Who were that players that made you vibrate with their magic abilities and playstyle?

In my opinion Ronaldinho, Riquelme and Okocha had a special magic. They are the ones that made me smile while watching them playing. Always unexpected and fun to watch.

(If you have some unknown gem player to show please share a highlights video. I don’t care if they didn’t have the most brilliant career, I’m in for the fun)

  • InThePast8080@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Though we rarely got to see international football on tv back in the late 80s early 90s… must probably say some of those players from what then was then Yugoslavia. Dragan Stojkovic had crazy skils. Though he didn’t get the same career as others of that generation (Procineski, Savicevic, Pancev etc), think he had the best skils of them all.

    Found this videoof his skills… just look how he dribles Ruud Gullit… one the best players and biggest star in AC Milan in the world at that time… just falling to the ground…

    • youclod@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I had never heard of him before but after watching this video all I can say is “wow”

  • Rafiq07@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    CR7 made me fall in love with the game. Absolute beast - speed, power, agility, trickery, touch, weight of pass, technique, leap. He was amazing to watch.

    Wayne Rooney was another one. There is no type of goal he couldn’t score - lob shot, chip shot, instep, outside foot, tap-ins, bangers, volleys, overhead kicks, headers. On top of all that, he could switch play like the best of them, he had a fantastic long pass. And that raw aggression matched with his strength made him incredibly formidable.

    Showing my United bias here, but if you mention the word magic, then for me, these 2 especially are the ones who made me feel this way watching them week in week out.

  • No-Strategy-9365@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For me Messi always tops the list, but even as an Evertonian, some of the things I saw Luis Suarez do in the Premier League I’d just not seen before in this country (started watching in the late 00’s), only just overshadowed his god awful character…

  • bomdia10@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Growing up in the early 00s Ronaldinho was the epitome of magic. Every time he had the ball it seemed like he was challenging himself to do something crazy.

    His peak was only a season or two but oh man, he was the most electric player I’ve ever seen

  • j-o-r-g@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I only know from where I grew up in Australia, but EVERYONE and I mean everyone loved Ronaldinho. If you had a shirt it would be a Barca Ronaldinho one.

    • Master_Bayters@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Aimar what a player… He played for my team Benfica and it was a joy to have it. Incredible playmaker

  • boycey86@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Brian Laudrup the man is simply God to us of a certain era as well as Gazza to have them both play in the same team was ridiculous.