Roger Milla
Cameroon's Roger Milla emerged onto the scene at the ripe old age of 38 in the 1990 World Cup lighting up a tournament which was criticised as being painfully dull.
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Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst entered English sporting folklore on July 30, 1966 as the scorer of a hat-trick in England's only World Cup win to date.
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Mario Zagallo
Mario Zagallo has played a role in four of Brazil's five World Cup victories, two as a player, one as a coach and one as a technical director.
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Franz Beckenbauer
Only two players have won the World Cup as both player and coach, Beckenbauer and Brazil's Mario Zagallo.
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Ronaldo
A prodigious talent who was voted three times as FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldo had a bittersweet relationship with the World Cup
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Lev Yashin
So highly-rated is Yashin as a goalkeeper that the award for the best keeper in every World Cup is named in his honour.
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Diego Maradona
In terms of the number of headlines generated, there is no one to compete with Diego Maradona.
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Zinedine Zidane
Zidane began his World Cup career as a hero and ended it in disgrace. In 1998, Zidane was a pivotal member of a cosmopolitan France side which won the World Cup
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Pele
Pele, along with Diego Maradona, is considered the greatest player of all time, but he is arguably ahead of Maradona as he played in three successful World Cup sides, the only man to do so.
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