da aposte e ganhe： It doesn’t take much to spot a ‘football maverick’ among his colleagues, even if such widely admired characters of the sport remain a somewhat dying breed in the modern game today.
da gbg bet： Be it through sheer talent and unquestionable skill with the ball at their feet, a level of vision that us mere mortals will never be able to possess, an increasingly flamboyant approach to life on and off the pitch, or simply just by having a crazy hair-style that isn’t likely to catch on any time soon – quite frankly, the real football maverick doesn’t even care about how he’s portrayed in the media.
Whilst most mavericks of the Beautiful Game largely have to go down as some of football’s best ever players, success is not always a necessary requirement for falling into such a seemingly vague category in the first place.
On the contrary, most mavericks have picked up their memorable status through a combination of different factors, with actual technical ability arriving as just one of many. Expressing the uniqueness of your character arguably remains a more important trait…
So then, in light of the joy and excitement such players have brought to the English game throughout the years, here are 50 of the Premier League’s favourite football mavericks…
50. Paul Scharner
49. Djibril Cisse
48. Aleksandar Mitrovic
47. Abel Xavier
46. Pablo Osvaldo
45. Ali Dia
44. David James
43. Nicklas Bendtner
42. Adrian Mutu
41. Emmanuel Adebayor
40. Rafael van der Vaart
39. Alexander Hleb
38. Adel Taarabt
37. Neil Ruddock
36. Jay-Jay Okocha
35. Nolberto Solano
34. David Silva
33. Hatem Ben Arfa
32. Andrey Arshavin
31. Tomas Repka
30. Marco Materazzi
29. Mesut Ozil
28. Nicolas Anelka
27. Luka Modric
26. Carlos Tevez
25. Robert Pires
24. Ravel Morrison
23. Juninho
22. Alex Song
21. Joey Barton
20. Paul Merson
19. Dimitar Berbatov
18. Jimmy Bullard
17. Wayne Rooney
16. Robbie Fowler
15. David Luiz
14. Jens Lehmann
13. Cristiano Ronaldo
12. Jurgen Klinsmann
11. Gianfranco Zola
10. Luis Suarez
9. Thierry Henry
8. David Ginola
7. Matt Le Tissier
6. Vinnie Jones
5. Mario Balotelli
4. Dennis Bergkamp
3. Paolo Di Canio
2. Paul Gascoigne
1. Eric Cantona