Note: This is the same article I published on Soccerlens.com, which you can find here.
It’s that time of the year again. The time when a random (ok, let’s call it ‘well-respected’ if you prefer) football publication makes an “All Time Best” ranking that never fails to create controversy and offend a few people. FourFourTwo did one of those last month, this time it’s the turn of the ‘Association of Football Statisticians’ to make its Top 100, after studying every fact and figure from the beautiful game over the past 100 years. Points are given for goals scored by forwards and clean sheets for defenders. Players also get awarded marks for trophies won, captaincy and the level they played at throughout their career.
It should come as no big surprise to see Pelé at nº1 spot (the Brazilian legend totalling 16,799.44 points), but the names and rankings further down the list are bound to raise some eyebrows. The analysis of The Sun highlights the biggest problems in English Premiership terms:
- Manchester United legends George Best, Denis Law and Eric Cantona don’t make the top 100.
- Ali Daei’s 109 goals in 149 games for Iran puts him at 26th – ahead of players like Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.
- Diego Maradona is ranked only 6th.
The publishers explain to The Sun that Best misses out because he never participated in a World Cup tournament, and had a fairly short career, while Ali Daei won his place by scoring 109 goals in 149 international matches for… Iran.
The Daily Star takes a look the UK players, and finds out that England’s top star is Bobby Charlton in 23rd spot, two places above Scotland’s Kenny Dalglish. David Beckham is 44th, Kevin Keegan at 46th, Gary Lineker 56th, Welsh ace Ryan Giggs 62nd, and Michael Owen 68th. Alan Shearer misses out of the top 100.
Further analysis of the ‘Best 100′ reveals that the top 3 trio is 100% Brazilian (with Ronaldo 2nd and Romario 3rd… and Cafu closing down the Auriverde block at 10th). Figo is 4th, Zidane 5th, and other big names such as Platini (13th), Maldini (15th), Zico (16th), Gullit (18th) and Cruyff (21st) are excluded from the Top 10.
The most represented nation is France (with 16 players), followed by Brazil (11), Italy and Germany (10). England totals 7, Argentina 5 (Messi not included).
Also, in terms of overall football career, the most represented European league is the Serie A. Indeed, most of the Top 100 played at one point or another in Italy: Serie A totals at least 58 players in that ranking, closely followed by La Liga (44), and the EPL (36).
Other represented leagues include the Bundesliga (22), the French Ligue 1 (22), the Dutch Eredivisie (20), and the Portuguese Superliga (5). As for South America, the Campeonato Brasileiro counts 11 players while the Argentine Apertura/Clausura only 8 (most of the Brazilian/Argentine stars obviously beginning their career back home). An interesting note is the total of 13 players who played in the MLS/USL (mostly at the end of their careers), making North America the destination of choice for footballers close to retirement.
As for the Italians, aside from the aforementioned Paolo Maldini the remaining 9 players in the list are Paolo Rossi (43rd), Alessandro Costacurta (49th), Dino Zoff (51st), Alessandro Del Piero (60th), Demetrio Albertini (64th), Giacinto Facchetti (75th), Franco Baresi (77th), Gianni Rivera (78th) and Roberto Baggio (79th).
The Top 100 is revealed in the book Greatest Ever Footballers, on sale next week by Headline publishers for £14.99 (€21.50).
Here’s the full list.
