Every brazilian star player of the last 30 years has Zico as their favourite player. Ronaldo Nazário, Ronaldinho, Romário, Kaka, you name it, they all love him. That's how good Zico was. His importance outside of the field cant be measured as well, just ask any japanese or turkish football fan.
Zico and Maradona faced each other 6 times, with 5 victories to Zico and only one draw (that one in the video). Zico scored 6 goals and Maradona only three.
Argentina 1 x 2 Rest of the World 1979 friendly, Brasil 2 x 1 Argentina 1979 América Cup, Brasil 3 x 1 Argentina World Cup 1982, Flamengo 2 x 0 Boca Juniors friendly 1979, Udinese 2x2 Napoli 1985 Série A, Flamengo 2x1 Friends of Zico 1985 friendly
Good data, Zico is the most similar Brazilian player and any nationality to Maradona, actually Maradona is Zico Argentinian, but Maradona was a little most skilfull and had more leadership. Probably Zico is actually the real GOAT
@@danielarreola1326 Maradona was also faster. If Maradona stayed in Argentina he would have scored more goals. Also, the Brazil team of the early 80s was superior to Argentina.
@@danielarreola1326 Yh Zico was more complete than Maradona and more individual player on the other hand maradona controlled whole team very different players I love both but I choose maradona between them 2
Zico a forgotten great one of the best dribblers of all time his passing range was ridiculous he would always have the right weight on the ball when passing and his ball control was exceptional it was like the ball was glued too his feet
@v x what’s wrong with transgender? The world is better than it has ever been and things are improving as well as quality of football. Tactics have evolved for the better as well as technique. I do agree with you on how the game is soft now though.
As a Welshman and Liverpool fan my fave player of all time is Ian Rush. However, Zico is my favourite non-Liverpool player ever. I remember as a 7 year old kid watching 1982 World Cup not really knowing what was going on but seeing this magical Brazilian side with Zico standing out for me. I loved him ever since and have pictures of him on my wall. He also looked cool as f*** in the Brazilian strip.
@@lucasmansour9498 I was only 5 years old then, so I don't remember. What did Zico do in that game? I think the Liverpool players were all half-drunk in that game, they treated the world club final as a touring holiday for the lads. No one in the UK cared about the wc cup back then, but Zico is still amazing my fave non-Welsh player ever.
Ian Rush is a real poacher. Nowadays there are no more player like him. Evan at his age he would score goals like Roger Milla. His movements were so smooth that it was impossible to mark him.
@@brianokeeffe8621 Shame on you for this comment, Fla put Liverpool on the booze, ok? In the 20th century, the Brazilian teams were stronger than the European teams, Flamengo was the best in the world from 1980 to 1983! England never had a team like some Brazilian ones in all its history, and Brazilian played the "futebol arte", as Vini Jr does today!
If Zico had gone to a great European team instead of Udinese he would certainly have had his worldwide recognition. You have to be brainless to not put him easely in any 10 world players list of all times. He is a real GENIUS!!!
Zico does not get the recognition he deserves as he didn’t play for fashionable club teams in Europe if he did he’d be spoken in the same breath as Pele and such he had everything in his locker and his skill and technical abilities are second to none top ten best players of all time easily .
By the way, Messi is obviously more internationally accomplished but I believe Zico had a simile style of play, possibly not as agile but also better in free kicks
@@ldn5986why that pessi is involved here? and whose should be similar to the other? Zico was before, so u can guess who trained or learned how to play like the other!
There is no saying that zico is underestimated, zico was one of the greatest 10 shirts in the history of football, shirt 10 of the greatest selection of all time. he won everything with flamengo in south america and still stood out in one of the most important championships in the world, italy in 83, he was the most expensive player in the world and he was also elected In 1981 [12] and in 1983, he was elected the Best Footballer of the World of the Year by World Soccer. He won the South American Best Player Award three times (1977, 1981, and 1982), [13] being the record holder of achievements. He was elected as the third largest Brazilian footballer of the 20th century (after only Pelé and Garrincha), the fifth largest in South America and the fourteenth best among all in the world, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) . He is one of four Brazilians to appear in the FIFA Hall of Fame (the others are Pelé, Garrincha and Didi). He was elected by the International Football Federation (FIFA), the eighth biggest player of the century, the ninth biggest player of the 20th century by France Football magazine, the tenth biggest player of all time by the English magazine World Soccer.
after pele & cruyff there was the incredible zico to amaze audiences worldwide with his skills, style & grace. only those that witnessed him live back then truly understand zico's greatness and why he is in the top 10 of all time best football players of the world.
