ELEVEN GREATEST FOOTBALLERS TO PLAY FOR ITALIAN CLUBS.

This is the list of the greatest footballers to play for Italian clubs. Mostly made up of players from Juventus, A.C. Milan and Inter Milan understandably . 1) Goal Keeper Dino Zoff. 2) Defenders Cafu, Aleksander Nesta, Paulo Maldini, Franco Barresi.. 3) Midfielders Montalla , Roberto Baggio, Tardelli Diego Maradona. 4) Strikers Ronaldo Marco Van Basten. Please note the Brazilian Ronaldo has made it to the best eleven players in Spain as well as Italy.

SOME GREAT FOOTBALLERS BUT FLOP MANAGERS.

There have been some very great players in history, but when they tried their hands as managers they failed very badly.
1) Ruud Gullit. Holland.
2) Tony Adams. England.
3) Alan Shearer. England.
4) Diego Maradona. Argentina.
5) John Barnes. England.
6) Sir Bobby Charlton. England.
7) David Platt. England.
8) Paul Ince. England.
9)Paul Gascoigne. England.
10) Paul Mearson. England.
11) Nigel Spackman. England..

JOSE MARCELOS SALAS OR SASA.

Jose Marcelos Salas was a famous Chilean footballer. He played along another famous Chilean striker called Ivan Zamarona. The pair were called SASA and ZAZA.
He was born in the Chilean city of Temco , on24/12.1974.
He joined the Argentinan giants called River Plate. He did not get a warm welcome in Argentina , because till that day no Chilean footballer had done wll or shone in Argentinas football club. Even the the great Diego Maradona was critical of the move. But Salaswho then finaly joined River Plate from 1996 to 1998.
Actually Salas was scouted by the old rival of River Plate , it was the club Boco Juniors.
Salas was going to do one thing well when he joined the club , he would let his football do thetalking for him.
Salas was the clubs great contibutor in goals , to make the years between 1996- 1998 very special years ,as they were the Argentinan football champions. He scored a total of 26 goals in 51 games
Salas and Zamarona helped Chile qualify for the 1998 world cup in France. And he also scored four goals for Chile in the world cup. It was because of Salas and Zamarona that Chile reached the second round in France.
In the year 1998Salas wassold to the then Italian giants Lazio. Now Lazio hadnot won the Italian scudetto since 1973-1974 season. Salas played for five years at Lazio , during that time lazio won the scudetto cup, a Europen super cup and also the Italian cup in2001 and a cup winners cup.
He was sold to the Italian giants Juventus ,but sadly he got injured and had a very bad time there he scored only a total of two goals in fourteen games and was sold back to River Plate in Argentina for a sum of 12 million dollars, or10 million euros.
. But the knee problem came back to trouble him , so in the year 2005 he returned to Chile.To club where he had first started called UNIVERIDAD DE CHILE. In 2006 he led the club to the final but lost out in a penalty shootout.
He still has a desire to play for the Chilean team.For which he has scored 35 goals in65 games
He now owns athird division club called CLUB UNION TEMUCOO.

SOUTH AMERICAN FOOTBALLERS OF THE YEAR.

As they have the European footballer of the year , it is but fair to have the south american footballer of the year as most of the best talented players come from south america.
A Chilean footballer, a Brazilian and an Argentinean are the only ones to win it thrice. They are Elias Figueroa, Zico and Carlos Tevez. And the Brazilian brothers Socrates won it in 1983 and his younger brother Rai won it in1992.
1971 Tostao.
1972 Cubillas.
1973 Pele.
1974 Figuerao.
1975 Figuerao.
1976 Figuerao.
1977 Zico.
1978 Kempes.
1979 Maradona.
1980 Maradona.
1981 Zico.
1982 Zico.
1983 Socrates.
1984 Francescoli.
1985 Romeritto.
1986 Alzamendi.
1987 Carlos Vallderrama.
1988 Paz.
1989 Babetto.
1990 Amarilla.
1991 Ruggeri.
1992 Rai.
1993Carlos Valderrama.
1994 Cafu.
1995 Francescoli.
1996 Chilavert.
1997 Salas.
1998 Palermo.
!999 Saviola.
2000 Romario.
2001 Requlme.
2002 Cardozo.
2003 Carlos Tevez.
2004 Carlos Tevez.
2005 Carlos Tevez.
2006 Matias Femandez.
2007 Cabanas.