Ex-Super Eagles Striker, Kanu Nwankwo has been named as one of the greatest footballers ever by the FIFA supported International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
The Nigerian super star striker captained the country’s Dream team 1 to Olympic glory in Atlanta 96. Kanu played for the likes of Inter Milan, Arsenal and Ajax during his illustrious career winning a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals.
He is also a two-time African footballer of the year award winner.
The list of 48 legends is the first of series of list which will be subsequently released.
See the full list of legends below;
- Forward / Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (PELE) / Brazil
- Midfielder / Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico) / Brazil
- Midfielder / Manuel Francisco dos Santos (Garrincha) LATE / Brazil
- Forward / Ronaldo Luís Nazário De Lima (Ronaldo) / Brazil
- Defender, Sweeper / Franz Anton Beckenbauer (Beckenbauer) / Germany
- Forward / GERD MÜLLER (Gerd) / Germany
- Defender, Midfielder / Lothar Matthäus / Germany
- Forward, Midfielder / Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Johan Cruyff) / Netherlands
- Forward / Marco Van Basten (Marco) / Netherlands
- Forward, Midfielder / Ruud Gullit OON / Netherlands
- Forward, Midfielder / Bobby Charlton (Bobby) / United Kingdom
- Midfielder / David Robert Joseph Beckham (David Beckham) / United Kingdom
- Forward /Stanley Mattews LATE / United Kingdom
- Midfielder / Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Maradona) / Argentina
- Forward / Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé LATE / Argentina
- Forward / HAO HAIDONG / China
- Defender / Sun Jihai / China
- Forward / Mahmoud El-Khatib (Bibo) / Egypt
- Midfielder / Mohamed Aboutrika / Egypt
- Midfielder / Michel Platini / France
- Midfielder / Zinedine Yazid Zidane (Zizou) / France
- Goalkeeper / Antonio Carbajal (Tota) / Mexico
- Forward / Hugo Sánchez Márquez (Sánchez) / Mexico
- Forward / Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (Eusébio) / Portugal
- Midfielder / Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Luis Figo) / Portugal
- Goalkeeper / Dino Zoff / Italy
- Forward, Midfielder / Roberto Baggio / Italy
- Striker / Mustapha Rabah Madjer (Rabah Madjer) / Algeria
- Forward / Albert Roger Mooh Miller (Roger Milla) / Cameroon
- Forward / Ferenc Puskás LATE / Hungary
- Forward / Baichung Bhutia (Bhutia) / India
- Forward / Ali Daei / Iran
- Midfielder / Hidetoshi Nakata / Japan
- Striker / Cha Bum-kun (Tscha Bum) / South Korea
- Striker / Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara / Kuwait
- Forward / George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (George Weah) / Liberia
- Forward / Wynton Alan Whai Rufer / New Zealand
- Forward / Nwankwo Kanu / Nigeria
- Goalkeeper /José Luis Félix Chilavert González (José Luis Chilavert) / Paraguay
- Goalkeeper / Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Lev Yashin) LATE / Russia
- Forward / Majed Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mohammed (Majed Abdullah) / Saudi Arabia
- Forward / Francisco Gento Lopez (Paco) / Spain
- Forward / Hakan ?ükür / Turkey
- Forward / Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin / Ukraine
- Inside forward / Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano (Pepe) LATE / Uruguay
- Forward, Midfielder / Landon Timothy Donovan / USA
- Defender / Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe (Lucas Radebe) / South Africa
- Midfielder / Ryan Joseph Giggs (Ryan Giggs) / Wales