| 1 |  |
Pelé | (Brazil) |
| 2 |  |
Ronaldo | (Brazil) |
| 3 |  |
Romário | (Brazil) |
| 4 |  |
Luís Figo | (Portugal) |
| 5 |  |
Zinedine Zidane | (France) |
| 6 |  |
Diego Maradona | (Argentina) |
| 7 |  |
Lothar Matthäus | (Germany) |
| 8 |  |
Gerd Müller | (Germany) |
| 9 |  |
Franz Beckenbauer | (Germany) |
| 10 |  |
Cafu | (Brazil) |
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| 11 | Roberto Carlos | (Brazil) |
| 12 | Marco van Basten | (Holland) |
| 13 | Michel Platini | (France) |
| 14 | Rivaldo | (Brazil) |
| 15 | Paolo Maldini | (Italy) |
| 16 | Zico | (Brazil) |
| 17 | Raúl | (Spain) |
| 18 | Ruud Gullit | (Holland) |
| 19 | Eusébio | (Portugal) |
| 20 | Ferenc Puskás | (Hungary) |
| 21 | Johan Cruyff | (Holland) |
| 22 | Alfredo di Stefano | (Argentina) |
| 23 | Bobby Charlton | (England) |
| 24 | Jürgen Klinsmann | (Germany) |
| 25 | Kenny Dalglish | (Scotland) |
| 26 | Ali Daei | (Iran) |
| 27 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | (Germany) |
| 28 | Gabriel Batistuta | (Argentina) |
| 29 | Michael Laudrup | (Denmark) |
| 30 | Hristo Stoichkov | (Bulgaria) |
| 31 | Dennis Bergkamp | (Holland) |
| 32 | Frank Rijkaard | (Holland) |
| 33 | Thierry Henry | (France) |
| 34 | Pavel Nedved | (Czech Rep) |
| 35 | Gheorghe Hagi | (Romania) |
| 36 | Peter Schmeichel | (Denmark) |
| 37 | Andriy Shevchenko | (Ukraine) |
| 38 | Sepp Maier | (Germany) |
| 39 | Didier Deschamps | (France) |
| 40 | Lilian Thuram | (France) |
| 41 | Enzo Francescoli | (Uruguay) |
| 42 | Hakan Şükür | (Turkey) |
| 43 | Paolo Rossi | (Italy) |
| 44 | David Beckham | (England) |
| 45 | Jean-Pierre Papin | (France) |
| 46 | Kevin Keegan | (England) |
| 47 | Marcel Desailly | (France) |
| 48 | Oliver Kahn | (Germany) |
| 49 | Alessandro Costacurta | (Italy) |
| 50 | Clarence Seedorf | (Holland) |
| 51 | Dino Zoff | (Italy) |
| 52 | Patrick Kluivert | (Holland) |
| 53 | Jari Litmanen | (Finland) |
| 54 | Daniel Passarella | (Argentina) |
| 55 | Bixente Lizarazu | (France) |
| 56 | Gary Lineker | (England) |
| 57 | Ronaldinho | (Brazil) |
| 58 | Sylvain Wiltord | (France) |
| 59 | Bebeto | (Brazil) |
| 60 | Alessandro Del Piero | (Italy) |
| 61 | Davor Šuker | (Croatia) |
| 62 | Ryan Giggs | (Wales) |
| 63 | David Trezeguet | (France) |
| 64 | Demetrio Albertini | (Italy) |
| 65 | Patrick Vieira | (France) |
| 66 | Jürgen Kohler | (Germany) |
| 67 | Laurent Blanc | (France) |
| 68 | Michael Owen | (England) |
| 69 | Youri Djorkaeff | (France) |
| 70 | Frank De Boer | (Holland) |
| 71 | Emilio Butragueño | (Spain) |
| 72 | Hugo Sánchez | (Mexico) |
| 73 | Rudi Völler | (Germany) |
| 74 | Djalma Santos | (Brazil) |
| 75 | Giacinto Facchetti | (Italy) |
| 76 | Kanu | (Nigeria) |
| 77 | Franco Baresi | (Italy) |
| 78 | Gianni Rivera | (Italy) |
| 79 | Roberto Baggio | (Italy) |
| 80 | Oscar Ruggeri | (Argentina) |
| 81 | Gheorghe Popescu | (Romania) |
| 82 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | (Denmark) |
| 83 | Raymond Kopa | (France) |
| 84 | Carlos Valderrama | (Colombia) |
| 85 | Rui Costa | (Portugal) |
| 86 | Gary Neville | (England) |
| 87 | Edgar Davids | (Holland) |
| 88 | Claudio Taffarel | (Brazil) |
| 89 | Paul Scholes | (England) |
| 90 | Diego Simeone | (Argentina) |
| 91 | Bryan Robson | (England) |
| 92 | Roy Keane | (Rep of Ireland) |
| 93 | Brian Laudrup | (Denmark) |
| 94 | Henrik Larsson | (Sweden) |
| 95 | Fabien Barthez | (France) |
| 96 | Michael Ballack | (Germany) |
| 97 | Jan Koller | (Czech Rep) |
| 98 | Edwin van der Sar | (Holland) |
| 99 | Robert Pirès | (France) |
| 100 | Johan Neeskens | (Holland) |
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For Roger Miller is a Legend, He should definately be included.
c.ronaldo is the best and his name is not there
MY NAME SHOULD BE ON THE LIST!!
