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Sergio Ramos kisses the Champions League trophy after Real Madrid's win on penalties in the final against Atletico in 2016.

European Cup-winning captains

By Ben Hayward published

A look at the captains who led their teams to European Cup glory in the men's game...

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Argentina and West Germany captains Diego Maradona and Lothar Matthaus during the coin toss ahead of the 1990 World Cup final.

World Cup-winning captains

By Ben Hayward published

A look at the players who led their nations to World Cup glory in the men's game...

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Zinedine Zidane holds the Champions League trophy after Real Madrid's victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland

Major trophy winners with the same club as player and manager

By Tom Hancock published

These stars are legend of the pitch and the dugout in at least one place

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Liverpool manager Joe Fagan, 1983

Managers who managed their hometown club

By Tom Hancock published

A look at some local lads who called the shots from the touchline

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi of ChatGPT's all-time XI

We asked ChatGPT for the greatest XI of all time: here's what it said

By Mark White published

What's ChatGPT's ball knowledge like? FourFourTwo tests our AI overlord

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The 10 best German players ever 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy Lothar Matthaeus * 21.03.1961 Football player, Germany, member of the national team - Lothar Matthaeus (left) celebrating after scoring a goal in the first round match against Yugoslavia (4 - 1)| right: Juergen Klinsmann - (Photo by Bernd Wende/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Ranked! The 10 best German players ever

By Ed McCambridge last updated

The land of beers, bratwursts and brilliant penalty takers. These are the greatest German players ever...

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The 100 best European players of all time

Ranked! The 100 best European football players of all time

By Ryan Dabbs published

RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Cristiano to Camacho, Beckenbauer to Beckham and everyone in between

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Zinedine Zidane

The Playmaker: football tactics explained

By Jack Lacey-Hatton published

TACTICS What actually is a playmaker? Here's your handy tactical explainer

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FourFourTwo Issue 362

In the mag: Messi in Miami! PLUS Alonso at Leverkusen, Vicario, Deco, Champions League preview, FFT goes to AFCON and MORE!

By Gregg Davies published

Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device – from Thursday 8 February

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Former German football player Franz Beckenbauer holds his trophy as he attends the opening gala for the Hall of Fame of German Football at the German Football Museum in Dortmund on April 1, 2019. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78

By Ryan Dabbs published

Franz Beckenbauer, Germany and Bayern Munich legend, passed away in his sleep on Sunday night

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