Bhaichung Bhutia in IFFHS list among world football legends

Bhaichung, who has made 104 appearances for India, has been a recipient of the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri in the past. Back in 2014, the former East Bengal and Mohun Bagan striker was inducted into the Asian Football Hall of Fame.

IFFHS, established in 1984, is an organization that chronicles the history and records of association football. The organization has released the first phase of their Legends list, and Bhaichung is one of the nine Asian players who have been included.

Rabah Madjer – Algeria

Alfredo di Stefano – Argentina

Diego Maradona – Argentina

Pele – Brazil

Garrincha – Brazil

Luis Ronaldo – Brazil

Arthur Coimbra – Brazil

Roger Milla – Cameroon

Hao Haidong – China

Sun Jihai – China

Mahmoud El-Khatib – Egypt

Mohamed Aboutrika – Egypt

Michel Platini – France

Zinedine Zidane – France

FranzBeckenbaur– Germany

Gerd Muller – Germany

Lothar Matthaus – Germany

Ferenc Puskas – Hungary

Bhaichung Bhutia – India

Ali Daei – Iran

Dino Zoff – Italy

Roberto Baggio – Italy

Hidetoshi Nakata – Japan

Cha Bum-Kun – Korea

Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara– Kuwait

George Weah – Liberia

Antonio Carbajal – Mexico

Hugo Sanchez – Mexico

Johan Cruyff – Netherlands

Marco van Basten – Netherlands

Ruud Gullit – Netherlands

Wynton AlanWhaiRufer – New Zealand

Nwankwo Kanu – Nigeria

Jose Luis Chilavert – Paraguay

Eusebio – Portugal

Luis Figo – Portugal

Lev Yashin – Russia

Majed Abdullah – Saudi Arabia

Francisco Gento – Spain

Hakan Sukur – Turkey

OlegBlockine– Ukraine

Bobby Charlton – England

David Beckham – England

Stanley Matthews – England

Juan Schiaffino – Uruguay

Landon Donovan –USA

Lucas Radebe – South Africa

Ryan Giggs - Wales

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