Players like Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar aren’t for sure, because defending should also be in the conversation. The Camavinga memes had me thinking, is there a player who was/is actually really good at everything, or at least most things inside the pitch?
Gullit, Yaya Toure, Matthaus and in general box2box players could do anything from defending to scoring. Pogba when he was world class is a good example. Defenders who scored regurarly like Ramos, Hierro or Koeman, even fullbacks like Marcelo or Dani Alves are exceptional on many things.
Another fun pick would be Jorge Campos, the goalkeeper who also played as an attacker sometimes.
Bruno Fernandez comes to mind
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Pascal Gross. Since being at Brighton he has played:
LW, RW, CAM, CDM, CM, RB, RWB, LB, LWB, and even played as an emergency CB and a false 9 more than once. He has scored a ton of goals, he has a ton of assists, he covers amongst the most ground in the PL every year and contributes defensively when playing in those positions. He’s the most insanely talented utility man ever.
Gerrard no question
Gullit
Steve Nicol
Philip Lahm
When you say everything, does it include dribbling/beating players on the wing and being good at center half as well?
Or just, defending running, passing, creating, scoring?
Marcelo
Hakimi
Historically. John O Shea. Man could fill in anywhere. Even in goals.
Roberto Carlos
Not many players were like it for most of their careers but my vote goes to Yaya Toure. There was like a 2-3 year period where he offered almost anything.
Peak Yaya was a cheat code. He did everything.
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Leon Goretzka, especially now that his form’s coming back.
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