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In the most recent episode of El reporte Jefe, Francisco X Rivera and Cristian Moreno shared with us their Top 5 athletes in history, as well as a brief review of their professional careers.
On this occasion, we have gathered the top 5 athletes in history that were chosen on the show, in this analysis we break them down with details about them and records. Check them out!
El Reporte Jefe – Who are the 5 best athletes in history?
5. Hugo Sanchez
Hugo Sánchez is a former Mexican soccer player who is considered the best Mexican soccer player in history. In 2004, Sanchez was named in the FIFA 100 list of the best living players in the world. He is the fourth highest scorer in the history of La Liga, the third highest scoring foreign player after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and he is the seventh highest scorer in the history of Real Madrid. He scored a total of 562 senior career goals for both, the club and the country in 956 games.
From 1977 to 1994, Sanchez was a member of the national team, winning 58 games and scoring 29 goals. He participated in three FIFA World Cup tournaments and was part of the Mexico team that reached the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup. Famous for his acrobatic goal celebrations throughout his club and his international career, Hugo Sanchez was the first notable exponent of the backflip.
4. Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional soccer player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
He was an advanced player who played in the classic number 10 position. Maradona was the first player to set the world record transfer fee twice: in 1982, when he transferred to Barcelona for £5 million, and in 1984, when he moved to Napoli for a fee of £6.9 million. He played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys during his club career, and he is most famous for his time at Napoli, where he won numerous accolades.
In his international career with Argentina, he won 91 games and scored 34 goals. Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, including the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, where he was captain of Argentina, leading them to the victory over West Germany in the final. He won the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player.
3. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is described by the NBA as “the greatest basketball player of all time”. He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan’s individual achievements include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles (both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections. He holds NBA records for a scoring average of 30.12 points per game in the regular season of his carreer, and a playoff scoring average of 33.45 points per game.
2. Mike Piazza
Michael Joseph Piazza is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2007, and who is currently the coach of the Italian national baseball team.
He is a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Silver Slugger Award winner as catcher. Mike Piazza, at his position, produced strong offensive numbers: in his career he recorded 427 home runs, a record of which 396 were hit as a catcher, along with a .308 batting average and 1.335 runs batted in (RBI).
1. Tom Brady
Tom Brady is an American soccer quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots. Brady is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.
Brady holds nearly every major quarterback record, including passing yards, completions, touchdown passes and games started. He has never had a losing season, and is the NFL leader in career quarterback wins, regular season quarterback wins.
In addition, he has quarterback playoff wins and Super Bowl MVP awards, as well as the only Super Bowl MVP with two different franchises. Brady is also the only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in three separate decades, and he is also known for the longevity of his success.
