Fabio Cannavaro's place in history?

Is he the greatest STOPPER (TRUE CB) of all-time?

It is no secret that the best defensive pairs in football history, have for the most part, constituted of the following two-type of defenders:

a stopper/CB playing alongside a ball-playing CB/SW (sweeper).

Here are a few examples:

CHARLTON (CB) - MOORE (SW)
COSTACURTA (CB) - BARESI (SW)
QUINTANO (CB) - FIGUEROA (SW)
BRIO (CB) - SCIREA (SW)
GALVAN (CB) - PASSARELLA (SW)
SCHWARZENBECK (CB) - BECKENBAUER (SW)
DESAILLY (CB) - BLANC (SW)
CANNAVARO (CB) - NESTA (SW)


These guys are the cream of the crop!


MOORE


Figueroa


Nesta

but these guys are not far from fitting the image of the classical Libero in their style of play.

Whether a team can afford to play with two SWEEPERs? well that's another topic of discussion :D:D:D

So once we remove those 3 big names from the pool of great CBs, we are left with the following names:

CANNAVARO
STAM
SANTAMARIA
DESAILLY
NASAZZI
TERRY
GENTILE* (MORE OF A SEMI-RB)

Out of all these names, the rightful winner has to be none other than:




Is he the greatest CB/STOPPER of all-time?

What say you?
your thoughts…your thoughts...

Fabio Cannavaro's place in history?