1FF's Favourite South American Footballers - Top 50

[Libertadores FC]

35. Christian Cueva - 4 points

Christian Cueva is a Peruvian footballer currently playing for Sao Paulo in Brazil. His other clubs include Alianza Lima, Universidad San Martin and Rayo Vallecano. His honours include 2 league titles with San Martin in Peru and 1 league title with Union Española in Chile. Arguably the best current Peruvian player.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

34. Miguel Mostto - 4 points

Miguel Mostto was a Peruvian footballer who spent all his playing career in Peru bar 2 brief spells at Barnsley FC: Miguel Mostto played for Cienciano in 2004 when they won the Recopa Sudamericana, the second time a Peruvian team has won a continental cup with Cienciano winning the Copa Sudamericana the year prior. He won top scorer of the Peruvian league on 2 occasions - 2005 and 2006. He was still at Cienciano de Cusco at around this time.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

33. Adrian Scifo - 4 points

Adrian Scifo is an Argentinian footballer currently playing for Sarmiento in Argentina. His other clubs have been Quilmes, Nueva Chicago and Union Española in Chile. He helped Nueva Chicago get promoted to the A in 2012.​

 

[Craig]

So this is official confirmation that Miguel "The Mosquito" Mostto is better than Neymar yeah?

 

[Libertadores FC]

So this is official confirmation that Miguel "The Mosquito" Mostto is better than Neymar yeah?

Most definitely

 

[Craig]

 

[Libertadores FC]

Not as bad as this

 

[mistermagic]

Never really thought Sonny Anderson was all that tbh. I came into football when he was in his later years but always thought there was a good reason he was playing in Ligue 1 and not in a better league. Back then (late 90s), Serie A had some superb CFs and I don't think Sonny would have been able to compete with them.
He was fine at Lyon. That's about it.

 

[lordofthepies]

Never really thought Sonny Anderson was all that tbh. I came into football when he was in his later years but always thought there was a good reason he was playing in Ligue 1 and not in a better league. Back then (late 90s), Serie A had some superb CFs and I don't think Sonny would have been able to compete with them.
He was fine at Lyon. That's about it.

He was magnificent at Monaco.

 

[Aber gas]

He was magnificent at Monaco.

Just magnificent in general. A wonderful, eccentric maverick and one of my favourite players.

 

[Libertadores FC]

Sorry I've been a bit slow. Parents are visiting from North America at the moment. I'll get back to the write ups tomorrow (later today if you're in the UK)

 

[Martino Quackavelli]

Sorry I've been a bit slow.

 

[Libertadores FC]

32. Elano - 4 points

Elano was an attacking midfielder who spent most of his career in Europe. He started and ended his career at Santos, and spent a lot of his European career in Eastern Europe for clubs like Shakhtar Donetsk and Galatasaray. Also had a spell in the Premier League for Manchester City. His 2 biggest honours are winning the Copa America with Brazil in 2007 and the Copa Libertadores with Santos in 2011​

 

[Libertadores FC]

31. Zico - 4 points

Zico was a Brazilian footballers in the 70's and early 80's. Flamengo legend and considered one of the best attacking midfielders of all time. While he spent most of his career at Flamengo in Brazil, he's had spells in Japan and Italy. Japan from 91 to 94 and Udinese for 2 years in the mid 80's. His best honour to date is winning the Copa Libertadores in 1981 and going on to beat Liverpool in the Intercontinental Cup that same year.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

Footballers by nation so far

Argentina: 5 - Adrian Scifo, Julio Arca, German Alemanno, Mario Kempes, Roberto Ayala
Brazil: 5 - Neymar, Sonny Anderson, Socrates, Elano, Zico
Peru: 3 - Miguel Mostto, Libertadores FC, Christian Cueva
Paraguay: 1 - Rolando Chilavert
Uruguay: 1 - Mateo Corbo

Let me know if there's any I missed. Going to add a bit more life to these bios from here on

 

[Libertadores FC]

