When Lionel Messi does finally hang up his boots (hopefully not for a long time), he will most likely go down as the greatest footballer the beautiful game has ever had the pleasure of watching. How long did they perform well for. He has yet to reveal that side for the Albiceleste although it has to be said that football is a team game and his team has let him down.He wasn’t the best player in the team and neither the most skilful. Passarela was one of the best defensive midfielders in the game and with him holding the fort Argentina went on to scale unimaginable heights. Fillol is the best Argentinian goalkeeper of all time.10. 'The Saint" Iker Casillas is is the most decorated goalkeeper of all-time, was the greatest goalkeeper in the World during the second half 2000s, his best year is 2008. At his age, he can outlast players half his age, on the football pitch. With enough power to be the best ever, Messi carries huge expectations on his modest shoulders.
Forever the second-in-command with Batistuta in the lineup, he never really got his dues.He may not have won the world cup but that was only because Argentina never had a strong side at the time.
MessiThere is no doubt that Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer ever to grace the game. He was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 24th, 1987.
A. Ortega8. A creative defensive midfielder with superb vision, Redondo’s career was hampered by injuries, but he still went down as one of the greatest midfield players of his generation.The last three members of this squad could lay decent claims to being not only the greatest Argentine footballers of all-time, but the greatest of any nation. He may not have been the greatest player ever to play for Argentina, because he just played 6 times for them, however, he is surely one of the greatest to come out of the country.He may be the youngest on the list but he certainly has more potential than most.
Argentina have reached five World Cup finals, winning twice and being beaten three times – a record bettered only by Brazil, Germany and Italy. A ball-playing sweeper who scored 175 goals over the course of his career, Passarella turned out for the likes of River Plate and Fiorentina, winning 70 caps for Argentina and captaining his country to glory in the 1978 World Cup.Argentina have a reputation for rough, aggressive and even dirty defenders, but those featured in this squad were a little more classy. Capped by Argentina, Spain and Colombia, di Stefano played his best football for River Plate, Millonarios and Real Madrid. The German professional footballer plays as a goalkeeper and captains Bayern Munich and the German national team.. Because of his unique playing style and speed when rushing off his line to anticipate opponents, Neuer has been described as a "sweeper-keeper." Oscar Ruggeri was nicknamed ‘the big-headed one’ and won 97 caps for his country, playing for Argentina’s two biggest teams River Plate and Boca Juniors, as well as one of Europe’s, in Real Madrid.La Albiceleste have a very good record in major competitions for a country with fewer inhabitants than Colombia, South Korea or the Ukraine. His goal scoring record suggests he was a poacher, but he was far from it.