I already had tremendous respect for anyone in that Brazil 1982 squad (they put the 'bonito' in jogo bonito), but this one is a real eye opener that unfortunately you don't see much. Great video my friend, I always get excited when I see a new video from you.
Maradona and Zico were true number 10. Best players of 80's. Zico was one of the god's of the game, unfortunately today he is underrated. Probably best free kick of all time.
O Galinho foi " O Mestre " pelas bolas paradas...concordo...ele foi com certeza... Ele faz parte dos melhores jogadores da história pra mim...um verdadeiro talento...talvez até melhor que O Maradona no inicío da careira do Diego...
Raised in Colombia, I remember Saturday mornings at 10AM, they in Colombia had a weekly show called "Fútbol, El Mejor Expectáculo del Mundo", I was just entering my teenage years, the biggest matches were with Flamengo and the biggest one was the Fla - Flu, I mean Flamengo had so many great players. I enjoyed watching Zico and Junior. Best years ever.
Actually no, here in Brazil he's called overrated and people say he was just a normal player, just because he didn't win a WC, and because he's the biggest idol of the most hated team in Brazil (Flamengo)
@@mojebi3804 Well done, not a lot of people know that. We always used to call it soccer as kids, as had everybody else in England for a hundred years. Not popular to call it soccer anymore in England.
Zico a great midfielder who had everything in his locker and technical brilliance to match anyone , one of the best midfielders to ever grace the game sadly cause he never played in a fashionable European team he gets overlooked at times , but for me he’ was majestic and had me in awe as did the rest of the 82 wc squad best team never to win the wc , zico is a legend .
Flamengo fans consider Zico's birthday as Christmas. In Brazil he is god! So i would say that his Icon factor is 10/10. Even Flamengo's rivals like Botafogo, Vasco and Fluminense, who made hard matchs against Zico, recognize his greatness!
What a joy to see this guy again... come on let's be honest is there any comparison possible between zico and people like mbappe? Or anybody else for that matter. Such an unique player...what he did were things only he could do. Passing players without anybody understanding how he did it...lol. Not saying about his ranking overall compared to maradona and pele etc. But this guy was as good as it gets. Can you even say well...maybe if he was a bit better at...this or that? No...the guy was great at everything.... It is the same as the brazilian team he played in....so what if they did not win a world cup.....they played the best football you can imagine..they were the sensation. even before 1982/1886 they were iconic...grandma's wanted to see what this brazilian team was all about hahaha...and zico was the biggest star of the team ...even bigger than socrates and all other stars in that team. watched this guy again after a long time....amazing how good he was. There are many players whom i love....but few if any were unique like this guy. thanks dude, for your good video's
@@eduardocachim Rijkaard and Deschamps are more of the 90s generation who never played against the rest at their primes. The 4 players I mentioned earned their names through sheer dominance that transcends beyond their generations through countless decades. Tigana, Falcao, Boniek, Simonsen, Schuster, Butragueño, Socrates, and a few others come very very close.
When I was a little kid Zico was my hero. I played football, and when anyone missed a hard play, the saying was "come on I'm not Zico !" Or "who am I, Zico ?!"
Greatest Brazilian Players of all Time.. 1. Pelé 2. Ronaldo 3. Garrincha 4. Zico 5. Romário 6. Ronaldinho 7. Nilton Santos 8. Didi 9. Jairzinho 10. Carlos Alberto Torres HMs - Rivelino, Sócrates, Zizinho, Cafu, Kaká, Rivaldo etc
@@Wolf-ri9eyjust in the one season they played in Italy I mean. Zico joined the league after the season had started.. wasn’t top scorer (he was second) but had less games. Had more goals per game.
People often forget that in the 80s the Brazilian league was on par if not harder than any european league. Anyone that saw zico play during his time would put him in the top 3 brazilian players of all time, alongside pele (the undisputed best) and romario. Yes, top 3, even above ronaldo, ronaldinho, rivaldo and neymar. And dont take my word on it, you can see it on lists by more traditional sports journalists and footballers, and even pele himself said that zico was the player that got closest to him.
Brazilian national team in 78’s world cup got 3th position with no loss. The squad leaded by Zico lost the final match because Argentina payed Paraguay’s goalkeeper at the middle finals
It should be noted that before Messi's 94 goals in a single calendar year Zico held the record at 88. That's how long his record lasted. An amazing genius of a player who doesn't get the recognition he deserves.
@@SonuSharma-xx2hj I stand corrected. I watched a documentary (official, not UA-cam) and it said that Zico had 88 goals in 1981 but I see his best year was 1979 with 72. I concede the point.
