How high do you rank Riquelme in the pantheon of greatness?

Mago Valdivia was miles better and underrated as fuck.

>>76682299
173rd

>>76682299

No1 in Football Manager essential buys

Free Kicks 20

>>76682310
>El chileno es un animal sucio

trash argentine faggot dumb nigger

>>76682299
top 20 all-time

He isn't in it

/thread

>>76682299
Ah yes, the Argentinian Landon Donovan.

he isnt even as good as berbatov

>>76682310
this

Cesc Fabregas is unironically a much better player than he ever was.

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>>76682299

1. DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA

2. EL NEGRO PELE

3. JUAN ROMAN RIQUELME

4. LIONEL MESSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3dJ9P5Hso&t

>>76685511
Veron??????

>made boca the greatest club in the world
>literally dominated one of the greatest real madrid's of all time
>made villareal, a literally who club to reach semi finals in CL, over benfica, MU, Inter.
>greatest player in boca history
>greatest player in the last 30 years of Argy league
im not even boca fan, but he is for sure top 10

>>76685511
I rate "le alto caño" man

>>76685533
beron? british scum
shit and scum player
"mala leche" in spanish

>>76682310
t. colocolino

>>76682299
he could've been so much better but had a shit attitude and was lazy

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very highly

>>76682299
Better than Messi

Riquelme is literally the only player to score 2 free kicks for Argentina to win 2-0 in the qualifiers and have the press saying 'DID HE PLAY WELL OR DID HE JUST SCORE 2 GOALS?' the day after.

>>76682310
>emiratos arabes

Patrician's favourite. I rate him.

one of the best traditional midfielders I saw playing, I still remember him completely destroying gremio in the 2007 libertadores finals

but he was an asshole, lazy and a diva so his career went nowhere

>>76685688
>>76685942
proofs? like articles and shit

>>76686043
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/juan-rom-n-riquelme-retires-a-rare-mercurial-talent-whose-career-was-tinged-with-pathos-10002200.html

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/idle-idol-divinely-divisive-combative-conundrum-juan-roman-riquelme-ends-era

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2344703-juan-roman-riquelmes-career-was-a-beautiful-journey-yet-an-uncomfortable-ride

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>>76682310
there can only be one Valdivia.

>>76685594
Didnt he miss the penalty against arselel in semi final
>choker

>>76686507

>choker

m8 he won Boca 3 Libertadores and shone in all the most important matches IIRC

stats for 2007's Libertadores:
11 games
8 goals (Boca's top scorer and 3 in the finals)
7 assists

>>76686507
I thought you were cool vietnam, stop disrespecting JRR.

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>>76682299
>tfw you'll never see such a gracious 10 anymore

Why even live lads?

Here's him BOSSING ALL OVER THE PITCH against the likes of Cafu, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3klgDKAFS1s

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Somewhere between Robinho and Deco

>>76682299
doping/10

first
then there's everyone else

>one good season with Villareal
>can't cut it in Europe
>back to Argentina
>retire at something like 26 from the NT

Probably the most spoiled player ever, literally has the mentality of a 12 year old

>>76690005
this, the name was bigger than the actual man. Total meme player.

>>76685594
>made boca the greatest club in the world
back then European teams didn't treat the tournament seriously
>>literally dominated one of the greatest real madrid's of all time
see above
>>made villareal, a literally who club to reach semi finals in CL, over benfica, MU, Inter.
lets forget about Forlan, Sorin and Senna coached by Pellegrini
>>greatest player in boca history
Only because he couldn't make it in Europe, if every good Boca player stayed in Argentina, he probably wouldn't even be in the top 50
>>greatest player in the last 30 years of Argy league
Because good argentinan players leave the league when they're 20, sometimes even younger

>>76690075
thanks for the football lesson ital- oh wait
>that flag

>>76682299
He was good

but how would he do on a rainy Monday night in Stoke?

>all these mexicans in this thread

Riquelme is better than every player from your country lmao

>>76690005
shhhhhhh stop being this party pooper m8. riquelme is da goat. better than messi la'

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Only true patricians rate Roman. Motherfucker was class and he should have won the world cup in 06.

>>76690396
Delet this

>that 2007 Boca Jrs
Man, those are memories.

>>76690178
He would easily and unironically be in our all time top 10, probably even top 3

>>76690560
But we're Mexico, literally the most pathetic country when it comes to football.

>huge country
>crazy for football
>has been almost in every world cup
>has hosted two world cups
>never got past the quarter finals and only managed to get to the quarters while hosting

>>76690581
also if >we didn't play in Concashit qualifiers >we wouldn't go to the WorldCup that often

>>76690617
Fact

At our best we might be 3rd/4th best team in conmebol

in our current meme status we're Venezuela or Peru tier

orchestrator/10

>>76690146
>rainy Monday night in Stoke
This made my day, i dont know why this always make me lose my sides

>>76690075
not even a boca fan but they defeated Real Madrid and Milan at their peak and they sent their A teams

I seriously doubt they "didn't care" about it

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>>76682299
He's literally Argie's Paulo Henrique Ganso.
These sopaposting huechimps sucking his dick in this thread are only faggots from the south, more specifically Rio Grande do Sul.

