9 Football Legends That Ever Won World Cup, Ballon d'Or & Champions League

“Welcome to the club, Lionel Messi”, That's how the former player Kaka congratulated El Pulga and Argentina when they won the 2022 World Cup. Of course, the club that the former AC Milan star refers to here is not a team or a normal organization, it is a collection of 9 legends who have owned the trio of the most prestigious titles in football: Champions League, Ballon d'Or and World Cup.
Throughout the history of football, the number of players that have been collected by this cult collection does not exceed two figures. So besides Messi, who also won three prestigious titles? Let's find out with ANZFootball live football on tv!

Bobby Charlton

No one can deny the greatness of Sir Bobby Charlton. For most of his life, he devoted himself to football. As the main nucleus of Manchester United after the Munich disaster, Bobby Charlton brought the Red Devils the championship of England, and opened the glorious period for the Manchester live football streaming team.

Three years after his coronation in England, Bobby Charlton continued to put the Red Devils on the throne in the European Cup and became the first English team to win the highest title in the Old Continent. During his 17-year stint at Manchester United, Sir Bobby Charlton made 758 appearances and scored 249 goals. He was the striker with the most goals for the Red Devils before Wayne Rooney surpassed him in January 2017.

Not only is the great legend of the Old Trafford team, Sir Bobby Charlton is the leading lion leading England to the 1966 World Cup championship, also the only World Cup so far of the Three Lions. Bobby scored a total of three goals at that year's World Cup, including a brace against Portugal in the semi-finals, taking the Three Lions to the final against West Germany. Although Bobby Charlton did not shoot, he was greatly instrumental in controlling the opponent's trump card, Franz Beckenbauer.

Not only did Bobby Charlton win the World Cup, he also won the Ballon d'Or award. In 1966, it was Bobby's most glorious year with three European titles, the World Cup and the Ballon d'Or.

Gerd Muller

Needless to say, the nickname Bomber is more than enough to make generations of football watchers in the last century have to recover to a super striker that the world has seen. Gerd Muller is one of the major contributors to the reputation of the Bavarian Grey Lobster and the German national team on the world football map. Throughout his career, he scored 566 goals in 607 appearances for Bayern and was the record goalscorer in the Bundesliga with 365 goals before Lewandowski broke through in 2021. 

The greatness of Bom Bom King is not only in the number of goals but also the way he scores in important moments. At the 1970 World Cup, Muller scored 10 goals. Although this did not help Die Mannschaft win the championship, the excellent performance in the tournament on Mexican soil helped Muller win the Ballon d 'Or. Four years later in the 1974 World Cup, Gerd Muller added four goals, including one in the final against the Netherlands, helping West Germany to the championship.

This was also the year that the German legend won the European Cup, starting the magical era of the Grey Lobster with three consecutive European championships. And forty years later, Real Madrid under Zinedine Zidane can re-establish.

Not only that, Gerd Muller was also awarded the title of the greatest striker of all time in world football in 2000. He was also named in the FIFA 100 list of King of Football Pele.

Franz Beckenbauer

It can be said that Gerd is the best striker of Germany, but the best player in the history of football in this country can only be Franz Beckenbauer. Considered to be the greatest player that German football has ever produced, his contribution to Die Mannschaft is immeasurable.

Beckenbauer was the most important member of Bayern's dominance era with three consecutive European championships. At the national team level, he was captain of the West German team when it was crowned at Euro 1972 and the 1974 World Cup. In the final match in West Germany that year, Beckenbauer led his teammates to win the famous total kick of the Netherlands. And this 1974 final was also the place that brought Franz Beckenbauer to the peak of his career.

At the time, Beckenbauer was the only defender in football history to win the Ballon d 'Or twice, in 1972 and 1976. He is also credited with the creation of the modern sweeper defender, also known as libero.

And yet, Beckenbauer's great leadership has helped German football reach new heights. At the 1990 World Cup, he led Germany to the title after defeating Argentina in the final. Beckenbauer is also one of only two players to win the World Cup as a player and coach alongside Didier Deschamps.

Paolo Rossi

Italy is proud to have many famous defenders but to talk about an immortal symbol perhaps many people will choose Paolo Rossi. Rossi's greatest achievement in his career was winning the 1982 World Cup with Italy.