@@Zoejwett it's because Pele revolutionised football and did really well in the 1958 and 1970 World Cups. He was also much more athletically gifted than Zico
Zico is one of the greatest 5 players ever and definitely better than enyone after 1990,if only could watch half of Zicos actions 4or 5 times on replay from different tv cameras on a live match like we do the last 30years then nobody would talk for anybody else!
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI How old are you? Do you know Brazilian soccer? So many fantastic players here in the 20th century! You know only C.Ronaldo, Messi and Maradona...
Completely agree that he is inexplicably and massively underrated outside South America. He is undoubtedly one of a very short list of players who could realistically lay claim to being the best ever. Point of note: In your video when you mark his score for Flair the voice over says that he receives a 10/10 (as it undoubtedly should be) but at the same time there is 8/10 written on the screen. Shurely shome mishtake?
My childhood idol. I started with football because of Zico and he will always be my number 1. Romantic football, thats Zico. Bless you and thank you for this tribute.
Apart from his cristalline class in free kicks and dribbling, he was probably the best playmaker of his generation and as an attacking midfielder scored more goal than most forwards would score. He was a goddamned alien and is also an amazing humble and hardworking person. Hats off
After watching this it's fair to say Maradona was Argentina's Zico (as Romario was Maradona as a pure forward) . We all know how Maradona went to Europe and cemented his rep further than Zico did internationally. Wow, what a player! Top ten ATG talent, no doubt!
He was an astonishing footballer - passing and vision was as good as any player in the history of the game, there's never been anyone better. He was a lot quicker than most remember, a fantastic dribbler and scored a ton of goals. Not quite as good as Messi, Maradona and Pele, but definitely above the likes of Zidane and Platini.
If he stayed a little longer in Udinese we would have surely won the championship, but it wasn't his fault, if he could have stayed longer here he surely would have done it, beacuse he is in love with the region (in italian it's "regione", it's one of the 20 parts in which is divided Italy, I think in english it's state but I'm not sure), even if he's been in japan for a few years now he still remembers some words in the traditional language and he still thinks that the territory of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia is beautiful and unique By the tike he got here he was cinsidered the strongest player in the world, everyone living in that period will always remember this event, even if he/she wasn't a football fan. Sorry if the grammar is wrong but I'm italian
Icon factor 7/10 ??? Anybody who've seen him knows how great Zico was. Just because today fanboys never heard of him, doesn't mean Zico is not an icon.
That team won nothing, but Zico wons a lot, believe me, to a player have a better career than Zico today, he needs to win the national league, the continental one, the intercontinental one and have a statue.
Flamengo won the brazilian Nacional champioship in 80 82 83 87 92 09 and 19 and brazilian cup in 90 06 and 13 sò its not true that Flamengo have won nothing in 38 yars my friend
Your videos are very awesome I really hope you got a lot more subscribers that you do have now can you please make a Paul scholes video I would really appreciate I'm a United fan 🙏
Just disagree a bit on the trophy cabinet part, all the state championships (which were almost as important as the league at that time), 4 league titles, 1 libertadores and the intercontinental is absolutely huge in South American football, which was pretty much the same level as European until the late 90's, when our best players began to leave to European clubs. Flamengo was the second most successful in Brazilian football, just behind Santos, after Zico's generation. Him not winning anything in Italy nor with the national team, does count down down a bit, so I'd give him 8/10.
I have Zico in my greatest team ever he was amazing the goals from midfield were of the charts 👏 had they not slipped up against Italy I truly believe we would be talking about zico like we do Ronaldo' Ronaldinho' Zidane' players of that quality true legends of the game' he was an amazing player..
Zico is very close to Maradona and in some specific skills in even better but he didn't play long time in Europe he arrived at the end of carrea and he was a injured often but he was the best player in the world
Jogar na Europa é parâmetro hoje em dia, na época as equipes brasileiras eram melhores que as europeias,dos anos 50 até 95 o Brasil era superior,depois entrou o dinheiro...
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Every brazilian star player of the last 30 years has Zico as their favourite player.
Ronaldo Nazário, Ronaldinho, Romário, Kaka, you name it, they all love him. That's how good Zico was.
His importance outside of the field cant be measured as well, just ask any japanese or turkish football fan.
Even Roberto Baggio mentioned Zico as his idol.
Yes. Everybody likes Zico. He is our best player after the King Pele, along Romario and Ronaldo.
What about Socrates?
@@KatySei Sócrates was also many players idol, but probably not as highly regarded as Zico.
+zico
I saw him play against England at Wembley in 1981, what a privilege.
Sure
Lovely ! He was my idol when I was kid. Football started being important for me because him.
Coyi
Wow. Really cool.