This choker wasn't even that good. Here in Brazil we had dozens of players on the same level. If you guys really think that this choking autistic-looking argenegro is decent, just google for Djalminha. Ten times better than him.

>>76693178

brazil still seething over that time he wrecked them single-handedly

>>76693207
Not at all. We used to thrash him and his meme friends everytime. Even your NT with Goku and Pikachu in it would win 1 or 2 games against us by sheer luck. Nothing to seeth about.

We used to BTFO Maradona's Argie NT, this guy was nothing.

>>76693292
*********this guy********** literally fucked every brazilian team he played against

>>76693969
Except for the 2007 copa america final where brazil played with their D team.

>>76682299

Never played in England.

Completely irrelevant player.

>>76694036
in 2007 he completly destroyed CBF in the Libertadores finals mate

>>76682299
I think he would not be a top 10 in argentinian history alone.
Maradona, Messi, Batistuta, Kempes, Di Steffano, Bochini, zanettti, pasarella, simeone, valdano, sanfilippo, stabile, artime, ardiles, redondo, houseman, veron, labruna, burruchaga, ruggeri, perfumo, carrizo, pumpido, gati...etc. etc.

>>76693969
2012 Corinthians begs to differ.

>>76682299
It's one of my top 500 favourite players

>>76690646
lmao Osorio would wreck everyone on Conmebol.

>>76693178
>>76693292
Is that autism?

>>76694162
are you rating GK's too? wtf lol

>>76694162
Lol what a shitty list. Riquelme is top10 for sure.

Why do divegrass fans never talk about defense? Is it the ultimate pleb sport?

>>76690396
He won that Libertadores by himself. His first Boca era and middle to last Villarreal era were great, but that 2007 he was in his absolute prime.

>>76694162
>memechini

he wasn't even good enough to be a regular with Argentina, dejate de joder

>>76694162
nah, riquelme is better than most of these

>veron
>fucking gati

>>76694162
toca de aca gallego boludo y la desempleada concha de tu madre

>>76694162
-Maradona
-Messi
-Bochini
-Kempes
-Luque
-Batistuta
-Pasarella
-Sanfillippo
-Riquelme
the rest

>>76696034
>>76701634
t. Bocafags

He and Palermo are perfect examples of big fishes in small ponds. At Boca, they looked great. Outside of that, not so much. Riquelme proved to be good in Europe. Maybe REALLY good, but not great.

>180+ minutes vs Arsenal
>couldn't score or even make one good play against them
>not even when Arsenal put benchwarmers against Villarreal

and as for Palermo's time outside of Boca, the less said, the better.

Zvjezdan Misimović tier of player.

Great vision/fks/passing/dribbles but too fucking lazy and pain-in-the-ass character to actually leave a significant mark on the highest level of football.

>>76689602
for fuck's sakes, he was so fucking beautiful to watch

>>76682299
He never had the "redemption story" that Valdivia had.

Riquelme
>Retire without winning with the NT
>Was spoiled

Valdivia
>"Retiring" from the NT after 2006, not winning
>Comes back and in 2015 he wins the Copa America
>Redemption story between Pizarro, Pinilla and him.

>>76701884
Copa Libertadores > Copa Memerica

>>76701690
>Boca
>Small pond

Even Bianchi failed in Europe with Roma and Palermo wasn't loved exactly for being good, it's the type of player that worked hard despite being awful.

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>>76701634
How good was Bochini?

>>76701966
insanely good

>>76701966
Maradona's role model and idol
Need I say more?

>>76690560
>>76690581
>>76690617
>>76690646
i am glad you know you fucking betas

>>76701998
maradona thinks rivelino is better than Pele so

Idk but my brother is named after him.
My mother doesn't know, tho. I just told her Román was a badass name and she agreed.

>>76702029
Pele didn't even play in 1962

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You now remember Claudio Borghi

Riquelme > Quaresma

>>76682299
>Muh European success

All of you latinos know that Riquelme could cuck any team in the world back then.

also
>not shitting your pants in fear when your team drew Boca in Libertadores

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>>76702146
That just means CONMEBOL teams were mostly shit

also, any team in the world back then, huh?

pic related

>>76701927
Yes, it is a small pond when the rest of the competition is mostly mediocre

free kick's from Riquelme were 96% goals

>>76682299
Around top 30 MF players.
Top 15 free kickers.

>>76701634
Di Steffano, Artime, Ardiles?