Exactly. Especially when there aren’t that many fullbacks who reached the level he did. But to be honest In my team I’d pick Cafu for what he adds besides his skills, same reason why I’d go with Roberto Carlos instead of Marcelo But he’s another one definitely in the conversation of goat too.
I would say people who pick Marcelo over R.Carlos saw the former in his prime and not the latter.
Peak R.Carlos was a force of nature. Extremely quick and powerfull. Almost impossible to get past 1v1 by the line. Good positional awareness. Incredible addition to the attack when he came forward.
Fine Marcelo is good at making these excellent dribbles against a team sitting back.
Carlos bombed forward in any occasion and was back to kill the counter attack.
he's underestimated because galactico madrid was the worst managed team in history, and when he got slower, he started to get caught with runs behind his back alot
Cafu vs Alves largely depends on the playstyle i'd say