 Hagi was considered one of the best players in the world during the 1980s and '90s, and is regarded by many as the greatest Romanian footballer of all time.Fans of Turkish club Galatasaray, with whom Hagi ended his career, called him ""Comandante"" ("The Commander"), while he was known as ""Regele"" ("The King") to Romanian supporters.Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he was a creative advanced playmaker renowned for his dribbling, technique, vision, passing and shooting.