10 Best Football Defender All of the Time

Defender is a very vital position in football, they were the bulwark to keep the defense so that the striker could not break into their defense and then scored. Many best defenders are from Italy, this is maybe due to the style of Italian football game but not all of the best defenders in the world are from Italy,

Here is a list of 10 best defender in the world of all time based on their achievements and skills during play :

10. Daniel Passarella (Argentina)

This versatile player from Argentina. Strong in defense and attack, and help create opportunities for his teammates, as well as a clean sweep the opponents’ opportunity. He is also known to be effective in the execution of penalties and free kicks. With 134 goals in 451 games, he had a record as the most scored defender all the time. He is often compared with Beckenbauer.

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The most notable accomplishments are the two-time world champion with Argentina in 1978 and 1986. He also won the Argentine league four times with River Plate.

9. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)

Although his career began as a forward, Facchetti later becoming one of the most effective defender in the history of Italian football. His titles include Scudetto in 1963, 1965, 1966, and 1971; Coppa Italia 1978; European Champions Club Cup (now Champions League) 1964 and 1965 Intercontinental Cup 1964 and 1965, and winner of Euro 1968. Best of all, he won the title only with one club, Inter Milan. No wonder if Pele put him in the FIFA 100 list.

8. Lothar Matthaus (Germany)

 Matthaus is playing as a defender when he was already 30 years. Previously he played in the midfield. Wherever he played, Maradona called him as the toughest rivals, and why not? No fewer than seven Bundesliga titles he has won, coupled with three German Cup, a Serie A crown, two UEFA Cups, one European Championship and World Cup. German football community awarded him become the best player in 1990 and 1999, and FIFA did not hesitate to give world's best players title to him in 1991.

 
Unfortunately his career as a coach is not brilliant, he was fired from the Hungarian national team and Red Bull Salzburg.

7. Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

Italy captain is the first defender to be crowned FIFA World best player after Italy won the World Cup in 2006. In the same year, he also won the European Best Player (ballon d'or) , and was twice voted FIFPro World XI squad in 2005/06 and 2006/07.

Unfortunately, though he has won La Liga twice with Real Madrid, he never won in Serie A.

6. Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

 Roberto Carlos appeared in three World Cups with Brazil. In addition to bringing his team to the finals in 1998, he also became a key player when Brazil won World Cup in 2002. His contributions as free kick takers also can’t be underestimated, including the June 3, 1997, when he scored a fantastic free kick from 35 m against the French.

At Real Madrid, he won four La Liga titles, three League Cups and two Intercontinental. He is also one of six players who played more than one hundred times in the Champions League. Pele put him in the list of 125 greatest football players of all time in March 2004. He also gained recognition as an international soccer legend, given the Golden Foot Award in 2008.

5. Lilian Thuram (France)

The most successful French defender, with a collection of trophies from the four clubs in three countries and two international titles with the French team. His Ability to read the game and positioning in the field make him different from most defenders.

He has appeared in 142 games for France, which makes him the most often played for France. Despite not getting enough praise when compared to other French stars such as Zinedine Zidane and Theirry Henry, his role in the national team is not less important. He helped France win the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

4. Franco Baresi (Italy)

Baresi with Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti has touted by many observers as the best defenders combination in history. He also spent his entire career at AC Milan with 532 matches.
He collected six Scudetto, three European Cups and the 1982 World Cup. Paolo Maldini learned a lot from him, and even later Paolo Maldini’s career progression similar to Baresi. When later he was retired, Milan decided to hold back number 6 which he was always wear, an award that is rarely performed in Italy.

3. Bobby Moore (England)

Quiet defender, Moore was much praised for his ability to read the game and anticipate the movement of the opponent. He is not a defender who only rely on hard tackling. Pele called him as the most honest defender who never resisted.

On May 29, 1963, he accepted the England captain's band when he was only 22 years, and became England's youngest captain of all the time. His greatest accomplishment was to bring England to win the 1966 World Cup.

