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TOP 25 Best Left-Backs/Right-Backs/Center-Backs

#1 Paolo Maldini "Il Capitano"​

- Pro Period : 1985 - 2009

- International Career : 1988 - 2002

- 1030 matches - 40 goals - 48 assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m86

- 26 Trophies/30 Individual Awards

#2 Nílton Santos "The Enclyclopedia"

- Pro Period : 1948 - 1964

- International Career : 1949 - 1962

- 796 matches - 14 goals - / assists

- Left-Back - 1m80

- 27 Trophies/8 Individual Awards

#3 Giacinto Facchetti "Il Capitano"

- Pro Period : 1960 - 1978

- International Career : 1963 - 1977

- 733 matches - 79 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Left-Wing Back - 1m91

- 10 Trophies/7 Individual Awards

#4 Ruud Krol

- Pro Period : 1968 - 1986

- International Career : 1969 - 1983

- 741 matches - 35 goals - 63 assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m84

- 16 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#5 Paul Breitner "Der Afro"

- Pro Period : 1970 - 1983

- International Career : 1971 - 1982

- 529 matches - 144 goals - 47 assists

- Left-Back/Right-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m76

- 13 Trophies/19 Individual Awards

#6 Ernest Needham

- Pro Period : 1891 - 1909

- International Career : 1894 - 1902

- 567 matches - 72 goals - 90 assists

- Left-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m70

- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#7 Marcelo "El Loco"

- Pro Period : 2004 -

- International Career : 2006 - 2018

- 711 matches - 57 goals - 118 assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m74

- 31 Trophies/31 Individual Awards

#8 Roberto Carlos "Mr Free-Kick"

- Pro Period : 1990 - 2016

- International Career : 1992 - 2006

- 1079 matches - 137 goals - 167 assists

- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m68

- 25 Trophies/23 Individual Awards

#9 Eddie Hapgood

- Pro Period : 1927 - 1944

- International Career : 1933 - 1939

- 476 matches - 2 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m78

- 15 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#10 Leovegildo Junior "Maestro"

- Pro Period : 1974 - 1993

- International Career : 1979 - 1992

- 1094 matches - 99 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m72

- 19 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#11 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger "Volskwagen"

- Pro Period : 1958 - 1975

- International Career : 1958 - 1971

- 640 matches - 19 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m80

- 10 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#12 Andreas Brehme "Andy"

- Pro Period : 1978 - 1998

- International Career : 1984 - 1994

- 774 matches - 98 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m75

- 9 Trophies/6 Individual Awards

#13 Gerhard Hanappi "Gschropp"

- Pro Period : 1946 - 1965

- International Career : 1948 - 1962

- 543 matches - 135 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Central-Midfielder/Right-Winger - 1m69

- 11 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#14 Antonio Cabrini "Fidanzato d'Italia"

- Pro Period : 1973 - 1991

- International Career : 1978 - 1987

- 643 matches - 66 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Left-Midfielder - 1m78

- 14 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#15 Ashley Cole "Cashley"

- Pro Period : 1999 - 2019

- International Career : 2001 - 2014

- 808 matches - 21 goals - 79 assists

- Left-Back - 1m72

- 15 Trophies/8 Individual Awards

#16 Denis Irwin

- Pro Period : 1983 - 2004

- International Career : 1990 - 1999

- 899 matches - 44 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Right-Back - 1m73

- 19 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#17 Silvio Marzolini

- Pro Period : 1959 - 1972

- International Career : 1960 - 1969

- 439 matches - 10 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m82

- 7 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#18 Renzo De Vecchi "Il Figlio di Dio"

- Pro Period : 1909 - 1929

- International Career : 1910 - 1925

- 393 matches - 47 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m63

- 3 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#19 Umberto Caligaris "Berto"

- Pro Period : 1919 - 1937

- International Career : 1922 - 1934

- 459 matches - 18 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m75

- 8 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#20 Pietro Rava

- Pro Period : 1935 - 1952

- International Career : 1936 - 1946

- 423 matches - 21 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m75

- 5 Trophies/0 Individual Award

TOP 25 Right-Backs​

#1 Djalma Santos "La Muralha"

- Pro Period : 1948 - 1971

- International Career : 1952 - 1968

- 1062 matches - 48 goals - / assists

- Right-Back - 1m73

- 21 Trophies/7 Individual Awards

#2 Carlos Alberto "El Capitan"

- Pro Period : 1963 - 1982

- International Career : 1959 - 1977

- 818 matches - 72 goals - 91 assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m80

- 25 Trophies/9 Individual Awards

#3 Cafu "Pendolino"

- Pro Period : 1989 - 2008

- International Career : 1990 - 2006

- 849 matches - 56 goals - / assists

- Right-Back, Right-Midfielder - 1m78

- 26 Trophies/14 Individual Awards

#4 Dani Alves "Dani Boy"

