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)
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)
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)
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Withdrawn Center-Forward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)
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)
5. Jesse Pennington (West Bromwich, England)
4. Bok De Korver (Sparta Rottderdam, Netherlands)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2. Armand Swartenbroeks (Daring Bruxelles, Belgium)
3. Joe Dodds (Celtic, Scotland)
4. Alfredo Foglino
(Nacional, Uruguay)
5. Gyula Fedmann (Ferencvaroc, MTK, Hungary)
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)
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)
2. Isabelino Gradin (Penarol, Uruguay)
Inside-Forward/
Withdrawn Center-Forward
1. Jose Piendibene (Penarol, Uruguay)
2. Vaclav Pilat (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
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)
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)
3. Poul Tist Nielsen (Copenheghen Boldklub, Denmark)
4. Imre
Schlosser (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
5. Otto Harder (Hamburger, Germany)
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)
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)
2. Amilcar Barbuy (Corinthians, Brazil)
3. David Meiklejohn (Rangers, Scotland)
4. Manuel
Flietas Solich (Olimpia, Paraguay)
5. Franrisek Kolenaty (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
5. Franrisek Kolenaty (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
6. Agostinho Fortes
(Fluminese, Brazil)
7. Hans Kalb (Nuirnberg, Germany)
7. Hans Kalb (Nuirnberg, Germany)
Outside-Forward
1. Alan Morton
(Rangers, Scotland)
2. Pedro Calomino (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
3. Jozsef Braun (MTK, Hungary)
3. Jozsef Braun (MTK, Hungary)
4. Angel Romano (Nacional, Uruguay)
5. Jan de Natis (Ajax, Netherlands)
5. 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
3. Josep Samitier (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Kalman Konrad (Wienner Amateur, Hungary
5. Manuel Seoane (Independiente, Argentina)
6. Rene Petit (Real Union, France)
6. Rene Petit (Real Union, France)
7. Billy Walker
(Aston Villa, England)
8. Waclaw Kuchar (Pogon Lwow, Poland)
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)
7. Jean De Bie (Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Full-Back
1. Jose Nasazzi
(Bella Vista, Uruguay)
2. Josef Blum (First Vienna, Austria)
3. Fritz Tarp (B93, Denmark)
3. Fritz Tarp (B93, Denmark)
4. Virginio Rosetta
(Juventus, Italy)
5. Karoly
Fogl (Ujpest, Hungary)
6. Rudolf Ramseyer (Bern, Switzerland)
7. Ludovico Bidoglio (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
8. Roy Goodall (Huddrsfield Town, England)
9. William Mcstay (Celtic, Scotland)
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
Half-Back
1. Luis Monti (San Lorenzo, Argentina)
2. Karel Pesek-Kada (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia)
3. Fulvio Bernardini (Inter Milan, Italy)
3. Fulvio Bernardini (Inter Milan, Italy)
4. David Meiklejohn (Rangers, Scotland)
5. Jimmy Mcmullan (Man City, Scotland)
6. Fyodor Selin (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union)
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)
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)
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)
2. Adolfo Baloncieri (Alessandria, Torino, Italy)
3. Manuel Ferreira (Estudientes, Argentina)
4. Max Abeggelen (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)
4. Max Abeggelen (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)
5. Rene Petit (Real Union, France)
6. Fulvio Bernardini (Roma, Italy)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
5. Harry Hibbs (Birmingham, England)
6. Hans Jakob (Regensburg, Germany)
Full-Back
1. Jacinto Quincoces
(Real Madrid, Spain)
2. Jose Nasazzi
(Nacional, Uruguay)
3. Umberto Caligaris (Juventus, Italy)
4. Eddie Hapgood
(Arsenal, England)
5. Karl Sesta (Wienner AC, Austria)
6. Eraldo Monzeglio
(Bologna, Italy)
7. Severino Minelli (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)