2. Paolo Maldini (Italy)

He is not only great because he has great loyalty to his club, AC Milan. More than that, he was the most accomplished defender. Together with Milan, he won seven Scudetto and 5 Champions League titles. As a player with the most appearances for the Italian national team, he also received a lot of awards during his career. Even Lilian Thuram wants become like him.

The only drawback is he has never won the World Cup champions.

1. Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

Italy may have contributed many of the names on this list. But, nothing is more worthy of being at the top than the "Emperor". The proof, many players would feel proud when compared with him. His genius makes him a person who's hard to forget. His football style on the field is very elegant.

More than that, he was the leading minds who brought revolution in the football world by creating the role of attacking libero. Previously, no one ever thought that a sweeper is also necessary to move forward to help attacking and then scoring. Beckenbauer created this tactic, and make it part of modern football.

12 Legendary Football Goalkeepers

The goalkeeper is one of the positions in a variety of group sports such as soccer, hockey and water polo. The task of a goalkeeper is to prevent the ball into the net. Goalkeeper is a doorstop for the last opponent before the ball into the goal. Goalkeepers must have:

* Instinct against opponents
* Reflexes perfect
* Talent,

Without one of the three criteria above, it is difficult to be a goalkeeper. History notes that the Goalkeeper had remarkable achievements, here it is:

1. Gordon Banks (England)

Gordon Banks is the greatest Goalkeeper of all time of the Soccer Blog’s version. He proved his ability is really great with an incredible talent. He once dismissed the Pele header at the 1970 world cup which was signed almost 90%. It was named the greatest rescue of all time and Pele himself admitted it.

2. Lev Yashin (Soviet Union / Russia)

Perhaps many people who have never heard this name, because this player was already dead. He has good reflexes and fast when brushed off the ball. During his career in football, he also won many trophies. He has also dismissed more than 150 penalties. However, in 1986 he suffered a tragic accident. Knee injury so severe that his right leg, keeps the doctor forced to amputate his leg and four years later he died after suffering complications during surgery.

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3. Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)

Peter Schmeichel is the greatest goalkeeper because a successful career and a fantastic ability. With a huge body, he brings Manchester United won the treble winners in the 1997-1998 season and bring the 1992 European Cup champions for Denmark. He has also received the title four times the world's best goalkeeper in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999.

4. Dino Zoff (Italy)

Dino Zoff is one of Italy and Juventus legend. He is also one of the goalkeepers who are still playing at the age of 41 years for the national team and his club. He is also has presented 6 Serie A titles to Juventus and one world cup to the Italy national team.

5. José Luis Chilavert (Paraguay)

José Luis Chilavert is probably the most frequent professional goalkeeper to make a goal, proven with 67 goals during his as a goalkeeper. In 1999, he broke history by scoring a first hat-trick performed by a goalkeeper. He has also been awarded the best goalkeeper in 1995, 1997, and 1998.

6. Van Der Sar (Netherlands)

Van Der Sar is one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He was still playing until age 40 years (2010-2011 season) to defend Manchester United. With Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs who are both elderly, deliver MU won various titles. He is keeping his goal with a high body and long arms.

 7. Claudio Taffarel (Brazil)

Claudio Taffarel has been named as one of the best goalkeepers of all time because many titles he has presented to the Brazilian national team. By bringing Brazil wins the world cup 1994 and took Brazil to the finals in 1998 (despite losing 3-0 by France in the finals) and he also led Brazil's Copa America championship in 1989 and 1997. In addition he also has skills that qualified as a goalkeeper.

8. David Seaman

a former British soccer player. He once defended as the main club Peterborough United, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal and Manchester City. He retired due to unfortunate events that befall the shoulder injury that could not recover when defending Manchester City. He was awarded the MBE in 1977 for his success became the best Goalkeeper ever to defend the club and national team football England. In England, he played 75 times.

