Coolest footballer ever?

[Burney]

Of course the answer is always Socrates

“I decided not to play Socrates in the next game because his warm-up had consisted of drinking two bottles of Budweiser and three cigarettes which we had in the changing rooms.” - Garforth Town manager Simon Clifford

I'm not sure footballers can actually be cool, c. This is due to the fact that they run around in shorts for a living, which basically destroys all sense of cool.

Think about it: Marlon Brando in weird gay leather outfit in The Wild One - cool. Put Marlon in shorts - not cool.