The Greatest Soccer Players of All Time: Where are they from?

Soccer is a team sport. There are 11 men on the field. However, certain players have always had the ability to consistently impose their will and literally take over games with their superior skill and ability. This quiz is about how well you know where those players are from. The match has started!

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The Greatest Soccer Players of All Time: Where are they from?

Zinedine Zidane

Gianluigi Buffon

Mane Garincha

Ruud Gullit

Gerd Muller

Sandor Kocsis

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Michel Platini

David Beckham

Romario

Andres Iniesta

Ferenc Puskas

Hugo Sanchez

Roberto Baggio

Lionel Messi

George Best

Hristo Stoichkov

Franz Beckenbauer

Zico

Pele

Cristiano Ronaldo?

Diego Maradona

Robbie Keane

Alfredo di Stefano

Johan Cruyff

Paolo Maldini

Bobby Charlton

Lothar Matthaus

Ronaldo

Marco Van Basten

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