WTF! IS THAT CRAP MARADONA 6TH???
WERES CUBILLAS AN CHUMPITAZ??AND NO CANTONA?????? ARE U FING STUPID………..
the criteria for this list is obviously not factoring in service to the game or commitment and appearences or ryan giggs and alan shearer would be top 15 where they belong.if not on that basis then perhaps because shearer scored 260 goals and noones even remotely close to equalling it and giggs is at the worlds biggest club in the first team for nearly 20 years and is the most decorated brit of all time. beckham top 50 over those 2? take that list back to the drawing board and save yourself some embarrassment…
if you look at the list you will see that brazil has lots of players up there and pele is the brazilian god
My top 105 players ever including some underrated defenders
105 Alfredo Foni (Italy)
104 Uwe Seeler (FRG)
103 Domingos Da Guia(Brazil)
102 William Henry “Billy” Meredith(Wales)
101 William Ambrose “Billy” Wright(England)
100 Jean Tigana(France)
99. Elias Figueroa(Chile)
98. Thomas “Tom” Finney
97. Ubaldo Fillol(Argentina)
96. Ademir Marques de Menezes(Brazil)
95. Silvio Marzolini(Argentina)
94. Ricardo Ferri(Italy)
93. Josef Bican(Austria)
92. Severino Minelli(Switzerland)
91. Raimundo Bibian Orsi(Argentina)
90. Jose Antonio Camacho(Spain)
89. Peter Schimeichel(Denmark)
88. Hector Chumpitaz(Peru)
87. Ronald Koeman (Holland)
86. Fernando Ruiz Hierro(SPain)
85. Teofilo Cubillas Arizaga(Peru)
84. Erik Gerets(Belgium)
83. Josef Masopust(Czechoslovakia)
82. Albert Shesternyov(USSR)
81. Hristo Stoichkov(Bulgaria)
80. Carlos Alberto Torres(Brazil)
79. Thomaz Soares da Silva “Zizinho”(Brazil)
78. Nils Liedholm(Sweden)
77. Ernst Ocwirk(Austria)
76. Gilmar dos Santos Neves(Brazil)
75. Marcos Evangelista de Moraes “Cafu”(Brazl)
74. Giacinto Fanchetti(Italy)
73. Luigi Riva(Italy)
72. Didler Deschamps(France)
71. Fritz Walter(FRG)
70. Franklin Edmundo Rijkarrd(Holland)
69. Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira(Brazil)
68. Gheorghe Hagi(Romania)
67. Djalma Santos(Brazil)
66. Valentino Mazzola(Italy)
65. Nandor Hugikuti(Hungary)
64. Arthur Antunes Coimbra “Zico”(Brazil)
63. Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina)
62. Frantisek Planicka(Czechoslovakia)
61. Hector Pedro Scarone(Uraguay)
60. Zoltan Czibor(Hungary)
59. Jose Leadro Andrade(Uraguay)
58. Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo(Portugual)
57. Roberto Rivelino(Brazil)
56. Kazimierz Deyna(Poland)
55. Osvaldo Cesar “Ossie” Ardiles(Argentina)
54. Francisco Gento Lopez(Spain)
53. Antonio Carlos “Toninho” Cerezo(Brazil)
52. Micheal Laudrup(Denmark)
51. Marco van Basten(Holland)
50. Luisito Monti(Argentina)
49. Gunnar Nordahl(Sweden)
48. Ricardo Zamora Martinez (Spain)
47. Laurent Blanc(France)
46. Jose Emilio Santamaria(Uraguay)
45. Nilton dos Santos(Brazil)
44. Romario de Souza Faria(Brazil)
43. Enzo Francescoli Uriarte(Uraguay)
42. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge(FRG)
41. Valdir Pereira “Didi”(Brazil)
40. Paulo Roberto Falcao(Brazil)
39. Obdulio Varela(Uraguay)
38. Dino Zoff(Italy)
37. Jozsef Bozsik(Hungary)
36. Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri “Dunga”(Brazil)
35. Juan Alberto Schiaffino(Uraguay)
34. Marcel Deseilly(France)
33. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz(Uraguay)
32. Johan Neeskens(Holland)
31. Jair Ventura Filho “Jairzinho”(Brazil)
30. Matthias Sindelar(Austria)
29. Jose Nasazzi(Uraguay)
28. Wolfgang Overath(FRG)
