Football has always been about the glory with high-pitched moments and actions magnified in front of a global audience. Those who change the course of a match’s outcome become legend, and legends never die — especially if those legends are then cast in bronze and placed outside a stadium.
These are 10 of the most stunning sculptures of footballing legends that have achieved immortality through the form.
Zinedine Zidane's head-butt of Marco Materazzi
Thierry Henry's statue outside the Emirates Stadium in London.
The United Trinity of George Best, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton outside Old Trafford.
Bobby Moore's statue outside Wembley.
Cristiano Ronaldo's statue on his home island of Madeira.
Lionel Messi statue Buenos Aires.
Tom Finney's 'Splash' statue at Deepdale.
The Carlos Valderrama statue in Colombia.
Eusebio statue
Johnny Haynes statue at Craven Cottage in London.
