Rahul Saha

The role of a central midfielder in the women’s game has evolved quite a lot over the last decade. While their functions and duties can be highly dependent on how a team prepare and like to play, most of the players in this list tick almost every box required to be an outstanding central midfielder....

The role of a defensive midfielder has many layers to it. However, in the women’s game, where players are more versatile, able to switch positions in play and perform different roles within the same game, it becomes even more difficult to evaluate them. Previously, the role demanded players who excelled at going in for a...

Despite the pay gap and the relative lack of mass following compared to the men’s game, over the last decade or so, women’s football has been rapidly moving on an upward trajectory, which only bodes well for the future of the game.  The last decade has seen the female players breaking barriers, matching and exhibiting...

Top 20 best male footballers of all time - #20 Ferenc Puskás, #19 Lothar Matthäus, #18 Ruud Gullit, #17 Paolo Maldini, #16 George Best, #15 Thierry Henry, #14 Franco Baresi, #13 Eusébio, #12 Ronaldo, #11 Gerd Müller, #10 Oliver Kahn, #9 Alfredo di Stéfano, #8 Zinedine Zidane, #7 Mané Garrincha, #6 Franz Beckenbauer, #5 Johan Cruyff, #4 Cristiano Ronaldo, #3 Lionel Messi, #2 Pelé, #1 Diego Maradona

Just like their male counterparts, the role of a female right-back has evolved and grown over the last half a decade, with them having become an integral part of their sides both offensively and defensively.  As a result of which, the new and younger players emerging onto the scene are already rivalling the established right-backs...

The role of a left-back in women’s football has become increasingly versatile, with many players in this list equally adept at terrorising the opposition defence from both left-back and left-winger roles. However, this list doesn’t comprise only the flashy and attacking players, but also gives equal importance to one’s defensive abilities as well.So, without further...

Similar to their male counterparts, centre-backs in women’s football come with a wide array of skill-set, each unique to the other, exhibiting incredible technicality, grit, determination and physicality. However, the striking difference is that many of the world’s best female centre-backs have previously operated in other attacking positions, leading to a wide range of ball-playing...

Just like any other outfield position, the goalkeepers in women’s football are getting better by the day with the introduction of specialist coaches and the overall rapid expansion of women’s football over the last decade or so. Similar to their male counterparts, these female goalkeepers have been solid and mostly impenetrable between the sticks, producing...

A discussion on the world’s best right-backs in the world would have hardly sparked a response 15 years ago. Indeed, the now-famous words of English pundit Jamie Carragher still ring true: “If you’re a fullback, you’re either a failed winger or a failed centre-back. No one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville.”...

The fullback revolution hasn’t just been restricted to the right-backs of this world, although that is where many of these revolutionaries strut their stuff.  Left-back was once one of those positions that was frowned upon by every player on the pitch. To call someone the best left-back was like serving them chilly dipped in jaggery....