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North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players

  • Gerd MüllerGerd Müller was born on the 3rd of November 1945 in Nördlingen, Germany. He began playing football for his hometown club TSV 1861 Nördlingen youth ranks in…
  • Władysław ŻmudaWładysław Żmuda was born on the 6th of June 1954 in Lublin. He spent six years learning his trade with his first club Motor Lublin before finally spreading…
  • PeléEdson Arantes do Nascimento arrived in the world on the 23rd of October 1940, born in the small town of Três Corações within Minas Gerais.
  • EusébioEusébio da Silva Ferreira was born on the 25th of January 1942 in the Mafalala neighbourhood of Lourenço Marques, now Maputo.
  • Franz BeckenbauerFranz Anton Beckenbauer was born on the 11th of September 1945 at a clinic in the Maxvorstadt borough of Munich. He grew up in the working-class district of…
  • Teófilo CubillasTeófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga was born on the 8th of March 1949 in Peru. He began his professional career with Alianza Lima at just sixteen years old in 1966.
  • VaváEdvaldo Izidio Neto arrived in the world on the 12th of November 1934. He grew up in a region where football was more than a game, it was survival.