@@idontknowwhattoput1644 On the day that I saw Zico at Wembley Alvin Martin made his debut for England, that's why I went.
Zico and Maradona faced each other 6 times, with 5 victories to Zico and only one draw (that one in the video). Zico scored 6 goals and Maradona only three.
Argentina 1 x 2 Rest of the World 1979 friendly, Brasil 2 x 1 Argentina 1979 América Cup, Brasil 3 x 1 Argentina World Cup 1982, Flamengo 2 x 0 Boca Juniors friendly 1979, Udinese 2x2 Napoli 1985 Série A, Flamengo 2x1 Friends of Zico 1985 friendly
Good data, Zico is the most similar Brazilian player and any nationality to Maradona, actually Maradona is Zico Argentinian, but Maradona was a little most skilfull and had more leadership.
Probably Zico is actually the real GOAT
@@danielarreola1326 Maradona was also faster. If Maradona stayed in Argentina he would have scored more goals. Also, the Brazil team of the early 80s was superior to Argentina.
@@ronniep9272 Yeah, but i think Zico was more complete (goals wit head, both feet, etc). I like them both
@@danielarreola1326 Yh Zico was more complete than Maradona and more individual player on the other hand maradona controlled whole team very different players I love both but I choose maradona between them 2
Zico a forgotten great one of the best dribblers of all time his passing range was ridiculous he would always have the right weight on the ball when passing and his ball control was exceptional it was like the ball was glued too his feet
the makings of greatness
@v x Rivelino , Tostao copa 70, Jairzinho Copa 70, Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo , Maradona , Rumnenigge the BEST!
@v x what’s wrong with transgender? The world is better than it has ever been and things are improving as well as quality of football. Tactics have evolved for the better as well as technique. I do agree with you on how the game is soft now though.
Never forgotten
He had a great vision of the soccer field when passing the ball.
As a Welshman and Liverpool fan my fave player of all time is Ian Rush. However, Zico is my favourite non-Liverpool player ever. I remember as a 7 year old kid watching 1982 World Cup not really knowing what was going on but seeing this magical Brazilian side with Zico standing out for me. I loved him ever since and have pictures of him on my wall. He also looked cool as f*** in the Brazilian strip.
how old are u
@@mugahedalmaweri5347 I am 46 born 1975 so I was just old enough to experience the best decade in football history.
Liverpool fan?Oh you should also remember him for the 1981 club wc final
@@lucasmansour9498 I was only 5 years old then, so I don't remember. What did Zico do in that game? I think the Liverpool players were all half-drunk in that game, they treated the world club final as a touring holiday for the lads. No one in the UK cared about the wc cup back then, but Zico is still amazing my fave non-Welsh player ever.
Ian Rush is a real poacher.
Nowadays there are no more player like him.
Evan at his age he would score goals like Roger Milla.
His movements were so smooth that it was impossible to mark him.
Daiglish, Rush, Souness, Gobelaar, Barnes : We are Liverpool. We are an undefeatable team in England and Europe
Zico : Allow me to introduce myself
Barnes didn't join Liverpool until the late 80s.
Flamengo 3 x 0 Liverpool , 1981, don't you remember it? Zico, the best!
@@brianokeeffe8621 Shame on you for this comment, Fla put Liverpool on the booze, ok? In the 20th century, the Brazilian teams were stronger than the European teams, Flamengo was the best in the world from 1980 to 1983! England never had a team like some Brazilian ones in all its history, and Brazilian played the "futebol arte", as Vini Jr does today!
@@juliocesarpimentaguedes5679 shame on you for not having a scence of humour..⚽😉
Flamengo 3-0 and in the first time. In the second half, Flamengo was limited to touching the ball.
If Zico had gone to a great European team instead of Udinese he would certainly have had his worldwide recognition. You have to be brainless to not put him easely in any 10 world players list of all times. He is a real GENIUS!!!
He wouldn't get into the top 10 of all time but he was one of the best post 60s Brazilian players.
@@Ruda-n4h Sorry, mate, but your remark shows that I dont know Zico quite well...
Zico does not get the recognition he deserves as he didn’t play for fashionable club teams in Europe if he did he’d be spoken in the same breath as Pele and such he had everything in his locker and his skill and technical abilities are second to none top ten best players of all time easily .
Top 20 is good
Zico Grande, King Arthur, the best playmaker ever.
Zico, o Rei da Gávea! O maior ídolo do Flamengo.
Eterno!!
Zico is Zico and Pele is Pele no need for comparison
Zico have the most goal as midfielder. That's insane
By the way, Messi is obviously more internationally accomplished but I believe Zico had a simile style of play, possibly not as agile but also better in free kicks
@@ldn5986why that pessi is involved here? and whose should be similar to the other? Zico was before, so u can guess who trained or learned how to play like the other!