9.Gianluigi Buffon

193 Cm height goalkeeper who is often also called "Superman" because of its action in the field as a superman who flew to save ball. He has a big role to the success of Italy at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Throughout the tournament, the Superman really shows as the world number 1 goalkeeper at this time because only conceded two goals, one own goal in the semi-final against hosts Germany and one penalty goal in the final by Zinedine Zidane. As result, FIFA as the organizer PD2006 grant him Lev Yashin award(Award for the Best Goalkeeper in the PD).

10.Oliver Kahn

German goalkeeper who plays the body 188 cm and 86 caps for his country. He played for his country (since 1995) and Bayern Munich (since 1994) and 429 appearances for the club. He is nicknamed King Kahn or Kahn, the Titan because of the way he plays football. He is also participating in Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 and the 1994 World Cup, 1998 World Cup, 2002 World Cup and 2006 World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup and 2006 World Cup he was not the main keeper but only as second choice goalkeeper country squad.

Oliver Kahn is one of the biggest legends in the history of football in Germany and the world. He is a goalkeeper who is very tough, has a high fighting spirit and decisive leadership. Evidently he was able to snatch the title of world's best goalkeeper IFFHS version in 1999, 2000, and 2002, and became captain in the German national team (2001-2004) and Bayern Munich (2002-2008).

11. Fabien Barthez

former French football player. He plays as a goalkeeper and plays the body 182 cm. From 1994 to 2006, he strengthened the French national football team and perform as many as 86 times, including at the 2002 World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, and won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. At the last club he played for Olympique de Marseille. In Marseille in 1993 he managed the team that won the Champions League, defeating AC Milan in the final. When strengthening AS Monaco, the team twice won the Ligue 1 (97, 00). At Manchester United he twice tasted league titles (01, 03).

Barthez is famous for his behavior in the field of an eccentric and a good reaction, but he also made several blunders in crucial matches. He retired as a footballer on October 5, 2006.

12. Rene Higuita

Colombian goalkeeper who was nicknamed "El Loco" or the Mad, is indeed a controversial figure of the goalkeeper. The action is often out away from the area of ​​defense and even participate in a free kick and penalty taking is difficult to forget. The action of the most captivating is the Scorpion Kick, a condition where the body when jumping back and legs bent into a curved retractable, Jamie Redknapp held a kick in a friendly against England, September 1995.

The Origin of Football

The history of the emergence of sport and football is still contentious. Some of the documents explained that football was born since Roman times, partly explain the football comes from China. FIFA as world football's governing body formally declared that football was born from mainland China that originated from a game of Chinese society until the 2nd century BC to the 3rd. The sport was known as "tsu chu".

In one military document mentioning, in the year 206 BC, during the reign of Tsin and Han Dynasty, Chinese society has played a ball called tsu chu. Tsu itself means "hit the ball with the foot". while chu, meaning "a ball of skin and no content".

The Football game uses a ball made from animal skins. Version of the ancient history of the football the other country comes from Japan, since the 8th century, the people there already know the game ball. The people there call it by: Come here. While the ball used is a buckskin, but the middle is a hole and filled with air.

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According to Bill Murray a football historian in his book, The World Game: A History of Soccer, football game has been known since the beginning of AD. At that time, people are familiar with Ancient Egypt and kicking techniques to bring the ball made of linen cloth bundle.

The other side of history is in Ancient Greece also know a game called episcuro, is nothing but a game using balls. Evidence of this history is depicted in the reliefs museum that depicts a young boy holding a ball and play with her thighs.

The history of modern soccer and has received recognition from various parties, its origin from England, who played in the mid-19th century at the schools. 1857 embryo's first football club in the world, namely: Sheffield Football Club. This club is an association of school to pursue a football game.

In 1863 The association of English football is established, who named the Football Association (FA). The agency which issued a regulation game of football, so football became more orderly, organized, and enjoyable audience. Subsequently in 1886 formed another entity that issued the regulations as modern football world, namely: the International Football Association Board (IFAB).

IFAB formed by the English FA to the Scottish Football Association, Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association in Manchester, England. History of football more and tested until now IFAB is the body that issued the regulations on the game of soccer, both on game techniques, terms and duties of the referee, even until the transfer movement of the player.