Author Topic: Players Who Made Their Shirt Numbers Famous (Read 5237 times)

Billy The Kid · « **on:** June 30, 2018, 07:21:07 pm »

This isn't a "pick your all time greatest 11" type thread. Instead, pick the players who (in your opinion) made their shirt numbers famous.

I'll start with:

1: Lev Yashin

2: Cafu

3: Paulo Maldini

4: Sergio "scumbag cunty-bollox" Ramos

5. Zinidine Zidane

6: Franco Baresi

7: Kenny Dalglish

8: Steven Gerrard

9: Marco VanBasten

10: Diego Maradonna

11: Ryan Giggs

Over to yous....

TepidT2O · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:23:14 pm »

George best 7

Robbie Fowler 23

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:28:31 pm »

13 Gerd Muller
14 Cruyff

Samie · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:30:15 pm »

8 + 1 (Zamarano)

Broad Spectrum · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:33:40 pm »

80 Ronaldinho at Milan, crazy Brazilian bastard

23 Carragher

Millie · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:35:05 pm »

14 Alonso

JasonF · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:37:47 pm »

Quote from: In Fowler We Trust on June 30, 2018, 07:35:05 pm

14 Alonso

Poor man's Vegard Heggem.

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:39:09 pm »

Quote from: In Fowler We Trust on June 30, 2018, 07:35:05 pm

14 Alonso

That one has to go to Cryuff, surely?

Something Worse · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:39:56 pm »

1) Carragher
2) Carragher
3) Carragher
4) Carragher

Millie · « **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2018, 07:48:52 pm »

Quote from: Billy The Kid on June 30, 2018, 07:39:09 pm

That one has to go to Cryuff, surely?

I thought we could have more than one for the shirt - Cryuff has already been mentioned.

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2018, 08:59:09 pm »

Quote from: In Fowler We Trust on June 30, 2018, 07:48:52 pm

I thought we could have more than one for the shirt - Cryuff has already been mentioned.

Henry could probably lay a strong claim to the number 14 shirt too

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2018, 09:03:52 pm »

Ramos as 4 ahead of Zanetti? Can't agree with that.

SenorGarcia · « **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2018, 09:15:37 pm »

Hierro 4 for me
Raul 7
Ronaldo 9
Gerrard 8
Salah 11
Ronaldinho/Rivaldo 10
Zizou 5
Nesta 13
Pirlo 21
Xavi 6

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #13 on:** June 30, 2018, 09:39:58 pm »

Totti 10
Batistuta 9
Marcelo 12
Xavi 6
Iniesta 8

elsewhere · « **Reply #14 on:** June 30, 2018, 10:00:49 pm »

33 Bebe and 27 Fellaini

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2018, 10:14:03 pm »

Schweinsteiger 31
Toni 30
Skrtel 37

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2018, 10:18:36 pm »

idontknow · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2018, 10:29:00 pm »

Pele 10
Cruyff 14
Dalglish 7
Barney Rubble 3

DanJay87 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 1, 2018, 02:55:32 am »

Bobby Moore - 6

BabuYagu · « **Reply #19 on:** July 1, 2018, 03:11:10 am »

Belotelli - 45

WEST HAM PAUL · « **Reply #20 on:** July 1, 2018, 05:59:18 am »

Quote from: DanJay87 on July 1, 2018, 02:55:32 am

Bobby Moore - 6

Thank you

One of the genuine made the number there own in world football

Some perspective needed on some of the suggestions.

Probably about 10 -15 players max have this distinction

aw1991 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 1, 2018, 06:02:46 am »

I think that in modern area, #14 definitely belongs to Henry.

Chalky Boots · « **Reply #22 on:** July 1, 2018, 12:32:02 pm »

These are all the players that if you asked me what player would I associate to which number then this would be it.

1. Gigi Buffon
2. Cafu
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Patrick Vieira
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Roberto Carlos
7. Luis Figo
8. Steven Gerrard
9. Batistuta
10. Del Piero
11. Nedved
12. Marcelo
13. Michael Ballack
14. Thierry Henry
16. Roy Keane
21. Andrea Pirlo
22. Kaka

SenorGarcia · « **Reply #23 on:** July 1, 2018, 12:43:43 pm »

Quote from: Chalky Boots on July 1, 2018, 12:32:02 pm

7. Luis Figo

I associate Figo with 10 rather than 7. Don’t have many memories of him for Barca or Portugal.