@@ldn5986back in those days, south and Central Americans didn’t transfer to Europe due to me not knowing what I’m talking about
By far one of the best to touch a football with their feet.
There is no saying that zico is underestimated, zico was one of the greatest 10 shirts in the history of football, shirt 10 of the greatest selection of all time. he won everything with flamengo in south america and still stood out in one of the most important championships in the world, italy in 83, he was the most expensive player in the world and he was also elected In 1981 [12] and in 1983, he was elected the Best Footballer of the World of the Year by World Soccer. He won the South American Best Player Award three times (1977, 1981, and 1982), [13] being the record holder of achievements. He was elected as the third largest Brazilian footballer of the 20th century (after only Pelé and Garrincha), the fifth largest in South America and the fourteenth best among all in the world, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) . He is one of four Brazilians to appear in the FIFA Hall of Fame (the others are Pelé, Garrincha and Didi). He was elected by the International Football Federation (FIFA), the eighth biggest player of the century, the ninth biggest player of the 20th century by France Football magazine, the tenth biggest player of all time by the English magazine World Soccer.
That 82 Brazil side. Outstanding.
Could watch them all day
Zico foi o motivo e a razão do meu amor pelo futebol e quem fez do Flamengo a minha Nação 😍❤️🖤 herói de carne e osso,idolo!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Zico v the recently departed great, Paulo Rossi, 1982. Part of the greatest Brazillian side not to have won the World Cup.
Excalty rip to Rossi
Serginho chulapa Ruim
@@wilsonsousa3391 Reinaldo merecia estar na seleção em 82, absurdo chamar o pé de pano do Chulapa pra ser titular do Roberto Dinamite.
@@herrerasauro7429 se tivesse dinamite era nosso msm
after pele & cruyff there was the incredible zico to amaze audiences worldwide with his skills, style & grace.
only those that witnessed him live back then truly understand zico's greatness and why he is in the top 10 of all time best football players of the world.
Zico, Maradona, Garrincha, Cruyff, Di Stevano, Ronaldo Fenomen.
I already had tremendous respect for anyone in that Brazil 1982 squad (they put the 'bonito' in jogo bonito), but this one is a real eye opener that unfortunately you don't see much. Great video my friend, I always get excited when I see a new video from you.
Yeah, it's crazy how underrated he is. Thanks a lot man
EL CID not all man....Serginho was crap.
My all time favourite player/ playmaker who also scored so many goals
When I was a child in Egypt in the early 80's, the two names all kids knew were Pele & Zico.
Maradona and Zico were true number 10. Best players of 80's. Zico was one of the god's of the game, unfortunately today he is underrated. Probably best free kick of all time.
Juninho was pretty good
Juninho was the best at fk
Id put my money on Juninho
If brazil 82 was win that world cup
May his place would be change
O Galinho foi " O Mestre " pelas bolas paradas...concordo...ele foi com certeza...
Ele faz parte dos melhores jogadores da história pra mim...um verdadeiro talento...talvez até melhor que O Maradona no inicío da careira do Diego...
Raised in Colombia, I remember Saturday mornings at 10AM, they in Colombia had a weekly show called "Fútbol, El Mejor Expectáculo del Mundo",
I was just entering my teenage years, the biggest matches were with Flamengo and the biggest one was the Fla - Flu, I mean Flamengo had so many great players. I enjoyed watching Zico and Junior. Best years ever.
I think Zico is more praised and adored in Brazil than Pelé. 9 out 10 people who grew up in the 80’s In Brazil has a true devotion to this legend.
100%
Actually no, here in Brazil he's called overrated and people say he was just a normal player, just because he didn't win a WC, and because he's the biggest idol of the most hated team in Brazil (Flamengo)
@@RichardZNotjust not true
@@RichardZNot thats odd, because I have heard some brazillians saying he is underrated in brazil
Fun Fact: Zico is loved in japan were he single handled create passiion in japan for soccer
What is soccer
@@smigsboss7582 lol believe it or not here in Brazl we learn american english so some of us say "soccer" lol
@@rublaj it's not even American, it's British shorthand for "association football"
@@mojebi3804 thats not what he meant
@@mojebi3804 Well done, not a lot of people know that. We always used to call it soccer as kids, as had everybody else in England for a hundred years. Not popular to call it soccer anymore in England.
Zico a great midfielder who had everything in his locker and technical brilliance to match anyone , one of the best midfielders to ever grace the game sadly cause he never played in a fashionable European team he gets overlooked at times , but for me he’ was majestic and had me in awe as did the rest of the 82 wc squad best team never to win the wc , zico is a legend .
