da roleta： It doesn’t take much to spot a ‘football maverick’ among his colleagues, even if such widely admired characters of the sport remain a somewhat dying breed in the modern game today.

da betobet： Be it through sheer talent and unquestionable skill with the ball at their feet, a level of vision that us mere mortals will never be able to possess, an increasingly flamboyant approach to life on and off the pitch, or simply just by having a crazy hair-style that isn’t likely to catch on any time soon – quite frankly, the real football maverick doesn’t even care about how he’s portrayed in the media.

Whilst most mavericks of the Beautiful Game largely have to go down as some of football’s best ever players, success is not always a necessary requirement for falling into such a seemingly vague category in the first place.

On the contrary, most mavericks have picked up their memorable status through a combination of different factors, with actual technical ability arriving as just one of many. Expressing the uniqueness of your character arguably remains a more important trait…

So then, in light of the joy and excitement such players have brought to the English game throughout the years, here are 50 of the Premier League’s favourite football mavericks…

50. Paul Scharner

49. Djibril Cisse

48. Aleksandar Mitrovic

47. Abel Xavier

46. Pablo Osvaldo

45. Ali Dia

44. David James

43. Nicklas Bendtner

42. Adrian Mutu

41. Emmanuel Adebayor

40. Rafael van der Vaart

39. Alexander Hleb

38. Adel Taarabt

37. Neil Ruddock

36. Jay-Jay Okocha

35. Nolberto Solano

34. David Silva

33. Hatem Ben Arfa

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32. Andrey Arshavin

31. Tomas Repka

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30. Marco Materazzi

29. Mesut Ozil

28. Nicolas Anelka

27. Luka Modric

26. Carlos Tevez

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25. Robert Pires

24. Ravel Morrison

23. Juninho

22. Alex Song

21. Joey Barton

20. Paul Merson

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19. Dimitar Berbatov

18. Jimmy Bullard

17. Wayne Rooney

16. Robbie Fowler

15. David Luiz

14. Jens Lehmann

13. Cristiano Ronaldo

12. Jurgen Klinsmann

11. Gianfranco Zola

10. Luis Suarez

9. Thierry Henry

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8. David Ginola

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7. Matt Le Tissier

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6. Vinnie Jones

5. Mario Balotelli

4. Dennis Bergkamp

3. Paolo Di Canio

2. Paul Gascoigne

1. Eric Cantona