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)
5. Alvaro Gestido (Penarol, Uruguay)
5. 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)
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)
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)
7. Bernard Voorhoof (SK Lierse, Belgium)
8. Frantisek Svoboda (Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia)
9. Ivan Hitrec (HASK, Yugoslavia)
10. Andre Abegglen (Grasshopper, Switzerland)
11. Bob Mcphail (Rangers, Scotland)
12. Francisco Varallo (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
12. Francisco Varallo (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
13. David Jack (Arsenal, England)
14. Gyula Bodola (Oradea, Romania)
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)
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. Alfredo Foni (Juventus, Italy)
5. Severino Minelli (Grasshopper Zurich, Switzerland)
6. Reinhold Munzenberg (Aachen, Germany)
7. Sandro Biro (MTK Budapest, Hungary)
8. Aleksander Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
8. Aleksander Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
Center-Half
1. Michele Andreolo (Bologna, Italy)
2. Ludwig Goldbrunner (Bayern Munich, Germany)
3. Ernesto Lazzatti (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
4. Andrey Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
5. Wilf Copping (Arsenal, England)
4. Andrey Starostin (Spartak Moscow, Russia)
5. Wilf Copping (Arsenal, England)
Half-Back
1. Walter Nausch (Austria Wienna, Austria)
2. Gyula Lazar (Ferencvaros. Hungary)
3. Andreas Kupfer (FC Schweinfurt 05, Germany)
4. Jose Maria Minella (River Plate, Argentina)
5. Luliu Baratky (Rapid Bucharest, Romania)
6. Albin Kitzinger (Schweinfurt, Germany)
7. Ugo Locatelli (Inter Milan, Italy)
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. Kick Smit (Haarlem, Netherlands)
7. Ferenc Sas (MTK, Boca, Hungary)
8. Grigory Fedotov (CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union)9. Roberto Porta (Inter Milan, Nacional, Uruguay)
10. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City, England)
11. Alfred Aston (Red Star, France)
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. Geza Toldi (Ferencvaroc, Hungary)
9. Geza Toldi (Ferencvaroc, Hungary)
10. Peter Doherty (Man City, Ireland Republic)
12. Laszlo Cseh (MTK, Hungary)
12. 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)
7. Hermimio Masantonio (Huracan, Argentina)
8. Teodoro
Fernandez (Universitario, Peru)
9. Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
10. Blagoje Marjanovic (BSK Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
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)
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. Zizinho (Flamengo,
Brazil)
5. Ernest Wilimowski (Chemnitz, Germany)
6. Karl Decker (First Wienna, Austria)
7. Roberto Porta (Nacional, Uruguay)
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)
6. Albert De Cleyn (Mechelen, Belgium)
7. Isidro Langara (San Lorenzo, Real Espana, Spain)
8. Edmun Conen (Stuttgart Kickers, Germany)
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)
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)
8. George Young (Rangers, Scotland)
9.
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)
3. Norberto Mendez (Racing Club, Argentina)
4. Adolfo Pedernera
(Millonarios, Argentina)
5. Jose Manuel Moreno
(River Plate, Argentina)
6. Jair Da Rosa (Flamengo, Brazil)
7. Gunnar Gren (IFK Gothenberg, Sweden)
8. Larbi Benbarek (Stade Francais, France)
9. Amedeo Anadaei(Rona, Itaky)
10. Jose Travasoss (Sporting Portugal, Portugal)
11. 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)
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)
2. Toni Turek (Dusseldorf, Germany)
3. Antonio Ramallets (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Gyula Grosics (Budapest Honved, Hungary)
5. Roque Maspoli (Penarol, Uruguay)
6. Amadeo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina)
7. Walter Zeman (Rapid Wienna, Austria)
8. Bert
Trautmann (Man City, West Germany)
10. Kalle Svensson (Helsingborg, Sweden)
11. Bert Williams (Wolveshampton, England)
Defensive Lateral
1. Nilton Santos (Botafogo, Brazil)
2. Victor Rodriguez Andrade (Penarol, Uruguay)