27. Marco Tardelli (Italy)
26. Rinat Dasaev (USSR)
25. Giuseppe Meazza(Italy)
24. Wim van Hanegem(Holland)
23. Lothar Matthaus(FRG)
22. Sandor Kocsis(Hungary)
21. Roberto Baggio(Italy)
20. Robert Frederick Chelsea “Bobby” Moore (England)
19. Gaetano Scirea(Italy)
18. Gabriel Omar Batistuta(Argentina)
17. Gordon Banks (England)
16. Paolo Maldini(Italy)
15. Michel Francois Platini (France)
14. Gerhard Muller (FRG)
13. Sir Stanley Matthews (England)
12. Eusebio Da Silva Ferreira (Portugual)
11. Lev Ivanovich Yashin (USSR)
10. Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton (England)
9. Franceschino “Franco” Baresi (Italy)
8. Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)
7. Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Holland)
6. Daniel Alberto Passarella (Argentina)
5. Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pele” (Brazil)
(double)
2 Alfredo Di Stefano Laulhe (Argentina)
2. Manuel Francisco dos Santos “Garrincha”(Brazil)
1. Diego Armando Maradona (Argentina)
I am sorry to state that recent players started their national team in 1994 did not include this list (like Ronaldo, Zidane etc) because my list was only for 20th century players only although Maldini and Figo and Cafu played in 21st century extensively….
If I put them into the list, Ronaldo(no.30-40), Zidane(no.10-20),Thuram(no. 60-70).
where is hugo sanches
whoo ever did this list they dont kno nothing about futbol
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fuking dumass..
ur stupid man
wheres hugo sanchez
ronaldinho is supposed to be first bitch
Have you read my last fuxking comment, I repeat, that was 20th century player, Moron!!!
Is Ronaldiho 2oth century player?
If I put him into the list, 50-60
Hugo Sanchez is one of the best Mexican player ever, but the strong competition from European player….
where is gerrard/cr7/ribery/torres……crap
U would be better off making list of 3rd division players……
This list is shitty, im a dane and i can say even though i love Jon Dahl, he does not belong in the top 100 all-time!
We (Denmark) have 2-3 players that are good enough. The Laudrup brothers (Brian is questionable but would rank 70th-130th all time)
Schmeichel and Michael are in the top 50 both off them!
How can you rank Bixente Lizarazu a bit higher than Ronaldinho, in my world the top 5 would be including: Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldinho and Messi
6th-10th would be: Ronaldo, Figo, Di Stefano, Beckenbauer and R. Carlos..11th: Van Basten…
Where is Xavi, Puyol…(at least alltime top 60-70)
diego 6th???
muller and cafu in the top10????
who’s the shithead who select???
also shitty palyers like tomasson, albertini or costacurta are in???
you’re crazy!!!
this is the right one:
1) diego armando
weah
2) cruijff
3) pelé
4) ronaldo
5) van basten
6) gullit
7) romario
9) zizou
10) messi
u know what ……all those are wrong rankings !
( TOP 10 EVER + CURRENT )
this is correct
1st Pele …….brazil / maradona ……. Argentina
2nd George Best ……Manchester United / David Beckham ..AC Milan
3rd Cristiano Ronaldo ………Manchester United
4th Ronaldinho ……………AC Milan
5th kaka………………AC Milan
6th Lionel Messi ……..Barcelona
7th Ibrahimobic………Inter Milan
8th Andreo Shevchenko ……..AC Milan
9th Waryne Rooney ………..Manchester United
10th Alexandro Pato ………..AC Milan
HAHA!
Ali Daei on 26th. Are you kidding me…
This list is a joke.
u know what ……all those are wrong rankings !
( top 30 soccer players ever ) intill Current and till now !
