World Positional Ranking of The Eras

Ranking players by position required at least 3 international-class seasons within five seasons considered so the number of qualified players are simply different between positions and eras. The first half of decade count from the last digit 0 to 4 and the second half 5  to 9. However, it allows margin +/- 1 in only case of continuity of performance. The limitation of such a list is some of performances were conducted at the border between eras. For example, Cha Bum Kun reached world-class half of season in 1979 and he played in Korean league before that time so he is not qualified for the 1970s. He also achieved twice international-class seasons in each of half during 1980s and not qualified for each as well.

The 1892 - 1900s

Goalkeeper

1. Leigh Richmond Roose (Stoke City, Wales)
2. Ned Doig (Sunderland, Scotland)

Full-Back

1. Bob Crompton (Blackburn, England)

2. Billy McCracken (Newcastle, England)

3. Howard Spencer (Aston Villa, England)

Half-Back

1. Ernest Needham (Sheffield United, England)

2. Alex Raisbeck (Liverpool, Scotland)
3. Andy Aitken (Newcastle, Scotland)
4. Neilly Gibson (Rangers, Scotland)
5. John Robertson (Rangers, Scotland)

Outside-Forward

1. Billy Meredith (Man City, Man Utd, Wales)

2. Billy Bassett (West Bromwich Albion, England)

3. Alex Smith (Rangers, Scotland)
4. Johannes Gandil (B93, Denmark)
5. Arthur Bridgett (Sunderland, England)

Inside-Forward/ Withdrawn Center-Forward

1. Bobby Walker (Hearts, Scotland)

2. John Goodall (Derby, England)

3. Johann Studnicka (Wienner AC, Austria)

4. Alf Common (Middlesborough, England)

Center-Forward

1. Steve Bloomer (Derby County, England)

2. Robert Hamilton (Rangers, Scotland)
3. Jimmy Quinn (Celtic, Scotland)

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The First Half 1910s

Goalkeeper

1. Sam Hardy (Aston Villa, England)

Full-Back

1. Bob Crompton (Blackburn, England)

2. Billy McCracken (Newcastle, England)

3. Renzo De Vecchi (Genoa, Italy)

4. Bok De Korver (Sparta Rottderdam, Netherlands)

5. Jesse Pennington (West Bromwich, England)

Half-Back

1. Nils Middelboe (Copnehegen Boldklub, Denmark)

2. Francisco Olazar (Racing Club, Argentina))

3. Andy Aitken (Newcastle, Scotland)
4. Charlies Roberts (Man Utd, England)
5. Gyula Biro (MTK, Hungary)

Outside-Forward

1. Billy Meredith (Man City, Man Utd, Wales)

Inside-Forward/ Withdrawn Center-Forward

1. Jan Studnicka (Wienner AC, Austria) 

2. Jose Piendibene (Penarol, Uruguay)

3. Vaclav Pilat (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
4. Louis Van Hege (AC Milan, Belgium)
5. Sophus Nielsen (BK Frem, Denmark)
6. Vilmos Kertesz (MTK, Hungary)

Center-Forward

1. Imre Schlosser (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

2. Poul Tist Nielsen (Copenheghen Boldklub, Denmark)
3. Adolf Jager (FC Altona, Germany)

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The Second Half 1910s

Goalkeeper

1. Pierre Chayrigues (Red Star Paris, France)

2. Karoly Zsak (33-FC, Hungary)

3. Cayetano Saporiti (Montediveo Wanderers, Uruguay)

Full-Back

1. Alec Mcnair (Celtic, Scotland)
2. Armand Swartenbroeks (Daring Bruxelles, Belgium)
3. Joe Dodds (Celtic, Scotland)

4. Alfredo Foglino (Nacional, Uruguay)
5. Gyula Fedmann (Ferencvaroc, MTK, Hungary)

Half-Back

1. José María Belauste (Athletic Bilbao, Spain)
2. Josef Brandstatter (Rapid Vienna, Austria)
3. Francisco Olazar (Racing Club, Argentina)
4. Amilcar Barbuy (Corinthians, Brazil)
5. Gunnar Andersen (Lynn, Norwar) 
6. Karl Gustfsson (Djurgaden, Sweden)

Outside-Forward

1. Patsy Gallagher (Celtic, Scotland)
2. Isabelino Gradin (Penarol, Uruguay)

Inside-Forward/ Withdrawn Center-Forward

1. Jose Piendibene (Penarol, Uruguay) 
2. Vaclav Pilat (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)

3. Angel Romano (Nacional, Uruguay)

4. Alberto Ohaco (Racing Club, Argentina)

5. Neco (Corinthians, Brazil)
6. Jimmy Mcmenemy (Celtics, Scotland)
7. Jan Vanik (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Center-Forward

1. Alfred Schaffer (MTK Hungary, Hungary)

2. Arthur Friedenreich (Paulistano, Brazil)
3. Poul Tist Nielsen (Copenheghen Boldklub, Denmark)

4. Imre Schlosser (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
5. Otto Harder (Hamburger, Germany)

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The First Half 1920s

Goalkeeper

1. Heinrich Stuhlfauth  (Nurnberg, Germany)

2. Americo Tesoriere (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

3. Ference Plattko (MTK, Bacelona, Hungary)

4. Elisha Scott (Liverpool, Ireland)

5. Andres Mazali (Nacional, Uruguay)

6. Karoly Zsak (33-FC, Hungary)

7. Jean De Bie (Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Full-Back

1. Karoly Fogl  (Ujpest, Hungary)

2. Fritz Tarp (B93, Denmark)

3. Renzo De Vecchi (Genoa, Italy)
4. Harry Denis (HBS, Netherlands)
5. Josef Blum (First Vienna, Austria)
6. Rudolf Ramseyer (Bern, Switzerland) 
7. Fred Keenor (Cardiff, Wales)
8. Lucien Gamblin (Red Star, France)

Half-Back

1. Karel Pesek-Kada (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
2. Amilcar Barbuy (Corinthians, Brazil)

3. David Meiklejohn (Rangers, Scotland)

4. Manuel Flietas Solich (Olimpia, Paraguay)
5. Franrisek Kolenaty (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)

6. Agostinho Fortes (Fluminese, Brazil)
7. Hans Kalb (Nuirnberg, Germany)

Outside-Forward

1. Alan Morton (Rangers, Scotland)
2. Jozsef Braun (MTK, Hungary)

3. Angel Romano (Nacional, Uruguay)
4. Jan de Natis (Ajax, Netherlands)

Inside-Forward

1. Gyorgi Orth (Mtk, Hungary)

2. Hector Scarone (Nacional, Uruguay)
3. Josep Samitier (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Kalman Konrad (Wienner Amateur, Hungary

5. Manuel Seoane (Independiente, Argentina)
6. Rene Petit (Real Union, France)

7. Billy Walker (Aston Villa, England)
8. Waclaw Kuchar (Pogon Lwow, Poland)

Center-Forward

1. Arthur Friedenreich (Paulistiano, Brazil)

2. Charlie Buchan (Sunderland, England)

3. Paulinho Alcantara (Barcelona, Spain)

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The Second Half 1920s

Goalkeeper

1. Ricardo Zamora (Espanyol, Spain)

2. Ference Plattko (MTK, Bacelona, Hungary)

3. Elisha Scott (Liverpool, Ireland)

4. Heinrich Stuhlfauth  (Nurnberg, Germany)

5. Giovanni De Pra (Genoa, Italy)

6. Frantisek Planicka (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)
7. Jean De Bie (Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Full-Back

1. Jose Nasazzi (Bella Vista, Uruguay)
2. Fritz Tarp (B93, Denmark)

3. Virginio Rosetta (Juventus, Italy)

4. Karoly Fogl  (Ujpest, Hungary)
5. Josef Blum (First Vienna, Austria)
6. Rudolf Ramseyer (Bern, Switzerland)
7. Ludovico Bidoglio (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
8. Roy Goodall (Huddrsfield Town, England) 
9. William Mcstay (Celtic, Scotland)

10. Umberto Caligaris (Casale, Italy)

Center-Half

1. Luis Monti (San Lorenzo, Argentina)

2. Karel Pesek-Kada (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
3. Fulvio Bernardini (Inter Milan, Italy)

4. David Meiklejohn (Rangers, Scotland)
5. Jimmy Mcmullan (Man City, Scotland) 
6. Fyodor Selin (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union)

Half-Back

1. Jose Leandro Andrade (Nacional, Uruguay)

2. Juan Evaristo (Sportivo Palermo, Argentina)

3. Manuel Flietas Solich (Olimpia, Paraguay)

4. David Meiklejohn (Rangers, Scotland)
5. Faus Dos Santos (Vasco Da Gama, Brazil)

Outside-Forward

1. Alex Jackson (Hudderfield, Scotland)

2. Raimundo Orsi (Independiente, Argentina)
3. Jules Dewaquez (Marseille, France)
4. Ferdinand Wesely (Rapid Vienna, Austria)

Inside-Forward/Playmaker

1. Hector Scarone (Nacional, Uruguay)
2. Adolfo Baloncieri (Alessandria, Torino, Italy)
3. Max Abggelen (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)

4. Rene Petit (Real Union, France)
5. Manuel Ferreira (Estudientes, Argentina)
6. Fulvio Bernardini (Roma, Italy)

Inside-Forward

1. Raymond Braine (Belgium)
2. Antonin Puc (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)
3. Svenn Rydell (Örgryte IS, Sweden)
4. Julio Liobanatti (Torino, Italy)

