| Soccer is famous throughout the world as a game of | | | | Diego Armando Maradona. This player also had talent |
| skill and excitement. It is full of twists and turns and is | | | | to spare and just had a knack of scoring great goals. |
| not a very easy game to predict. | | | | His playing career lasted for about 26 years and made |
| Many people play this game from a young age with | | | | him a household name the world over. He was also in |
| dreams of one day making it into the big time as a | | | | the news as much for his off the field antics as his on |
| professional soccer player but alas not all of them | | | | field prowess. |
| make it. | | | | Bulgaria's answer to the complete soccer player was |
| But these following people definitely made it. | | | | Hristo Stoichkov. From his humble beginnings playing |
| Edison Arantes Pele definitely needs no introduction. | | | | for CSKA Sofia he soon hit the highlights with FC |
| He was only 15 years old when he broke into the | | | | Barcelona with whom he won the Spanish title. His |
| Brazilian world cup squad and managed to play as well | | | | playing style certainly gave him fame and fortune but |
| as score two goals. Another of his claims to fame | | | | since he retired in 2003 he seems to have left the |
| was to be named Athlete of the Century by the | | | | game behind. |
| Olympic committee. | | | | Last but not least there is David Beckham. This man |
| Pele had a wonderful 25 year playing career that | | | | managed to represent his country of England in three |
| produced around 1000 goals to his name. He was also | | | | world cups. David Beckham started his professional |
| selected as being one of the top 100 most influential | | | | career aged just 16 and within 5 years he was playing |
| sportspeople of the twentieth Century according to | | | | for Manchester United and winning all before him. The |
| Time magazine. | | | | pinnacle of David Beckham's career had to be |
| An Argentinean of the same caliber as Pele was | | | | captaining his country in the world cup of 2006. |