He wasn't a midfielder but a goalscorer
he was a attacking midfielder not a pure midfielder.
ZICO FOI O MELHOR JOGADOR BRASILEIRO MAIS COMPLETO PÓS PELÉ.
ZICO ERA ARCO E FLECHA.
ZICO É UMA LENDA VIVA DO FUTEBOL MUNDIAL DE TODOS OS TEMPOS.
Zico and Maradona are the biggest in the 80s.
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI There were way better players than guilt,baresi,vanbasten in the 80s!
Nope,only maradona,zico and platini were bttr.@@ricomajestic
@@ricomajesticvan basten infront of zico, maradona, platini huhh!
@@dwaipayansaha1227 No! Van Basten was a failure at the World Cup!
Flamengo fans consider Zico's birthday as Christmas. In Brazil he is god! So i would say that his Icon factor is 10/10. Even Flamengo's rivals like Botafogo, Vasco and Fluminense, who made hard matchs against Zico, recognize his greatness!
He was so great that he had a character directly named after him in captain Tsubasa Super Strikers 2 Coimbra....
What a joy to see this guy again...
come on let's be honest is there any comparison possible between zico and people like mbappe? Or anybody else for that matter. Such an unique player...what he did were things only he could do. Passing players without anybody understanding how he did it...lol. Not saying about his ranking overall compared to maradona and pele etc. But this guy was as good as it gets. Can you even say well...maybe if he was a bit better at...this or that? No...the guy was great at everything.... It is the same as the brazilian team he played in....so what if they did not win a world cup.....they played the best football you can imagine..they were the sensation. even before 1982/1886 they were iconic...grandma's wanted to see what this brazilian team was all about hahaha...and zico was the biggest star of the team ...even bigger than socrates and all other stars in that team.
watched this guy again after a long time....amazing how good he was. There are many players whom i love....but few if any were unique like this guy.
thanks dude, for your good video's
Zico vs Maradona vs Platini vs Matthaus. The roaring midfielders of the 80s 😳
vs Carlos Manuel vs Fernando Chalana!!! LOL ;-)
vs Sócrates vs Falcão vs Toninho Cerezzo vs Ardilles vs Deschamps vs Tigana vs F. Rijkaard vs Bonieck...
@@eduardocachim Rijkaard and Deschamps are more of the 90s generation who never played against the rest at their primes. The 4 players I mentioned earned their names through sheer dominance that transcends beyond their generations through countless decades. Tigana, Falcao, Boniek, Simonsen, Schuster, Butragueño, Socrates, and a few others come very very close.
@@doncarloancelotti2256 80s has some great attacking midfielders, Diego, Platini, Socrates,Zico great tacticians and flair players..
vs Souness, Kennedy, McDermott, Case, Lee, Whelan, Molby, Barnes, Mcmahon, Spackman
Zico = MONSTER 🤺
As a ten year old watching that Brazilian team In Spain 🇪🇸 82, they were incredible, a great World Cup, a special team
Did see him on TV at the WC 82. What an amazing player.
When I was a little kid Zico was my hero. I played football, and when anyone missed a hard play, the saying was "come on I'm not Zico !" Or "who am I, Zico ?!"
Zico is the greatest playmaker of all time.
At least he's close that's for sure
Zico was a better overall footballer but imho Michael Laudrup was simply the most gifted playmaker ever. Simply sublime!
@@FuShengAlex yeah Laudrup was great
Greatest Brazilian Players of all Time..
1. Pelé
2. Ronaldo
3. Garrincha
4. Zico
5. Romário
6. Ronaldinho
7. Nilton Santos
8. Didi
9. Jairzinho
10. Carlos Alberto Torres
HMs - Rivelino, Sócrates, Zizinho, Cafu, Kaká, Rivaldo etc
@@vb2388 romario can't be behind Zico.
The greatest Brazilian never to win a World Cup..THE perfect no.10...'The White Pele'
Platini scored more goals but had many more games.
Zico was the best performing player in the Italian league I heard.
@v x lol why you guys old ppl always act so tough,
Zico has more gols, mate
@@Wolf-ri9eyjust in the one season they played in Italy I mean. Zico joined the league after the season had started.. wasn’t top scorer (he was second) but had less games. Had more goals per game.
Zico...legend...a god of football....
People often forget that in the 80s the Brazilian league was on par if not harder than any european league. Anyone that saw zico play during his time would put him in the top 3 brazilian players of all time, alongside pele (the undisputed best) and romario. Yes, top 3, even above ronaldo, ronaldinho, rivaldo and neymar. And dont take my word on it, you can see it on lists by more traditional sports journalists and footballers, and even pele himself said that zico was the player that got closest to him.
