Just how GOOD was Zico Actually? 

Zico and Maradona faced each other 6 times, with 5 victories to Zico and only one draw (that one in the video). Zico scored 6 goals and Maradona only three.

Every brazilian star player of the last 30 years has Zico as their favourite player. Ronaldo Nazário, Ronaldinho, Romário, Kaka, you name it, they all love him. That's how good Zico was. His importance outside of the field cant be measured as well, just ask any japanese or turkish football fan.

I saw him play against England at Wembley in 1981, what a privilege.

Zico a forgotten great one of the best dribblers of all time his passing range was ridiculous he would always have the right weight on the ball when passing and his ball control was exceptional it was like the ball was glued too his feet

As a Welshman and Liverpool fan my fave player of all time is Ian Rush. However, Zico is my favourite non-Liverpool player ever. I remember as a 7 year old kid watching 1982 World Cup not really knowing what was going on but seeing this magical Brazilian side with Zico standing out for me. I loved him ever since and have pictures of him on my wall. He also looked cool as f*** in the Brazilian strip.

If Zico had gone to a great European team instead of Udinese he would certainly have had his worldwide recognition. You have to be brainless to not put him easely in any 10 world players list of all times. He is a real GENIUS!!!

Daiglish, Rush, Souness, Gobelaar, Barnes : We are Liverpool. We are an undefeatable team in England and Europe Zico : Allow me to introduce myself

Zico, o Rei da Gávea! O maior ídolo do Flamengo. Eterno!!

Zico is Zico and Pele is Pele no need for comparison

There is no saying that zico is underestimated, zico was one of the greatest 10 shirts in the history of football, shirt 10 of the greatest selection of all time. he won everything with flamengo in south america and still stood out in one of the most important championships in the world, italy in 83, he was the most expensive player in the world and he was also elected In 1981 [12] and in 1983, he was elected the Best Footballer of the World of the Year by World Soccer. He won the South American Best Player Award three times (1977, 1981, and 1982), [13] being the record holder of achievements. He was elected as the third largest Brazilian footballer of the 20th century (after only Pelé and Garrincha), the fifth largest in South America and the fourteenth best among all in the world, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) . He is one of four Brazilians to appear in the FIFA Hall of Fame (the others are Pelé, Garrincha and Didi). He was elected by the International Football Federation (FIFA), the eighth biggest player of the century, the ninth biggest player of the 20th century by France Football magazine, the tenth biggest player of all time by the English magazine World Soccer.

By far one of the best to touch a football with their feet.

That 82 Brazil side. Outstanding. Could watch them all day

Zico foi o motivo e a razão do meu amor pelo futebol e quem fez do Flamengo a minha Nação 😍❤️🖤 herói de carne e osso,idolo!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

after pele & cruyff there was the incredible zico to amaze audiences worldwide with his skills, style & grace. only those that witnessed him live back then truly understand zico's greatness and why he is in the top 10 of all time best football players of the world.

I already had tremendous respect for anyone in that Brazil 1982 squad (they put the 'bonito' in jogo bonito), but this one is a real eye opener that unfortunately you don't see much. Great video my friend, I always get excited when I see a new video from you.

Zico v the recently departed great, Paulo Rossi, 1982. Part of the greatest Brazillian side not to have won the World Cup.

My all time favourite player/ playmaker who also scored so many goals

Maradona and Zico were true number 10. Best players of 80's. Zico was one of the god's of the game, unfortunately today he is underrated. Probably best free kick of all time.

Zico a great midfielder who had everything in his locker and technical brilliance to match anyone , one of the best midfielders to ever grace the game sadly cause he never played in a fashionable European team he gets overlooked at times , but for me he’ was majestic and had me in awe as did the rest of the 82 wc squad best team never to win the wc , zico is a legend .

Raised in Colombia, I remember Saturday mornings at 10AM, they in Colombia had a weekly show called "Fútbol, El Mejor Expectáculo del Mundo", I was just entering my teenage years, the biggest matches were with Flamengo and the biggest one was the Fla - Flu, I mean Flamengo had so many great players. I enjoyed watching Zico and Junior. Best years ever.

