The Heroes - Top Ten Right-Backs of Football History (Part 2)
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7. Wim Suurbier
Wilhelmus "Wim" Lourens Johannes Suurbier was a Dutch footballer. He was the part of the Dutch national team and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AFC-Ajax-c38228 teams. By the age of 19, Suurbier made his debut for Ajax Amsterdam and played with them for 13 years. He was a great defender in the
football arena who stunned the audience with his unmatchable skills and techniques.
Wim won seven league titles, four Dutch Cups, and three European Cups, all in a row. On the international level, he joined the Dutch first team national squad in 1966 and was a part of the team for twelve years.
During which the player made 60 caps but faced the discontent of losing twice in the 1974 and 1978 World Cup finals. He finally retired from playing football in 1982 and quickly started his managerial career as an assistant manager for the Golden Bay Earth
Quakers. Currently, he works as the assistant coach of the Albanian National team.
6. Jose Nasazzi
Jose Nasazzi was born on 24 May 1901, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a Uruguay football player, known as "El Gran Marisca." – The Great Marshal. He was regarded as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035’s greatest football player ever and was honoured by many. He captained his country
when, together they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in the year 1930.
Nasazzi won two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 titles in 1923, 1924 and 1926. He was the first ever captain to hold the World Cup. Nasazzi played with Uruguay from 1923 to 1937, and earned fifty-one appearances.
5. Giuseppe Bergomi
Giuseppe Bergomi, born 22 December 1963, he was an Italian footballer, who spent his entire professional career at Internazionale. He was referred to as "Lo zio", "the uncle" due to the magnificent moustache he wore even at the age of 18 in the 1982 World
Cup. He served as the captain of his club and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all times.
Bergomi joined the Italian national team in 1981 starting with the under twenty one squad and after three appearances he finally made it into the first team national squad in 1982. There the player went on to make eighty one appearances for country with
six goals scored.
Bergomi was a part of the 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning squad, despite being just 18. He is also remembered as one-club man.
4. Djalma Santos
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. He was a Brazilian football player who started his career in his hometown with Portuguesa. He performed for the Brazil National team in four
World Cups and won two of them in 1958 and 1962.Initially joining them in 1952 he went on to make ninety eight appearances for country with scoring just three goals in the process.
Santos was much famed to be the greatest right-backs of all time. His awe-inspiring attacking and defensive skills stupefied the spectators. In March 2004, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pelé-c29654 titled him as one of the ‘top 125 greatest living footballers.’ In the 1966 tournament, Santos
was still playing for Brazil, aged 37.
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