In soccer, the jersey number of many of the best players (most particularally, attacking midfielders, especially players from South America. Soccer legend Pelé instilled great prestige in the number in the 1960s and 70s, and perhaps other greats such as Argentina's Diego Maradona, France's Zinedine Zidane, USA's Landon Donovan, Arsenal and Dutch international player Dennis Bergkamp, England striker Michael Owen and today's Brazilian star Ronaldinho chose the number for that reason. FIFA declined to retire the number at Argentina's request in 2001. Because of these players, Someone referred to as a 'number 10' player is most often an attacking midfielder (or a withdrawn/second striker in Bergkamp's case) who plays 'in the hole'. Add Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
2007-05-05 02:08:44
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answered by Anonymous
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Erdson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele of Brazil; Abedi Pele (Ghana; Ronaldinho; Kaka; Franchesco Totti; Michael Owen; Ariel Ortega and Juan Roman Requelme of Argentina; Roberto Baggio; Diego Maradona; Stephen Appiah (Ghana) and lots more. The No 10 jersey is one of the most desireable in any team. It is usually won by the playmaker of a team.
2007-05-04 23:59:04
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answered by Master Rasta 2
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First of all its Football not Soccer. Famous number tens include probably the two best players in the world ever,Pele and Maradonna,other famous number tens i can think of are Martin Peters and Glenn Hoddle.
2007-05-04 23:47:48
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answered by thfcsydney 6
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Maradona, Pele, Ronaldino, Michael Owen, the list goes on. Congratulations!!
2007-05-04 21:57:10
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answered by hurler14 2
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Diego Maradona and Pele
2007-05-04 21:28:19
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answered by Expecting ... ? 6
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Try Pele, the greatest soccer player in history, for starters. He's the main reason why other stars have wanted the number.
2007-05-04 21:24:29
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answered by sdhalcon 2
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Pele is the best that y u want 10 baby
2007-05-04 23:58:26
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answered by skellyskeldon 4
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good goin
it is a hardcore number in every sport specially soccer.
some of the famous are
Rivaldo, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Zidan, Daei(the most goal scorer=104 from Iran), Totti......
2007-05-04 23:32:03
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answered by I have brains for tonsils 4
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Gica Hagi,the best ever Romanian player.He was also selected for the world team and he is the inventor of Hagi effect.When kicking the ball with his left foot,the ball will go without spinning.Hard to believe but it's true.
2007-05-04 21:33:22
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answered by eugen272000 3
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Good on you!!! What an honour to wear the famous number 10.
WEAR IT WITH PRIDE.
2007-05-05 02:09:00
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answered by Anonymous
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