REAL + TRUTH
1: Pele ( Brazil )
2: Maradona ( Argentina )
3: George Best ( Manchester United )
4: David Beckham ( AC Milan )
5: Zinedine Zidane ( Real Madrid )
6: Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United )
7: Ronaldinho ( AC Milan )
8: Kaka ( AC Milan )
9: Ronaldo ( Brazil )
10: Lionel Messi ( Barcelona )
11: Ibrahimovic ( Inter Milan )
12: Andreu Shevchenko ( AC Milan )
13: Waryne Rooney ( Manchester United )
14: Alexandro Pato ( AC Milan )
15: Theory Henry ( Barcelona )
16: Samuel Eto’O ( Barcelona )
17: Xavi ( Barcelona )
18: Fernendo Torres ( Liverpool )
19: Rio Ferdinand ( Manchester United )
20: Raul ( Real Madrid )
21: Michael Ballack ( Chelsea )
22: Sanchez ( Mexico )
23: Lampard ( Chelsea )
24: Steven Gerrard ( Liverpool )
25: Gigi Buffon ( Juventus )
26: Gary Neville ( Manchester United )
27: Oliver Khan ( Bayern Munich )
28: Gheorghe Hagi ( England )
29: Iker Casillas ( Real Madrid )
30: Alexandre Pato ( AC Milan )
number of comments say ‘yes’ = 23520
number of comments say ‘no’ = 1120
number of comments say ‘kind of proper’ = 14310
number of comments say ‘ it’s proper ranking’ = 1050
out of 40000 comments ……..around 83.7 % people said …..this ranking is perfect !
sorry ur dead wrong……….(keanue reeves)..
Stop shitting on each other. Is not possible to have a perfect list.
What we can do is to agree for top 20 ever! My opinion is, we don’t have to put players like C. Ronaldo, or Messi , they are very young. Maybe they can be better than Maradona….but we have to wait. What do you think men?? All the lists are very flexibles .Here is my list:
1—Pele
2—Maradona
3—Johan Cruiff
4—Becembauer
5—Platini
6—B. Chalton
7—Weah
8—R. Bagio
9—Eusebio
10–Puskash
ronaldinho and messi will be in the top ten when they are done with football!!!!!!!!
Top ten players ever…..read carefully…
1) Pele
2) Maradona
3) Zidane
4) Mueller
5)Cruiff
6) Platini
7)Rossi
8)Ronaldo
10) Messi
DUDE NO WAY IS DAVOR SUCKER 61 ARE YOU SERIUOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my top 25….!
1.Pele
2.Maradona
3.Zidane
4.Ronaldo
5.Ronaldinho
6.Cristiano Ronaldo
7.Thierry Henry
8.Johan Cruyff
9.Beckenbauer
10.Kaka
11.George Best
12.Beckham
13.Platini
14.Gerrard
15.Di Stefano
16.Cantona
17.Messi
18.Maldini
19.Bobby Charlton
20.Eusebio
21.Van Basten
22.Puskas
23.Zico
24.Ballack
25.Vieri
my personal top 10 would be
1) pele
bobby moore
2) ronaldo (brazil)
3) diego maradona
4) beckanbauer
5) ryan giggs
6) zinedine zidane
7) bobby charlton
9) eric cantona
10) danny blanchflower
my top 10
1) Pele
Messi
2) Maradona
3) Ronaldo
4) Beckenbauer
5) Figo
6) Ronaldinho
7) Beckham (because of what he’s done for the game)
9) kaka
10) charlton
1. maradona
2. pele
3. george best
4. ronaldo (brazil)
5. luis figo
6. ronaldinho
7. eric cantona
8. zidane
9. roberto carlos
10. Hugo Sanchez
this list is bs ronaldinho behind lames like behkam wat is that behkam is just a pretty face that can sell hes nothing special
maradona 6th? one of the best famous soccer players none around the world and hes 6th ronaldo and zidane are no where near as good as maradona was 1st place would be beetween pele and maradona for sure
and goerge good no in this list come on what is that?
why am i not on the list i am on U.S.A :
i am so mad
i need to improve my game dang o and who ever wants autographs that live in chicago i will be at the Ryan Co. at 12:30 tommorow
the clowns who make these lists don’t know anything about football. What has ronaldhino done on the world stage. How can anyone in their right ming put people like messi, ronaldhino, cr7 before zidane. The guy won everything he could possibly win and he won it in style. Pele and maradona could not last the pace in this day and age and scoring 1200 goals in a rubbish league in brazil doesn’t make you great. What makes you great is elegance, flair and natural talent. I’ve scored over 2500 goals for my sunday league team. that doesn’t make me the greatest sunday league football ever.
dude, maradona won player of the century, he was the best player, in the world! And also, no robin van persie?
and mo, maradona, did have natural talent, alot of natural talent. Infact he took on a whole team, shot, and scored. He had natural talent!
?
