Who is the football myth? 10 players exclusively occupy the glory of the Golden Ball, the Champions League and the World Cup!

If you can win the Golden Ball Award, you are already a top player. If you add the Champions League and the World Cup, it will be a rare achievement in a century. Looking at the history of football, only 10 people have achieved this "triple-champion miracle", and even legends like Cristiano Ronaldo, Cruyff, and Ronaldo have not been selected. The value of this list is worthy of being the "football world's Hall of Fame ceiling."

Bobbie Charlton: The first person in history, Manchester United England double legend

As one of the greatest players in Manchester United's history, Charlton is the first player to unlock the "three championships". In 1966, he led England to win the only World Cup in the history of the team. He scored twice in the semi-final against Portugal led by Eusepio, and won the Golden Globe Award of that year with his unsolvable performance. Two years later (1968), he scored two more goals against Benfica in the Champions League final (called the European Champions League) to help Manchester United top Europe. From the World Cup to the Champions League, Charlton paved the way with key goals, setting a precedent for this miracle.

Gad Muller: The dominant era of the "bomber"

Bayern legend Muller is synonymous with the top scorer in football. In 1970, he scored 38 goals in 33 Bundesliga games and won 10 goals in the World Cup, without any suspense. In 1974, he defeated the Netherlands in the World Cup final and helped the German team win the championship. What's even more terrifying is that he achieved three consecutive Champions League championships with Bayern from 1974 to 1976, and used his "goals are awesome" performance to bring the threshold of the "three championships" to a new height.

Franz Bekenbauer: the only defender who won the golden ball twice

"Football Emperor" Bekenbauer broke the curse of "the defender cannot get the golden ball" - he was not only the only defender in history to win the golden ball twice (1972 and 1976), but also led West Germany to win the World Cup as captain in 1974; at the club level, he and Mueller fought side by side, winning Bayern's three consecutive Champions League titles, using the revolutionary "freeman" style to prove that the defender can also become the core of the team and can gather the ultimate honor.

Paul Rossi: 1982 World Cup "King of Counterattacks"

Rossi may be the most "underrated" on the list, but his 1982 year is called "Personal Conquest of the Gods". That year, he led the Italian team to win the championship, scored a hat trick against Brazil, won the World Cup Golden Boot + Golden Ball, and won the Golden Ball Award at the end of the year; in 1985, he topped the Champions League with Juventus and completed the "Three Championship" puzzle. From the World Cup to the club's dream come true, Rossi's story is full of "a sense of counterattack".

Zenedin Zidane: A combination of elegance and violence

"Each trophy of "Qizu" is accompanied by a "famous scene". In the 1998 World Cup final, he scored twice, helping France win the World Cup for the first time, and won the golden ball in the same year. In the 2002 Champions League final, he scored a "Flying Immortal from the Sky" and volleyed against Leverkusen. The ball was regarded as one of the best goals in the Champions League history, and he also collected three honors. Later, he became a coach and led Real Madrid to win three consecutive Champions League games, but the "three championships" in the player era have long been full of elegance and legend.

Rivaldo: Brazil's low-key hero in the "Three R" era

In 1999, Rivaldo was Barcelona's "thigh", helping the team win the championship with 37 goals throughout the year, without any suspense; in the 2002 World Cup, he formed a "Three R combination" with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, and scored 5 goals and 1 assist to help Brazil win the championship; in 2003, he won the Champions League with AC Milan (although he did not enter the final list, he participated in the championship journey throughout the championship), becoming the sixth "Three Crown Mr.". Compared with the other two Brazilian compatriots, Rivaldo's greatness is more low-key, but solid enough.

Ronaldinho: The happy peak of the "football elves"

"Royce's talent is unique in football. In 2002, he won the World Cup with Brazil. Although he was not the absolute core, his agile performance was remembered; in the 2004-05 season, he led Barcelona to La Liga, contributing 13 goals and 17 assists, and won the golden ball in 2005; in 2006, he helped Barcelona win the Champions League, 7 goals and 5 assists in 12 games, and his "oxtail" against AC Milan in the semi-finals became a classic scene in the Champions League. He conquered the world with "happy football" and also collected the ultimate honor.

Kaka: The last Golden Ball God before Mero's monopoly

In the 2002 World Cup, although the 20-year-old Kaka only made one appearance, he won the championship with Brazil, laying the foreshadowing of the "three championships"; in the 2006-07 season, he ushered in the peak - the Champions League game rate AC Milan won the championship, and scored twice against Manchester United in the semi-finals (including a goal that ran into a 40-meter run), crushed Ronaldo and Messi throughout the year, won the 2007 Golden Ball Award, becoming the last Golden Ball winner in the "Mero Ronaldo era". His elegance and speed are still the "white moonlight" in football.

Lionel Messi: 8 Golden Balls + 4 Champions League, finally fulfilling his World Cup dream

Messi's "three championships" path is only a World Cup. In 2006, he won the Champions League for the first time with Barcelona, ​​and later won three Champions Leagues and eight Golden Ball Awards. In the 2022 Qatar World Cup, he led Argentina to counterattack all the way, defeating France in the final penalty shootout, finally filling the "honor gap" and becoming the ninth "Three-Crown Mr.". This achievement almost settled the controversy about his "best history".

Ottoman Dembele: 2025's "counterattack on the newcomer"

Who would have thought that Dembele, who was once ridiculed as a "parallel player in Barcelona", would realize his dream of "three championships" in 2025. In 2018, he won the World Cup with the French team; in the 2024-25 season, after Mbappe left, he became the core of PSG, leading the team to win the Champions League 5-0 (although he did not score, he led the offense throughout the whole process); at the end of the year, he beat opponents such as Yamal and Vitinia to win the golden ball, from "problem player" to "Mr. Three-Crown", Dembele's counterattack story adds a new footnote to this list.

These 10 people, spanning the 1960s to 2025, cover strikers, midfielders, guards (Bakkenbauer), each of which defines “great” in a different way. The "absence" of legends such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Cruyff further highlights the scarcity of this achievement - after all, to stand at the top of the world on the three fronts of individual, club and national team, it not only requires talent, but also luck, persistence and dominance at critical moments.