The greatest Soccer player in the history of the world, Argentinean superstar
Diego Maradona, attended a Bush counterprotest and was quite blunt in his assessment of the visiting US President:
Earlier, the tone was struck by the former football star Diego Maradona, who wore a "Stop Bush" T-shirt to an anti-Bush "counter-summit" that drew some 4,000 protesters from around the world and easily eclipsed the official summit in the public's attention. "I'm proud as an Argentine to repudiate the presence of this human trash, George Bush," said Maradona.
Maradona is officially a higher diety in Argentina, and is famous throughout the world for his extraordinary career as a soccer superstar.
1. Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Maradona is a no-brainer for the top spot. Some would argue that he is the greatest player of all time, although Pele's backers would say otherwise. His incredible skill, vision, passing, and shot made him almost impossible to stop. No player has ever dominated a World Cup the way Maradona did in 1986, when he played a major role in all 11 goals for eventual winner Argentina. (Most famous were his "Hand of God" goal and his amazing 70-yard solo run, both against England in the quarterfinals.) In his prime, Maradona dazzled just about everyone who watched him, starting for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli, which he led to the UEFA Cup crown and two Italian League titles. Unfortunately, drug and personal problems prevented even more glory.
Although he is virutally unknown in the United States (where soccer is considered a foreign language), his worldwide fame will mean that his comments are likely to be picked up globally, in both sports and news media.
Oh and here's a photo of Diego holding a t-shirt at the protest: