> I've seen footballers using it a lot over the years (Neymar, Messi etc) fwiw. The word "craque" in Portuguese was borrowed from English with the "exceptional

> I've seen footballers using it a lot over the years (Neymar, Messi etc) fwiw. The word "craque" in Portuguese was borrowed from English with the "exceptional" definition and is commonly used. Given how many Brazilian players there are in the top leagues, I wouldn't be surprised if it was commonly used by football players in general.