Football: Top 15 footballers who are/were more famous than their clubs (With Pictures)

7. Diego Maradona – Napoli

Similarly to Pele, being smaller than Diego Maradona in footballing terms is a little like being smaller than Michael Jordan in basketball terms – no great shame. The Argentine maestro took centre stage in every team he ever graced, including the Argentine national team, but none more so than at Napoli. While Napoli certainly are a big club, they were never a successful club, before the arrival of El Diego that is.

In seven years, Maradona transformed the club from mid table obscurity to two-time league champions and even UEFA Cup winners. Not many clubs were bigger than Maradona in the 1980s, and Napoli were no exception.