With soccer having a history of over hundred years in Spain, and the soccer clubs completing a century, they have produced some of the best players in the world. The first three formal best players of the world come from La Liga. They are Luis Figo, Rivaldo and Zinedine Zidane. They were actually playing domestic football in Spain. Now they are the world’s best. Some of the other famous players who also come from La Liga are Robert Carlos, Raul, Marc Overmars, David Beckam and many others.

Zinedine Zidane was born on twenty third of June in 1972 in France. At the age of seventeen he made his debut at the French Senior Division. In the year 1992 he was signed by Bordeaux. After he joined the new club he entered the finals of UEFA cup in the year 1995. After seeing his power packed performance he was signed by Juventus and won a lot of titles for Italy. It is to be noted that when he was a part of the Juventus, they won the champions league twice. Zidane joined the Real Madrid squad in 2001, he was one of the most expensive players. His key skills are creativity, passing, all rounder and control.

Born on the fourth of November in the year 1972, Luis Figo belonged to Portugal. He started his sporting career at the age of eleven. He won the under sixteen European championship and also won the World Youth Cup in the year 1991. He joined the Barcelona club and is noted for his contribution there. His contribution towards winning the European cup in the year 1997 is to a large extent. He also captained the Barcelona club to win the La Liga titles twice consecutively in the year 1998 and in 1999. In the year 2000 Figo was transferred to Real Madrid for a whopping 37.4 million pounds. After he joined Real Madrid, the club won the Spanish title in the year 2001 and 2003. Another major victory was winning the Champions League Trophy in the year 2002. He has the golden ball to his credit. Golden ball is the award given to the best footballer in Europe. He won this in the year 2000. His key skills are free kicks and dribbling.

Raul Gonzalez Blanco was born in Madrid, Spain on the twenty seventh of June 1997. Raul hails from the Atletico Madrid Youth system. Raul contributed to Real Madrid’s champion league victory in the 1998. He again reached a peak in 2000 when his team won Valencia. In 2002, when Real Madrid won the Champions league Raul was all over the place for his stunning performance. He is a perfect striker, he can beat the defenders, even shoot well and his key skill is the finishing.

Another noted player is Trifon Ivanov, who was born on the twenty seventy of July in the year 1965. He is a Bulgarian by nationality. His key skills are long-range shots, agility, tackling and intimidation.

La Liga is producing and buying the greatest players all the time with even the biggest deals in history such as the recent purchase of Zlatan Ibrahimovic which broke records worldwide.