There’s only a few type of players that have qualities that can provoke hatred and outright love from fans around the world and Edgar Davids falls into that category.

With an amazingly distinguished career that’s seen him at some of the biggest clubs in the world (think Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus and Barcelona) and alongside some of the brightest stars to ever wear the Oranje of Holland (which he did 74 times), Davids was and still is the type of player to make his teammates better each and every minute he’s around them.

Plus it doesn’t hurt when your Honours have this pedigree -

Domestic

• Dutch Cup : 1993, 2007
• Dutch Supercup : 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007
• Dutch Eredivisie : 1994, 1995, 1996
• Italian Serie A : 1998, 2002, 2003 Runner-up: 2000, 2001
• Italian Super Cup : 2002, 2003 Runner-up: 1998
• Italian Cup : 2005

European

• UEFA Cup : 1992
• Champions League : 1995 Runner-up : 1996, 1998, 2003
• Intercontinental Cup : 1995
• European Supercup : 1995

Fifa has a great article with the 35 year old Davids and what his future has in store.