5. Pedro Cea (Lito, Uruguay)
6. Domingo Tarasconi (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
7. Roberto Cherro (Boca Juniors. Argentina)
8. Aurelio Gonzalez (Olimpia, Paraguay)

Center-Forward

1. Dixie Dean (Everton, England)

2. Jozsef Takacs (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
3. Hughie Gallagher (Newcastle, Scotland)

4. Jimmy Mcgrory (Celtic, Scotland)

5. Pedro Petrone (Nacional, Uruguay)

6. Dave Halliday (Sunderland. Scotland)

6. Matthias Sindelar (Austria Wienna, Austria)
7. Angelo Schiavio (Bologna, Italy)

8. Mikhail Butusov (Leningard, Soviet Union)

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The First Half 1930s

Goalkeeper

1. Ricardo Zamora (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. Gianpiero Combi (Juventus, Italy)

3. Frantisek Planicka (Slavia Prague)

4. Rudolph Hiden (Winner AC, Austria)
5. Harry Hibbs (Birmingham, England)

6. Hans Jakob (Regensburg, Germany)

Full-Back

1. Jacinto Quincoces (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. Jose Nasazzi (Nacional, Uruguay)

3. Severino Minelli (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)
4. Umberto Caligaris (Juventus, Italy)

5. Eddie Hapgood (Arsenal, England)

6. Karl Sesta (Wienner AC, Austria)

7. Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna, Italy)

8. Luigi Allemandi (Inter Milan, Italy)

9. Roy Goodall (Hudderfield. England)

Center-Half

1. Luis Monti (Juventus, Italy)

2. Josef Smistik (Rapid Wienna, Austria)

3. Gyorgi Sarosi (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

4. Fritz Szepan (Schalke, Germany)

5. Lorenzo Fernandez (Panarol, Uruguay)

6. Leopold Hofmann (First Vienna, Austria)

Half-Back

1. Luigi Bertolini (Juventus, Italy)

2. Walter Nausch (Austria Wienna, Austria)

3. Puck Van Heel (Feyenoord, Netherlands)

4. Mirolad Arsenijevic (BSK Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
4. Alvaro Gestido (Penarol, Uruguay)

Outside-Forward

1. Raimundo Orsi (Juventus, Italy)

2. Carlos Peucelle (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Antonin Puc (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)

4. Cliff Bastin (Arsenal, England)

5. Eric Brook (Man City, England)
6. Karl Zischek (Wacker Wienna, Austria)
7. Aleksandar Tirnanic (BSK Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
8. Sammy Crook (Derby, England)'
9. Sergey Ilyin (Dinamo Moscow, Soviet Union)

Inside-Forward/Playmaker

1. Giovanni Ferrari (Juventus, Italy)

2. Alex James (Arsenal, Scotland)

3. Fritz Gschweidl (First Vienna, Austria)

4. Renato Cesarini (Juventus, Italy)
5. Luis Regueiro (Real Madrid, Spain)

Inside-Forward

1. Giuseppe Meazza (Inter Milan, Italy)

2. Matthias Sindelar  (Austria Wienna, Austria)

3. Anton Schall (Austria Wienna, Austria)

4. Oldrich Nejedly (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)

5. Ernest Kuzorra (Schalke, Germany)

6. Raymond Braine (Belgium) 
7. Bernard Voorhoof (SK Lierse, Belgium)
8. Frantisek Svoboda (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)
9. Ivan Hitrec (HASK, Yugoslavia)

10. Bob Mcphail (Rangers, Scotland)
11. Francisco Varallo (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

12. David Jack (Arsenal, England)

Center-Forward

1. Richard Hofmann (Dresdener, Germany)

2. Isidro Langara (Real Oviedo, Spain)

3. Istvan Alvar (Ujpest, Hungary)

4. Jozsef Takacs (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

5. Jimmy Mcgrory (Celtic, Scotland)

6. Bernabe Ferreyra (River Plate, Argentina)

7. Blagoje Marjanovic (BSK Beogtade, Yugoslavia)

8. Pauli Jorgensen (Frem, Denmark)

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The Second Half 1930s

Goalkeeper

1. Frantisek Planicka (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)

2. Aldo Oliveri (Luchesse ,Italy)

3. Hans Jakob (Regensburg, Germany)

4. Rudolph Hiden (Sochux, Austria)

5. Franjo Glaser (BSK Belgrade, Gadanski Zagreb)
6. Antal Szabo (MTK, Hungary)

Full-Back

1. Domingos Da Guia (Boca Juniors, Flamengo, Brazil)

2. Paul Janes (Fortuna Dusseldorf, Germany)

3. Pietro Rava (Juventus, Italy)

4. Reinhold Munzenberg (Aachen, Germany)

5. Alfredo Foni (Juventus, Italy)
6. Severino Minelli (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)

7. Sandro Biro (MTK Budapest, Hungary)
8. Aleksander Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)

Center-Half

1. Michele Andreolo (Bologna, Italy)

2. Ludwig Goldbrunner (Bayern Munich, Germany)
3. Andrey Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
4. Ernesto Lazzatti (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
5. Gyula Lazar (Ferencevaroc, Hungary)
6. Jose Maria Minella (River Plate, Argentina)
7. Wilf Copping (Arsenal, England)

Half-Back

1. Andreas Kupfer (FC Schweinfurt 05, Germany)
2. Walter Nausch (Austria Wienna, Austria)

3. Gyula Lazar (Ferencvaros. Hungary)

4. Jose Maria Minella (River Plate, Argentina)

5. Luliu Baratky (Rapid Bucharest, Romania)

6. Albin Kitzinger (Schweinfurt, Germany)
7. Ugo Locatelli (Inter Milan, Italy)

8. Segundo Castillo (Sports Boy, Peru)

Outside-Forward

1. Enrique Garcia (Racing Club, Argentina) 

2. Carlos Peucelle (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Cliff Bastin (Arsenal, England)

4. Eric Brook (Manchester City, England)

5. Ernst Lehner  (Augsburg, Germany)

6. Ferenc Sas (MTK, Boca, Hungary)

7. Grigory Fedotov (CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union)

8. Roberto Porta (Inter Milan, Nacional, Uruguay)

9. Alfred Aston (Red Star, France)

10. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City, England)

Inside-Forward

1. Gyorgi Sarosi (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

2. Gyula Zsengeller (Ujpest, Hungary)

3. Jose Manuel Moreno (River Plate, Argentina)

4. Giuseppe Meazza (Inter Milan, Italy)

5. Antonio Sastre (Independiente, Argentina)

6. Fritz Szepan (Schalke, Germany)

7. Ernest Wilimowski (Ruch Chorzow, Poland)

8. Raich Carter (Sunderland, England)
9. Gez Toldi (Ferencvaroc, Hungary)
10. Kick Smit (Haarlem, Netherlands)
11. Laszlo Cseh (MTK, Hungary)

Center-Forward

1. Arsenio Erico (Independiente, Paraguay)

2. Leonidas Da Silva (Flamengo, Brazil)

3. Silvio Piola (Lazio, Italy)

4. Franz Binder (Rapid Wienna, Austria)

5. Josef Bican (Slavia Prague, Austria)

6. Tommy Lawton  (Everton, England)
7. Hermimio Masantonio (Huracan, Argentina)

8. Teodoro Fernandez (Universitario, Peru)

9. Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
10. Blagoje Marjanovic (BSK Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

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The First Half 1940s

Goalkeeper

1. Franjo Graser (Gadanski Zagreb, Yugoslavia)

2. Sergio Livingstone (Universidad De Chile, Chile)

3. Jose Soriano (River Plate, Peru)

Full-Back

1. Domingos Da Guia (Flamengo, Brazil)

2. Pietro Rava (Juventus, Italy)

3. Sandor Szuc (Szolnoki, Hungary)

4. Jose Salomon (Racing Club, Argentina)

Center-Half

1. Obdulio Varela (Montediveo Wanderers, Penarol, Uruguay)

2. Angel Perucca (Newell's Old Boy, Argentina)

Half-Back

1. Carlos Sosa (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

2. Schubert Gambetta (Nacional, Uruguay)

Outside-Forward

1. Amadeo Biavati (Bologna, Italy)
2. Manuel Pelegrina (Estudientes, Argentina)

3. Enrique Garcia (Racing Club, Argentina)

Inside-Forward

1. Jose Manuel Moreno (River Plate, Argentina)

2. Adolfo Pedernera (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Antonio Sastre (Sao Paulo, Argentina)

4. Roberto Porta (Nacional, Uruguay)

5. Zizinho (Flamengo, Brazil)

6. Ernest Wilimowski (Chemnitz, Germany)

7. Karl Decker (First Wienna, Austria)

Center-Forward

1. Josef Bican (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)

2. Fernando Peyroteo (Sporting Portugal, Portugal)

3. Leonidas Da Silva (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

4. Heleno De Freitas (Botafogo, Brazil)

5. Atillio Garcia (Nacional, Uruguay)  
6. Albert De Cleyn (Mechelen, Belgium) 

7. Isidro Langara (San Lorenzo, Real Espana, Spain)
8. Edmun Conen (Stuttgart Kickers, Germany)

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The Second Half 1940s

Goalkeeper

1. Roque Maspoli (Penarol, Uruguay) 

2. Moacir Barbosa (Vasco, Brazil)

3. Frank Swift (Manchester City)

4. Valerio Bacigalupo (Torino, Italy)

5. Alexei Khomich (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union)

6. Joao Azevado (Sporting, Portugal)

Full-Back

1. Neil Franklin (Stoke City, England)

2. Virgilio Maroso (Torino, Italy)

3. Branko Stankovic (Redstar Belgrade)
4. Carlo Parola (Juventus, Italy)

5. Erik Nilsson (Malmo FF, Sweden)

6. Johnny Carey (Man Utd, Ireland)

7. Ferenc Rudas (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
8. George Young (Rangers, Scotland)

9.  George Hardwick (Middlesborough, England)

Half-Back

1. Obdulio Varela (Penarol, Uruguay)

2. Danilo Alvim (Vasco Da Gama, Brazil)

3. Zlatko Cajkovski (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Nestor Rossi (River Plate, Argentina)

5. Ernst Ocwirk (Austria Vienna, Austria)

6. Schubert Gambetta (Nacional, Uruguay)

Outside-Forward

1. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City)