3. Sergio Cervato (Fiorentina, Italy)
4. Joan Segarra (Barcelona, Spain)
5. Branko Stankovic (Redstar Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
6. Mikhail Ogonkov (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)
7. Roger Marche (Reims, France)
Central Defender
1. Billy
Wright (Wolvehampton, England)
2. Jose
Santamaria (Nacional, Uruguay)
3. Josef Posipal (Hamburger, West Germany)
4. Ernest Happel (Rapid Vienna, Austria)
4. Ernest Happel (Rapid Vienna, Austria)
5. Robert Jonquet (Reims, France)
6. Ivan Horvat (Dinamo Zagreb, Frankfurt, Yugoslavia)
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)
4. Igor Netto (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)
5. Nestor Rossi
(Millonarios, Argentina)
6. Zlatko Cajkovski
(Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
7. Bauer (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
7. Bauer (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
8. Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth, England)
9. Axel Pilmark (Bologna, Denmark)
9. Axel Pilmark (Bologna, Denmark)
10. Stefan Bozhkov (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)
Outside-Forward
1. Zoltan Czibor (Budapest Honved, Hungary)
2. Tom Finney (Preston Northend, England)
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)
5. Karl Aage Praest (Juventus, Denmark)
6. Istvan Nyers (Inter Milan, Hungary)
7. Billy Liddell (Liverpool, Scotland)
8. Hans Schafer (FC Koln, West Germany)
8. Hans Schafer (FC Koln, West Germany)
9. Bernard Vukas (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
10. Estanislao
Basora (Barcelona, Spain)
11. Alcides Ghiggia (Penarol, Roma, Uruguay)
12. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City, England)
11. Alcides Ghiggia (Penarol, Roma, Uruguay)
12. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City, England)
13. Giampiero
Boniperti (Juventus, Italy)
14. Lennart
Skoglund (Inter Milan, Sweden)
15. Julio Cesar Abbadie (Penarol, Uruguay)
15. 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)
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)
6. John Angelo Hansen (Juventus, Denmark)
7. Abe Lenstra
(Hereenveen, Netherlands)
8. Stjepan Bobek
(Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
9. Faas Wilkes
(Inter Milan, Valencia, Netherlands)
10. Ernest Stojaspal (Austria Vienna, Austria)
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)
4. Milos Milutinovic (Partizan, Yugoslavia)
5. Oscar Miguez
(Penarol, Uruguay)
6. Valeriano Lopez
(Sports Boy, Alianza Lima, Peru)
7. Jackie Milburn (Newcastle, England)
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)
5. Fritz Herkenrath (Rot-Weiss Essen, Germany)
6. Lorenzo
Buffon (AC Milan, Italy)
7. Gyula Grosics (Budapest Honved, Tatabanya, Hungary)
7. Gyula Grosics (Budapest Honved, Tatabanya, Hungary)
8. Gilmar
(Corinthains, Brazil)
9. Antonio
Ramallets (Barcelona, Spain)
10. Jose Carlos Castilho (Fluminese, Brazil)
11. Georgi Naydenov (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)
12. Jack Kelsey (Arsenal, Wales)
13. Rogelio Dominguez (Racing Club, Real Madrid, Argentina)
12. Jack Kelsey (Arsenal, Wales)
13. 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)
5. Joan Segarra (Barcelona, Spain)
6. Eric Caldow (Rangers, Scotland)
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)
6. Herbert Erhardt (SPvgg Furt)
7. Cor Van De Hart (Lille, Netherlands)
8. Pedro Dellacha (Racing Club, Argentina)
8. Pedro Dellacha (Racing Club, Argentina)
9. Guillermo Delgado (Alianza Lima, Peru)
10. Ake Johansson (Norkopping, Sweden)
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)
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)
11. Horst Eckel (Kaiserslautern, West Germany)
12. Yuri Voynov (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
13. 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)
9 .Enrique Hormazabal (Colo Colo, Chile)
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)
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)
4. Luis Suarez Miramontes (Barcelona, Spain)
5. Johnny Haynes
(Fulham, England)
6. Ernesto Grillo (Independiente, AC Milan, Argentina)
7. Jimmy Mcirloy (Burnley, Northern Ireland)
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)
