5 greatest footballers to wear the number 10 jersey

#4 Zinedine Zidane

One of the best midfielders of all time, there is nothing on the pitch that Zidane has not done

One of the most recognisable figures in the sport even today, an argument can be made that Zinedine Zidane is quite simply the greatest midfielder that ever played the game. An absolute force of nature, the former French captain was unstoppable on his day.

Zidane was an elite playmaker who was known for his technical ability, elegance, ball control, and vision, along with the occasional big goal here and there.

Zidane has won everything there is to win - a World Cup, Champions League, the Euros, domestic titles in different countries, so and so forth. A glance at his career achievements will leave the mind flabbergasted, for there is nothing that Zidane has not done. He moved to Real Madrid for a world-record fee at the time of €77.5 million in 2001, an amount that was unimaginable at the time.

Zidane scored one of the best goals in Champions League history with his rocket volley in the final against Bayer Leverkusen, and he delivered one of the best individual performances by a player ever when France faced Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals in 2006.

With a sending off in the World Cup final being the only blemish in Zidane's career, the former Juventus player left defences crying and fans in elation whenever he played. One of the greatest to wear the number 10, and simply one of the best to ever kick a ball.