5 most favored players worldwide according to fans

CAIRO – 18 January 2018: Football fans have their different opinions about footballers these days. Social network platforms have encouraged the fans to voice their points of view on players.

At the end, the fans agreed on their favorite player of each team, even if this particular footballer plays for a rival team.

Football addicts appreciate every player who shows any kind of respect, not only for his team and his fans, but also for the rivals’ fans. The player’s non-related football activities are also influencing the fans’ opinion.

Here is a list of five footballers in the recent five years that most of the fans support:

• Fernando Torres


Soccer Football - Match for Peace - Al Ahly vs Atletico Madrid - Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt - December 30, 2017 Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres looks dejected at half time REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh


One of the greatest footballers in the last recent ten years has started his career with Atletico Madrid and showed his ability to score amazing goals. He later joined the Premier League in the ranks of Liverpool where he made his name widely known all over the world. He then moved to Chelsea, AC Milan and finally returned back to Atletico Madrid to end his career in his home country.



• Andres Iniesta


Football Soccer - FC Barcelona v Celtic - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group C - The Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain - 13/9/16 Barcelona's Andres Iniesta celebrates scoring their fourth goal Reuters / Paul Hanna Livepic

A Spanish talent appeared in the early 2000’s when he made his debut in 2002 at the age of 18, and since then Iniesta has been one of the most important players in the history of football; helping Barcelona to dominate Spanish football for more than 10 years from 2006 until now. Despite that, all the Spanish fans, including the Madrid fans, appreciate the Spanish midfielder.

• Marco Reus


Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus celebrates after scoring his second goal goal during the German Bundesliga first division soccer match against Werder Bremen in Bremen, October 31, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

One of the German talents who plays for Borussia Dortmund, but his many injuries prevented him from gaining a name on the worldwide football stage.

• Phillip Lahm


Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm reacts before their German Bundesliga soccer match against 1.FC Kaiserslautern in Kaiserslautern August 27, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas Bohlen

Bayern Munich’s former captain was one of the footballers who won the respect of football fans. Whoever has doubts that Philipp Lahm is the top German footballer, he may just recognize the achievements of this player, who featured with his country in 113 international appearances.

He was the captain of Germany in the 2014 World Cup and played three Champions League finals and won the title in 2013. He also won the Bundesliga eight times; a record also held by Oliver Kahn, Schweinsteiger and Mehmet Scholl.

He also won the German Cup seven times and won the double (league and cup) five times.

It is widely known that defenders are the players who receive the yellow and red cards the most but Lahm was one of the few players who has not been sent off in 331 league games.

• Francesco Totti


Football Soccer - AS Roma v Chievo Verona - Italian Serie A - Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy - 08/05/16 AS Roma's Francesco Totti during the match against Chievo Verona. REUTERS/Tony Gentile - RTX2DC73


The Italian legend, who retired last summer, was one of the most important players, not only in Italian football but around the world.

He left his marks with AS Roma, which is impossible to be erased from the history of the club.

Totti is the top club's historic scorer in various tournaments (307 goals, 250 of them in the Italian league).

His last season with Roma was his 25th season, equalizing the record of AC Milan’s legend Paolo Maldini, as the most active player in the Italian football seasons in Serie A.