- Pro Period : 2001 - 2023

- International Career : 2006 - 2022

- 995 matches - 69 goals - 199 assists

- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m73

- 43 Trophies/31 Individual Awards

#5 Philipp Lahm "Magic Dwarf"

- Pro Period : 2003 - 2017

- International Career : 2004 - 2014

- 700 matches - 24 goals - 94 assists

- Right-Back/Left-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m70

- 22 Trophies/18 Individual Awards

#6 Nick Ross

- Pro Period : 1880 - 1893

- International Career : /

- 179 matches - 68 goals - 27 assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back/Striker - 1m86

- 1 Trophy/0 Individual Award

#7 Giuseppe Bergomi "Zio"

- Pro Period : 1980 - 1999

- International Career : 1982 - 1998

- 837 matches - 34 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m84

- 7 Trophies/6 Individual Awards

#8 Lilian Thuram "Monsieur Propre"

- Pro Period : 1990 - 2008

- International Career : 1994 - 2008

- 825 matches - 15 goals - 27 assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m85

- 11 Trophies/13 Individual Awards

#9 Berti Vogts "Der Terrier"

- Pro Period : 1965 - 1979

- International Career : 1967 - 1978

- 634 matches - 46 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m68

- 10 Trophies/20 Individual Awards

#10 Javier Zanetti "The Tractor"

- Pro Period : 1992 - 2014

- International Career : 1994 - 2011

- 1063 matches - 36 goals - 42 assists

- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m78

- 17 Trophies/16 Individual Awards

#11 Tarcisio Burgnich "La Roccia"

- Pro Period : 1958 - 1977

- International Career : 1963 - 1974

- 669 matches - 9 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m75

- 12 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#12 Claudio Gentile "Kadhafi"

- Pro Period : 1971 - 1988

- International Career : 1975 - 1984

- 673 matches - 17 goals - 11 assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back/Libero - 1m78

- 12 Trophies/3 Individual Awards

#13 Wim Suurbier

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1982

- International Career : 1966 - 1978

- 710 matches - 25 goals - 69 assists

- Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m81

- 18 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#14 José Leandro de Souza Ferreira "Peixe-Frito"

- Pro Period : 1978 - 1990

- International Career : 1981 - 1986

- 448 matches - 16 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m82

- 22 Trophies/2 Individual Awards

#15 Phil Neal

- Pro Period : 1968 - 1989

- International Career : 1976 - 1983

- 943 matches - 95 goals - 43 assists

- Right-Back/Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m80

- 27 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#16 Jorge de Amorim Campos "Jorginho"

- Pro Period : 1982 - 2002

- International Career : 1987 - 1995

- 847 matches - 74 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Libero - 1m75

- 16 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#17 Manuel Amoros

- Pro Period : 1980 - 1996

- International Career : 1982 - 1992

- 672 matches - 49 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m72

- 8 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#18 Maicon "M13"

- Pro Period : 2001 - 2017

- International Career : 2003 - 2014

- 556 matches - 41 goals - 79 assists

- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder - 1m84

- 21 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#19 Gianluca Zambrotta "Cremina"

- Pro Period : 1994 - 2014

- International Career : 1999 - 2010

- 718 matches - 34 goals - 55 assists

- Right-Back/Right-Midfielder/Left-Back - 1m81

- 9 Trophies/6 Individual Awards

#20 Paul Janes

- Pro Period : 1930 - 1951

- International Career : 1932 - 1942

- / matches - / goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m78

- 6 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#21 Walter Arnott

- Pro Period : 1882 - 1895

- International Career : 1883 - 1893

- / matches - / goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - /

- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#22 Mauro Tassotti "Il Tasso"

- Pro Period : 1978 - 1997

- International Career : 1992 - 1994

- 656 matches - 12 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m77

- 23 Trophies/2 Individual Awards

#23 Ernst Örvar Bergmark

- Pro Period : 1948 - 1965

- International Career : 1951 - 1965

- 387 matches - 26 goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m80

- 3 Trophies/2 Individual Awards

#24 Severino Minelli

- Pro Period : 1927 - 1946

- International Career : 1930 - 1943

- / matches - / goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m74

- 14 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#25 Norberto Yacono

- Pro Period : 1938 - 1962

- International Career : 1942 - 1951

- 408+ matches - / goals - / assists

- Right-Back/Center-Back - 1m62

- 16 Trophies/0 Individual Awards

TOP 25 Center-Backs​

#1 Franz Beckenbauer "Kaizer"

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1983

- International Career : 1965 - 1977

- 840 matches - 109 goals - 132 assists

- Libero/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m81

- 21 Trophies/53 Individual Awards

#2 Franco Baresi "Il Capitano"

- Pro Period : 1977 - 1997

- International Career : 1980 - 1994

- 800 matches - 34 goals - 24 assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m76

- 22 Trophies/12 Individual Awards

#3 José Nasazzi "El Mariscal"

