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The West Ham legend had his number at the London side retired, having captained the club for 10 years. Moore was also captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all-time.

Bobby Moore | West Ham | #8

Technically, the shirt isn't retired. AC Milan made the decision to retire the number following the Italy legend's final game, but Maldini has allowed for his sons to inherit the number three should either of them play for the club.

AC Milan | Paolo Maldini | #3

The Argentine had his shirt number at Ligue 1 side Nantes retired after he died tragically in a plane crash in January 2019.

Emiliano Sala | Nantes | #9

The Argentina icon is one of the greatest footballers to have ever graced the pitch, and had a glittering seven-year career at Napoli where he won numerous titles and awards.

Diego Maradona | Napoli | #10

The Brazil great had his #10 shirt at New York Cosmos retired on October 1,&nbsp;1977 at half-time. Though he was past his prime at this point, Pele was credited with increasing public interest of football in the United States.

Pele | New York Cosmos | #10

One of the greatest Swedish players of all-time, Larsson is considered a legend at Helsingborg and also for&nbsp;his national team, representing his country in three World Cups&nbsp;and three European Championships.

Henrik Larsson | Helsingborg | #17

A Dutch legend who is heralded for his 'Total Football' playing philosophy was honoured by Ajax, the club at which he first made his name. Has won the Ballon d'Or on three separate occasions and was to have his shirt retired at Barcelona as well, but was denied the honour as he wore multiple numbers.

Johan Cruyff | Ajax | #14

Genoa legend Rossi played most of his 18-year professional career with&nbsp;the Italian side, appearing in nearly 300 official games during nine seasons.

Marco Rossi | Genoa | #7

The Italian is the most capped player in the history of Inter (858 appearances<g class="gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" data-gr-id="3" id="3">),</g> and lifted 16 trophies with the club: five&nbsp;Serie A, four&nbsp;Coppa Italia, four&nbsp;Supercoppa Italiana, one&nbsp;UEFA Cup, one&nbsp;Champions League&nbsp;and the&nbsp;FIFA Club World Cup.

Javier Zanetti | Inter | #4

Bailie is a retired semi-professional footballer and had his number retired at Linfield in 2011 to commemorate his world record of 1,013 senior appearances for the club.

Noel Bailie | Linfield | #11

Ikeme made 191 senior appearances for Wolves between 2003 and 2018 and was loaned to various other sides. In July 2017, Ikeme was diagnosed with&nbsp;acute leukaemia and a year later, after being in complete&nbsp;remission, he retired.&nbsp;

Carl Ikeme | Wolves | #1

Argentina had tried to retire Maradona's&nbsp;shirt, but had their request rejected by FIFA when they submitted a squad of 23 players for the 2002 World Cup and listed 1 through 24 – with number 10 omitted.
The number 10 has since been worn by other players, most notably by Lionel Messi whom Maradona calls his 'successor'.

Diego Maradona | Argentina | #10

While at Beijing Enterprises,&nbsp;​the former Ivory Coast international died in June 2017 in a training session, at the age of 30.

Cheick Tiote | Beijing Enterprises | #24

Following a 2018 friendly against Nigeria, George Weah retired Liberia's number 14 shirt after 61 senior caps and 22 goals.

George Weah | Liberia | #14

Botafogo played around with the idea of retiring Brazil legend Santos' number six shirt, but a decision to honour him wasn't made to do so until the first game following his death.&nbsp;
The club hasn't retired his number, but they have since stitched a special emblem – Santos' signature – above the crest on the current number six shirt.

Nilton Santos | Botafogo | #6

The midfielder died in hospital in 2014 after injuring himself celebrating a goal for the Indian side and, in memoriam, the club retired the number 21 shirt.

Peter Biaksangzuala | Bethlehem Vengthlang | #21

The number was retired to honour to the Northern Ireland club's all-time record goal-scorer after he died of&nbsp;cancer.

Mark Farren | Derry City | #18

One of the greatest defenders of all-time, the AC Milan legend (and one-club man) won three&nbsp;UEFA Champions League&nbsp;titles, six Serie A titles, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two&nbsp;European Super Cups&nbsp;and two Intercontinental Cups across 20 years.

Franco Baresi | AC Milan | #6

The former Dutch footballer played from Vitesse Arnhem from 1983 to 1998, where he appeared in 429 matches –&nbsp;a club record.

Theo Bos | Vitesse Arnhem | #4

After Manyathela passed away in a car accident in 2003, the South African side retired his shirt.

Lesley Manyathela | Orlando Pirates | #22

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