With the 20th century coming to an end, all kind of experts are publishing their selection of best football players of all time or of this century (which, after all, is essentially the same).
The start was made by the IFFHS in their continental "player and keeper of the century" elections. (In fact, there is at least one earlier selection, a German booklet called "Die 100 des Jahrhunderts - Fußballer", published in 1996 (!) and containing all players with at least 100 international matches, all players ever topscorer at a World Cup, all players ever chosen as European footballer of the year, a host of fairly insignificant German players, and all in all rather biased towards European and against South American players.)
Below some other selections as published in football magazines are listed.
An alphabetical list of players. Readers were to choose a top-10 which will
then lead to a selection to be published in the final World Soccer issue of
1999. Players could also be chosen outside the 100 chosen by the magazine; for
this purpose World Soccer also published a second list of 100 players which
they apparently consider 101-200; choices outside those 200 were accepted as
well. Names are listed as printed in the magazine.
The list eventually chosen (in order from 1 to 100) is given in the second column.
First List (alphabetical) Second List (classified) ADEMIR Marques de Menezes 1. Pelé (Brazil) Jose Leandro ANDRADE 2. Diego Maradona (Argentina) Roberto BAGGIO 3. Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) Gordon BANKS 4. Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) Franceschino 'Franco' BARESI 5. Michel Platini (France) Franz BECKENBAUER 6. Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain) George BEST 7. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary/Spain) Franz 'Bimbo' BINDER 8. George Best (Northern Ireland) Danny BLANCHFLOWER 9. Marco van Basten (Netherlands) Oleg BLOKHIN 10. Eusébio (Portugal) Jozsef BOZSIK 11. Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) Antonio CARBAJAL 12. Bobby Charlton (England) John CHARLES 13. Ronaldo (Brazil) Bobby CHARLTON 14. Bobby Moore (England) Hector CHUMPITAZ 15. Gerd Müller (Germany) Mario Esteves COLUNA 16. Roberto Baggio (Italy) Gianpiero COMBI 17. Stanley Matthews (England) Johan CRUYFF 18. Zico (Brazil) Teofilo CUBILLAS 19. Franco Baresi (Italy) Zoltan CZIBOR 20. Garrincha (Brazil) Kenny DALGLISH 21. Paolo Maldini (Italy) William 'Dixie' DEAN 22. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland) Alfredo DI STEFANO 23. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) DIDI (Waldyr Pereira) 24. Eric Cantona (France) DOMINGOS Antonio DA GUIA 25. Gheorghe Hagi (Romania) Duncan EDWARDS 26. Romário (Brazil) Arsenio ERICO 27. Jairzinho (Brazil) EUSEBIO da Silva Ferreira 28. Zinedine Zidane (France) Giacinto FACCHETTI 29. Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) Bernabe FERREYRA 30. John Charles (Wales) Tom FINNEY 31. Lothar Matthäus (Germany) Just FONTAINE 32. Gordon Banks (England) Enzo FRANCESCOLI 33. Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) Arthur FRIEDENREICH 34. Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands) GARRINCHA (Manoel Francisco dos Santos) 35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany) Francisco GENTO 36. Gary Lineker (England) GERSON de Oliveira Nunes 37. Giuseppe Meazza (Italy) GILMAR dos Santos Neves 38. Rivelino (Brazil) Gyula GROSICS 39. Didi (Brazil) Ruud GULLIT 40. Ian Rush (Wales) Nandor HIDEGKUTI 41. Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) JAIRZINHO (Jair Ventura Filho) 41. Paolo Rossi (Italy) Alex JAMES 43. George Weah (Liberia) Sandor KOCSIS 44. Michael Owen (England) Kalman KONRAD 45. Just Fontaine (France) Raymond KOPA 46. Duncan Edwards (England) Ladislav KUBALA 47. Dino Zoff (Italy) Angel Amadeo LABRUNA 48. Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) Denis LAW 49. David Beckham (England) Tommy LAWTON 50. Tom Finney (England) LEONIDAS da Silva 51. Rivaldo (Brazil) Nils LIEDHOLM 52. Claudio Caniggia (Argentina) Paolo MALDINI 53. Tostão (Brazil) Diego MARADONA 54. Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands) Silvio MARZOLINI 55. José Luis Chilavert (Paraguay) Josef MASOPUST 56. Kevin Keegan (England) Lothar MATTHAUS 57. Paul Gascoigne (England) Stanley MATTHEWS 58. Roger Milla (Cameroon) Alessandro 'Sandro' MAZZOLA 59. Michael Laudrup (Denmark) Valentino MAZZOLA 60. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) Giuseppe MEAZZA 61. David Ginola (France) Roger MILLA 61. Glenn Hoddle (England) Luisito MONTI 61. Sócrates (Brazil) Bobby MOORE 64. Roberto Carlos (Brazil) Juan Manuel MORENO 64. Alan Shearer (England) Gerd MULLER 66. Daniel Passarella (Argentina) Jose NASAZZI 67. Davor Šuker (Croatia) Gunnar NORDAHL 68. Dixie Dean (England) Ernst OCWIRK 68. Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) Wolfgang OVERATH 68. Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay) Daniel PASSARELLA 68. Christian Vieri (Italy) Adolfo PEDERNERA 72. Mario Kempes (Argentina) PELE (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 72. Johan Neeskens (Netherlands) Silvio PIOLA 72. Luigi Riva (Italy) PIRRI (Jose Martinez Sanchez) 75. José Nasazzi (Uruguay) Frantisek PLANICKA 75. Günter Netzer (Germany) Michel PLATINI 77. Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) Ferenc PUSKAS 77. Carlos Valderrama (Colombia) Roberto RIVELINO 79. Ricardo Zamora (Spain) Gianni RIVERA 80. Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay) Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE 81. Edgar Davids (Netherlands) Hugo SANCHEZ 81. Francisco Gento (Spain) Loenel SANCHEZ 83. Jim Baxter (Scotland) Jose Emilio SANTAMARIA 83. Falcão (Brazil) Djalma SANTOS 83. Ryan Giggs (Wales) Nilton dos SANTOS 83. Sepp Maier (Germany) Gyorgy SAROSI 87. Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) Juan Alberto SCHIAFFINO 87. Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland) Uwe SEELER 87. György Sárosi (Hungary) Matthias SINDELAR 90. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy) Omar Enrique SIVORI 91. Alan Hansen (Scotland) Marco VAN BASTEN 91. Raymond Kopa (France) Paul VAN HIMST 91. Bryan Robson (England) Obdulio VARELA 91. Matthias Sammer (Germany) Fritz WALTER 95. Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain) Lev YASHIN 95. Neville Southall (Wales) Ricardo ZAMORA 97. Gérson (Brazil) ZICO (Artur Antunes Coimbra) 98. Paulo Futre (Portugal) Zinedine ZIDANE 98. Preben Elkjær (Denmark) Dino ZOFF 100. Bebeto (Brazil)
The French weekly magazine France-Football consulted their former "Ballon D'Or" winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. Among the 34 former "Ballon D'Or" winners (from 1956 to 1999) only 30 voted: Matthews, Sivori and Best refused to vote, and Yashin was already dead at the time.
Each of the 30 voters chose 5 players: 5 points for the 1st place, 4 points for 2nd, 3 points for 3rd, 2 points for 4th and 1 point for 5th. But Di Stefano only choose a 1st place, Platini a 1st and 2nd place, and Weah 2 players for 5th place (giving ½ point to each one). After each player points, between brackets is the number of votes for every place.
1. Edson Arantes do Nascimento "PELÉ" (Brazil) 122 pts (17 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1)
2. Diego MARADONA (Argentina) 65 ( 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 1)
3. Johan CRUYFF (Netherlands) 62 ( 1 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 2)
4. Alfredo DI STEFANO (Argentina/Spain) 44 ( 4 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 1)
5. Michel PLATINI (France) 40 ( 1 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 6)
6. Franz BECKENBAUER (Germany) 35 ( 2 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 6)
7. Ferenc PUSKAS (Hungary) 12 ( 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 0)
8. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 11 ( 0 - 0 - 3 - 1 - 0)
9. Artur Antunes Coimbra "ZICO" (Brazil) 7 ( 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)
10. Gerd MÜLLER (Germany) 5 ( 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0)
Lev YASHIN (Soviet Union) 5 ( 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1)
12. Enzo FRANCESCOLI (Uruguay) 4 ( 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0)
Manoel Francisco dos Santos "GARRINCHA" (Brazil) 4 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1)
George BEST (Northern Ireland) 4 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0)
15. Rafael GORDILLO (Spain) 3 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0)
16. Bobby CHARLTON (England) 2.5 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3)
17. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)
18. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
Oleg BLOKHIN (Soviet Union) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
Just FONTAINE (France) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
Raymond KOPA (France) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
Fritz WALTER (Germany) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
Dino ZOFF (Italy) 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
24. Roger MILLA (Cameroon) 0.5 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)
The Guerin' Sportivo (Italy) gave their eminence grise space to publish his personal top-50 of the 20th century. One player was highlighted every week, and by the end of the year 1999 the top-50 was complete. Names are listed as printed in the magazine; so are the titles of the stories.
