Former Indian Captain Baichung Bhutia added another feather to his cap, after he was included in the list of 48 legends by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
The former East Bengal striker had earlier made it into the Asian Football Hall of Fame. He has also been the recipient of the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri in the past.
IFFHS was established in 1984 and records the history of Football. The 39-Year old finds himself in the company of great football legends of the world Pele, Diego Maradona and Alfredo Di Stefano. He is listed as one of the Forward in the list.
Here is the list for you to check out if your favourite player made it.
Rabah Madjer – Algeria
Alfredo di Stefano – Argentina
Diego Maradona – Argentina
Pele – Brazil
Garrincha – Brazil
Luis Ronaldo – Brazil
Arthur Coimbra – Brazil
Roger Milla – Cameroon
Hao Haidong – China
Sun Jihai – China
Mahmoud El-Khatib – Egypt
Mohamed Aboutrika – Egypt
Michel Platini – France
Zinedine Zidane – France
FranzBeckenbaur- Germany
Gerd Muller – Germany
Lothar Matthaus – Germany
Ferenc Puskas – Hungary
Bhaichung Bhutia – India
Ali Daei – Iran
Dino Zoff – Italy
Roberto Baggio – Italy
Hidetoshi Nakata – Japan
Cha Bum-Kun – Korea
Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara- Kuwait
George Weah – Liberia
Antonio Carbajal – Mexico
Hugo Sanchez – Mexico
Johan Cruyff – Netherlands
Marco van Basten – Netherlands
Ruud Gullit – Netherlands
Wynton AlanWhaiRufer – New Zealand
Nwankwo Kanu – Nigeria
Jose Luis Chilavert – Paraguay
Eusebio – Portugal
Luis Figo – Portugal
Lev Yashin – Russia
Majed Abdullah – Saudi Arabia
Francisco Gento – Spain
Hakan Sukur – Turkey
OlegBlockine- Ukraine
Bobby Charlton – England
David Beckham – England
Stanley Matthews – England
Juan Schiaffino – Uruguay
Landon Donovan -USA
Lucas Radebe – South Africa
Ryan Giggs – Wales