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Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has rated six football stars as better dribblers ahead of Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
Okocha was recently asked by Nigerian journalist, Kelechi Anyikude, to conduct a blind ranking of ten elite dribblers in the world.
The former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, who spoke ahead of Nigeria’s opening match against Tanzania at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Morocco on Tuesday evening, placed late Diego Maradona as the number one dribbler in first position.
He described Maradona as a “street footballer”, as then placed Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi in second and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane in third place.
The former Bolton Wanderers star also put Brazilian forward Neymar in fourth, while Okocha ranked himself in fifth position.
Okocha then placed Morocco’s Adel Taarabt in sixth, Ronaldo in seventh, and Barcelona legend Ronaldinho ranked eighth.
He finally ranked France’s Hatem Ben Arfa and Portugal’s Ricardo Quaresma in ninth and tenth positions, respectively. (Daily Post)
