who is the most successfull german football idol and why?
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Netzer - greatest playmaker - played for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Real Madrid.
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For me personally, Messi. Great talent. Always turns up in the right frame of mind to play to the best of his ability, from what I have seen anyhow.
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One of the best 2 watch..The thing I like about them the most is that thier team work..they see..help each  other well  in the pitch and stick to the plan and the strategy is that they are so determined focused and never give up even if in the last 2 minute\n\nMy favourite teams are Germany and Portugal\n\nMy favourite Player: Michael Ballack & sweinsteiger
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Its DEUTSCHLAND.\nThough underrated, the Germans have the tendency to Get Up at the World Cups. With the Likes of Ballack and Podolsky and the Home Crowd Support, they should do it in Style.
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beckenbuer - franz - famous ex german national player from around the 70's i think
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I think its Oliver Kahn (Germany) ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T PLAY YET IN ANY OF THE MATCHES.... (but i remember that whenever he used to catch the ball... he would hold it like it was sth precious!!)
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Kahn is quite good but getting older He is now Germany's no. 2 keeper for the World Cup (this is somewhat controversial). Hildebrandt is also quite good but will likely be Germnay's no. 3 in the World Cup (since Arsenal's Lehmann is the new no. 1, but Arsenal is an English team). One should also consider my favorite, the American no. 1 keeper Kasey Keller of Borussia Moenchengladbach. He likely saved 'Gladbach from relegation last season and has contributed highly to their better play this season. He has been selectet to the 11 of the Week by Kicker a number of times as well as the player of the game (including this past week).
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There have been so many great players in the history of football, and everyone will have a different criteria in their determination of what makes a player ‘iconic’, but there are a few names who I think must surely be in the hat…\n\nAside from Pele and Maradona, who are penned in already, I’d say the most obvious would be the great George Best, who sadly passed away last year.\nPele himself once described Best as ‘the greatest footballer in the world’, and for pure, unadulterated talent he’s certainly up there with finest proponents of the game. He had a unique genius that made him one of the most exciting players of his, or any other generation, as well as one of the first ‘celebrity’ footballers. The cheeky character so evident in his football was mirrored in his personality and the young Best was a star on and off the pitch, but he also had a self-destructive streak that controlled much of his life.\n\nAfter Best, I’d have to consider a good few others:\n\nPuskas – The Hungarian that showed England that rest of the world were actually quite good at football. Fearsomely powerful and one of the finest international goal scorers of all time.\n\nGordon Banks – Seemingly super-human English goalkeeper that made that unbelievable stop from Pele’s close range header in ’70. To my mind the best keeper ever, and in that sense a football icon.\n\nJohan Cruyff – The original Dutch master, he invented half the skills you see today off the top of his head. Wickedly creative, strong and skilful, Cruyff brought something new to the game and was at the heart of one of the most gifted World Cup sides ever.\n\nZidane – In my opinion the greatest player in modern football. Powerful and skilful with ridiculous vision, Zidane is a French playmaker that creates and scores goals that no one else can even imagine, let alone actually realise.\n\nPhew! And I haven’t even mentioned Van Basten, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Henry, Muller, Beckenbauer, Platini, Charlton, Garrincha, Zoff, Di Stefano, Maldini etc, etc…
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Maldini\nCafu\nPele\nZizou!\n\nMy choices are not based on who is more popular for whatever reasons, but who I think played better football!\n\np.s: nice question, as always!
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Eric Cantona!  Frenchman who played for Manchester United.  One of the best.
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ac milan :p.maldini italy is the best player in 2006 germany
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Germany.(home ground advantage,crowd support,last year runners,ballack)
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Michael Ballack is an excellent player, he's one of the best in German history. He will make the difference between an early exit and late elimination round participation for the German team this summer.
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Manchester United are the most famous.
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It's got to be Thierry Henry.\nHe has pace, skill, fininshing inside and outside the box and has now developed great leadership skills.  He is also incredible arrogant, which may not make you like him, but gives the right qualities to suceed and always have confidence in his ability.\n\nHe just pips Samuel Eto and Shevchenko.
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he is in fact german. i believe his name is Franz Beckenbauer. He played on Bayern Munich. He was captain of the national team of West Germany from 1971 and helped them win the world cup in 1974.
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To say the truth,i think is germany...N the best player is Miroslav Klose....but i support England.