Footy Boots have selected 8 of the best football players of all time and have been researching what football boots these legends were wearing in their prime.
We have selected 8 legends which have consistently featured in published “top players of all time” polls.
The footballers and their boots that will be going under the microscope over the next few days are, in alphabetical order;
Marco van Basten
Franz Beckenbauer
George Best
Johan Cruyff
Pele
Diego Maradona
Bobby Moore
Michel Platini
If you’d like to add any legends to the list and can supply evidence of the football boots they were, or are wearing, please post your comment.
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September 29th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Van Basten used to wear those orange striped Diadora at Milan, but he also wore the legendary Pantofolo d’Oro’s according to their site.
“Many of the world’s best players have scored their goals with Pantofola d’Oro. John Charles, Jürgen Klinsmann, Johan Cruijff, Roger Millar and Marco Van Basten are just some of the world class players to wear this famous brand of football boots”
September 29th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
OTHERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD
- Platini Patrick
- Cryuff had Puma’s as well as the aforementioned d’oros
- Maradona Puma was all I ever saw him wear
October 17th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Diego Maradona is brilliant!
October 28th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Just read el diego (autobiography) and he raves about his Pumas. There’s a great picture of him modelling the Argentina kit with these 70’s Pumas with massive tongue sticking halfway up his shin, the days before King’s brought about foldovers. Haha, funny photo. Books rubbish though, dont bother with it
November 27th, 2006 at 12:57 am
Diego has also worn Adidas Copa Mundial’s when he played with Boca in the 90’s and last year at the Soccer Aid event he wore Nike Legends.
Guillermo
February 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Looks like Bobby moore Wore adidas, not sure which ones though.
February 24th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
maradonna - puma
cruyff - puma
platini - adidas
beckenbauer - adidas
pele - puma
I suggest you include the best Mexican player in history: hugo sanchez - adidas
March 5th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Zico should be on that list.
April 21st, 2007 at 5:48 am
Pele & Maradona - Puma Kings
Beckenbauer, Platini, Cruyff, B. Moore, B. Charlton and for a little while Maradona as well - Adidas Copa Mundial
April 21st, 2007 at 5:49 am
Georgie Best also wore Copa Mundials from the videos I’ve seen but I have never seen van Basten in action
July 17th, 2007 at 4:05 am
huGO SANCHEZ
April 24th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Marco van Basten: Cruyff & Diadora
Franz Beckenbauer: adidas
George Best: ??
Johan Cruyff: Puma
Pele: Puma
Diego Maradona: Puma
Bobby Moore: adidas
Michel Platini: Patrick
April 28th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Oleg Blohin,Valeriy Lobanovskiy,Zico,Eric Cantona also should be on that list
May 6th, 2008 at 2:28 am
u misin eusebio and his pumas
May 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
George Best also wore his own brand of boots.
May 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
George Best wore Stylo Matchmakers boots .P.S. Does anyone know if you can still get hold of Puma Maradona , Cruyff,Pele ect.
August 24th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Indeed, the Pantofolo d’Oro boots were and still are one of the finest boots ever made. Johan Cruijff had his own sportsbrand for a while (Cruyff Sportswear) and the shoes they put on the market were actually made by/produced in cooperation with Emidio Lazarini, the guy behind Pantofolo d’Oro. The Cruyff shoes made between 1981 and approx 1990 still belong to the finest pairs of football boots ever made! Bergkamp, Van Basten and the maestro himself are testimony to this!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Van Basten wore Cruyff Sportswear. They was like a further extention of a nike tick. Always tried to get them but never could.
Most the players in the list tho wore either the puma kings or the addidas world cups.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
i have nothing to say just for me the best players in the world are 1974=johan cruijff
1988=marco van basten and now 2009 for me the best player is ricardo izecson dos santos leite KAKA’………………..
kaka we stand in ac.milan and he’s not going in another team……………………….
because the best team is ac.milan…..kl
October 16th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Whatever Maradona may have worn if his early days or since retirement, he spent the majority of his playing time in Puma.
Not Puma King. But, Puma SPA King.
A completely different boot. A long tongue with the top 1-2 inch being white leather. And a creamy yellow/black sole, similar in design to the original Adidas Word Cup 78.
If you remember, Puma’s anti-Adidas advert for the 2006 world cup was all about Maradona
Van Basten spent a lot of his career in Diadora, but I’ll happily concede he wore others.
The three legends, Maradona, Cruyff and Pele wore Puma for the majority of their career.
You’ve gotta love the pictures of Cruff in the 70s, with only 2 stripes on his shirt, because he refused to wear the 3 stripes of Adidas unless he was paid for it.