1.Pelé 2.Diego Armando Maradona "Splendori e cadute del Pibe de Oro" 3.Alfredo Di Stefano "La freccia bionda" 4.Johan Cruijff "Il campione della nuova frontiera" 5.Giuseppe Meazza "Il Balilla, fra gol e magie" 6.Ferenc Puskas "Il colonnello Bum Bum" 7.Valentino Mazzola "L'uomo simbolo del Grande Torino" 8.Juan Alberto Schiaffino "Il Pepe del Diavolo" 9.Michel Platini "Regista e solista, Michel le Roi" 10.Franz Beckenbauer "Tutti ai piedi di Kaiser Franz" 11.Marco Van Basten "Il bomber degli Anni '90" 12.Eusebio "Il graffio della pantera nera" 13.Garrincha "Il passerotto con le ali spezzate" 14.Gianni Rivera "L'abatino più forte del mondo" 15.Zico "Contro il fantasma di Pelé" 16.Omar Sivori "Omar, genio ribelle" 17.Ricardo Zamora "``El Divino'' fra storia e leggenda" 18.Silvio Piola "Il bomber senza scudetto" 19.Ronaldo "Fenomeno o meteora?" 20.Dino Zoff "Quel monumento chiamato Dino" 21.Bobby Charlton "Il campione che visse due volte" 22.José Altafini "Il coniglio mannaro del gol" 23.Gunnar Nordahl "Il pompiere del gol" 24.Gigi Riva "L'implacabile Rombo di tuono" 25.Paolo Rossi "Pablito, il reflesso che uccide" 26.Leonidas "La magia del diamante nero" 27.Roberto Baggio "Fragile e inditruttibile" 28.Lev Jascin "La leggenda del ragno nero" 29.Didì "Inventò la ``foglia secca''" 30.Paolo Maldini "Un campione predestinato" 31.Stanley Matthews "La leggenda del baronetta" 32.Mumo Orsi "Violinista di tango e di gol" 33.Lothar Matthäus "Provaci ancora, Lothar" 34.Gaetano Scirea "Campione in punta di piedi" 35.Gerd Müller "Il cacciatore di gol" 36.Matias Sindelar "La tragedia di Cartavelina" 37.Laszlo Kubala "Un geniale zingaro del gol" 38.Franco Baresi "Forse l'ultimo bandiera" 39.P. Roberto Falcão "L'ultimo re di Roma" 40.Karl H. Rummenigge "Un bomber forte e gentile" 41.Giampiero Boniperti "Un film tutto in bianco e nero" 42.Gabriel O. Batistuta "Con il gol sempre in canne" 43.Nils Liedholm "La leggenda dell'astuto barone" 44.John Charles "Il gigante (troppo) buono" 45.Nilton Santos "Un terzino chiamato enciclopedia" 46.Luis Suarez "L'architecto del mago" 47.Roberto Rivelino "Un sinistro coi baffi" 48.Daniel Passarella "Classe e grinta del Caudillo" 49.Nandor Hidegkuti "L'uomo che reinventò il centravanti" 50.Kurt Hamrin "L'uccellino che incantò l'Avvocato"
In November 1999, Placar (Brazil) published a list of the best 100 players of all time, ranked from 1 to 100. The list as published follows.