2. Felix Loustau (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Tom Finney (Preston North End)

4. Istvan Nyers (Stade Francais, Inter Milan, Hungary)

5. Tesourinha (Internacional,Brazil)

6. Agustin Gainza (Bilbao, Spain)
7. Chico (Vasco, Brazil)

8. Mario Boye (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

Inside-Forward (AM)

1. Zizinho (Flamengo, Brazil)

2. Valentino Mazzola (Torino, Italy)

6. Norberto Mendez (Racing Club, Argentina)       

3. Adolfo Pedernera (Millonarios, Argentina)

4. Jose Manuel Moreno (River Plate, Argentina)

5. Jair Da Rosa (Flamengo, Brazil)

7. Gunnar Gren (IFK Gothenberg, Sweden)

8. Larbi Benbarek (Stade Francais, France)

1. Amedeo Anadaei(Rona, Itaky)

9. Jose Travasoss (Sporting Portugal, Portugal)

10. Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough, England)

Inside-Forward (FW)

1. Ferenc Puskas (Kispest Honved, Hungary)

2. Angel Labruna (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Stjepan Bobek (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Rinaldo Martino (San Lorenzo, Juventus, Argentina)

5. Alfredo Di Stefano (River Plate, Millinarios, Argentina)

6. Faas Wilkes (Xerxes, Netherlands)

7. Karl Decker (First Wienna, Austria)

Center-Forward

1. Ferenc Deak (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

2. Ademir De Menezes (Vasco Da Gama, Brazil)

3. Telmo Zarra (Athletic Bilbao, Spain)

4. Rene Pontoni (San Lorenzo, Argentina)

5. Heleno De Freitas (Botafogo, Brazil)

6. Jeff Mermans (Anderletch, Belgium)

7. Abe Lenstra (Herenveen, Netherlands)

8. Ferenc Szusza (Ujpest, Hungary)
9. Stan Mortensen (Blackpool, England)

10. Gunnar Nordahl (Norrkoping, Sweden)

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The First Half 1950s

Goalkeeper

1. Vladimir Beara (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
2. Toni Turek (Dusseldorf, Germany)

3. Walter Zeman (Rapid Wienna, Austria)

4. Amadeo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina)

5. Antonio Ramallets (Barcelona, Spain)
6. Gyula Grosics (Budapest Honved, Hungary)

7. Bert Trautmann (Man City, West Germany)
8. Roque Maspoli (Penarol, Uruguay)  

9. Moacir Barbosa (Vasco, Brazil)

10. Kalle Svensson (Helsingborg, Sweden)

11. Bert Williams (Wolveshampton, England)

Defensive Lateral

1. Nilton Santos (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Victor Rodriguez Andrade (Penarol, Uruguay)

3. Branko Stankovic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Sergio Cervato (Fiorentina, Italy)

5. Joan Segarra (Barcelona, Spain)

6. Mikhail Ogonkov (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

Central Defender

1. Billy Wright  (Wolvehampton, England)

2. Jose Santamaria (Nacional, Uruguay)

3. Josef Posipal (Hamburger, West Germany)
4. Ernest Happel (Rapid Vienna, Austria)

5. Robert Jonquet (Reims, France)
6. Ivan Horvat (Dinamo Zagreb, Frankfurt, Yugoslavia)

7. Alexandru Apolzan (Steua Bucharest, Romania)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Jozsef Bozsik (Kispest Honved, Hungary)

2. Ernst Ocwirk (Austria Wienna, Austria)

3. Gerhard Hanappi (Rapid Wienna, Austria)
4. Igor Netto  (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

5. Nestor Rossi (Millonarios, Argentina)

6. Zlatko Cajkovski (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
7. Bauer (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
8. Axel Pilmark (Bologna, Denmark)

9. VIctor Mees (Royal Antwerp, Belgium)
10. Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth, England)
11. Stefan Bozhkov (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)

Outside-Forward

1. Zoltan Czibor (Budapest Honved, Hungary)
2. Tom Finney (Preston Northend, England)

3. Helmut Rahn (Rot-Weiss Essen, West Germany)

4. Julinho (Portuguesa, Brazil)
5. Karl Aage Praest (Juventus, Denmark)
6. Istvan Nyers (Inter Milan, Hungary)
7. Hans Schafer (FC Koln, West Germany)

8. Estanislao Basora (Barcelona, Spain)
9. Alcides Ghiggia (Penarol, Roma, Uruguay)
10. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City, England)

11. Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus, Italy)

12. Lennart Skoglund (Inter Milan, Sweden)
13. Julio Cesar Abbadie (Penarol, Uruguay)

Inside-Forward (AM)

1. Nils Liedholm (AC Milan, Sweden)

2. Juan Schiaffino (Penarol, Uruguay)

3. Zizinho (Bangu, Brazil)
4. Gunnar Gren (AC Milan, Sweden)
5. Karl Aage Hansen (Juventus, Denmark)
6. Rajko Mitic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

7. Kee Rijvers (Saint Etienne, Stade de Francis, Netherlands)

8. Larbi Benbarek (Atletico Madrid, Marseille, France)

9. Iosif Petschovschi (CCA Bucharest, Romania)

Inside-Forward (FW)

1. Ferenc Puskas (Budapest Honved, Hungary)

2. Alfredo Di Stefano (Millonarios, Real Madrid, Argentina)

3. Fritz Walter (Kaiserslautern, West Germany)

4. Laszlo Kubala (Barcelona, Spain)

5. Nandor Hidegkuti (MTK Hungary, Hungary)
6. John Angelo Hansen (Juventus, Denmark)

7. Bernard Vukas (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)

8. Abe Lenstra (Hereenveen, Netherlands)

9. Stjepan Bobek (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

10. Faas Wilkes (Inter Milan, Valencia, Netherlands)

11. Claudio Christovam (Sao Paolo, Brazil)

12. Henri Coppens (K Beerschot, Belgium) 

13. Max Morlock (Nuremberg, West Germany)

14. Erich Probst (Rapid Vienna, Austria)

Center-Forward

1. Sandor Kocsis (Budapest Honved, Hungary)

2. Gunnar Nordahl (AC Milan, Sweden)

3. Nat Lofthouse (Bolton, England)
4. Milos Milutinovic (Partizan, Yugoslavia)

5. Oscar Miguez (Penarol, Uruguay)

6. Valeriano Lopez (Sports Boy, Alianza Lima, Peru)
7. Jackie Milburn (Newcastle, England)

8. Robert Dienst (Rapid Vienna, Austria)

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The Second Half 1950s

Goalkeeper

1. Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union)

2. Vladimir Beara (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

3. Amadeo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina)

4. Bert Trautmann (Man City, England)
5. Fritz Herkenrath (Rot-Weiss Essen, Germany)

6. Lorenzo Buffon (AC Milan, Italy)
7. Gyula Grosics (Budapest Honved, Tatabanya, Hungary)

8. Gilmar (Corinthains, Brazil)

9. Antonio Ramallets (Barcelona, Spain)

10. Georgi Naydenov (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)
11. Jack Kelsey (Arsenal, Wales)
12. Rogelio Dominguez (Racing Club, Real Madrid, Argentina)

Defensive Lateral

1. Nilton Santos (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Djalma Santos (Portuguesa, Brazil)

3. Sergio Cervato (Fiorentina, Italy)

4. Orvar Bergmark (Orebro, Sweden)
5. Joan Segarra (Barcelona, Spain)

Central Defender

1. Jose Santamaria (Nacional, Real Madrid, Uruguay, Spain)

2. Billy Wright (Wolvehampton, England)

3. Branko Zebec (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Hilderaldo Bellini (Sao Paolo, Brazik)

5. Robert Jonquet (Reims, France)
6. Herbert Erhardt (SPvgg Furt)

7. Guillermo Delgado (Alianza Lima, Peru)

8. Cor Van De Hart (Lille, Netherlands) 
9. Pedro Dellacha (Racing Club, Argentina)
10.​ Ake Johansson (Norkopping, Sweden)​

Defensive Midfielder

1. Duncan Edwards (Man Utd, England)

2. Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham, Northern Ireland)

3. Horst Szymaniak (Wuppertaler, Germany)

4. Jozsef Bozsik (Kispest Honved, Hungary)

5. Ernst Ocwirk (Sampdoria, Italy)
6. Igor Netto  (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

7. Josef Masopust (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)

8. Gerhard Hanappi (Rapid Wienna, Austria)

9. Karl Koller (First Wienna, Austria)

10. Dave Mackay (Hearts, Scotland)
11. Horst Eckel (Kaiserslautern, West Germany)

12. VIctor Mees (Royal Antwerp, Belgium)

Outside-Forward

1. Garrincha (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Julinho  (Fiorentina, Brazil)

3. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Omar Corbatta (Racing Club, Argentina)