30. Luis Suarez - 4 points (1 list)

Nationality - Uruguayan

Most successful club: Barcelona

Starting club: Nacional de Montevideo

Luis Suarez widely regarded as the best number 9 in the world at the moment, Luis Suarez is one of the worlds most talented footballers in 2017. His best honours include winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015 as well as La Liga in both seasons he's played for the Catalan club. Also won the 2011 Copa America with his nation of Uruguay. Lastly, he won 2 titles with Nacional de Montevideo at the beginning of his career. Luis Suarez is truly one of Uruguay's best and most successful ever players.​

 

[Son of Cod]

31. Zico - 4 points

Zico was a Brazilian footballers in the 70's and early 80's. Flamengo legend and considered one of the best attacking midfielders of all time. While he spent most of his career at Flamengo in Brazil, he's had spells in Japan and Italy. Japan from 91 to 94 and Udinese for 2 years in the mid 80's. His best honour to date is winning the Copa Libertadores in 1981 and going on to beat Liverpool in the Intercontinental Cup that same year.​

Went on to have a promising career in K-pop/Korean hip hop after retiring, too.

 

[The Mustard Tiger]

Good fun so far but I've not seen any of my choices yet. Kind of wishing I picked Sonny Anderson now though.

 

[mistermagic]

The fuck Lib!

 

[Libertadores FC]

The fuck Lib!

I'll get some in a few minutes mate. Been a busy week.

This will speed up next week as parents leave on monday

 

[PaulHaddock]

This is going well.

 

[Libertadores FC]

Not at home but I've been stalling a bit due to parents being here, so I apologize. I'll post the next 2 right now whom I remember being on the list (I'm on laptop at the moment, list is on PC)

 

[Libertadores FC]

29. Adel Balbo - 4 points (1 list)

Nationality: Argentinian

Most successful club: AS Roma

Starting club: Newells Old Boys

Adel Balbo was an Argentinian striker who played in Serie A as the highlight of his career. He is a World Cup runner up with Argentina and won Serie A in 2001 with Roma as well as the Coppa Italia in 1999 and the Argentina Primera Division in 1988 as the main honours of his career.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

29. Cesar Sampaio - 4 points (1 list)

Nationality: Brazilian

Most successful club: Yokohama Flugels

Starting club: Santos

Cesar Sampaio was a player who spent most of his playing career in Asia. His biggest honour to date was reaching the world cup final in 1998 with Brazil. Also won a few titles with his club teams in Brazil and Japan.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

Sorry for any inconvenience and incompetence, but I've replaced Edmundo with Cesar Sampaio on the list as I was in a rush and on my laptop when I added him. I just got back to my PC and noticed he was on another list. I'd like to apologize.

My parents have just left for Canada so expect a lot of footballers to be posted over the next few days.

 

[Libertadores FC]

Think we're done with the 4 pointers, just going to double check so I don't fuck up again.

 

[Libertadores FC]

Think we're done with the 4 pointers, just going to double check so I don't fuck up again.

One left. Coming up shortly

 

[Libertadores FC]

27. Roberto Rivelino - 4 points (1 list)

Nationality: Brazilian

Most successful club: Corinthians

Starting club: Corinthians

Roberto Rivelino is considered one of the greatest Brazilian footballers from the 1970's. He spent all his playing career in Brazil bar a spell in Saudi Arabia. While not the most successful footballer in terms of trophies, he was part of the world cup winning squad for Brazil in 1970, his biggest honour.​

 

[Libertadores FC]

26. Miler Bolaños - 6 points (1 list)

Nationality: Ecuadorian

Most successful club: Emelec

Starting club: Barcelona SC

Miler Bolaños is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for Gremio in Brazil. He was key in Emelec's tricampeonato between 2013 and 2015 and also reached the Copa Libertadores quarter finals in 2015 before losing to Tigres. He won the Copa do Brasil in Gremio as his only honour abroad. Currently part of the Ecuador squad.​

 

[lordofthepies]

Lib, great job so far. As we get on to the bigger hitters are you going to expand their profiles a bit? Maybe a bit more than just the basic facts?