What a joy to see this guy again... come on let's be honest is there any comparison possible between zico and people like mbappe? Or anybody else for that matter. Such an unique player...what he did were things only he could do. Passing players without anybody understanding how he did it...lol. Not saying about his ranking overall compared to maradona and pele etc. But this guy was as good as it gets. Can you even say well...maybe if he was a bit better at...this or that? No...the guy was great at everything.... It is the same as the brazilian team he played in....so what if they did not win a world cup.....they played the best football you can imagine..they were the sensation. even before 1982/1886 they were iconic...grandma's wanted to see what this brazilian team was all about hahaha...and zico was the biggest star of the team ...even bigger than socrates and all other stars in that team. watched this guy again after a long time....amazing how good he was. There are many players whom i love....but few if any were unique like this guy. thanks dude, for your good video's

Zico vs Maradona vs Platini vs Matthaus. The roaring midfielders of the 80s 😳

Di Stefano, Puskas, Best, Cruyff, Zico, Platini and Baggio. Never won World Cup. Seven of the greatest of all time.

Fun Fact: Zico is loved in japan were he single handled create passiion in japan for soccer

When I was a child in Egypt in the early 80's, the two names all kids knew were Pele & Zico.

Fantastic player.Had it all.Souness was/is a big admirer.

I think Zico is more praised and adored in Brazil than Pelé. 9 out 10 people who grew up in the 80’s In Brazil has a true devotion to this legend.

As a ten year old watching that Brazilian team In Spain 🇪🇸 82, they were incredible, a great World Cup, a special team

Zico = MONSTER 🤺

Zico is one of the greatest 5 players ever and definitely better than enyone after 1990,if only could watch half of Zicos actions 4or 5 times on replay from different tv cameras on a live match like we do the last 30years then nobody would talk for anybody else!

Zico and Maradona are the biggest in the 80s.

Flamengo fans consider Zico's birthday as Christmas. In Brazil he is god! So i would say that his Icon factor is 10/10. Even Flamengo's rivals like Botafogo, Vasco and Fluminense, who made hard matchs against Zico, recognize his greatness!

People often forget that in the 80s the Brazilian league was on par if not harder than any european league. Anyone that saw zico play during his time would put him in the top 3 brazilian players of all time, alongside pele (the undisputed best) and romario. Yes, top 3, even above ronaldo, ronaldinho, rivaldo and neymar. And dont take my word on it, you can see it on lists by more traditional sports journalists and footballers, and even pele himself said that zico was the player that got closest to him.

Zico...legend...a god of football....

Did see him on TV at the WC 82. What an amazing player.

It should be noted that before Messi's 94 goals in a single calendar year Zico held the record at 88. That's how long his record lasted. An amazing genius of a player who doesn't get the recognition he deserves.

He was so great that he had a character directly named after him in captain Tsubasa Super Strikers 2 Coimbra....

Zico, the White Pelé, the second after the King in soccer history! I am Brazilian, I watched him playing many times in Maracanã and on TV!

ZICO FOI O MELHOR JOGADOR BRASILEIRO MAIS COMPLETO PÓS PELÉ. ZICO ERA ARCO E FLECHA. ZICO É UMA LENDA VIVA DO FUTEBOL MUNDIAL DE TODOS OS TEMPOS.

When I was a little kid Zico was my hero. I played football, and when anyone missed a hard play, the saying was "come on I'm not Zico !" Or "who am I, Zico ?!"

Complete player great individually as well as a great teammate

Completely agree that he is inexplicably and massively underrated outside South America. He is undoubtedly one of a very short list of players who could realistically lay claim to being the best ever. Point of note: In your video when you mark his score for Flair the voice over says that he receives a 10/10 (as it undoubtedly should be) but at the same time there is 8/10 written on the screen. Shurely shome mishtake?

Zico is the greatest playmaker of all time.

Zico, my childhood soccer idol.

The greatest Brazilian never to win a World Cup..THE perfect no.10...'The White Pele'

Platini scored more goals but had many more games. Zico was the best performing player in the Italian league I heard.

He’s always been my favorite Brazilian player of all time with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. But no one talks about him

He was an astonishing footballer - passing and vision was as good as any player in the history of the game, there's never been anyone better. He was a lot quicker than most remember, a fantastic dribbler and scored a ton of goals. Not quite as good as Messi, Maradona and Pele, but definitely above the likes of Zidane and Platini.

Amazing player ....

65 goals in 51 matches is absolutely bonkers

His era and his prime was before my time unfortunately. Would have loved to seem him play.

been watching a few of these and I really like the rating system. top work

I have cp and support Flamengo, needed surgery and Zico found out. Called my place and we kept in touch for a good time. Hero

Zico was one of my first football heroes.

