It was named the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, and it featured some absolutely incredible footballers. In a 3-4-3 formation, the line-up was as follows: Lev Yashin, Cafu, Franz Beckenbauer, Paolo Maldini, ...

Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 on 5 February, but which other players have still been going strong after passing that milestone?

Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Thierry Henry & Paolo Maldini all feature as the 15 greatest players to have never won the Ballon d'Or are named. Speaking ahead of the Spaniard's final El Clasico as a ...

GK: "One of the greatest in history" 👏 CB: "I would have loved to share a changing room with him." 🤩 CM: "One of my idols" ...

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner scored twice for Saudi Pro League ... named as assistant to then-manager Louis van Gaal. Paolo Maldini helped AC Milan beat Liverpool in the 2007 Champions League ...

AC Milan pulled off a major coup when they signed Andrea Pirlo from rivals Inter in June 2001. His arrival marked the start of a new era for the Rossoneri, who had just brought in Carlo Ancelotti to ...

the Liverpool and Netherlands centre-back who was previously with Celtic and who finished runner-up to Lionel Messi in the 2019 Ballon d'Or award. Van Dijk won back-to-back titles with Celtic ...

Romario’s pursuit of 1,000 career goals took the Brazilian well past the age of 40s, achieving the feat for Vasco de Gama in 2007. While the achievement is somewhat disputed, not least by Ronaldo who ...

Those who said life begins at 40 could have said so because of this legend, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, gifted to the world by Portugal. He turned 40 on Wednesday to join the exclusive club ...

Samuels-Smith was even likened to Italian legend Maldini, with Chelsea fans on ... with @NyumahStewart posting: "Ballon d'Or loading." It remains to be seen if Samuels-Smith will be involved ...