The 12 greatest one-footed players in football history

From the moment you start kicking a ball around as a child, the golden rule is to be able to play with both feet.

Be it for getting out of danger and turning onto your opposite side or spotting a pass that requires the opposite foot, you’d think having a weaker foot was illegal in your youth. Seriously.

Unfortunately, though, kicking a ball against a wall with your weaker left peg 100 times a day and driving your mum insane does not actually guarantee a career as a pro footballer. Shambolic, we know.

Truth is, this whole needing to be well balanced and good on both feet idea is actually a big myth. Well, sort of. Let us elaborate.

The beautiful game we know and love hasn’t become so endlessly enjoyable through the years by way of watching the very best players perform like robots without weakness. Far from it. The best players are the ones who know their strengths and weaknesses, and play to them as best they can.

Simply put, not everyone can be flawless on both feet. Sure, it would be nice to be a tricky midfielder that can create an angle out of anywhere and ping passes effortlessly off either boot, but it’s just not realistic. Same goes for the wide players of the world; sometimes constantly cutting inside is the only option.

While you absolutely do need to have some use of your weaker boot to make it to any respectable level in football, there is a category of severely one-footed players who have still managed to reach exceptional heights despite having a notoriously weaker foot.

And today, GIVEMESPORT is listing 12 of the best one-footed players in celebration of us who have to make do with only one half decent foot at grassroots level, in faint hope of still somehow making it pro.

Some of the players in this list