Despite the scandal after the Totonero match-fixing scandal, Paolo Rossi was still included in the Italian squad, participating in the 1982 World Cup. And this is considered a historic decision because in that tournament, he was the brightest star. Half of the six goals he scored in Spain that summer were hat-tricks for Italy's 3-2 win over Brazil, the strongest team at the time. Rossi also opened the scoring in the final, opening the victory for Italy against Germany, and bringing the third golden Cup for the boot-shaped country. The top scorer title and 1982 World Cup championship helped Rossi win the Golden Ball in the same year.

Rossi's six-goal triumph also changed Italian society as they found relief in football from the turmoil of corruption and the financial crisis. Football is no longer an entertainment sport, it becomes a billion-dollar industry with Serie A live streaming thanks to the destination of top stars.

Three years after the 1982 World Cup, the Italian legend went down in history when he joined Juventus's squad and won over the champion Liverpool.

Zinedine Zidane

If there is a list of the best No. 10s of all time, Zidane certainly cannot be out of the top 5. When talking about Zizou, we want to emphasize the combination of his flexibility of the kick and the ability to read the match. Catching Zizou is one of the impossible tasks of the football world in the 90s or 2000.

Wherever he goes or is in any group, Zidane is always the nucleus of that group's play. In 1998, Zidane led France to the World Cup with a brace against Brazil in the final. A few months earlier, the French legend had also won the scudetto with Juventus. Zidane ended his goddamn season with the title of Golden Ball in 1998.

However, Zidane does not have a charm with the European arena in Juventus shirt. He and Grandma collapsed twice in the two Champions League finals. Only when he moved to Real Madrid, Zizou could fulfill his dream in 2022. Zidane also had one of the best goals of all time against Bayern Leverkusen in the Champions League final that same year.

As a coach, what Zidane has done is even greater. He helped Real Madrid dominate Europe for three consecutive seasons. Since the competition was renamed the Champions League, no club has done so except Real Madrid under Zidane.

Rivaldo

Rivaldo, the Brazilian legend, one of the greatest strikers in Barcelona history is the first non-European player who won the three titles. Unlike the others, Rivaldo did not win the Ballon d 'Or after winning the World Cup or Champions League, he was named at the 1999 Ballon d'Or after winning the Copa America with Brazil and the La Liga championship with Barcelona.

Three years later, Rivaldo is one of the most important names contributing to Brazil's journey to win the World Cup in 2002. He himself finished that year's tournament with five goals against five different opponents. Only a year later, Rivaldo conquered Europe with AC Milan, scoring two goals in 12 matches. During his illustrious career, Rivaldo scored 27 goals and had 12 assists in 73 Champions League matches.

Ronaldinho

Grass wizards, magicians, Samba dancers, how many American words are not enough to describe all the emotions that rona brings. For those who worship beautiful football, Ronaldinho is definitely one of the names that leave the most impression. Despite not having too many titles, he is always considered as one of the great 10 of the Selecao. Ronaldinho was also associated with the number 10 shirt when he played in Barcelona - where he left the football world with the lifelong moves that are still handed down to this day.

Ronaldinho was part of the Brazil team that won the 2002 World Cup. The Barcelona legend played five games, scoring two goals and pocketing three assists. He, along with Ronaldo and Rivaldo, formed the best striker trio in the history of the tournament.

In 2005, Ronaldinho crowned Barcelona in La Liga and led Brazil to the Confederations Cup. This was the tournament in which Ronaldinho scored three goals, including one against Germany in the semi-finals and one in the final against Argentina. Barca's legend ended that season with the Ballon d 'Or. In the 2005-2006 season, Ronaldinho scored 7 straight wins and had 5 assists in 12 Champions League matches to bring Barca to the top of Europe.

Kaka

Kaka's role was not clearly shown in the 2002 World Cup when the Brazilian angel only played 25 minutes in the Brazil match on May-2 against Costa Rica in the group stage. Even so, he still lifted the World Cup in Asia that year.

In the following season, Kaka was signed by 2003 Champions League winner AC Milan for €8.5 million, making it one of the Rossoneri's most successful deals in history. Kaka immediately conquered coach Carlo Ancelotti with talent. He ousted the man Manuel Rui Costa on the bench with a super tactical vision and goal scoring skills.

The 2006-2007 season was Kaka's best season as he scored 10 Champions League goals. Not only earning the title of Scorer King, Kaka is also the main nucleus for AC Milan to claim European heaven. In the same year, Kaka was honored at the Ballon D'or Awards and was also the last player to win the award before the Messi-Ronaldo era dominated for more than 10 years.

Above are 8 legends that collect all 3 most noble titles in the life of a football player. And with the 2022 World Cup championship, Lionel Messi has officially become the 9th member of this legendary club.