Players You Wish You Could Have Seen Played

who are some players you wish you were able to see play but could not either because

(you weren't born, they passed away, they were past there prime, etc.)

For me (in no particular order):
Zico
Sócrates
Michael Laudrup
Gullit
Lothar Matthäus
Baresi
Cantona
Le Tissier

Di Stefano
Maradona
Pele

Fowler at his prime

all those between 1950-1980

zidane,R9,maradona,pele,but most of all,zico

Kaiser
Gerd Muller
King Kenny
Alen Hansen

Zico
Pele
Di Stefano
Puscas
Hugo Sanchez
Laudrup

diego armando maradona

Duncan Edwards, not only for me to see but for the world to see also.

Also, Bobby Charlton, SAF called him the best player to ever live.

Euseibo

574 goals in 571 games.

Van Basten

I have watched quite a bit of him on espn classic and other sources and i will say that he is probably the most complete player to grace the football pitch. He was absolutely magestic. Had he finished his career properly, he would have been known as the best striker in last 40 odd years imo. I wish i had seen him in his prime

Gentile

Said to be one of the greatest defenders ever lived. I have seen his 82 WC performances but i wish i had seen more of him in his club days.

Eusebio

638 league goals in 614 app! That record is flawless. Another one i wish i could have seen playing properly.

Others include

George Best
Liam Brady
Giuseppi Meazza
Dino Zoff
Zico

pele, maradona, zidane and ronaldo9. Although i watched Zidane and Ronaldo in 2002 WC, i was still 8 back then and didnt see the true beauty of the sport.

No Garrincha in any of your list's

As for my list it goes.......

Garrincha
Eusebio
Jackie Milburn
The Kaiser( i have seen a crap load at international level but never at club level)
Puskas
Pele
Eusebio

There's probably loads iam missing out aswell.

i wish i could see some games live, or at least on TV, not an online stream!

but for the topic

Edgar Davids
Zidane
Tony Adams
Jay Jay Okocha
Maradonna
Pele
Cantona

many more

I'm going to go a bit closer to home and say Liam Brady, Sir Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore.

Lev Yashin, anyone?)

Dutch and Swedish Trios' for Milan
Di Stefano
Maradona (club level)
Baggio (1990-1998)
Platini
Scirea
Banks
Zoff
Mayer
Mathaus

Damn this is gonna take all day, I might as well just say one name

PELE. The Greatest Of All Time.

giuseppe meazza, giacinto facchetti, gabriele oriali, Antonio Valentin Angelillo, BEPPE BERGOMI FROM THE BEGINING, dino zoff, gaetano scirea, claudio gentile, sandro MAZZOLA, gigi riva, can you tell how italian i am???

Sir Stanley Matthews
Guiseppe Meazza
Puskas
Di Stefano
Garrincha
Pele
Maradona
Lev Yashin

Watching old matches doesn't really compare to the thrill of watching live, not knowing a result; I'd have loved to watch more of Baresi's career in particular, as well as Scirea.

I could go on for a while, however many have already been covered, so I'll just mention a few names who deserve to be here in Cruyff, Rivera and Tardelli.

Garrincha all day, anyday

Pele
Maradonna
Zico
The Kaizer
Bank
Yashin
Garrincha
Platini
Waaay more but they're all I'm going to mention now.

Henry

Too many to name them all.

Dalglish
Rush
Souness
Hansen
Nicol
Keegan
etc.

Pele
Maradona
Pukas
Eusibo
Beckenbauer
Muller
Platini
Laudrup
Guardiola

Thats only some of the obvious ones. There are many more.

Can't believe hardly anyone mentioned Cruyff... I saw him play once lol, but it was a charity match and he was already 60.

Maradona

Lineker

Laudrup

Van Basten