8. Antonin Angelillo (Inter Milan, Argentina)
9. Alberto Terry (Universitario, Peru)
10. Humberto Maschio (Bologna, Italy)
11. Hector Rial (Real Madrid, Argentina)
10. Humberto 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)
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. Ladislav Novak (Dukla Prague)
6. Klaus Urbanczk (Chemie Halle, East Germany)
7. Feliciano Rivilla (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
8. Ray Wilson (Everton, England)
7. Feliciano Rivilla (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
8. Ray Wilson (Everton, England)
Central Defender
1. Cesare Maldini (Milan, Italy)
2. Bobby Moore (West Ham, England)
3. Mauro Ramos (Santos, Brazil)
4. Jan Popluhar (Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)
5. Germano (Benfica, Portugal)
6. William Martinez (Penarol, Uruguay)
7. Jesus Garay (Bilbao, Spain)
8. Sandro Salvadore (Juventus, Italy)
9. Jose Ramos Delgado (River Plate, Argentina)
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. Dino Sani (AC
Milan, Brazil)
6. Horst
Szymaniak (Catania, West Germany)
7. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna, Italy)
7. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna, Italy)
8. Svatopluk Pluskal (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)
9. Nestor Goncalves
(Penarol, Uruguay)
10. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna, Italy)
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. Chinesinho (Palmeiras, Modena, Brazil)
14. 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)
5. Kurt Hamrin (Fiorentina, Sweden)
6. Juan Joya
(Penarol, Peru)
7. Julinho Botelho (Fiorentina, Brazil)
8. Jose Augusto (Benfica, Portugal)
7. Julinho Botelho (Fiorentina, Brazil)
8. Jose Augusto (Benfica, Portugal)
9. Leonel
Sanchez (Universidad De Chile, Chile)
11. Cliff Jones
(Tottenham, Wales)
12. Sigfried Held (Doirtmund, West Germany)
13. Mikhail Meskhi (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
13. Mikhail Meskhi (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
14. Slava Metreveli (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
15. Juan Seminario (Real Zaragoza, Fiorentina, Peru)
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)
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. Coutinho (Santos,
Brazil)
9. Waldo Machado (Valencia, 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)
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)
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)
3. Berti Vogts (Gladbachm West Germany)
4. Fahrudin Jusufi (Frankfurt, Yugoslavia)
5. Tommy Gemmell (Celtic, Scotland)
6. Bernd Patzke (1860 Munich, Germany)
7. Aleksandar Shalamanov (Slavia Sofia)
8. Mirsad Fazlagic (Sarejevo, Yugoslavia)
9. Hilario (Sporting Portugalm Portugal)
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)
8. Roberto Rosato (AC Milan, Italy)
9. Elias Figueroa
(Penarol, Chile)
11. Murtaz Khurtsilava (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
12. Kalman Meszoly (Vasas Hungary)
13. Jack Charlton (Leeds, England)
14. Sandro Salvadore (Juventus, Italy)
15. Billy Mcneill (Celtic, Scotland)
16. Julio Melendez (Boca Junior, Peru)
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. Clodoaldo (Santos, Brazil)
7. Nestor Goncalves
(Penarol, Uruguay)
8. Zeljko Perusic (1860 Munichm Yugoslavia)
8. Zeljko Perusic (1860 Munichm Yugoslavia)
9. 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)
11. Giancarlos De Sisti (Fiorentina, Italy)
12. Martin Peters (West Ham, England)
13. Dimitar Yakimov (Bulgaria)
14. Vladimir Muntyan (Dinamo Kiev, USSR)
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)
9. Luis Cubilla (River Plate, Nacional, Uruguay)
10. Jair Da Costa (Inter Milan, Brazil)
11. Oscar Mas (River Plate, Argentina)
12. Sigfried Held (Dortmund, West Germany)
13. Juan Ramon Veron (Estudientes, Argentina)
14. Sjaak Swart
(Ajax, Netherlands)
15. Willie Henderson (Rangers, Scotland)
16. Igor Chislenko (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
17. 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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. Rinus Israel (Feyernoord, Netherlands)
6. Joseip Katalinski (Zeljeznocar, Yugoslavia)
