30 8 years ago

Real Madrid, Bosnia-Herzegovina 56 616

Fiorentina
Batistuta

Napoli
Maradona

Cristiano Ronaldo is considered a Real Madrid legend, and it's how he considers himself. During the first year or so, he was considering himself as belonging to United, but that has since passed. At Manchester United, he could be considered as the biggest talent, won his first Ballon D'Or but he hadn't done anything yet to be looked upon as a legend of the game. Real Madrid is where he transformed himself from biggest talent of his time, to one of the best players to ever played the game. Whether he would have gone on to become that in United is debatable, but irrelevant because that is not what happened.

It's the same situation with Zidane. He made his name with Juventus, but his biggest accomplishments were done while he was wearing the all whites of Madrid. Therefore he's a legend of Real Madrid, not Juve.

Amerr30 8 years ago Edited

Real Madrid, Bosnia-Herzegovina 56 616

Just to add on to this..

I'm surprised just how many people here aren't mentioning any of the lesser known players from before 2000's. Makes me think you guys either only recently got into the game or rather young.

Here's some players to add to your list:

Roberto Baggio
Sinisa Mihajlovic
Predrag Mijatovic
Romario
Seedorf (won CL with 3 different clubs)
Bergkamp
Laudrup
Rivaldo (as much as I hate what he did against Turkey in World Cup)
Gheorge HAGI! (What a player! Even though he played for the team I hate the most, even more than Barca (Galatasaray), you couldn't help but admire him) The ultimate number 10.
Davids
Stoichkov
Papin
Zola
Del Piero
Batistuta!! (added him in the post above, but still..) He had a rocket of a shot.
Jay Jay Okocha!! (I have never seen a better dribbler than him. Neymar, Messi, Ronaldinho? Nah.. Jay Jay Okocha was the best).
Eric Cantona (You think CR has an ego? You should've seen Cantona)

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2017-01-09 07:37:43

Just to add on to this..

I'm surprised just how many people here aren't mentioning any of the lesser known players from before 2000's. Makes me think you guys either only recently got into the game or rather young.

Here's some players to add to your list:

Roberto Baggio
Sinisa Mihajlovic
Predrag Mijatovic
Romario
Seedorf (won CL with 3 different clubs)
Bergkamp
Laudrup
Rivaldo (as much as I hate what he did against Turkey in World Cup)
Gheorge HAGI! (what a player)
Davids
Stoichkov
Papin
Zola
Del Piero
Batistuta!! (added him in the post above, but still..) He had a rocket of a shot.

2017-01-09 07:37:43

Just to add on to this..

I'm surprised just how many people here aren't mentioning any of the lesser known players from before 2000's. Makes me think you guys either only recently got into the game or rather young.

Here's some players to add to your list:

2017-01-09 07:37:43

Just to add on to this..

I'm surprised just how many people here aren't mentioning any of the lesser known players from before 2000's. Makes me think you guys either only recently got into the game or rather young.

Here's some players to add to your list:

Roberto Baggio
Sinisa Mihajlovic
Predrag Mijatovic
Romario
Seedorf (won CL with 3 different clubs)
Bergkamp
Laudrup
Rivaldo (as much as I hate what he did against Turkey in World Cup)
Gheorge HAGI! (What a player! Even though he played for the team I hate the most, even more than Barca (Galatasaray), you couldn't help but admire him) The ultimate number 10.
Davids
Stoichkov
Papin
Zola
Del Piero
Batistuta!! (added him in the post above, but still..) He had a rocket of a shot.
Jay Jay Okocha!! (I have never seen a better dribbler than him. Neymar, Messi, Ronaldinho? Nah.. Jay Jay Okocha was the best).

United_Hates_Blues 8 years ago

Manchester United, England 15 1000

Dynastian98 made me smile when he included Deco as a Barcelona Legend,

tuan_jinn 8 years ago

Manchester United, Netherlands 198 6912

Beckham is definitely a legend. On and off the field for MU.

ANDDDD PARMA:
Hidetoshi Nakata. Considered the greatest Japanese of all time, one of the very few asian to make it to the world class football in Europe. Made his remarkable milestone there before apprciated and bought by Roma to be next to Totti

I would add Tony Adam to Arsenal and P. Viera Adam is the typical English face of the club, was and always the symbol. Viera, anyone remember the nightmare he brought to Arsenal's mid?

And for Juventus: Claudio Marchisio, Giorgio Chielini. Both long life servant, earned lots of things and absolute example for generations of clubs to follow.

tuan_jinn 8 years ago

Manchester United, Netherlands 198 6912

Good point @Amer: we can't forget Batisuta, absolute beast!!!

Dynastian98 8 years ago

Real Madrid 483 7140

@United_Hates_Blues

Just wanted to throw one out there. :')

Dynastian98 8 years ago

Real Madrid 483 7140

Also @Amerr and everyone else.... I believe I stated earlier in this thread that this is for players who have been active in the past 10 years. You guys need to read, lol.

amir_keal 8 years ago

Arsenal, Netherlands 66 2895

I'm sorry but I don't see how Pirlo is a Juventus legend.

tuan_jinn 8 years ago

Manchester United, Netherlands 198 6912

@amir: do you mean he's Milan's legend?

To me he's also Milan's legend. But he did really a lot for Juve too... he's actually for Juve's fans to decide

amir_keal 8 years ago Edited

Arsenal, Netherlands 66 2895

Yes, that is what I mean exactly. Also might not agree on Neuer and Muller, same with Ibrahimovic at Milan. Quite a few better ones for them to be honest.

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2017-01-09 17:21:05

Yes, that is what I mean exactly.

tuan_jinn 8 years ago

Manchester United, Netherlands 198 6912

@Dynastinian: I saw that, and I kinda disagree with the 10 years :D. 10 years is not enough to define a legend. I think 20 years would make more sense :D

Emobot7 8 years ago

543 11477

@amik_keal Can we agree on Italian legend at the very least?

Emobot7 8 years ago

543 11477

@Tuan_jinn The point of this thread is not to define every legend there is, but rather, those in "recent memory" as Dynast said in his first post. Not saying there aren't any legend beyond ten, its to limit going too far down with the sheer number of legend mentioned in this thread.