Pele, Maradona and Beckenbauer have left us, but some legendary World Cup winners are still alive.
Winning the World Cup guarantees football immortality. Players including Pele and Diego Maradona lit up the greatest stage of all and ensured that their legacies will live on long after they’ve left us.
There are few more exclusive clubs in football than the list of players who have won the World Cup. The number of living World Cup winners from football’s earlier generations grows smaller with each passing year.
Here are the 10 oldest World Cup winners who remain among football’s living legends.