7. Roy Mcfarland (Derby, England)
8. Attilio Ancheta (Gremio, Uruguay)9. Barry Hulshoff (Ajax, Netherlands)
10. Murtaz
Khurtsilava (Dinamo Tblisi, Soviet Union)
11. John Greig (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
12. Humberto Coelho (Benfica, Portugal)
13. Colin Todd (Derby, England)
14. Jerzy Gorgon (Gornik Zabrezem Poland)
15. Dragan Holcer (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
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. Wim Jansen (Feyenoord, Netherlands)
10. Herbert Wimmer (Gladbach, Germany)11. Arie Haan (Ajax, Netherlands)
12. Victor Kolotov (Dinamo Kiev, Ukraine)
12. 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)
9. Miguel Brindisi (Huracan, Argentina)
10. Hristo Bonev
(Lokomotive Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
11. Nicolae Dobrin
(Arges Pitesti, Romania)
12. Dirceu Lopes (Cruzeiro, Brazil)
12. Dirceu Lopes (Cruzeiro, Brazil)
13. Branko Oblak (Hajduk, Yugoslavia)
14. Colin Bell (Man City, England)
15. Leivinha (Palmeiras, Brazil)
14. Colin Bell (Man City, England)
15. Leivinha (Palmeiras, Brazil)
16. Luis Del Sol (Real Madrid, Spain)
17. Jurica Jerkovic (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
18. Jovan Acimovic (Red Star, 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, Paulo Cezar Caju (Flamengo)
6. Robert Gadocha
(Legia Warsaw, Poland)
7. Edu (Santos, Brazil)
8. Jurgen Grabowski (Frankfurt, Germany)
8. Jurgen Grabowski (Frankfurt, Germany)
9. Rene Houseman
(Huracan, Argentina)
10. George Best (Man Utd, Northern Ireland)
11. 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)
8. Jupp Heynckes (Gladbach, West Germany)
9. Josip Sklobar (Marseille, Yugoslavia)
10. Paolo Cezar Lima (Botafogo, Brazil)
11. Ralf Edstrom (PSV, Sweden)
11. Ralf Edstrom (PSV, Sweden)
12. Hans Jurgen Kreische (Dynamo Dresden, Germany)
Striker
1. Gerd Muller
(Bayern Munich, West Germany)
2. Eusebio (Benfica,
Portugal)
3. Wlodzimerz
Lubanski (Gornik Zabrze, Poland)
4. Fernando Morena
(Penarol, Uruguay)
5. Roberto Boninsegna (Inter Milan, Italy)
6. Carlos Bianchi (Velez Sarsfield, Argentina)
7. Dusan Bejevic (Velez Mostar, Yugoslavia)
7. Dusan Bejevic (Velez Mostar, Yugoslavia)
8. 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)
14. Bernd Franke (Braunscheweig, 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. Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool, England)
6. Phil Neal (Liverpool, England)
7. Alberto Tarantini (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
8. Karol Dobias (Spartak, Trnava, Czechoslovakia)
9. Viv Anderson (Nottingham, Forest, 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)
11. Jose Migueli (Barcelona, Spain)
7. Wladislaw Zmuda (Slask Wroclaw, Poland)
8. Hans Jurgen Dorner (Dynamo Dresden, West Germany)
9. Anton Ondrus (Dukla Banska, Slovan Bratislava)
11. 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)
7. Rainer Bonhof (Gladbach, Valencia, West Germany)
8. Paul Breitner (
Bayern Munich, West Germany)
9. Americo Gallego (River Plate, Argentina)
9. Americo Gallego (River Plate, Argentina)
10. 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)
6. Norberto Alonso (River Plate, Argentina)
7. Cesar Cueto
(Alianza Lima, Peru)
8. Giancarlos Antognoni (Fiorentina,
Italy)
9. Safet Susic (FK Sarajevo, Yugoslavia)
10. Antonin Panenka
(Bohemian Prague, Czechoslovakia)
11. David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
11. David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union)
12. Leonid Buryak (Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
13. Vladimir Petrovic (Red Star, Yugoslavia)
14. Heinz Flohe (FC Koln, Germany)
Offensive Lateral
1. Franco Causio
(Juventus, Italy)
2. Rene Houseman (Huracan, Argentina)
3. Jurgen Grabowski (Frankfurt, Germany)
3. Jurgen Grabowski (Frankfurt, Germany)
4. Johnny Rep
(Valencia, Bastia, Netherlands)
5. Daniel Bertoni (Independiente, Sevilla, Argentina)
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)
10. Henning Jensen (Gladbach, Real Madrid, Denmark)
11. Willy Van De Kuijlen (PSV, Netherlands)
12. Ruud Geels (Ajax, Netherlands)
13. Trevor Francis (Birmingham City, England)
14. Laszlo Fazekas (Ujpest, Hungary)
Striker
1. Paolo Rossi
(Vicenza, Italy)
2.