Messi? Cr9? Zidane? … Rethink the list mate
my top 10
1)pele
2)maradona
3)cruyff
4)di stefano
5)puskas
6)beckenbauer
7)zidane
8)eusebio
9)garrincha
10)socrates
cronaldo will be in the reckoning for this list when his careers done same with messi but not now still got a full career to do first.read a lot about ronaldinho- think hel be in the top 50 and maybe top 20 but ighly doubt that. was phenomenal at barca for a few years but thats just it…..a few years. to get high on any list for top players i think you need to have done it for longer than that. thats why people like best,matthews,moore,charlton,ronaldo (brazilian),platini,zoff will beat him out for top places
yes!!!finally the reconigition i deserve
that is your list
that stinks valderrama in 84 he should move up to at least 15 
maradona should go to 70. 
whoever made this is stupid 
1 Pele(king of football,3 world cups,1300 goals)
2 Ronaldo(fenomeno,2 world cups,best shooter of world cup ever,in 1990s he was best soccer ever)
3 Romario(Ronaldo and romario were best soccers in 1990s,they together won 1994 world cup,in 90-94 romario was best,in 95-99 ronaldo was best)
4Zidane(His prime in 2000 and 2001 and 2006,he was best soccer in decade of 2000-2009)
5Figo (best right winger ever)
I agreed the Top 5 of ‘Association of Football Statisticians’
were is george best
ronaldinho is the best wheres h.sanchez
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Zidane
5. Ronaldo (Brazil)
6. Zico
7. Beckenbauer
8. Muller
9. Puskas
10. Romario
1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Beckenbauer
4. Zidane
5. Cruyff
6. Muller
7. Ronaldo (Brazil)
8. Matthaus
9. Puskas
10. Eusebio
11. Di Stefano
12. Dunga
13. Klinsmann
14. Kahn
15. Maldini
16. Ronaldinho
17. Messi
18. Ronaldo (Portugal)
19. Charlton
20. Cantona
21. Lalas
Any list without garrincha in the top 10 is an utter joke. Only people who do not know the history of football or those who are 10 years old would include becham, c.ronaldo and messi in the top 10 and leave out the likes of garrincha and beckenbauer
Best team EVA:
Peter Schmeichel
Garrincha
Lothar Mattaus
Paulo Maldini
Roberto Carlos
Luis Figo
Zinedine Zidane
Xavi Hernandez
Diego Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo
how can you disagree..? some day C. Ronaldo and Messi will be on as well, they just need to keep up their niveau
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Best Manager: Sir Alex Fergie (Pep will be here someday
)
Best National Team: Brazil
Best Footballclub: FC Barcelona
you cant disagree much with dhis as well
I didn’t include old player like pele or maradona here r the current players
1 lionel mesii (argentina,barcelona)
2.Cristiano ronaldo (portugal,real madrid)
3.Ricardo kaka(brazil.real madrid)
4.Fernando torres (spain,liverpool)
5.Zlatan ibrahimovic (sweden,barcelona)
Check out messi goal vs getafe on youtube. Write messi goal vs getafe (hd)
Check zlatan ibrahimovic best goal. Write zlatan ibrahiovic best goal
top 10 best soccers 1995-2009 !!!???
1.ronaldo (brazil)
2.ronaldihno (brazil)
3.romario (brazil)
4.zidan (france)
5.maldini (italy)
6.kaka (brazil)
7.messi (argentina)
8.raul (spain)
9.c.ronaldo (portugal)
10.henry (france)
WTF, Why isn’t The King, Eric Cantona on here
P.S @ “The Answer” You are right apart frm Barcelona being the best club because Real Madrid are the best ever club (I am not a Real Madrid fan, I’m a Galatasaray fan) I am also very happy to see Gheorge Hagi and Hakan Şükür on the list because they definitely deserve to be there
Player of all times:
1 ronaldo the phenomenon
2 pele
3 romario
4 platini
5 zico
6 beckenbauer
7 Matthäus
8 figo
9 carlos
10Gullit
Best of this decade:
1 Ronaldinho
2 Figo
3 Kaka
4 henry
5 Shevchenko
stupid people. stop arguing. this liste was taken by the Association of Football Statisticians. do you know what that means?
that means a vote from the people in the whole world. so stop asking why that one is not here and why that one is not number 1. if your idol is not including in this liste, that means he is not so good as you think he is!