THE ARGENTINA LEGEND, LIONEL MESSI HAS NOW BECOME THE NEW RECORD HOLDER AS THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER WITH THE MOST APPEARANCES IN FIFA WORLD CUP. THE FORWARDER APPEARED IN FIVE DIFFERENT WORLD CUP EDITION
MATTHAUS IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST GERMAN PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME. THE VERSATILE MIDFIELDER COULD PLAY AS AN ATTACKING OR DEFENSIVE PLAYER AS WELL. THE GERMAN MIDFIELDER APPEARED IN FIVE DIFFERENT WORLD CUP EDITIONS
KLOSE IS THE ALL-TIME LEADING GOAL SCORER FOR GERMANY. THE ATTACKER MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT ON HIS DEBUT AT THE 2002 WORLD CUP AS HE SCORED FIVE GOALS. HE THEN REPEATED THIS FEAT AT THE 2006 EDITION, WINNING THE GOLDEN BOOT
MALDINI IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENDERS OF ALL-TIME. HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST MINUTES PLAYED AT A WORLD CUP (2216 MINUTES) AND ALSO MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT AT HIS FIRST WORLD CUP IN 1990, PLAYING ALL SEVEN MATCHES.
THE ATTACKER MADE 72 APPEARANCES FOR THE GERMAN SIDE, SCORING 43 GOALS. HE ALSO APPEARED AT FOUR WORLD CUPS (1958,1962,1966 AND 1970). HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO MAKE 20 APPEARANCES AT THE WORLD CUP. THE GERMAN LEGEND ALTOGETHER SCORED NINE GOALS ACROSS FOUR WORLD CUPS.
MARADONA WAS AN EXCELLENT PLAYMAKER WITH EXEMPLARY SKILLS AND VISION. THE ARGENTINIAN ALSO FEATURED AT FOUR WORLD CUPS AS WELL. HE SHONE AT THE 1986 WORLD CUP, WHERE ARGENTINA BEAT WEST GERMANY IN THE FINAL.
ZMUDA IS A VERY UNKNOWN PLAYER AMONGST TODAY’S FOOTBALL GENERATION. THE DEFENDER IS A POLAND LEGEND. THE DEFENDER HAS 91 CAPS FOR POLAND, DURING WHICH HE SCORED TWO GOALS AND APPEARED AT FOUR WORLD CUPS.
CAFU IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST RIGHT-BACKS OF ALL-TIME, ALONGSIDE DANI ALVES AND PHILIPP LAHM. THE FULL-BACK IS BRAZIL’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER OF ALL-TIME. HE MADE 142 APPEARANCES FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM AND FEATURED AT FOUR WORLD CUPS.
SCHWEINSTEIGER IS A BAYERN MUNICH AND GERMAN LEGEND AS WELL. THE MIDFIELDER IS FOURTH ON THE LIST OF GERMANY’S MOST-CAPPED PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME. HE EARNED 124 CAPS FOR HIS NATION, SCORING 24 GOALS.
LAHM IS ONE OF THE BEST FULL-BACKS OF ALL-TIME. THE GERMAN DEFENDER SUCCEEDED AT BOTH THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. HE MADE 113 APPEARANCES FOR GERMANY AND PLAYED AT THE 2006, 2010 AND 2014 WORLD CUPS
GRZEGORZ LATO PLAYED FOR THE POLISH TEAM BETWEEN 1971-1984. IT IS DURING THIS TIME THAT HE MADE 100 APPEARANCES, IN WHICH HE SCORED 45 GOALS. THE WINGER WAS A PART OF THE GOLDEN GENERATION OF THE POLISH FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE 1970S.