- Pro Period : 1918 - 1937

- International Career : 1923 - 1936

- / matches - / goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Libero/Right-Back - 1m82

- 14 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#4 Elías Figueroa "El Coloso"

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1982

- International Career : 1966 - 1982

- 838 matches - 41 goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m85

- 16 Trophies/27 Individual Awards

#5 Bobby Moore

- Pro Period : 1958 - 1978

- International Career : 1962 - 1973

- 945 matches - 31 goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Libero - 1m78

- 14 Trophies/18 Individual Awards

#6 Gaetano Scirea "Gai"

- Pro Period : 1972 - 1988

- International Career : 1975 - 1986

- 700 matches - 36 goals - 9 assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m78

- 15 Trophies/3 Individual Awards

#7 Daniel Passarella "El Pistolero"

- Pro Period : 1971 - 1989

- International Career : 1976 - 1986

- 608 matches - 184 goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back/Left-Back - 1m73

- 10 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#8 José Santamaría

- Pro Period : 1948 - 1966

- International Career : 1952 - 1962

- / matches - / goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m79

- 21 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#9 Sergio Ramos "El Capitano"

- Pro Period : 2003 -

- International Career : 2005 - 2021

- 996 matches - 140 goals - 50 assists

- Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m84

- 29 Trophies/45 Individual Awards

#10 Bob Crompton

- Pro Period : 1896 - 1916

- International Career : 1902 - 1914

- 571 matches - 14 goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m78

- 3 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#11 Alessandro Nesta "Tempesta Perfetta"

- Pro Period : 1993 - 2014

- International Career : 1996 - 2006

- 705 matches - 13 goals - 2 assists

- Center-Back - 1m87

- 20 Trophies/18 Individual Awards

#12 Billy Wright "Snowy"

- Pro Period : 1939 - 1959

- International Career : 1946 - 1959

- 646 matches - 19 goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m73

- 5 Trophies/7 Individual Awards

#13 Ronald Koeman "Snowflake"

- Pro Period : 1980 - 1997

- International Career : 1983 - 1994

- 762 matches - 253 goals - 98 assists

- Libero/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m81

- 19 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#14 Alan Hansen "Mister Cool"

- Pro Period : 1973 - 1991

- International Career : 1979 - 1987

- 732 matches - 20 goals - 19 assists

- Center-Back - 1m88

- 26 Trophies/10 Individual Awards

#15 Marcel Desailly "The Rock"

- Pro Period : 1986 - 2006

- International Career : 1993 - 2004

- 797 matches - 31 goals - 13 assists

- Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m88

- 13 Trophies/8 Individual Awards

#16 Armando Picchi

- Pro Period : 1954 - 1969

- International Career : 1964 - 1968

- 421 matches - 6 goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back/Right-Back - 1m71

- 7 Trophies/1 Individual Award

#17 Marius Trésor "La Tour de Contrôle"

- Pro Period : 1969 - 1984

- International Career : 1971 - 1983

- 580 matches - 23 goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m82

- 4 Trophies/2 Individual Awards

#18 Laurent Blanc "Le Président"

- Pro Period : 1983 - 2003

- International Career : 1989 - 2000

- 817 matches - 152 goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Libero/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m92

- 15 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#19 Matthias Sammer "Der Roter Baron"

- Pro Period : 1985 - 1998

- International Career : 1986 - 1997

- 475 matches - 115 goals - / assists

- Libero/Defensive-Midfielder/Center-Back - 1m80

- 15 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#20 Domingos Da Guia "The Divine Master"

- Pro Period : 1929 - 1948

- International Career : 1931 - 1946

- 597 matches - 2 goals - / assists

- Center-Back - 1m85

- 15 Trophies/3 Individual Awards

#21 Carles Puyol "Tiburón"

- Pro Period : 1999 - 2014

- International Career : 2000 - 2013

- 693 matches - 21 goals - 17 assists

- Center-Back/Right-Back/Left-Back - 1m78

- 28 Trophies/22 Individual Awards

#22 Fabio Cannavaro "The Berlin Wall"

- Pro Period : 1992 - 2011

- International Career : 1997 - 2010

- 830 matches - 21 goals - 8 assists

- Center-Back - 1m76

- 10 Trophies/16 Individual Awards

#23 Fernando Hierro "El Gran Capitan"

- Pro Period : 1986 - 2005

- International Career : 1989 - 2002

- 796 matches - 163 goals - 36 assists

- Center-Back/Libero/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m88

- 17 Trophies/6 Individual Awards

#24 Robert Jonquet "Le Héros de Higbury"

- Pro Period : 1945 - 1962

- International Career : 1948 - 1960

- 688 matches - 13 goals - / assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m76

- 12 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#25 Héctor Chumpitaz "Captain America"

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1984

- International Career : 1965 - 1981

- 570 matches - 68 goals - / assists

- Center-Back - 1m71

- 9 Trophies/2 Individual Awards

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