Reinaldo (Atletico Miniero, Brazil)
3. Hans
Krankl (Rapid Wienna, Barcelona, Austria)
4. Fernando Morena (Penarol, Uruguay)
4. Fernando Morena (Penarol, Uruguay)
5. Klaus Fischer
(Schalke, West Germany)
6. Joachim Streich (Magdeburg, East Germany)
6. Joachim Streich (Magdeburg, East Germany)
7.Carlos Bianchi (Reims, Argentina)
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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)
8. Rodolfo Rodriguez (Nacional, Uruguay)
9. Pat Jennings (Arsenal, Northern Ireland)
10. Franco Tancredi (Roma, Italy)
11. Uli Stein (Hamburger SV, Germany)
11. Uli Stein (Hamburger SV, Germany)
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)
4. Hans Peter Briegel (Kaiserslautern, Hellas Verona, West Germany)
5. Jose Antonio Camacho (Real Madrid, Spain)
6. Anatoliy Demyanenko (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
6. Anatoliy Demyanenko (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
7. Mandred Kaltz (Hambruge SV, Germany)
8. Rafael Gordillo (Real Madrid, Spain)
9. Phil Neal (Liverpool, England)
8. Rafael Gordillo (Real Madrid, Spain)
9. Phil Neal (Liverpool, England)
10. Patrick Battiston (St Etienne, Bordeaux, France)
11. Kenny Samson (Arsenal, 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)
11. Dario Peyreyra (Sao Paolo, Uruguay)
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)
11. Dario Peyreyra (Sao Paolo, 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)
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)
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. Herbert Prohaska (Inter Milan, Roma, Austria)
12. Glenn
Hoddle (Tottenham, England)
13. Felix Magath (Hamburge, Germany)
14. Julio Cesar Romero (New Yorke Cosmos, Flumunese)
15. Tibor Nyilasi (Ferencvaroc, Austria Vienna, Hungary)
15. Tibor Nyilasi (Ferencvaroc, Austria Vienna, Hungary)
16. Asgier Sigurvinsson (Bayern, Iceland)
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)
5. Eder (Atletico Mineiro, Brazil)
6. Frank Arnesen
(Valencia, Anderlecht, Denmark)
7. Gordon Strachan (Aberdeen, Scotland)
7. Gordon Strachan (Aberdeen, Scotland)
8. Willington Ortiz (America De Cali, Colombia)
9. Jesper Olsen (Ajax, Man Utd, Denmark)
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)
5. Preben Elkjaer (Lokeren, Verona, Denmark)
6. Klaus Allofs (Marseille, West Germany)
7. Erwin Vandenbergh (Anderlecht, Belgium)
8. Cha Bum Kun (Frankfurt, Leverkusen)
Striker
1. Paolo Rossi
(Juventus, Italy)
2. Ian Rush
(Liverpool, Wales)
3. Rudi Voller (Bremen, Germany)
4. Roberto Dinamite (Vasco, Brazil)
5. Alessandro Altobelli (Inter Milan, Italy)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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. Riccardo Ferri (Inter Milan, Italy)
12. Manuel Sanchis (Real Madrid, Spain)
12. 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)
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)
8. Alemao (Napoli, Brazil)
9. Glenn Stromberg (Atalanta, Sweden)
10. Sergio Batista (Argentinos Juniors, River Plate)
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)
9. Jorge Burruchaga (Nantes, Argentina)
9. Jorge Burruchaga (Nantes, Argentina)
10. Oleksander Zavarov (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
11. Giuseppe Gianini (Roma, Italy)
12. Ruben Paz (Racing Clubm Uruguay)
13. Carlos
Valderrama (Deportivo Cali, Monpellier, Colombia)
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)
5. Cris Waddle (Tottenham, England)
6. Roberto Donadoni (AC Milan, Italy)
7. Genorimo Barbadillo (Avellino, Peru)
Forward
1. Emilio Butragueno
(Real Madrid, Spain)
2. Roberto Mancini (Sampdoria, Italy)
2. Roberto Mancini (Sampdoria, Italy)
3. Ihor Belanov
(Dinamo Kiev, Soviet Union)
4. Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria, Italy)
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)
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. Gianluca 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
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)
4. Stuart Pearce (Forest, England)
5. Leonardo (Valencia, Brazil)
6. Denis Irwin (Man Utd, Ireland Republic)
7. Gary Neville (Man Utd, England)
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)
4. Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan, Italy)
