For those members who say Pessotto is beter than Thuram :
Pessotto
National team
An Italian international, Pessotto represented the Azzurri with distinction at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000™ - playing every minute of a final won by France on a golden goal - but missed out on the trip to Korea/Japan with a cruciate injury after damaging ligaments in a warm-up match against Uruguay. He played a single minute of UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying but was not on the plane to Portugal and has been unable to win a place in 2006 World Cup qualifying.
Club
Pessotto landed at Juventus in 1995 after a peripatetic early career in which he turned out for six clubs, straddling four divisions, in seven seasons: AC Milan, Varese FC, US Massese 1919, Bologna FC, Hellas-Verona FC and Torino Calcio.
1995: Since then, he has played a major part in the Bianconeri's success story, helping the club to numerous honours. A UEFA Champions League winner in 1996 - Juve defeating AFC Ajax on penalties in Rome - Pessotto then claimed back-to-back Italian title victories in 1996/97 and 1997/98. The club won another in 2001/02 and the following season. He appeared seven times in the Champions League, too, but did not get off the bench in the final loss to AC Milan in Manchester, and was largely a substitute in 2003/04 although he did appear in the Coppa Italia final loss to S.S. Lazio.
2004/05: Mainly a reserve, he broke into the side at right-back following a long-term injury to Jonathan Zebina in April. In all, he started 13 Serie A games as Juventus topped the table and reached the Champions League quarter-finals.
Did you know?
As eloquent as his nickname, 'il professore', might suggest, he is a regular guest on Italian television's football talk shows.
Thuram
Rated as one of the world's best defenders, Lilian Thuram is remarkably quick and utterly reliable. An attacking full-back par excellence, his Juventus FC defensive colleague Fabio Cannavaro described Thuram's talents as "being from another planet".
National team
Following a France debut in 1994, the peak of his achievements have come with Les Bleus: Thuram helped his national side win the FIFA World Cup in 1998, having scored twice in the hosts' semi-final defeat of Croatia, and the UEFA European Championship two years later. So too, the low point, with the French team's early exit from Korea/Japan. The only France player to feature in all eight qualifying matches for UEFA EURO 2004™, Thuram won his 100th cap in the opening victory against England in Portugal. He retired three games later following the quarter-final loss to Greece, only to reverse the decision in August 2005.
Club
Thuram made his French top-flight debut for AS Monaco FC in 1990/91, his only appearance that term. In five further seasons, the Frenchman played well over 150 games.
1996: He quit his homeland for Parma FC in 1996, and helped the club to second place in his first season in Serie A before winning both the UEFA and Italian Cups in 1998/99. Courted by a number of leading clubs, Thuram opted for Juventus for a then-world record fee for a defender of €35m.
2001: After failing to win a national title in a decade of football, Thuram played 30 times as the Bianconeri lifted their 26th Italian crown, adding another in May 2003, the same month that Juventus lost the Champions League final to AC Milan. However, a run of indifferent form prompted Thuram to describe 2003/04 as "the worst of my career" as Juve failed to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, finished third in Serie A and lost in the Coppa Italia final.
2004/05: Returned to his old centre-back role and, reunited with former Parma team-mate Cannavaro, Thuram had a tremendous season as Juventus won their 28th Scudetto with the best defensive record in Serie A.
Did you know?
Thuram grew up in Guadaloupe wanting to be a priest until he realised his talents lay elsewhere.
Source: Uefa
So don't tell me that Pessotto is better than Thuram ... cuz thats bull crap .... Some members might "like" Pessotto because of what he has given to the clup, and not because he is a hell of a player...... But saying Thuram is worse than Pessotto is just ridiculus, In spite of that, there are some ppl who like to stick to their point even though it might be wrong, because they are simply self centered and stubborn ....
Thuram does not come close to what Pessotto has given to Juventus.
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