1.Édson Arantes do Nascimento - PELÉ (Brazil) 2.Diego Armando MARADONA (Argentina) 3.Johann CRUYFF (Netherlands) 4.Manoel Francisco dos Santos - GARRINCHA (Brazil) 5.Franz BECKENBAUER (Germany) 6.Alfredo DI STEFANO (Argentina) 7.Ferenc PUSKAS (Hungary) 8.Michel PLATINI (France) 9.EUSÉBIO Ferreira da Silva (Portugal) 10.ROMÁRIO de Souza Farias (Brazil) 11.Lev YASHIN (Russia) 12.Roberto RIVELLINO (Brazil) 13.Valdir Pereira - DIDI (Brazil) 14.Just FONTAINE (France) 15.Daniel Alberto PASSARELLA (Argentina) 16.Arthur Antunes Coimbra - ZICO (Brazil) 17.Franchescino BARESI (Italy) 18.Robert "BOBBY" CHARLTON (England) 19.Elias Ricardo FIGUEROA Brander (Chile) 20.Lothar MATTHÄUS (Germany) 21.Gordon BANKS (England) 22.NÍLTON SANTOS (Brazil) 23.Josef Dieter MAIER (Germany) 24.Sandor KOCSIS (Hungary) 25.Angel Amadeo LABRUNA (Argentina) 26.Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 27.GEORGE BEST (Northern Ireland) 28.LEÔNIDAS DA SILVA (Brazil) 29.Hristo STOICHKOV (Bulgaria) 30.Francisco GENTO (Spain) 31.Ruud Dil GULLIT (Netherlands) 32.FRITZ WALTER (Germany) 33.Luigi RIVA (Italy) 34.Gerhardt "GERD" MÜLLER (Germany) 35.Arthur FRIEDENREICH (Brazil) 36.Paulo Roberto FALCÃO (Brazil) 37.Robert "BOBBY" Frederick MOORE (England) 38.GÉRSON de Oliveira Nunes (Brazil) 39.Paul BREITNER (Germany) 40.DOMINGOS Antônio DA GUIA (Brazil) 41.Dino ZOFF (Italy) 42.Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Germany) 43.Laszlo KUBALA (Hungary) 44.Uwe SEELER (Germany) 45.VALENTINO MAZZOLA (Italy) 46.CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES (Brazil) 47.OBDULIO Jacinto VARELA (Uruguay) 48.Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade - TOSTÃO (Brazil) 49.STANLEY MATTHEWS (England) 50.Raymond Kopaszewski "KOPA" (França) 51.DJALMA SANTOS (Brazil) 52.George WEAH (Liberia) 53.Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 54.PAOLO MALDINI (Italy) 55.HUGO SÁNCHEZ Márquez (Mexico) 56.Amadeo Raúl CARRIZO (Argentina) 57.Albert-Roger MILLA (Cameroun) 58.Zoltan CZIBOR (Hungary) 59.Leovegildo Lins Gama JÚNIOR (Brazil) 60.MICHAEL LAUDRUP (Denmark) 61.Josef MASOPUST (Czechoslovakia) 62.Antônio de Oliveira Filho - CARECA (Brazil) 63.Juan Alberto SCHIAFFINO (Uruguay) 64.ADEMIR DA GUIA (Brazil) 65.PAOLO ROSSI (Italy) 66.Jair "JAIRZINHO" Ventura Filho (Brazil) 67.Mário Esteves COLUNA (Portugal) 68.ADEMIR Marques DE MENEZES (Brazil) 69.Enzo FRANCESCOLI Uriarte (Uruguay) 70.Teófilo CUBILLAS (Peru) 71.Gaetano SCIREA (Italy) 72.Alain GIRESSE (France) 73.Júlio "JULINHO" BOTELHO (Brazil) 74.Luis "LUISITO" SUÁREZ Miramontes (Spain) 75.Giacinto FACCHETTI (Italy) 76.PEDRO Virgilio ROCHA Franchetti (Uruguay) 77.SÓCRATES Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Brazil) 78.Guillermo STÁBILE (Argentina) 79.Thomaz Soares da SIlva - ZIZINHO (Brazil) 80.Gheorghe HAGI (Romania) 81.Antônio "TONINHO" Carlos CEREZO (Brazil) 82.Ricardo ZAMORA Martínez (Spain) 83.RONALDO Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 84.Antonio CARBAJAL (Mexico) 85.Silvio PIOLA (Italy) 86.Giuseppe MEAZZA (Italy) 87.Carlos Alberto GAMARRA Pavón (Paraguay) 88.Gabriel Omar BATISTUTA (Argentina) 89.Paul John GASCOIGNE (England) 90.Frantisek PLANICKA (Czechoslovakia) 91.ROBERTO BAGGIO (Italy) 92.Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 93.Johan NEESKENS (Netherlands) 94.Julio César Romero "ROMERITO" Insfrán (Paraguay) 95.Davor SUKER (Croatia) 96.José Luís Félix CHILAVERT (Paraguay) 97.Jean Amadou TIGANA (France) 98.Mario Alberto KEMPES (Argentina) 99.Zbigniew BONIEK (Poland) 100.Franklin Edmundo RIJKAARD (Netherlands)
In December 1996, Planète Foot (France) published a list of the best 50 players of all time, on the occasion of its 50th edition. The list, in alphabetical order, follows below.