Brazilian national team in 78’s world cup got 3th position with no loss. The squad leaded by Zico lost the final match because Argentina payed Paraguay’s goalkeeper at the middle finals
Complete player great individually as well as a great teammate
It should be noted that before Messi's 94 goals in a single calendar year Zico held the record at 88. That's how long his record lasted.
An amazing genius of a player who doesn't get the recognition he deserves.
Messi broke the record of gerd Muller not zico's
@@SonuSharma-xx2hj I stand corrected. I watched a documentary (official, not UA-cam) and it said that Zico had 88 goals in 1981 but I see his best year was 1979 with 72. I concede the point.
@@rraynor no problem at all 👍 ...in 1981 he might have scored 88 goals including Friendlies which were very important nd hag prestige back then ..
been watching a few of these and I really like the rating system. top work
He’s always been my favorite Brazilian player of all time with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. But no one talks about him
His peak was almost 40 years ago, people won't talk as much about Ronaldinho and Ronaldo in 30 years time either.
@@ronniep9272 they still talking bout pele tho
@@Zoejwett it's because Pele revolutionised football and did really well in the 1958 and 1970 World Cups. He was also much more athletically gifted than Zico
Zico is one of the greatest 5 players ever and definitely better than enyone after 1990,if only could watch half of Zicos actions 4or 5 times on replay from different tv cameras on a live match like we do the last 30years then nobody would talk for anybody else!
Zico, my childhood soccer idol.
Di Stefano, Puskas, Best, Cruyff, Zico, Platini and Baggio. Never won World Cup. Seven of the greatest of all time.
Zico, the White Pelé, the second after the King in soccer history! I am Brazilian, I watched him playing many times in Maracanã and on TV!
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI How old are you? Do you know Brazilian soccer? So many fantastic players here in the 20th century! You know only C.Ronaldo, Messi and Maradona...
For muy is the BEST if history!!! Only Maradona nex. C. Ronaldo and Messi, very long...
Vdd
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI Kkk
@@enriquenovials6143 Zico superior
Fantastic player.Had it all.Souness was/is a big admirer.
65 goals in 51 matches is absolutely bonkers
As a midfielder
GOAT
He was amazing Zico a joy to watch
I have cp and support Flamengo, needed surgery and Zico found out. Called my place and we kept in touch for a good time. Hero
His era and his prime was before my time unfortunately. Would have loved to seem him play.
the best, o melhor que vi jogar, gênio.
Good stuff as always. Thanks, man, for the overview of the white pele
!
Of course man, no worries, glad you enjoyed it
Who understands football knows that Zico is one the best 10 midfielders of the football history 🤷♂️
Completely agree that he is inexplicably and massively underrated outside South America. He is undoubtedly one of a very short list of players who could realistically lay claim to being the best ever.
Point of note: In your video when you mark his score for Flair the voice over says that he receives a 10/10 (as it undoubtedly should be) but at the same time there is 8/10 written on the screen. Shurely shome mishtake?
Yeah it's insane how underrated dhe is, also yeah just a mistake
I believe Messi was a Zico's illegimate son
Because Messi looks like Zico
Same about kaka and joao felix
And they have very similar playstyle
@edsonjunior9889 nope,messi and maradona had similar playstyle😅😅😅
Im Brazilian and he was the best one I ever seen !
Amazing player ....
Zico was one of my first football heroes.
Zico é ídolo de bastante jogadores craques Brasileiros e estrangeiros tbm.
He is vastly underrated. Zico is way better than Platini.
I'm Brazilian and a Flamengo fan. But I would put Platini in the same league. To me, the best French player ever.
Zico é um Deus.
82 was why I started playing because of him and how Brazilians played
The Genius Zico ❤
My childhood idol. I started with football because of Zico and he will always be my number 1. Romantic football, thats Zico. Bless you and thank you for this tribute.
Só quem viu sabe o quanto esse cara jogou.
Not Maradona, not Pele , my idol was Zico, saw him playing with Flamengo in Maracana and once i took un autograph at the airport
Apart from his cristalline class in free kicks and dribbling, he was probably the best playmaker of his generation and as an attacking midfielder scored more goal than most forwards would score. He was a goddamned alien and is also an amazing humble and hardworking person. Hats off
After watching this it's fair to say Maradona was Argentina's Zico (as Romario was Maradona as a pure forward) . We all know how Maradona went to Europe and cemented his rep further than Zico did internationally. Wow, what a player! Top ten ATG talent, no doubt!