Greatest player ever

Zico é um Deus.

He was amazing Zico a joy to watch

Brazilian national team in 78’s world cup got 3th position with no loss. The squad leaded by Zico lost the final match because Argentina payed Paraguay’s goalkeeper at the middle finals

Not Maradona, not Pele , my idol was Zico, saw him playing with Flamengo in Maracana and once i took un autograph at the airport

My childhood idol. I started with football because of Zico and he will always be my number 1. Romantic football, thats Zico. Bless you and thank you for this tribute.

Im Brazilian and he was the best one I ever seen !

The Genius Zico ❤

the best, o melhor que vi jogar, gênio.

Só quem viu sabe o quanto esse cara jogou.

I believe Messi was a Zico's illegimate son Because Messi looks like Zico

82 was why I started playing because of him and how Brazilians played

Zico superb player...

If he stayed a little longer in Udinese we would have surely won the championship, but it wasn't his fault, if he could have stayed longer here he surely would have done it, beacuse he is in love with the region (in italian it's "regione", it's one of the 20 parts in which is divided Italy, I think in english it's state but I'm not sure), even if he's been in japan for a few years now he still remembers some words in the traditional language and he still thinks that the territory of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia is beautiful and unique By the tike he got here he was cinsidered the strongest player in the world, everyone living in that period will always remember this event, even if he/she wasn't a football fan. Sorry if the grammar is wrong but I'm italian

Good stuff as always. Thanks, man, for the overview of the white pele !

He is the best player that I have ever seen on field. He was superb.

Who understands football knows that Zico is one the best 10 midfielders of the football history 🤷‍♂️

As a ten year old in '82 ... he was MY Pele.

Zico é ídolo de bastante jogadores craques Brasileiros e estrangeiros tbm.

He is vastly underrated. Zico is way better than Platini.

The forgotten legend ❤️

He was fantastic

best free kicker all time

The star of that ICONIC Brazil team that won nothing but is still talked about 38 years later!

After watching this it's fair to say Maradona was Argentina's Zico (as Romario was Maradona as a pure forward) . We all know how Maradona went to Europe and cemented his rep further than Zico did internationally. Wow, what a player! Top ten ATG talent, no doubt!

Apart from his cristalline class in free kicks and dribbling, he was probably the best playmaker of his generation and as an attacking midfielder scored more goal than most forwards would score. He was a goddamned alien and is also an amazing humble and hardworking person. Hats off

Icon factor 7/10 ??? Anybody who've seen him knows how great Zico was. Just because today fanboys never heard of him, doesn't mean Zico is not an icon.

That assist for socrates goal against Italy in 1982 is a thing of pure beauty, he makes Gentile look like a novice 😂😂😂😂😂

Just a small correction. The América you showed in the beginning of the video is the one from Mexico. You wanted to show the one from Rio: América-RJ.

Zico is the best player since Pele,what a genius.

He was always my favourite Brazilian football player.

Zico is very close to Maradona and in some specific skills in even better but he didn't play long time in Europe he arrived at the end of carrea and he was a injured often but he was the best player in the world

Awesome video!

Zico is just tge best at what he does mn🔥🔥🔥💯

great voice over, Portuguese man speaking very good English.

The white pele. Love the goat scores

Zico só fica atrás do Pelé!!👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷

I have Zico in my greatest team ever he was amazing the goals from midfield were of the charts 👏 had they not slipped up against Italy I truly believe we would be talking about zico like we do Ronaldo' Ronaldinho' Zidane' players of that quality true legends of the game' he was an amazing player..

My Dad Said He Was Amazing! 🤩⚽️

Zico The Best

Your videos are very awesome I really hope you got a lot more subscribers that you do have now can you please make a Paul scholes video I would really appreciate I'm a United fan 🙏

Almost close to 1000 sub's congrats .....so proud of you

One of the best in Football history..Ich love him more than Maradona. both are great

Just disagree a bit on the trophy cabinet part, all the state championships (which were almost as important as the league at that time), 4 league titles, 1 libertadores and the intercontinental is absolutely huge in South American football, which was pretty much the same level as European until the late 90's, when our best players began to leave to European clubs. Flamengo was the second most successful in Brazilian football, just behind Santos, after Zico's generation. Him not winning anything in Italy nor with the national team, does count down down a bit, so I'd give him 8/10.

Zico 5 -Maradona 0 Both were excellent players.RIP Maradona

THE WHITE PELE!