5. Bora Kostic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

6. Zoltan Czibor (Barcelona, Hungary)

7. Helmut Rahn (Rot-Weiss Essen, West Germany)
8. Enrique Hormazabal (Colo Colo, Chile)

9. Canhoteiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

10. Juan Joya  (Alianza Lima, Peru)

11. Karoly Sandor (MTK Budapest, Hungary)

12. Lennart Skoglund  (Inter Milan, Sweden)

13. Ivan Kolev (CSKA Moscow, Bulgaria)
14. Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

Inside-Forward (AM)

1. Didi (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Raymond Kopa (Reims, Real Madrid, France)

3. Nils Liedholm (AC Milan, Sweden)
4. Luis Suarez Miramontes (Barcelona, Spain)

5. Johnny Haynes (Fulham, England)
6. Ernesto Grillo (Independiente, AC Milan, Argentina)
7. Jimmy Mcirloy (Burnley, Northern Ireland)

Inside-Forward (FW)

1. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. Pele (Santos, Brazil)

3. Omar Sivori (River Plate, Juventus, Argentina)

4. Kurt Hamrin (Fiorentina, Sweden)

5. Jose Sanfilippo (San Lorenzo, Argentina)

6. Laszlo Kubala (Barcelona, Spain)

7. Roger Piantoni (Reims, France)
8. Antonin Angelillo (Inter Milan, Argentina)

9. Alberto Terry (Universitario, Peru)
10. Hamberto Maschio (Bologna, Italy)
11. Hector Rial (Real Madrid, Argentina)

12. Erich Hof (Winner Sports Club, Austria)

Center-Forward

1. Uwe Seeler (Hamburg, West Germany)

2. Just Fontaine (Reims, France)

3. John Charles (Juventus, Wales)

4. Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow, Soviet Union)

5. Vava (Vasco Da Gama, Atletico Madrid, Brazil)

6. Thadee Cisowski (RC Paris, France)

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The First Half 1960s

Goalkeeper

1. Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union)

2. Gilmar (Santos, Brazil)

3. Amadeo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina)

4. Hans Tilkowski (Dortmund, West Germany)

5. Villiam Schrojf (Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)
6. Antonio Roma (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

7. Giuliano Sarti (Inter Milan, Italy)

8. Augustin Cejas (Racing Club, Argentina)

9. Milutin Soskic (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

10. Gordon Banks (Leicester, England)

11. Antonio Carbajal (Leon, Mexico)

Defensive Lateral

1. Karlheinz Schnellinger (FC Klon, Matova, Roma, West Germany)

2. Djalma Santos (Palmeiras, Brazil)

3. Silvio Marzolini (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

4. Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool, England)

5. Klaus Urbanczk (Chemie Halle, East Germany)
6. Feliciano Rivilla (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
7. Ray Wilson (Everton, England)

Central Defender

1. Cesare Maldini (Milan, Italy)

2. Jan Popluhar (Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)

3. Bobby Moore (West Ham, England)

4. Mauro Ramos (Santos, Brazil)

5. Germano (Benfica, Portugal)

6. Jesus Garay (Bilbao, Spain)

7. Sandro Salvadore (Juventus, Italy)
8. Kalman Meszoly (Vasas Hungary)

9. William Martinez (Penarol, Uruguay)

10. Jorge Griffa (Atletico Marid, Argentina)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Josef Masopust (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)

2. Zito (Santos, Brazil)

3. Valery Voronin (Torpedo Moscow, Soviet Union)

4. Dave Mackay (Tottenham, Scotland)

5. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna, Italy)

6. Dino Sani (AC Milan, Brazil)

7. Horst Szymaniak (Catania, West Germany)
8. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna, Italy)

9. Svatopluk Pluskal (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)

10. Nestor Goncalves (Penarol, Uruguay)
11. Antonio Rattin (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

12. Victor Benitez (Boca Juniors. Peru)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Luis Suarez Miramontes (Inter Milan, Spain)

2. Gianni Rivera (AC Milan, Italy)

3. Dragoslav Sekularac (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Mario Coluna (Benfica, Portugal)

5. Helmut Haller (Bologna, West Germany)

6. Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain)

7. Bobby Charlton (Man Utd, England)

8. Jim Baxter (Rangers, Scotland)

9. Joseph Jurion (Anderlecht Belgium)

10. Ermindo Onega (River Plate, Argentina)

11. Janos Gorocs (Ujpest, Hungary)

12. Alan Ball (Everton, England)

13. Alfred Schmidt (Dortmund, Germany)

Offensive Lateral

1. Garrincha (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid, Spain)

3. Pepe (Santos, Brazil)

4. Amancio (Real Madrid, Spain)
5. Kurt Hamrin (Fiorentina, Sweden)

6. Juan Joya (Penarol, Peru)
7. Julinho Botelho (Fiorentina, Brazil)
8. Jose Augusto (Benfica, Portugal)

9. Leonel Sanchez (Universidad De Chile, Chile)
10. Juan Seminario (Real Zaragoza, Fiorentina, Peru)

11. Cliff Jones (Tottenham, Wales)

12. Sigfried Held (Doirtmund, West Germany)
13. Mikhail Meskhi (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)

14. Slava Metreveli (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)

Forward

1. Pele (Santos, Brazil)

2. Omar Sivori (Juventus, Italy)

3. Florian Albert (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

4. Ferenc Puskas (Real Madrid, Spain)

5. Paul Van Himst (Anderletch, Belgium)
6. Lajos Tichy (Budapest Honved, Hungary)

7. Milan Galic (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

8. Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow, Soviet Union)

9. Amarildo (Botafogo, AC Milan, Brazil)

10. Joseph Ujlaki (Nice, France)

Striker

1. Eusebio (Benfica, Portugal)

2. Denis Law (Man Utd, Scotland)

3. Uwe Seeler (Hamburg, West Germany)

4. Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham, England)

5. Alberto Spencer (Penarol, Uruguay)

6. Luis Artime (River Plate, Argentina)

7. Jose Altafini (AC Milan, Italy)

8. Countinho (Santos, Brazil)

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The Second Half 1960s

Goalkeeper

1. Gordon Banks (Leicester, Stoke, England)

2. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Penarol, Uruguay)

3. Enrico Albertosi (Cagliari, Italy)

4. Jose Angel Iribar (Athletic Bilbao, Spain)

5. Dino Zoff (Mantova, Napoli, Italy)
6. Augustin Cejas (Racing, Argentina)
7. Manga (Botafogo, Nacional, Brazil)
8. Fabio Cudicini (AC Milan, Italy)

9. Ivan Curkovic (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
10. Eddy Pieters Graafland (Feyernoord, Netherlands)

11. Petar Radenkovic (1860 Munich, Yugoslavia)

Defensive Lateral

1. Giacinto Facchetti (Inter Milan, Italy)

2. Carlos Alberto (Santos, Brazil)
3. Berti Vogts (Gladbachm West Germany)
4. Fahrudin Jusufi (Frankfurt, Yugoslavia)
5. Hilario (Sporting Portugalm Portugal)
6. Aleksandar Shalamanov (Slavia Sofia)

7. Tommy Gemmel (Celtic, Scotland)

8. Mirsad Fazlagic (Sarejevo, Yugoslavia)

9. Bernd Patzke (1860 Munich, Germany)

Central Defender

1. Bobby Moore (West Ham, England)

2. Karlheinz Schnellinger (AC Milan, Italy)

3. Albert Shesternev (CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union)

4. Willi Schulz (Hamburg, West Germany)

5. Hector Chumpitaz (Universitario, Peru)

6. Velibor Vasovic (Partizan Belgrade, Ajax, Yugoslavia) 

7. Roberto Perfumo (Racing Club, Argentina)
8. Roberto Rosato (AC Milan, Italy)

9. Elias Figueroa (Penarol, Chile)
10. Murtaz Khurtsilava (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
11. Wolfgang Weber (Cologne, West Germany)

12. Jack Charlton (Leeds, England)

13. Sandro Salvadore (Juventus, Italy)
14. Billy Mcneill (Celtic, Scotland)
15. Bjorn Nordqvist (Norkopping, Sweden)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

2. Willem Van Hanegem (Feyenoord, Netherlands)

3. Jose Pirri (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Antonio Rattin (Boca Juniors, Argentina)

5. Billy Bremner (Leeds United, Scotland)

6. John Greig (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)

7. Nestor Goncalves (Penarol, Uruguay)
8. Zeljko Perusic (1860 Munichm Yugoslavia)
9. Clodoaldo (Santos, Brazil)
10. Ruben Marcos (Universidad De Chile, Chile) 

Offensive Midfielder

1. Bobby Charlton (Man Utd, England)

2. Gianni Rivera (AC Milan, Italy)

3. Sandro Mazzola (Inter Milan, Italy)

4. Wolfgang Overath (FC Koln, West Germany)

5. Gerson (Botafogo, Brazil)

6. Pedro Rocha (Penarol, Uruguay)

7. Rivelino (Corinthains, Brazil)

8. Nicolae Dobrin (Arges Pitesti, Romania)

9. Ademir Da Guia (Palmeiras, Brazil)
10. Giancarlos De Sisti (Fiorentina, Italy)
11. Martin Peters (West Ham, England)
12. Dimitar Yakimov (Bulgaria) 

