Players like Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar aren’t for sure, because defending should also be in the conversation. The Camavinga memes had me thinking, is there a player who was/is actually really good at everything, or at least most things inside the pitch?
Gullit, Yaya Toure, Matthaus and in general box2box players could do anything from defending to scoring. Pogba when he was world class is a good example. Defenders who scored regurarly like Ramos, Hierro or Koeman, even fullbacks like Marcelo or Dani Alves are exceptional on many things.
Another fun pick would be Jorge Campos, the goalkeeper who also played as an attacker sometimes.
Bruno Fernandez comes to mind
Gerrard
Can bottle the PL too
and Lampard
Currently: Cancelo, Casemiro, B Silva, Camavinga, Gavi.
I’d say cancelo is the one that does everything at the highest level
Bellingham?
I dont think he defends/recovers enough to be put on this list.
Griezmann usually does a lot of tracking back, defending, providing, and attacking everything in a game. Esp for Atleti.
Xavi Hernandez
Me
Let’s be honest, if you take every aspect of football into consideration only ball playing goalkeepers would fit the criteria, so you would be left with the following players:
-Campos
-Neuer
-Ederson
Not taking goalkeeping in consideration you would be left with mostly midfielders, with a few exceptions:
-Rooney
-Grimaldo
-Frimpong
-Dumfries
Makelele
Beckenbauer
Currently Valverde i would say. Can score bangers , assists , can cover the ground if needed to defend
Gullit
Philip Lahm
Valverde
Roberto Carlos
joao cancelo
Bernardo Silva