This is a question often posed by football fans as it seems to be a regular trend that the most impressive footballers in the world are from Southern America. You can strike up a debate with anyone about who the greatest ever football player is and you can almost guarantee the following three names will crop up: Pele, Maradona and Messi, all South American. The talent of these nation’s players is not only noticed by fans either, with 7 of the last 10 FIFA world player of the year title’s (since 2002) being won by either a Brazilian or Argentine player.