Offensive Lateral

1. George Best (Man Utd, Northern Ireland)

2. Dragan Dzajic (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

3. Jairzinho (Botafogo, Brazil)

4. Jimmy Johnstone (Glasgow Celtic, Scotland)

5. Coen Moulijn (Feyenoord, Netherlands)

6. Amancio (Real Madrid, Spain)

7. Mario Corso (Inter Milan, Italy)

8. Jair Da Costa (Inter Milan, Brazil)

9. Luis Cubilla (River Plate, Nacional, Uruguay)
10. Juan Ramon Veron (Estudientes, Argentina)

11. Oscar Mas (River Plate, Argentina)

12. Sjaak Swart (Ajax, Netherlands)
13. Sigfried Held (Dortmund, West Germany)

14. Igor Chislenko (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
15. Antonio Simoes (Benfica, Portugal)

Forward

1. Tostao (Cruzeiro, Brazil)

2. Florian Albert (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

3. Pele (Santos, Brazil)

4. Johan Cruyff (Ajax, Netherlands)

5. Ferenc Bene (Ujpest, Hungary)

6. Paul Van Himst (Anderlecht, Belgium)
7. Jarnos Farkas (Vasas, Hungary)

Striker

1. Eusebio (Benfica, Portugal)

2. Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

3. Luigi Riva (Cagliari, Italy)

4. Georgi Asparuhov (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria)
5. Geoff Hurst (West Ham, England)

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The First Half 1970s

Goalkeeper

1. Dino Zoff  (Juventus, Italy)

2. Gordon Banks (Leicester, England)

3. Pat Jennings  (Tottenham,  Northern Ireland)

4. Jurgen Croy (Sachsenring Zwickau, East Germany)

5. Sepp Maier (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

6. Ivo Viktor (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)

7. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Atletico Mineiro, Uruguay)

8. Evhen Rudakov (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

9. Jan Tomaszewski  (LKS Lodj, Poland)

10. Jan Van Beveren (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
11. Chirstian Piot (Standard Liege, Belgium)
12. Luciano Castellini (Torino, Italy)

13. Vitor Damas (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal)

14. Enver Maric (Velez Mostar, Yugoslavia)

Defensive Lateral

1. Berti Vogts (Monchengladbach, West Germany)

2. Giacinto Facchetti (Inter Milan, Italy)

3. Ruud Krol (Ajax, Netherlands)

4. Carlos Alberto (Santos, Brazil)

5. Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich, West Germany)
6. Evgeny Lovchev (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)
7. Terry Cooper (Leeds, England)

8. Enrique Wolff (Racing Club, RIver Plate, Argentina)
9. Pablo Forlan (Sao Paolo, Uruguay)

Central Defender

1. Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

2. Elias Figueroa (Internacional, Chile)

3. Hector Chumpitaz (Universitario, Peru)

4. Luis Pereira (Atletico Madrid, Brazil)
5. Barry Hulshoff (Ajax, Netherlands)
6. Attilio Ancheta (Gremio, Uruguay)
7. Humberto Coelho (Benfica, Portugal)
8. Rinus Israel (Feyernoord, Netherlands)
9. Jerzy Gorgon (Gornik Zabrezem Poland)
10. Murtaz Khurtsilava (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
11. Joseip Katalinski (Zeljeznocar, Yugoslavia)

12. Roy Mcfarland (Derby, England)

13. Dragan Holcer (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
14. Colin Todd (Derby, England)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Johan Neeskens (Ajax, Netherlands)

2. Willem Van Hanegem (Feyenoord, Netherlands)

3. Jose Pirri (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Billy Bremner (Leeds Utd, Scotland)

5. Clodoaldo (Santos, Brazil)

6. Rainor Bonhof (Gladbach, West Germany)

7. Wilson Piazza (Cruzeiro, Brazil)

8. Romeo Benetti (AC Milan, Italy)

9. Arie Haan (Ajax, Netherlands)
10. Herbert Wimmer (Gladbach, Germany) 
11. Victor Kolotov (Dinamo Kiev, Ukraine) 

Offensive Midfielder

1. Rivelino (Corinthians, Brazil)

2. Teofilo Cubillas (Alianza Lima, Porto, Peru)

3. Gunter Netzer  (Monchengladbach, West Germany)

4. Sandro Mazzola (Inter Milan, Italy)

5. Kazimierz Deyna (Legia Warzaw, Poland)

6. Gianni Rivera (AC Milan, Italy)

7. Wolfgang Overath (FC Koln, West Germany)

8. Ricardo Bochini (Independiente, Argentina)
9. Miguel Brindisi (Huracan, Argentina)

10. Hristo Bonev (Lokomotive Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

11. Nicolae Dobrin (Arges Pitesti, Romania)
12. Dirceu Lopes (Cruzeiro, Brazil)
13. Branko Oblak (Hajduk, Yugoslavia)
14. Colin Bell (Man City, England)
15. Leivinha (Palmeiras, Brazil)
16. Jurica Jerkovic (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)

Offensive Lateral

1. Jairzinho (Botafogo, Brazil)

2. Grzegorz Lato (Gornik Zabrze, Poland)

3. Dragan Dzajic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Piet Keizer (Ajax, Natherlands)

5. Robert Gadocha (Legia Warsaw, Poland)

6. Edu (Santos, Brazil)​
7.​ Jurgen​ Grabowski  (Frankfurt, Germany)​

8. Rene Houseman (Huracan, Argentina)

9.​ George Best (Man Utd, Northern Ireland)

10. Peter Lorimer (Leeds, England)

Forward

1. Johan Cruyff (Ajax, Netherlands)

2. Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

3. Ferenc Bene (Ujpest, Hungary)

4. Tostao (Cruzeiro, Brazil)

5. Pele (Santos, Brazil)

6. Hugo Sotil (Deportivo Municipal, Barcelona, Peru)

7. Rob Rensenbrink  (Anderlecht, Netherlands)
8. Jupp Heynckes (Gladbach, West Germany)
9. Josip Sklobar (Marseille, Yugoslavia)

10. Paolo Cezar Lima (Botafogo, Brazil)​
11. Ralf Edstrom (PSV, Sweden)

Striker

1. Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

2. Eusebio (Benfica, Portugal)

3. Wlodzimerz Lubanski (Gornik Zabrze, Poland)

4. Fernando Morena (Penarol, Uruguay)
5. Dusan Bejevic (Velez Mostar, Yugoslavia)

6. Slobodan Santrac (OFK Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

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The Second Half 1970s

Goalkeeper

1. Dino Zoff (Juventus, Italy)

2. Ubaldo Fillol (River Plate, Argentina)

3. Sepp Maier (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

4. Peter Shilton (Nottingham Forest, England)

5. Ray Clemence (Liverpool, England)

6. Jurgen Croy (Sachsenring Zwickau, East Germany)

7. Ronnie Hellstrom (Kaiserslautern, Sweden)

8. Pat Jennings (Tottenham, Arsenal, Northern Ireland)

9. Ivan Curkovic (Saint-Etienne, Yugoslavia)

10. Emerson Leao (Palmeiras, Brazil)

11. Jan Van Beveren (PSV, Holland)

12. Manuel Bento (Benfica, Portugal)

13. Norbert Nigbur (Hertha, West Germany)

Defensive Lateral

1. Claudio Gentile (Juventus, Italy)

2. Berti Vogts (Monchengladbach)

3. Danny Mcgrain (Celtic, Scotland)

4. Manfred Kaltz (Hamburg, West Germany)
5. Jorge Olguin (San Lorenzo, Argentina)
6. Karol Dobias (Spartak, Trnava, Czechoslovakia)

7. Phil Neal (Liverpool, England)

Central Defender

1. Daniel Passarella (River Plate, Argentina)

2. Ruud Krol (Ajax, Netherlands)

3. Elias Figueroa (Palestino, Chile)

4. Gaetano Scirea (Juventus, Italy)

5. Marius Tresor  (Marseille, France)

6. Bruno Pezzey (Wacker Innsbruck, Frankfurt, Austria)
7. Wladislaw Zmuda (Slask Wroclaw, Poland)
8. Hans Jurgen Dorner (Dynamo Dresden, West Germany)
9. Anton Ondrus (Dukla Banska, Slovan Bratislava)
10. Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool, England)
11. Humberto Coelho (Paris-SG, Benfica, Portugal)
12. Jose Migueli (Barcelona, Spain)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Falcao (Internacional, Brazil)

2. Marco Tardelli (Juventus, Italy)

3. Johan Neeskens (Barcelona, Natherlands)

4. Toninho Cerezo  (Atletico Mineiro, Brazil)

5. Osvaldo Ardiles (Huracan, Tottenham)

6. Arie Haan (Ajax, Netherlands)
7. Rainer Bonhof (Gladbach, Valencia, West Germany)

8. Paul Breitner ( Bayern Munich, West Germany)
9. Americo Gallego (River Plate, Argentina)

11. Jose Valasquez (Alianza Lima, Peru)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Zico (Flamengo, Brazil)

2. Michel Platini  (Nancy, France)

3. Rivelino (Fluminese, Brazil)

4. Teofilo Cubillas (Porto, Alianza Lima, Peru)

5. Johan Cruyff (Barcelona, Netherlands)
6. Norberto Alonso (River Plate, Argentina)

7. Cesar Cueto (Alianza Lima, Peru)

8. Giancarlos Antognoni  (Fiorentina, Italy)
9. Norberto Alonso (River Plate, Argentina)

10. Safet Susic (FK Sarajevo, Yugoslavia)

11. Antonin Panenka (Bohemian Prague, Czechoslovakia) 
12. David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
13. Vladimir Petrovic (Red Star, Yugoslavia) 

