Who is your favourite soccer player or players and why? They don’t have to be the best players just you favourites.
My two favourites are Matt Le Tisier:
And Zinedane Zidane:
Matt Le Tisier because he was one of the most talented and entertainign players to watch and Zidane because I rate him as the bets player of all-time
Marco Etcheverry. Because he played a long time in DC and he’s the only one I can think of at the moment.
Various favorites over the years:
Pele
David Beckham
Roberto Carlos
Zinedine Zidane
I think Ronaldo circa the late 90s was the best player of all time. Absolutely fantastic. I never had a rooting interest in him though.
Brian McBride probably is my favorite then. I like Michael Bradley quite a bit, although some of that is backlash to the crazy amount of flak he gets from US fans.
Johan Cruyff
Zidane (as previously mentioned), and Mia Hamm. Both artists with the ball.
Rudi Völler.
Only One Rudi Völler!
Quasi
This must be a joke (and I don’t mean the video), if you wanted to go German you’d be better of with Klinsman, Gerd Muller or Netzer.
For me personally - without a doubt - van Basten and Bergkamp. Eventhough I’ll admit someone like Zidane was better, no player has made me love football as much as these two guys.
Yeah, dude. It’s a joke. That’s why I went to all the trouble to write the post. So I could make you laugh.
You do realize the topic is “favorite player” not “best player”? Different players appeal to different people for different reasons. I always had a soft spot for Pierre Littbarski and Karl-Heinz Rumminegge, because I remember them from the very first World Cup I recall watching in 1982. Völler came along just after then and maybe holds a special place for Quasi for some similar reason.
Sorry. The OP also asks why. It’s all right here: Rudi Völler - Wikipedia But in my own words: A successful FIFA player, coach and above all else (or inclusive): a gentleman.
thanks
Q
I guess you guys are right, my first reaction was just a kind of disbelief because I would see Völler as one of the least likeable footballers ever. But that might be because I’m dutch 
I’m sure a there are reasons (as mentioned) to like Völler, It’s just difficult to imagine them for me. No harm intended.
I have to go with Eric Cantona. Immensely talented on the pitch, (sometimes rather impenatrably) intelligent off it, prone to “moments of madness” (Selhurst Park 1995), always went his own way. I don’t remember many specific moments from football matches, but I will always remember his volleyed goal in the 86th minute of the 1996 FA Cup Final which beat Liverpool 1-0, and a sublime chipped goal where he simply stood still with his arms out in celebration. “Genius” is overused in football, but he was if anyone was.
I never saw Cantona play, yet he’s one of my favorites.
Ryan Giggs, with Roy Keane, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Cristiano Ronaldo close behind. My red-tinted glasses make it difficult for me to pick a favorite who hasn’t worn the United shirt.
Another vote for Bergkamp. Close second for me is Henrik Larsson - although if anything I rooted for Rangers, I couldn’t help to admire Larsson. And that hair (back when he had it)!
Tough question. For just gut feeling it would be David Platt (forgetting all the fantastic performances at Villa Park, that goal against Belgium in 1990 will be one of the greatest moments of my life for ever), or Paul McGrath, who gave 100% every single time he pulled a shirt on.
Jurgen Klinsmann.
Why?
He signed for Spurs with a reputation as a player who would dive at the slightest provocation. Then, he reacted like this after scoring his first goal for Spurs.
That goal was just great.
I have fond memories of George Best. Best by name and best by talent.
Honourable mention; Osvaldo Ardiles. He and Ricardo Villa were the first non-UK born players signed to English clubs after the rules changed in 1978. They’d just won the World Cup with Argentina, so it made headlines.
I thought about listing him. But I only saw him in highlights, as I was only 5 when he left United (1974 IIRC).
Rene Higuita, because, let’s face it, any keeper who would do this is crazy, egotistical, massively talented…or all of the above.
I grew up watching the Minnesota Kicks of the old NASL. There was one player in particular with the coolest name and the ability to match - Ace Ntsoelengoe.