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.

  • maremmacharly@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Dirk kuijt.

    He legitimately played every outfield position at a high level (centre forward, centreback, number 10, winger both sides, fullback both sides) and he was even quite decent in goal.

    And when I say at a high level he was top scorer of the dutch league multiple times as a CF and made the CL and WC (semi)finals as a winger and fullback respectively.

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      1 year ago

      I dont think he ever played centre back though. He played as a fullback but never saw him as a CB. But I agree with your pick.