Gordon BANKS (England) Franceschino "Franco" BARESI (Italy) Franz BECKENBAUER (Germany) Oleg BLOKHIN (USSR) Robert "BOBBY" CHARLTON (England) Robert "BOBBY" MOORE (England) Zbigniew BONIEK (Poland) Paul BREITNER (Germany) Johann CRUYFF (Netherlands) Alfredo DI STEFANO (Argentina) EUSÉBIO Ferreira da Silva (Portugal) Just FONTAINE (France) Enzo FRANCESCOLI (Uruguay) Manoel Francisco dos Santos "GARRINCHA" (Brazil) Francisco GENTO (Spain) GEORGE BEST (Northern Ireland) GERD MÜLLER (Germany) GIANNI RIVERA (Italy) Ruud GULLIT (Netherlands) Jair Ventura Filho"JAIRZINHO" (Brazil) Mario Alberto KEMPES (Argentina) Kevin KEEGAN (England) Sandor KOCSIS (Hungary) Raymond KOPA (France) Denis LAW (Scotland) Diego Armando MARADONA (Argentina) Joseph MASOPUST (Czechoslovakia) Lothar MATTHÄUS (Germany) Johan NEESKENS (Netherlands) PAOLO MALDINI (Italy) PAOLO ROSSI (Italy) Édson Arantes do Nascimento "PELÉ" (Brazil) Michel PLATINI (France) Ferenc PUSKAS (Hungary) Pieter Robert RENSENBRINK (Netherlands) Roberto RIVELINO (Brazil) ROBERTO BAGGIO (Italy) ROMÁRIO de Souza Farias (Brazil) Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Germany) Alan SIMONSEN (Denmark) Omar Enrique SÍVORI (Argentina) Josip SKOBLAR (Yugoslavia) STANLEY MATTHEWS (England) Hristo STOICHKOV (Bulgaria) Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) Paul VAN HIMST (Belgium) George WEAH (Liberia) Lev YASHIN (USSR) Artur A. Coimbra "ZICO" (Brazil) Dino ZOFF (Italy)
Voetbal International (Netherlands) let Raf Willems present an all-time great every week in an avalanche of alliterations (as demonstrated by the subtitles). His selections were clearly biased towards Belgian and Dutch players, as was to be expected. The gallery was presented in alphabetical order and did not pretend to be exhaustive (or so at least one probably should construe the fact that Zubizarreta (rather than Zamora) is the only Spanish 'keeper appearing). Names listed as printed in the magazine.
Gordon Banks "De denkende doelman" Franco Baresi "Monument van Milan" Marco van Basten "Meest mishandelde midvoor" Franz Beckenbauer "Kaiser tussen kunst en kitsch" George Best "Tussen Busby en Beatles" Jan van Beveren "De kunst van het keepen" Oleg Blokhin "Briljant in bescheidenheid" Eric Cantona "Tussen Platini, punk en poëzie" Carlos Alberto "Aristocraat van de achterhoede" Jan Ceulemans "Kapitein en krachtmens" Bobby Charlton "De man van Manchester" Rik Coppens "Diamant en dondersteen" Johan Cruijff "Dichter en denker" Kenny Dalglish "King of the Kop" Eusebio "Lust en liefde in Lissabon" Garrincha "Goddelijke gek" Eric Gerets "Tegenstrijdige temperamenten" Ruud Gullit "Dutch dreadlocks" Wim van Hanegem "De Kromme en de kameraden van de Kuip" Ernst Happel "Weense Weltmeister" Jairzinho "Futebol uit de favela" Jimmy Johnstone "Vlo op de vleugel" Mario Kempes "Goleador van de generaals" Grzegorz Lato "Voetballen in vrijheid" Michael Laudrup "Deense dribbelkoning" Denis Law "Schutter en schelm" Diego Maradona "Tussen poëzie en perversie" Stanley Matthews "De droom van de dribbelaar" Sandro Mazzola "Mysterieuze meester van Milaan" Ladislau Mazurkiewicz "Vreemdeling op het voetbalveld" Bobby Moore "Wijsheid en welvaart van West Ham" Gerd Müller "Bomber van Bayern" Johan Neeskens "Snijdende slidings" Günter Netzer "Muze van Mönchengladbach" Antonin Panenka "Praagse penalty's" Daniel Passarella "Krijger en keizer" Pelé "Koninklijke kunst" Jean-Marie Pfaff "Clowneske klassekeeper" Michel Platini "Schepper van schoonheid" Ferenc Puskas "Magische Magyaar" Rivelino "Legendarische linkervoet" Frank Rijkaard "Bedaard boegbeeld" Uwe Seeler "Volksheld in Volkspark" Socrates "Dokter tegen dictatuur" Di Stefano "Man van de macht" Tostão "Brein van Brazilië" Lev Yashin "Mythe van Moskou" Zico "Fluweel van Flamengo" Dino Zoff "Zelfverzekerde zwijger" Andoni Zubizarreta "Bask in Barcelona"
Voetbal International (Netherlands) held an election (among its readers) to select a "Century XI", in 4-3-3 formation. For each position ten names were selected by the magazine as the all-time best, ten more were listed to give the readers additional choice.