Offensive Lateral

1. Franco Causio (Juventus, Italy)

2. Rene Houseman (Huracan, Argentina) 
3. Daniel Bertoni (Independiente, Sevilla, Argentina)
4.​ Jurgen​ Grabowski​ (Frankfurt, Germany)​

5.​ Johnny Rep (Valencia, Bastia, Netherlands)

6. John Robertson (Scotland, Nottingham Forest)
7. Rene Van De Kherkof (PSV, Netherlands)
8. Marian Masny (Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)

Forward

1. Diego Maradona  (Argentinos Juniors, Argentina)

2. Kevin Keegan (Liverpool, Hamburg, England)

3. Oleg Blokhin  (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

4. Mario Kempes (Valencia, Argentina)

5. Rob Rensenbrink  (Anderlecht, Netherlands)

6. Allan Simonsen (Monchengladbach, Denmark)

7. Kenny Dalglish  (Celtic, Liverpool, Scotland)

8. Roberto Bettega  (Juventus, Italy)

9. Karlheinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich, West Germany)
10. Henning Jensen (Gladbach, Real Madrid, Denmark)
11. Willy Van De Kuijlen (PSV, Netherlands)
12. Ruud Geels (Ajax, Netherlands)

Striker

1. Paolo Rossi (Vicenza, Italy)

2. Reinaldo  (Atletico Miniero, Brazil)

3. Hans Krankl  (Rapid Wienna, Barcelona, Austria)
4. Fernando Morena (Penarol, Uruguay)

5. Klaus Fischer (Schalke, West Germany)
6. Joachim Streich (Magdeburg, East Germany)

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The First Half 1980s

Goalkeeper

1. Rinat Dasaev (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

2. Toni Schumaccher (FC Koln, West Germany)

3. Peter Shilton (Nottingham Forest, Southampton, England)

4. Ubaldo Fillol (River Plate, Flamengo, Argentina)

5. Jean Marie-Pfaff (Beveren, Bayern Munich, Belgium)

6. Luis Arconada (Real Sociedad, Spain)

7. Jozsef Mylnarczyk (Widzew Lodj, Bastia, Poland)
8. Rodolfo Rodriguez (Nacional, Uruguay)
9. Pat Jennings (Arsenal, Northern Ireland)
10. Uli Stein (Hamburger SV, Germany)
11. Franco Tancredi (Roma, Italy)
12. Thomas N'Kono (Espanyol, Cameroon)

Defensive Lateral

1. Antonio Cabrini (Juventus, Italy)

2. Leovegildo Junior (Flamengo, Brazil)

3. Claudio Gentile (Juventus, Italy)
4. Hans Peter Briegel (Kaiserslautern, Hellas Verona, West Germany)

5. Jose Antonio Camacho (Real Madrid, Spain)
6. Anatoliy Demyanenko (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
7. Rafael Gordillo (Real Madrid, Spain) 
8. Phil Neal (Liverpool, England)

Central Defender

1. Gaetano Scirea (Juventus, Italy)

2. Daniel Passarella (River Plate, FIorentina, Argentina)

3. Alan Hansen (Liverpool, Scotland)

4. Karlheinz Forster (Stuttgart, West Germany)

5. Morten Olsen (Anderletch, Denmark)

6. Pietro Vierchowod (Fiorentina, Roma, Sampdoria, Italy)
7. Edinho (Fluminese, Udinese, Brazil)
8. Alexandre Chivadze (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
9. Fulvio Collavati (Inter MIlan, Italy)
10. Hugo De Leon (Nacional, Gremio, Uruguay) 

Defensive Midfielder

1. Falcao (AS Roma, Brazil)

2. Jean Tigana (Bordeaux, France)

3. Bryan Robson (Man Utd, England)

4. Marco Tardelli (Juventus, Italy)

5. Graemme Souness (Liverpool, Scotland)

6. Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich, Germany)

7. Toninho Cerezo (Atletico Mineiro, Roma, Brazil)
8. Laszlo Boloni (Steua Bucharest, Romania)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Michel Platini (Juventus, Italy)

2. Zico (Flamengo, Udinese, Brazil)

3. Diego Maradona (Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Argentina)

4. Socrates (Corinthians, Fiorentina)

5. Bernd Schuster (Barcelona, West Germany)
6. Ricrado Bochini (Independiente, Argentina)

7. Alain Giresse (Bordeaux, France)

8. Liam Brady (Juventus, Ireland)

9. Safet Susic (FK Sarajevo, Paris-SG, Yugoslavia)

10. Jan Ceulemans (Club Brugge, Belgium) 

11. Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham, England)
12. Julio Cesar Romero (New Yorke Cosmos, Flumunese)
13. Tibor Nyilasi (Ferencvaroc, Austria Vienna, Hungary) 

Winger

1. Bruno Conti (Roma, Italy)

2. Pierre Littbartski (FC Koln, West Germany)

3. Franco Causio (Udinese, Inter Milan, Italy)

4. Fernando Chalana (Benfica, Portugal)
5. Eder (Atletico MIneiro, Brazil)

6. Frank Arnesen (Valencia, Anderlecht, Denmark)
7. Gordon Strachan (Aberdeen, Scotland)

8. WIllington Ortiz (America De Cali, Colombia)
9. Jesper Olsen (Ajax, Man Utd, Denmark)

Forward

1. Karlheinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich, West Germany)

2. Zbigniew Boniek (Widzew Lodj, Juventus, Poland)

3. Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool, Scotland)

4. Enzo Francescoli (River Plate, Uruguay)
5. Preben Elkjaer (Lokeren, Verona, Denmark)
6. Klaus Allofs (Marseille, West Germany)
7. Erwin Vandenbergh (Anderlecht, Belgium)

Striker

1. Paolo Rossi (Juventus, Italy)

2. Ian Rush (Liverpool, Wales)

3. Alessandro Altobelli (Inter Milan, Italy)
4. Roberto Dinamite (Vasco, Brazil)

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The Second Half 1980s

Goalkeeper

1. Rinat Dasaev (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

2. Walter Zenga (Inter Milan, Italy)

3. Michael Preud’Homme (Mechelen, Belgium)

4. Neville Southall (Everton, Wales)
5. Jean Marie Pfaff (Bayern, Belgium)

6. Hans Van Breukelen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)

7. Andoni Zubizarreta (Barcelona, Spain)

8. Peter Shilton (Derby, England)
9. Uli Stein (Hamburger, West Germany)
10. Stefano Tacconi (Juventus, Italy)

11. Giovanni Galli (AC Milan, Italy)

Defensive Lateral

1. Andreas Brehme (Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, West Germany)
2. Manuel Amoros (Monaco, France)
3. Josimar (Botafogo, Brazil)
4. Vladimir Bessonov (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

5. Joao Pinto (Porto, Portugal)

Central Defender

1. Franco Baresi (AC Milan, Italy)

2. Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter Milan, Italy)

3. Ronald Koeman (PSV, Netherlands)

4. Jurgen Kohler (FC Koln, West Germany)

5. Pietro Vierchowod (Sampdoria, Italy)

6. Oscar Ruggeri (River Plate, Logrones, Argentina)
7. Glenn Hysen (Gothernberg, Fiorentina, Sweden)
8. Paul Mcgrath (Man Utd, Ireland Republic)
9. Miodrag Belodedici (Steua Bucharest, Redstar Belgrade, Romania)
10. Oleh Kuznetsov (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
11. Manuel Sanchis (Real Madrid, Spain)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Lothar Matthaeus (Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, West Germany)

2. Frank Rijkaard (Ajax, AC Milan, Netherlands)

3. Bryan Robson (Man Utd, England)

4. Leovegildo Junior (Torino, Brazil)
5. Soren Lerby (Bayern, PSV, Denmark)

6. Luis Fernandez (Paris-SG, RC Paris, France)

7. Salvatore Bagni (Napoli, Italt)
8. Alemao (Napoli, Brazil)
9. Glenn Stromberg (Atalanta, Sweden)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Diego Maradona (Napoli, Italy)

2. Ruud Gullit (AC Milan, Netherlands)

3. Dragan Stojkovic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

4. Enzo Francescoli (Racing Paris, Marseille, Uruguay)

5. Michael Laudrup (Juventus, Denmark)

6. Gheorghe Hagi (Steua Bucharest, Romania)

7. Julio Cesar Romero (Fluminese, Paraguay)
8. Ruben Paz (Racing Clubm Uruguay)
9. Jorge Burruchaga (Nantes, Argentina)

10. Carlos Valderrama (Deportivo Cali, Monpellier, Colombia)
11. Oleksander Zavarov (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

Winger

1. Michel Gonzalez (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. John Barnes (Liverpool, England)

3. Paolo Futre (Porto, Portugal)

4.​ Michel Gonzalez (Real Madrid, Spain)
5. Cris Waddle (Tottenham, England)
6.​ Roberto Donadoni (AC Milan, Italy)

Forward

1. Emilio Butragueno (Real Madrid, Spain)
2. Roberto Mancini (Sampdoria, Italy)

3. Ihor Belanov (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
4. Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria, Italy)

