# Messi, Maradona and Pelé: Who Was the Greatest Footballer

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069903450448523371
- Source account: [@Cr7stianismo\_](https://x.com/Cr7stianismo_)
- Source language: Portuguese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:08
- Published: 2026-06-25
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer) Messi, for me, is top five in history, worldwide, and will be and always will be.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=6) Now, there are these five guys who, for me, are right there.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=11) Pelé, Maradona, Messi… You, Cristiano… Yeah, there are a few guys who could be there, but…

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=18) I'll take myself out of this, so he feels completely at ease.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=20) No, you'd easily make it in there, if we're talking center forwards.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=24) Man, what about you? Who was a better center forward than the two of us?

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=28) And those guys weren't center forwards, like we were.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=33) We have to find a criterion to discuss this.

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=37) Once we find the criterion, we'll be able to go deeper, but, you know, leave some guys on standby to get in there.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=44) With those guys, how do we do it? Choosing one without any criteria, like that.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=47) One, the best in history, overall. The guy who scored the most goals.

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=52) Right-foot goals, left-foot goals. You can't do that, man.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=56) And, you know, we saw a lot of Maradona too, man.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ZIhu1vQwrSZi/en/messi-maradona-and-pel%C3%A9-who-was-the-greatest-footballer?t=60) Messi is brilliant, wonderful. But I don't know if he was better than Maradona.