He was an astonishing footballer - passing and vision was as good as any player in the history of the game, there's never been anyone better. He was a lot quicker than most remember, a fantastic dribbler and scored a ton of goals.
Not quite as good as Messi, Maradona and Pele, but definitely above the likes of Zidane and Platini.
As a ten year old in '82 ... he was MY Pele.
Zico is the best player since Pele,what a genius.
Zico superb player...
If he stayed a little longer in Udinese we would have surely won the championship, but it wasn't his fault, if he could have stayed longer here he surely would have done it, beacuse he is in love with the region (in italian it's "regione", it's one of the 20 parts in which is divided Italy, I think in english it's state but I'm not sure), even if he's been in japan for a few years now he still remembers some words in the traditional language and he still thinks that the territory of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia is beautiful and unique
By the tike he got here he was cinsidered the strongest player in the world, everyone living in that period will always remember this event, even if he/she wasn't a football fan.
Sorry if the grammar is wrong but I'm italian
best free kicker all time
Nope 😅juninho,pele were bttr
Icon factor 7/10 ???
Anybody who've seen him knows how great Zico was. Just because today fanboys never heard of him, doesn't mean Zico is not an icon.
Messi is the goat, Zico trash
@@jaydeepbose4501pessi is a lace in Zico's left shoes!
Almost close to 1000 sub's congrats .....so proud of you
yeah man really close, thanks for the support you've been here since very early on
@@DailyDoseOfFootballYT you welcome bro.....nice work
Greatest player ever
no
Cf- pele 🇧🇷
Lam- zico 🇧🇷
Cam- maradona🇦🇷
Ram- messi 🇦🇷
Ldm- rjikaard🇳🇱
Rdm- mathaüs🇩🇪
Lb- maldini 🇮🇹
Cb- baresi 🇮🇹
Cb- beckenbauer🇩🇪
Rb- lahm 🇩🇪
Gk- buffon 🇮🇹
My sll time xi
If Zico had played in a big Club in Europe he would be considered the best midfielder in history
He is the best player that I have ever seen on field. He was superb.
Zico 5 -Maradona 0
Both were excellent players.RIP Maradona
The star of that ICONIC Brazil team that won nothing but is still talked about 38 years later!
It is an achievement for sure
That team won nothing, but Zico wons a lot, believe me, to a player have a better career than Zico today, he needs to win the national league, the continental one, the intercontinental one and have a statue.
Flamengo won the brazilian Nacional champioship in 80 82 83 87 92 09 and 19 and brazilian cup in 90 06 and 13 sò its not true that Flamengo have won nothing in 38 yars my friend
Awesome video!
great voice over, Portuguese man speaking very good English.
Your videos are very awesome I really hope you got a lot more subscribers that you do have now can you please make a Paul scholes video I would really appreciate I'm a United fan 🙏
ofc man scholes will eventually get one dont worry
In 80's there were so many great attacking midfielders like zico, socrates, platini, maradona......Man! These 4 r arguably the best amfs in the world
The forgotten legend ❤️
Just disagree a bit on the trophy cabinet part, all the state championships (which were almost as important as the league at that time), 4 league titles, 1 libertadores and the intercontinental is absolutely huge in South American football, which was pretty much the same level as European until the late 90's, when our best players began to leave to European clubs. Flamengo was the second most successful in Brazilian football, just behind Santos, after Zico's generation. Him not winning anything in Italy nor with the national team, does count down down a bit, so I'd give him 8/10.
He was fantastic
Zico is just tge best at what he does mn🔥🔥🔥💯
My Dad Said He Was Amazing! 🤩⚽️
The white pele. Love the goat scores
One of the best in Football history..Ich love him more than Maradona. both are great
That assist for socrates goal against Italy in 1982 is a thing of pure beauty, he makes Gentile look like a novice 😂😂😂😂😂
I have Zico in my greatest team ever he was amazing the goals from midfield were of the charts 👏 had they not slipped up against Italy I truly believe we would be talking about zico like we do Ronaldo' Ronaldinho' Zidane' players of that quality true legends of the game' he was an amazing player..
Zico is very close to Maradona and in some specific skills in even better but he didn't play long time in Europe he arrived at the end of carrea and he was a injured often but he was the best player in the world
Jogar na Europa é parâmetro hoje em dia, na época as equipes brasileiras eram melhores que as europeias,dos anos 50 até 95 o Brasil era superior,depois entrou o dinheiro...
Zico só fica atrás do Pelé!!👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷
Just a small correction. The América you showed in the beginning of the video is the one from Mexico. You wanted to show the one from Rio: América-RJ.
That made me laugh