5. Jorge Alberto Gonzalez (El Salvador)

6. Antonio Alzamendi (River Plate, Uruguay)

Striker

1. Marco Van Basten (PSV, AC Milan, Netherlands)

2. Hugo Sanchez (Real Madrid, Mexico)

3. Gary Lineker (Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham, England)

4. Careca (Sao Paulo, Napoli, Brazil)

5. Rudi Voller (Bremen, Roma, West Germany)

6. Preben Elkjaer (Hellas Verona, Denmark)

7. Jean Pierre Papin (Marseille, France)
8. Oleg Protasov (Dnipro, Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)

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The First Half 1990s

Goalkeeper

1. Peter Schmeichel  (Man Utd, Denmark)

2. Michael Preud’Homme (Mechelen, Belgium)

3. Andreas Kopke (FC Koln, West Germany)

4. Gialuca Pagliuca (Sampdoria, Inter Milan)

5. Claudio Taffarel (La Coruna, Brazil)

6. Sergio Goycochea (Racing Club, River Plate, Argentina)

7. Andoni Zubizarrata (Barcelona, Spain)

8. Thomas Ravelli (IFK Gothenberg, Sweden)

9. Bodo Illgner (Cologne, Germany)
10. Uli Stein (Hamburger, Germany)
11. Patt Bonner (Celtic, Ireland Republic)

Defensive Lateral

1. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy)

2. Marcos Cafu (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

3. Jorginho (Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Brazil)
4. Stuart Pearce (Forest, England)
5. Leonardo (Valencia, Brazil)
6. Denis Irwin (Man Utd, Ireland Republic)

Central Defender

1. Franco Baresi (AC Milan, Italy)

2. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy)

3. Jurgen Kohler (Juventus, Dortmund, West Germany)
4. Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan, Italy)

5. Ronald Koeman (Barcelona, Netherlands)
6. Rune Bratseth (Bremen, Norway)

7. Gheorghe Popescu (PSV, Romania)

8. Oscar Ruggeri (Velez Sarsfield, Argentina)
9. Guido Buchwald (Stuttgart, Germany)

10. Tony Adams (Arsenal, England)

11. Laurent Blanc (Napoli, Saint Etienne, France)

12. Miroslav Djukic (La Coruna, Yugoslavia)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan, Ajax, Netherlands)

2. Lothar Matthaeus (Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, West Germany)

3. Carlos Dunga (Fiorentina, Brazil)

4. Mauro Silva (La Coruna, Brazil)

5. Marcel Desailly (Marseille, AC Milan, France)
6.​ Paul​ Ince (Man​ UTD, England)​
7. Aron Winter (Ajax, Lazio, Netherlands)
8. Jans Wouters (Bayern, Netherlands)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Michael Laudrup (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Denmark)

2. Ruud Gullit (AC Milan, Sampdoria, Netherlands)

3. Gheorghe Hagi (Real Madrid, Brescia, Romania)

4. Thomas Haessler (Roma, Karlsruhe, West Germany)

5. Dejan Savicevic (Redstar Belgrade, AC Milan, Yugoslavia)

6. Paul Gascoigne (Tottenham, Lazio, England)

7. Enzo Scifo (Torino, Monaco, Belgium)
8. Thomas Brolin (Parma, Sweden)
9. Rai (Sao Paulo, Paris-Saint Germain, Brazil)

10. Andreas Moller (Juventus, West Germany)

11. Zvonimir Boban (AC Milan, Croatia)
12. Andreas Herzog (Bremen, Austria)
13. Vladimir Jugovic (Juventus, Yugoslavia)

14. Enzo Francescoli (Cagliari, River Plate, Uruguay)

Offensive Lateral

1. Brain Laudrup (Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Denmark)

2. David Ginola (Paris Siant Germain, France)
3. Claudio Caniggia (Atalanta, Roma, Argentina)

4. Ryan Giggs (Man Utd, Wales)

5. Juninho Paulista (Middlesbrough, Brazil)
6. Andrei Kanchelski (Man Utd, CIS)

Forward

1. Roberto Baggio (Fiorentina, Juventus, Italy)

2. Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona, Bulgaria)

3. Dennis Bergkamp (Ajax, Inter Milan, Netherlands)

4. Eric Cantona (Man Utd, France)

5. Bebeto (La Coruna, Brazil)

6. Gianfranco Zola (Napoli, Parma, Italy)

7. Jari Litmanen (Ajax, Finland)
8. Stephan Chapuisat (Dortmund, Switzerland)
9. Alen Boksic (Marseille, Croatia)
10. Giuseppe Signori (Lazio, Italy)

Striker

1. Romario (PSV, Barcelona, Brazil)

2. Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina, Argentina)

3. Jurgen Klinsmann (Bayern Munich, Tottenham, West Germany)

4. Jean Pierre Papin (Marseille, France)

5. Marco Van Basten (AC Milan, Netherlands)

6. Alan Shearer (Blackburn, England)
7. Darko Pancev (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

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The Second Half 1990s

Goalkeeper

1. Oliver Kahn (Karlsruhe, Bayern Munich, Germany)

2. Jose Luis Chilavert (Velez Sarsfield, Paraguay)

3. Edwin Van Der Sar (Ajax, Juventus, Netherlands)

4. Andreas Kopke (FC Koln, Germany)
5. Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus, Lazio, Italy)

6. Peter Schmeichel (Man Utd, Denmark)
7. David Seaman (Arsenal, England)

8. Fabien Barthez  (Marseille, France)
9. Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan, Italy)
10. Stefan Klos (Dortmund, Germany)

Defensive Lateral

1. Lilian Thuram (Parma, France)

2. Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid, Brazil)

3. Marcos Cafu (Sao Paulo, Roma, Brazil)
4. Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern, France)
5. Cristian Panucci (Inter Milan, Italy) 
6. Jocelyn Angloma (Inter Milan, Valencia, France)
7. Christian Ziege (Beyern, AC Milan, Germany)

Central Defender

1. Matthias Sammer (Dortmund, Germany)

2. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy)

3. Marcel Desailly (AC Milan, Chelsea, France)

4. Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid, Spain)

5. Ciro Ferrara (Juventus, Italy)

6. Fabio Cannavaro (Parma, Italy)

7. Japp Stam (PSV, Man Utd, Netherlands)
8. Sol Campbell (Arsenal, England)

9. Aldair (Roma, Brazil)

10. Nestor Sensini (Parma, Argentina)

11. Frank De Boer (Ajax, Netherlands) 
12. Olaf Thon (Schalke, Germany)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid, Argentina)

2. Edgar Davids (Juventus, Netherlands)

3. Roy Keane (Man Utd, Ireland Republic)

4. Stefan Effenberg (Bayern Munich, Germany)

5. Didier Deschamps (Juventus, France)
6. Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Argentina)
7. Paolo Sousa (Dortmund, Inter Milan, Portugal)
8. Demetrio Albertini (AC Milan, Italy)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, France)

2. Rui Costa (Fiorentina, Portugal)
3, Juan Sebastian Veron (Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, Argentina)
4. Clarence Seedorf (Ajax, Real Madrid, Netherlands)

5. Ariel Ortega (Valencia, Parma, Argentina)
6. Mehmed Scholl (Bayern, Germany)
7. Karssimir Balakov (Stuttgart, Bulgaria)

Offensive Lateral

1. Luis Figo (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Portugal)

2. Ryan Giggs (Man Utd, Wales)

3. Pavel Nedved (Lazio, Czech Republic)

4. David Beckham (Man Utd, England)

5. Marc Overmars (Arsenal, Natherlands)

6. Steve Mcmanaman (Liverpool, England)
7. Leonardo (Paris-SG, Milan, Brazil)
8. Luis Enrique (Barcelona, Spain)

Forward

1. Rivaldo (Barcelona, Brazil)

2. Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal, Netherlands)

3. Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Italy)

5. Predrag Mijatovic (Real Madrid, Yugoslavia)
6. Youri Djorkaeff (Inter Milan, France)

7. Enrico Chiesa (Parma, Italy)

Striker

1. Ronaldo (Barcelona, Inter Milan, Brazil)

2. George Weah (AC Milan, Liberia)

3. Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina, Roma, Argentina)

4. Davor Suker (Sevilla, Real Madrid, Croatia)

5. Christian Vieri (Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Italy)

6. Alan Shearer (Newcastle, England)

8. Marcelo Salas (River Plate, Lazio, Chile)
9. Romario (Flamengo, Vasco Da Gama, Brazil)

10. Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese, AC Milan, Germany)
11. Fillippo Inzaghi (Juventus, Italy)

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The First Half 2000s

Goalkeeper

1. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy)

2. Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich, Germany)

3. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Francesco Toldo  (Inter Milan, Italy)

5. Edwin Van Der Sar (Fulham, Netherlands)

6. Dida (AC Milan, Brazil)

7. Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce, Turkey)
8. Jens Lehmann  (Dortmund, Arsenal, Germany)

Defensive Lateral

1. Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid, Brazil)

2. Marcos Cafu (Roma, Brazil)

3. Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan, Argentina)
4. Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus, Italy)
5. Michel Salgado (Real Madrid, Spain)

Central Defender

1. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy)

2. Fabio Cannavaro (Parma, Juventus, Italy)

3. Lilian Thuram (Juventus, France)

4. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy)

5. Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Argentina)
6. Sol Campbell (Arsenal, England)
7. Sami Hyypia (Liverpool, Finland)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Patrice Vieira (Arsenal, France)

2. Michael Ballack (Leverkusen, Bayern, Germany)

3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England)

4. Claude Makelele (Real Madrid, Chelsea, France)
5. Emerson (Roma, Juventus, Brazil)

6. Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid, France)

2. Pavel Nedved (Juventus, Czech Republic)

3. Juan Sebastian Veron (Man Utd, Inter Milan, Argentina)

4. Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors, Villareal, Argentina)

5. Paul Scholes (Man Utd, England)

6. Deco (FC Porto, Portugal)

7. Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy)

