What 13 legendary football players look like today, whose play many fans remember with bated breath (14 photos)

It’s curious, but millions of fans still follow the lives of the football “oldies”. They are still important and loved. We invite you to see how famous football players have changed, who, without exaggeration, have become legends in their sport, and remember their most famous victories.





The 2022 FIFA World Cup is in full swing. This means that some of the football teams will have bright victories, and others will have loud defeats, which will become invaluable experience in such a difficult and important fight. Watching the matches, many fans remember the players of past years, comparing them with rising stars. Some believe that there will never be masters of this level again, while others are confident that young athletes are no worse than experienced athletes. Whether this is true or not - only time and the number of cups won will tell.

Ricardo Isekson dos Santos Leiti or Kaka (2005 and 2022)



David Beckham (2001 and 2022)





It's funny, but such a brutal man as David Beckham has fears. The most powerful of these is ornithophobia. The popular athlete is terribly afraid of birds and everything connected with them.

Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima (2002 and 2022)



Pele (1995 and 2022)



Pele is the only football player in history who was able to become world champion three times. This happened in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Ronaldo di Asis Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho (2003 and 2022)



Cafu (2000 and 2022)



Rivaldo (2002 and 2022)



Lothar Matthäus (2000 and 2022)



Roberto Carlos (2004 and 2022)



Zinedine Zidane (1999 and 2022)



Zidane has enough sporting merits. According to FIFA, he was recognized three times as the best football player in the world in 1998, 2000 and 2003. In 2004, UEFA named him the best player of the last 50 years. In 2016, he received the title of the best French football player in history according to France Football.

Cristiano Ronaldo (2005 and 2022)



Andrey Shevchenko (2003 and 2022)



Paolo Maldini (2001 and 2022)