Jasjin
Carlos Alberto Beckenbauer Rijkaard Maldini
Di Stefano Cruijff Maradona
Garrincha Pelé Gento
The alternatives were (names as listed in magazine):
1 Jasjin
2-10 Zoff, Banks, Zamora, Beara, Gilmar, Grosics, Schroif, Carbajal, Maier
11-20 Mazurkiewicz, Schumacher, Schmeichel, Van der Sar, Van Beveren, Dassajev,
Iribar, Combi, Jennings, Shilton
1 Carlos Alberto
2-10 Battiston, Burgnich, Geretz, Kaltz, Leandro, Neal, D. Santos, Suurbier,
Vogts
11-20 Armfield, Van Binst, Dobias, Djorkaeff, Gentile, Janes, João Pinto,
Josimar, McGrain, Szymanowksi
1 Beckenbauer
2-10 Baresi, Happel, Koeman, Krol, Moore, Olsen, Passarella, Scirea, Wright
11-20 Hughes, Humberto Coelho, Israel, Meeuws, Nordqvist, Pirri, Rosato,
Sisternev, Tresor, Zmuda
1 Rijkaard
2-10 Galvan, J. Charlton, K.H. Förster, Hanse, Kohler, Nielsen, Ondrus,
Santamaria, Schwarzenbeck
11-20 Ferri, Goicoechea, Hulshoff, Lorant, Luisinho, Miqueli, O'Leary, Pezzey,
Picchi, Riggeri
1 Maldini
2-10 F. de Boer, Branco, Demianenko, Facchetti, Junior, Nilton Santos,
Schnellinger, Tarantini, Wilson
11-20 Bossis, Breitner, Cabrini, Camacho, Hapgood, Jusufi, Lantos, Marche,
De Vecchi, Hilario
1 Di Stefano
2-10 Ardiles, Boszik, Didi, Di Stefano, Falcão, Hanappi, Jansen,
Matthäus, Neeskens, Robson
11-20 Andrade, Ball, Bremner, Clodoaldo, Edwards, Giresse, Michel, Van Moer,
Souness, Tardelli
1 Cruijff
2-10 Charlton, Deyna, Kopa, Kubala, Platini, Rivera, Schiaffino, Sivori, Zico
11-20 Antognoni, Boniek, Coluna, Hoddle, Liedholm, Mazzola, Panenka, Schuster,
Socrates, Zizinho
1 Maradona
2-10 Gerson, Hagi, Van Hanegem, Masopust, Netzer, Puskas, Rivelino, Suarez,
Walter
11-20 Bardy, Coeck, Corso, Gordillo, Lerby, A. Mühren, Netto, Nygaard,
Overath, Sigurvinsson
1 Garrincha
2-10 Boniperti, Fazekas, Gren, Gullit, Jairzinho, Keegan, Lato, Matthews,
Rummenigge
11-20 Amancio, Bene, Bonev, Causio, Dalglish, Haller, Hamrin, Littbarski,
Rep, Simonsen
1 Gento
2-10 Best, Blochin, Czibor, Dzajic, Finney, Keizer, Lubanski, Moulijn, Riva
11-20 Bastin, Bettega, Ceulemans, Cubillas, M. Laudrup, Rensenbrink, Six,
Skoglund, Stoitchkov, Zagalo
1 Pelé
2-10 Altafini, Van Basten, Eusebio, Greaves, Kocsis, Gerd Müller, Nordahl,
Romario, Seeler
11-20 Fontaine, Hidegkuti, Van Himst, Kempes, Krankl, Lawton, Rossi, Rush,
Hugo Sánchez, Tostão
Sources: [fra], [gue], [pla], [vi], [ws].
Thanks to Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@terra.com.br) for Placar's and Planète Foot's lists and the final World Soccer ranking; thanks to José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com) for the France Football list.
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