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| Football's Greatest | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sport |
| Created by | Pitch International |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Paul McGrath Jon Owen Hans Duikersloot |
| Editors | Matt Bowen Crispin Holland |
| Camera setup | Daniel Vitalis |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky Sports HD 1/2 |
| Release | 10 June (2010-06-10) – 11 July 2010 (2010-07-11) |
Football's Greatest is a TV series that started on 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 onSky Sports for theWorld Cup. There are 26 shows in total all narrated byRichard Keys, 25 featuring onefootballer for each show. The first episode,The Contenders, is about players that did not make the following shows, though are still notable.
The series was then followed byFootball's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format. This series was narrated byGabriel Clarke and features shows forJosé Mourinho,Bill Shankly,Alex Ferguson,Bob Paisley,Giovanni Trapattoni,Fabio Capello,Arrigo Sacchi,Rinus Michels,Mário Zagallo andOttmar Hitzfeld.
Ten forFootball's Greatest International Teams:West Germany (1972–1974),Netherlands (1974 and 1988),Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982),France (1984 and 1998–2000),Hungary (1954) andSpain (2008–2012).
Sixteen forFootball's Greatest Teams:Chelsea,Manchester United,Barcelona,Arsenal,Bayern Munich,Real Madrid (1954–1966 and 1996–2003),Ajax,Benfica,Celtic,Juventus,Liverpool,Milan,Santos,Red Star Belgrade andNottingham Forest.
Eight forFootball's Greatest International Rivalries:England vScotland, Holland v Germany, Brazil vArgentina, England v Germany,Italy v France &Yugoslavia, England v Argentina &Czech Republic vSlovenia,Portugal v Spain &Uruguay v Argentina andTurkey vGreece &Sweden vDenmark.
The first episode,The Contenders, featuredRyan Giggs,Paolo Rossi,Gheorghe Hagi,Luís Figo,Denis Law,Roberto Baggio,Emilio Butragueño,Thierry Henry,Bobby Moore,George Weah,Kaká,Dino Zoff,Lothar Matthäus,Eric Cantona,Hugo Sánchez,Hristo Stoichkov,Dennis Bergkamp,Steven Gerrard,Franco Baresi,Cristiano Ronaldo,Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,Lionel Messi,Sócrates,David Beckham andRomário.
| Episode | Season | Player | Nationality | Date of episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Contenders | 10 June 2010 | |
| 2 | 1 | Bobby Charlton |  England | 11 June 2010 |
| 3 | 1 | Gerd Müller |  Germany | 13 June 2010 |
| 4 | 1 | Ruud Gullit |  Netherlands | 14 June 2010 |
| 5 | 1 | Eusébio |  Portugal | 15 June 2010 |
| 6 | 1 | Rivellino |  Brazil | 16 June 2010 |
| 7 | 1 | Michel Platini |  France | 17 June 2010 |
| 8 | 1 | Peter Schmeichel |  Denmark | 19 June 2010 |
| 9 | 1 | Garrincha | Brazil | 20 June 2010 |
| 10 | 1 | Kenny Dalglish |  Scotland | 21 June 2010 |
| 11 | 1 | Raúl |  Spain | 22 June 2010 |
| 12 | 1 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | 24 June 2010 |
| 13 | 1 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | 25 June 2010 |
| 14 | 1 | Alfredo Di Stéfano |  Argentina | 27 June 2010 |
| 15 | 1 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | 28 June 2010 |
| 16 | 1 | Paolo Maldini |  Italy | 29 June 2010 |
| 17 | 1 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany | 30 June 2010 |
| 18 | 1 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 1 July 2010 |
| 19 | 1 | Zico | Brazil | 2 July 2010 |
| 20 | 1 | Michael Laudrup | Denmark | 3 July 2010 |
| 21 | 1 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 4 July 2010 |
| 22 | 1 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 5 July 2010 |
| 23 | 1 | Ferenc Puskás |  Hungary | 6 July 2010 |
| 24 | 1 | George Best |  Northern Ireland | 7 July 2010 |
| 25 | 1 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | 10 July 2010 |
| 26 | 1 | Pelé | Brazil | 11 July 2010 |
| 27 | 2 | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 18 April 2014 |
| 28 | 2 | Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 20 April 2014 |
| 29 | 2 | Clarence Seedorf | Netherlands | 21 April 2014 |
| 30 | 2 | Alan Shearer | England | 22 April 2014 |
| 31 | 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 23 April 2014 |
| 32 | 2 | Thierry Henry | France | 24 April 2014 |
| 33 | 2 | Luís Figo | Portugal | 25 April 2014 |
| 34 | 2 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 26 April 2014 |
| 35 | 2 | Steven Gerrard | England | 27 April 2014 |
| 36 | 2 | Ryan Giggs |  Wales | 28 April 2014 |
| 37 | 3 | Franco Baresi | Italy | 30 August 2016 |
| 38 | 3 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 31 August 2016 |
| 39 | 3 | George Weah |  Liberia | 01 September 2016 |
| 40 | 3 | Gheorghe Hagi |  Romania | 02 September 2016 |
| 41 | 3 | Kaká | Brazil | 05 September 2016 |
| 42 | 3 | Andrea Pirlo | Italy | 06 September 2016 |
| 43 | 3 | Hristo Stoichkov |  Bulgaria | 07 September 2016 |
| 44 | 3 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 08 September 2016 |
| 45 | 3 | Xavi | Spain | 09 September 2016 |
| 46 | 3 | Rivaldo | Brazil | 12 September 2016 |
| 47 | 4 | David Villa | Spain | |
| 48 | 4 | Ian Rush | Wales | |
| 49 | 4 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | |
| 50 | 4 | Patrick Vieira | France | |
| 51 | 4 | Cafu | Brazil | |
| 52 | 4 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | |
| 53 | 4 | Roberto Carlos | Brazil | |
| 54 | 4 | Carles Puyol | Spain | |
| 55 | 4 | Samuel Eto'o |  Cameroon | |
| 56 | 4 | Marcel Desailly | France | |
| 57 | 5 | Didier Deschamps | France | |
| 58 | 5 | Fernando Hierro | Spain | |
| 59 | 5 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | |
| 60 | 5 | Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | |
| 61 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France | |
| 62 | 5 | Graeme Souness | Scotland | |
| 63 | 5 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Germany | |
| 64 | 5 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | |
| 65 | 5 | Gianluca Vialli | Italy | |
| 66 | 5 | Xabi Alonso | Spain |