The superstar series full of facts, stats and stories so you can choose which football legend is the Greatest Of All Time! In this epic clash, PELE and DIEGO MARADONA go head-to-head...
Written by Matt Oldfield, the bestselling author of ULTIMATE FOOTBALL HEROES and UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL, and Seth Burkett, EX PROFESSIONAL PLAYER.
- Read about teenage Pelé’s breakthrough match for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup
- Why Maradona was able to finally captain Argentina to World Cup glory
- How Pelé became the first player to score over 1,000 goals
- But how Maradona was so important that Napoli named their stadium after him . . .
It’s a tough competition – are you ready to VOTE FOR THE GOAT?
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Matt Oldfield is an accomplished writer and the editor-in-chief of football review site Of Pitch and Page . Tom Oldfield is a freelance sports writer and the author of biographies on Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsene Wenger and Rafael Nadal.
More about Matt OldfieldSeth Burkett grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Upon leaving school he moved to Brazil to play professional football. His first book, The Boy in Brazil, documents a remarkable season in Sorriso and was shortlisted for the 2015 British Sport Book Awards.
He subsequently collaborated with England futsal manager Michael Skubala to create Developing the Moder