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11. Nedved
16. Roy Keane
22. Kaka

Great shouts. And yeah like you I took this as a thread of players I associate with numbers rather than the definitive list.

rob1966 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 1, 2018, 12:59:39 pm »

Never been one to really pay attention to numbers, so most times, if a number is mentioned it will be a Liverpool player I come up with. When asked, goalies to me always wear 1, so I couldn't pick any that I associate with the number. For outfield players, the only top players that spring to mind when a number is said are

6 - Bobby Moore
7 - Dalglish
10 - Pele and Messi
13 Gerd Muller

Players like Cryuff, Beckenbauer, Jarzinho, Rivelino, Puskas, Best, etc, while great players, I have no idea what numbers they wore.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #25 on:** July 1, 2018, 01:08:59 pm »

3 - Asamoah Gyan
5 - Milan Baros

Not really and I agree that not too many can claim to have an iconic number. For me it’s also Liverpool related so 7 is Kenny and 9 is Rush. 6 is Hansen.

Iska · « **Reply #26 on:** July 1, 2018, 01:16:02 pm »

0: Hicham Zerouali
2: Clint Dempsey
5: Zidane
6: Bobby Moore
7: Dalglish
8: Gerrard
9: Alan Shearer
10: Maradona
14: Cruyff
1+8: Zamorano
21: Andrea Pirlo
23: David Beckham
26: John Terry
80: Ronaldinho
500: Romario

Mostly these are because the number’s weird (”you want to be the world’s best no.26 John? Sure, of course you can be the world’s best no.26”); or for 7, 9 and 10 because that number for that team has acquired some mythic quality, and these are the guys who absolutely owned it. Could’ve had Pele or a number of others for no.10 I guess.

BabuYagu · « **Reply #27 on:** July 1, 2018, 01:42:44 pm »

66 - Trent Alexander-Arnold

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #28 on:** July 1, 2018, 02:20:13 pm »

De Rossi 16
Del Piero 10
Zidane 21
Vieri 32

4pool · « **Reply #29 on:** July 1, 2018, 02:29:35 pm »

99 Gretzky

BabuYagu · « **Reply #30 on:** July 1, 2018, 02:31:49 pm »

Quote from: Iska on July 1, 2018, 01:16:02 pm

0: Hicham Zerouali
2: Clint Dempsey
5: Zidane
6: Bobby Moore
7: Dalglish
8: Gerrard
9: Alan Shearer
10: Maradona
14: Cruyff
1+8: Zamorano
21: Andrea Pirlo
23: David Beckham
26: John Terry
80: Ronaldinho
500: Romario

Mostly these are because the number’s weird (”you want to be the world’s best no.26 John? Sure, of course you can be the world’s best no.26”); or for 7, 9 and 10 because that number for that team has acquired some mythic quality, and these are the guys who absolutely owned it. Could’ve had Pele or a number of others for no.10 I guess.

9 = van Basten or R9 for me. They were both world famous. Shearer is mostly just England famous.

6 = Xavi

7 = non Liverpool answer will likely be George Best.

SenorGarcia · « **Reply #31 on:** July 1, 2018, 03:11:36 pm »

Quote from: BabuYagu on July 1, 2018, 02:31:49 pm

9 = van Basten or R9 for me. They were both world famous. Shearer is mostly just England famous.

6 = Xavi

7 = non Liverpool answer will likely be George Best.

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #32 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:01:10 pm »

Who was that olympiakos midfielder who wore #1?

reniformis · « **Reply #33 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:21:53 pm »

Quote from: Lush is the best medicine... on July 1, 2018, 04:01:10 pm

Who was that olympiakos midfielder who wore #1?

Dunno who he was but I do remember Ossie Ardiles wearing #1 for Argentina during the 82 world cup. It was an alphabetical thing I believe. Edgar Davids wore it at Barnet but that was an ego thing.

Hard to argue with Zidane for #5 but before him I always associated it with Franz Beckenbauer. I'm old school and #5 has no business being an attacking midfielder.

rob1966 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:23:29 pm »

Quote from: Lush is the best medicine... on July 1, 2018, 04:01:10 pm

Who was that olympiakos midfielder who wore #1?

Pantelis Kafes.

reniformis · « **Reply #35 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:33:12 pm »

Others I'd throw in are David Fairclough #12, the quintessential supersub, and Jari Litmanen #37, the story being he wanted either his own number, 10, or Kenny and Kevin's, 7, but they were taken and 37 sort of gave him both.

4pool · « **Reply #36 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:37:39 pm »

17 Aspas..

Lush is the best medicine... · « **Reply #37 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:41:20 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on July 1, 2018, 04:23:29 pm

Pantelis Kafes.

thats the one!

kloppismydad · « **Reply #38 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:45:16 pm »

BabuYagu · « **Reply #39 on:** July 1, 2018, 04:56:42 pm »