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
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Thierry Henry
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The United Trinity
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Bobby Moore
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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Lionel Messi
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Sir Tom Finney's 'Splash' Statue
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Carlos Valderrama
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Johnny Haynes
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