8. Rui Costa (AC Milan, Italy)

9. Gaizka Mendieta (Valencia, Lazio, Spain)
10. Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan, Italy)

Offensive Lateral

1. Ronaldinho (Paris-SG, Barcelona, Brazil)

2. David Beckham (Man Utd, Real Madrid, England)

3. Ryan Giggs  (Man Utd, Wales)

4. Robert Pires (Arsenal, France)     

5. Luis Figo (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Portugal)
6. Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus, Italy)
7. Damien Duff (Blackbur, Chelsea, Ireland Republic)

Forward

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France)

2. Francesco Totti (Roma, Italy)

3. Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Italy)

Striker

1. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Ukraine)

2. Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Brazil)

3. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Man Utd, Netherlands)

4. Christian Vieri (Inter Milan, Italy)

5. Hernan Crespo (Lazio, AC Milan, Argentina)

6. Michael Owen (Liverpool, England)

7. David Trezeguet (Juventus, Italy)
8. Henrik Larsson (Celtic, Sweden)
9. Adriano (Parma, Inter Milan, Brazil)
10. Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona, Netherlands)
11. Giovenne Elber (Bayern, Brazil)

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The Second Half 2000s

Goalkeeper

1. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy)

3. Peter Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic)

4. Edwin Van Der Sar (Man Utd, Netherlands)

5. Julio Cesar Soares (Inter Milan, Brazil)

Defensive Lateral

1. Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan, Argentina)
2. Phillp Lahm (Bayern, Germany)

3. Maicon (Inter Milan, Brazil)
4. Patrice Evra (Man Utd, France)
5. Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea, England)
6. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)

Central Defender

1. John Terry (Chelsea, England)

2. Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd, Serbia)

3. Carles Puyol (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd, England)
5. Ricardo Carvalho (Porto, Portugal)
6. Walter Samuel (Inter Milan, Argentina)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Mikael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana)

2. Xabi Alonso (Liverpool, Spain)

3. Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan, Argentina)
4. Marcos Senna (Villarreal, Spain)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil)

2. Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England)

4. Juan Roman Riquelme (Villareal, Boca Juniors, Argentina)

5. Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England)

6. Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy)

7. Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Netherlands)

8. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain)

9. David Pizarro (Roma, Chile)

Offensive Lateral

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd, Portugal)

2. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich, France)

3. Arjen Robben (Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Netherlands)
4. Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Milan, Brazil)

Forward

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)

2. Ronaldinho  (Barcelona, AC Milan, Brazil)

3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan, Barcelona, Sweden)

4. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid, Uruguay)

5. Wayne Rooney (Man Utd, England)
6. Carlos Tevez (Man City, Juventus, Argentina)

Striker

1. Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona, Inter Milan, Cameroon)

2. David Villa (Valencia, Spain)

3. Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast)

4. Fernando Torres (Liverpool, Spain)
5. Miroslav Klose (Bremen, Bayern, Germany)
6. Luca Toni (Fiorentina, Bayern, Italy) 
7. Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham, Man Utd, Bulgaria)

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The First Half 2010s

Goalkeeper

1. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich, Germany)

2. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy)

3. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Spain)
4. Peter Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic)
5. Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid, Belgium)

6. Samir Handanovic (Udinese, Inter Milan, Slovenia)

Defensive Lateral

1. Daniel Alves (Barcelona, Brazil)
2. Philippe Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany)
3. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea, Serbia)

4. Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
5. Jordi Alba (Barcelona, Spain)

Central Defender

1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)

2. Thiago Silva (Paris-SG, Brazil)
3. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus, Italy)
4. Gerard Pique (Barcelona, Spain)
5. Vincent Kompany (Man City, Belgium)
6. Pepe (Real Madrid, Spain)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Bastian Schweisteinger (Bayern Munich, Germany)
2. Arturo Vidal (Juventus., Chile)

3. Xabi Alonso (Bayern Munich, Spain)

4. Yaya Toure (Man City, Ivory Coast)
5. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona, Spain)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain) 

2. Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

3. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus, Italy)

4. Mezut Ozil (Real Madrid, Germany)

5. Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Germany)

6. Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)

Offensive Lateral

1. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich, Germany)

2. Franck RIbery (Bayern Munich, France)

3. Gareth Bale (Real MAdrid, Wales)

4. David Silva (Manchester City, Spain)

5. Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid, Argentina)
6. Marco Reus (Dortmund, Germany)

Forward

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)

3. Luis Alberto Suarez (Liverpool, Uruguay)

4. Zlaton Ibrahimovic (AC Milan, Paris-SG, Sweden)

5. Neymar (Santos, Barcelona, Brazil)

6. Thimas Muller (Bayern, Germany)

7. Robin Van Persie (Man Utd, Holland)

8. Wayne Rooney (Man Utd, England)
9. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese, Italy)

Striker

1. Sergio Aguero (Man City, Argentina) 

2. Robert Lewandowki (Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Poland)

3. Edison Cavani (Napoli, PSG, Uruguay)

4, Radamel Falcao (Porto, Atletico Madrid, Colombia)

4. Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
5. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)

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The Second Half 2010s

Goalkeeper

1. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy) 
2. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea, Belgium)
3. Marc Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona, Germany)
4. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid, Slovenia) 
5. Keylor Navas (Real Madrid, Costa Rica)
6. David De Gea (Man Utd, Spain)
7. Alisson (Liverpool, Brazil)

8. Hugo Iioris (Tottenham, France)

Defensive Lateral

1. Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
2. Daniel Alves (Paris-SG, Brazil)
3. Jordi Alba (Barcelona, Spain)

4. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool, Scotland)

Central Defender

1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)
2. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)
3. Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid, Uruguay)
4. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus, Italy)
5. Rafael Varane (Real Madrid, France)

Defensive Midfielder

1. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea, France)
2. Paul Pogba (Man Utd, France)
3. Sergio Busquet (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Arturo Vidal (Barcelona, Bayern, Chile)
5. Casemiro (Real Madrid, Brazil)

6. Marco Verratti (Paris-SG, Italy)
7. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, England)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Luca Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
2. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City, Belgium) 
3. Phillipe Countinho (Liverpool, Brazil) 
4. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Germany)
5. David Silva (Man City, Spain)

6. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool, Brazil)

Offensive Lateral

1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea, Belgium)
2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Senegal)
3. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal, Chile)
4. Raheem Sterling (Man City, England)
5. Angel Di Maria (Paris-S, Argentina)
6. Riyad Mahrez (Man City, Algeria)
7. Paolo Dybala (Juventus, Argentina)

Forward

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)
3. Neymar (Paris-SG, Brazil)
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid, France)
5. Luis Alberto Suarez (Barcelona, Uruguay)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris-SG, France)
7. Mohammed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)

Striker

1. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, Poland) 
2. Harry Kane (Tottenham, England)
3. Sergio Aguero (Man City, Argentina)
4. Pierre-Ermerick Aubemayang (Dortmund, Gabon)
5. Edison Cavani (PSG, Uruguay)
6. Gonzalo Huguin (Napoli, Argentina)
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The First Half 2020s

Goalkeeper

1. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)

2. Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina)

3. Marc Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona, Germany)

4. Alisson (Liverpool, Brazil) 

5. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milam, Paris-SG, Italy)

6. Ederson (Manchester City, Brazil)

7. Manual Neuer (Bayern, Germany)

8. Yann Sommer (Gladbach, Switzerland)

Defensive Lateral

1. Kiles Walker (Manchester City, England)

2. Trent Alexander Arnold (Liverpool, England)

3. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid, Spain)

4. Theo Fernandez (AC Milan, France)

5. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Barcelona, Portugal)

6. Alphonso Davies (Bayern, Canada)

7. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool, Scotland)

Central Defender

1. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)

2. Ruben Dias (Manchester City, Portugal)

3. Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany)

4. Marquinhos (Paris-SG, Brazil)

5. John Stones (Manchester City, England)

Defensive Midfielder

1. Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia) 

2. Rodri (Manchester City, Spain)

3. N Kolo Kante (Chealsea, France)

4. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern, Germany)

5. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid, Uruguay)

Offensive Midfielder

1. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)

2. Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, Real Madrid, England)

3. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal)

4. Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City, Germany)

5. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Germany)

6. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, Portugal)

7. Martin Odegaard (Arsenal, Denmark)

Offensive Lateral

1. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil)

2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Bayern, Senegal)

3. Leroy Sane (Bayern, Germany)

4. Phil Foden (Manchester City, England)

5. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, England)

6. Song-Hueng Min (Tottenham, Korea Republic)

Forward

1. Kylian Mbappe (Paris-SG, France)

2. Lionel Messi (Paris-SG, Inter Miami, Argentina)

3. Mohammed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)

4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)

Striker

1. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, Barcelona, Poland)

2. Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway)

3. Harry Kane (Tottenham, Bayern, England)

4. Victor Osimhen (Inter Milan, Nigeria)

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Statistics (Number of Qualified Players in each era)

1892 to 1900s :   21
1st Half 1910s :   21
2nd Half 1910s : 28
1st Half 1920s :   37
2nd Half 1920s : 54
1st Half 1930s :   57
2nd Half 1930s : 56
1st Half 1940s  :  28
2nd Half 1940s : 55
1st Half 1950s  :  72
2nd Half 1950s : 75
1st Half 1960s   : 80
2nd Half 1960s : 77
1st Half 1970s   : 86
2nd Half 1970s : 84
1st Half 1980s  :  70
2nd Half 1980s : 66
1st Half 1990s  : 72
2nd Half 1990s : 68
1st Half 2000s  : 57
2nd Half 2000s : 47
1st Half 2010s :  46
2nd Half 2010s : 46

1st Half 2020s :  41