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#5 Roy Keane
One of Manchester United's mainstays for more than a decade, Roy Keane dominated the midfield and bought in much needed aggression to the team. He served as the skipper of United for eight years until his departure from the team in 2005.
The departure was much talked about as Keane had several arguments with manager Sir Alex Ferguson. He had openly stated in a MUTV interview that is prepared to play elsewhere at the end of his contract.
He even criticised the signing of Rio Ferdinand saying :"Just because you are paid £120,000-a-week and play well for 20 minutes against Tottenham, you think you are a superstar."
He left United after another argument with Ferguson and joined Celtic. He Celtic career lasted just six months as he announced his retirement from professional football on medical advice.
#4 Mohammad Azharuddin
Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin had a perfect start to his career. He is the first and the only cricketer so far to score three centuries in his first three test matches.
The Hyderabad lad was a brilliant stroke maker and was considered to have the best wrists in the game. His drives through mid wicket were a treat to watch and played several important innings to help India get over the line in both tests and One-day internationals.
Azharuddin held the record for the fastest ODI century and highest number of runs in ODIs for a brief period of time. The cricketing world was rocked by match fixing scandal in early 2000. Former South African captain Hansie Cronje confessed that Azharuddin introduced him to bookies. Azharuddin later admitted that he fixed three ODI matches. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned him for life.
He played 99 tests for India.
#3 Kumar Sangakkara
The Srilankan southpaw has been the mainstay of the island nation's batting for more than a decade. Kumar Sangakkara has doubled up as wicket keeper-batsman helping Srilanka win several ,matches on his own.
His record in both tests and one-day international are enviable. The 37-year old is second highest run-scorer in tests with 14,234 runs to his credit. He is fifth on the list of top one-day international run scorers with 12.203 runs.
Sangakkara also has 699 international dismissals from behind the stumps. Playing in his last World Cup, Sangakkara scored four consecutive centuries to become the only batsman to do so in World Cups and ODIs. However, Sangakkara's career ended with a humiliating loss at the hands of South Africa in the quarterfinals. He batted at a much lesser strike rate from his previous four innings thereby increasing pressure on other players.
#2 Zinedine Zidane
A three-time FIFA World Player of the year, Zinedine Zidane is one of the best players to have played the game. He was extremely successful at both the national and club levels.
He helped France win the 1998 FIFA World Cup by scoring two brilliant goals in the final. He was honored with Légion d'honneur by the government. The Frenchman was also the player of the tournament in the Euro 2000.
At the club level, he won the La Liga title and Champions league with Real Madrid, two Serie A titles with Juventus. He was one of the most sought after footballers at the time evidenced by a world record fee transfer fee of €75 million from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001.
Zidane announced before the 2006 FIFA World Cup that this would retire at the end of the tournament. He lead the team to the final and scored the first goal via a penalty in the seventh minute of the game.
He will be remembered for all the wrong reasons for what happened in extra time. In the 110th minute of the game, Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was sent off. He did not take part in the penalty shootout which France lost 3-5.
#1 Bjorn Borg
Former World No. 1 Bjorn Borg was a teenage sensation. The Swede won his first Grand Slam at the 1974 French Open becoming the youngest ever male to win the Roland Garros title at the time.
He is the first professional male player to win 11 Grand Slams. The years 1978 - 1980 were particularly impressive for Borg who completed the rare French Open - Wimbledon double in all three years. Borg won six French Open titles and five Wimbledon Championships. He was also a four-time finalist at the US Open.
The Swede shocked the world when he decided to retire in 1983 at the age of 26. He did make a comeback years later, but never succeeded the way he did when he was on top of the world.
