33·Legends

Fernando Redondo vs Gabriel Batistuta

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Fernando Redondo

Argentina · 1992–99 · CDM

Almanac rating
90
Rank in Argentina
#10 of 33
Caps
29 · 1 goals
Clubs
C.D. Tenerife, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, AC Milan

At Old Trafford on 19 April 2000 he carried the ball into the left corner, back-heeled it through Henning Berg's legs, ran onto it himself and squared for Raúl to make it 3-0. Redondo won the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1998 and 2000 and again with Milan in 2003, took La Liga in 1995 and 1997, lifted the 1993 Copa América, and was voted UEFA's club footballer of the year in 2000. Career record: 29 caps and 1 goals for Argentina; club career at C.D. Tenerife, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, AC Milan.

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Gabriel Batistuta

Argentina · 1991–2002 · ST

Almanac rating
91
Rank in Argentina
#7 of 33
Caps
78 · 56 goals
Clubs
ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Al-Arabi SC

Relegation to Serie B in 1993 was the moment other strikers would have left Fiorentina, and he stayed, scored them back up in one season and finished as the club's leading Serie A scorer with 151 goals. No one else has scored World Cup hat-tricks at two tournaments, 1994 and 1998, and he won the Copa América in 1991 and 1993, the Serie A title with Roma in 2001, and held Argentina's scoring record until Messi. Career record: 78 caps and 56 goals for Argentina; club career at ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Al-Arabi SC.

The verdict

The almanac puts Gabriel Batistuta ahead by 1 rating point, 91 against 90.

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