5. Ronald Koeman (Barcelona, Netherlands)
6. Rune Bratseth (Bremen, Norway)
6. Rune Bratseth (Bremen, Norway)
7. Gheorghe Popescu
(PSV, Romania)
8. Oscar Ruggeri
(Velez Sarsfield, Argentina)
9. Tony Adams (Arsenal, England)
10. Guido Buchwald (Stuttgart, Germany)
11. Julio Cesar (Juventus, Dortmund, Brazil)
12. Laurent Blanc (Napoli, Saint Etienne, France)13. Miodrag Belodedicci (Red Star, Romania)
14. 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)
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)
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. Vladimir Jugovic (Juventus, Yugoslavia)
15. Andreas Herzog (Bremen, Austria)
12. Vladimir Jugovic (Juventus, Yugoslavia)
13. Enzo Francescoli (Cagliari, River Plate, Uruguay)
14. Robert Prosinecki (Red Star, Real Madrid, Yugsolavia)
16. Matthews Le Tisser (Southampton, England)
Offensive Lateral
1. Brain Laudrup
(Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Denmark)
2. David Ginola
(Paris Siant Germain, France)
3. Ryan Giggs (Man
Utd, Wales)
4. Juninho Paulista (Middlesbrough, Brazil)
5. Andrei Kanchelski (Man Utd, CIS)
5. 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. Claudio Caniggia (Atalanta, Roma, Argentina)
9. Stephan Chapuisat (Dortmund, Switzerland)10. Alen Boksic (Marseille, Croatia)
11. 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)
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)
5. Angelo Peruzzi (Juventus, Lazio, Italy)
6. Peter Schmeichel
(Man Utd, Denmark)
7. David Seaman (Arsenal, England)
7. David Seaman (Arsenal, England)
8. Fabien
Barthez (Marseille, France)
9. Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan, Italy)
10. Stefan Klos (Dortmund, Germany)
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)
4. Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern, France)
5. Cristian Panucci (Inter Milan, Italy)
6. Jocelyn Angloma (Inter Milan, Valencia, France)
7. Francisco Arce (Gremip, Palmeiras, Paraguay)
8. Christian Ziege (Beyern, AC Milan, Germany)
8. 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)
8. Sol Campbell (Arsenal, England)
9. Aldair (Roma, Brazil)
10. Frank De Boer (Ajax, Netherlands)
11. Nestor Sensini (Parma, Argentina)
12. Sinisa Mihajlovic (Lazio, Yugoslavia)
13. Olaf Thon (Schalke, Germany)
14. Carlos Gamarra (Internacional Corinthains, Brazil)
15. Patrik Andersson (Gladbach, Sweden)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
9. Romario (Flamengo, Vasco Da Gama, Brazil)
10. Oliver Bierhoff
(Udinese, AC Milan, Germany)
11. Fillippo Inzaghi (Juventus, Italy)
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)
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)
4. Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus, Italy)
5. Ashley Cole (Arsenal, England)
6. Michel Salgado (Real Madrid, Spain)
6. Michel Salgado (Real Madrid, Spain)
7. Willy Sagnol (Bayern, France)
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)
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)
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)
10. Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan, Italy)
11. Juninho Pernambucano (Lyon, Brazil)
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)
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)
5. Alvaro Recoba (Inter Milan, Uruguay)
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)
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)
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)
4. Patrice Evra (Man Utd, France)
5. Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea, England)
6. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)
7. Eric Abidal (Lyon, Barcelona, France)
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)
4. Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd, England)
5. Ricardo Carvalho (Porto, Portugal)
6. Walter Samuel (Inter Milan, Argentina)
7. William Gallas (France, Arsenal)
8. Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan, Italy)
Defensive Midfielder
1. Mikael Essien
(Chelsea, Ghana)
2. Xabi Alonso
(Liverpool, Spain)
3. Esteban Cambiasso
(Inter Milan, Argentina)
4. Marcos Senna (Villarreal, Spain)
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)
10. Andrey Ashavin (Zenith, Arsenal, Russia)
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)
4. Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Milan, Brazil)
Forward
1. Lionel Messi
(Barcelona, Argentina)
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(Inter Milan, Barcelona, Sweden)
3. Diego Forlan
(Atletico Madrid, Uruguay)
4. Wayne Rooney (Man
Utd, England)
5. Carlos Tevez (Man City, Juventus, Argentina)
5. Carlos Tevez (Man City, Juventus, Argentina)
6. David Villa (Valencia, Spain)
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)
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)
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. Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
4. Jordi Alba (Barcelona, Spain)
5. David Alaba (Bayern, Austria)
6. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea, Serbia)
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)
3. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus, Italy)
4. Gerard Pique (Barcelona, Spain)
5. Vincent Kompany (Man City, Belgium)
6. Pepe (Real Madrid, Spain)
7. Andrea Barzagli (Juventus, Italy)
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)
6. Daniele De Rossi (Roma, Italy)
5. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona, Spain)
6. Daniele De Rossi (Roma, Italy)
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)
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)
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)
5. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)
6. Mario Gomez (Bayern, Germany)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Central Defender
1. Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
Offensive Lateral
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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 : 38
2nd Half 1920s : 54
1st Half 1930s : 62
2nd Half 1930s : 61
1st Half 1940s : 28
2nd Half 1940s : 57
1st Half 1950s : 80
2nd Half 1950s : 81
1st Half 1960s : 88
2nd Half 1960s : 89
1st Half 1970s : 97
2nd Half 1970s : 85
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. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern, Germany)
3. Daniel Alves (Paris-SG, Brazil)
4. Jordi Alba (Barcelona, Spain)
3. Daniel Alves (Paris-SG, Brazil)
4. Jordi Alba (Barcelona, Spain)
5. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool, Scotland)
6. David Alaba (Bayern, Austria)
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. Gerard Pique (Barcelona, Spain)
6. Rafael Varane (Real Madrid, France)
6. 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)
7. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, England)
8. Fernandinho (Man City, Brazil)
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)
7. Isco (Real Madrid, Spain)
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 Higuain (Napoli, Argentina)
2. Harry Kane (Tottenham, England)
3. Sergio Aguero (Man City, Argentina)
4. Pierre-Ermerick Aubemayang (Dortmund, Gabon)
5. Edison Cavani (PSG, Uruguay)
6. Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli, Argentina)
7. Ciro Immobile (Lazio, Italy)
8. Edin Dzeko (Roma, Bosnia)
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The First Half 2020s
Goalkeeper
1. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)
2. Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina)
3. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milam, Paris-SG, Italy)
4. Marc Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona, Germany)
5. Alisson (Liverpool, Brazil)
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. Archraf Hakimi (Paris-SG, Morrocco)
5. Theo Fernandez (AC Milan, France)
6. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Barcelona, Portugal)
7. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool, Scotland)
8. Alphonso Davies (Bayern, Canada)
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. William Saliba (Arsenal, France)
6. 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, Norway)
Offensive Lateral
1. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil)
2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Bayern, Senegal)
3. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, England)
4. Ousmane Dembele (Paris-SG, France)
5. Leroy Sane (Bayern, Germany)
6. Phil Foden (Manchester City, England)
7. Song-Hueng Min (Tottenham, Korea Republic)
8. Raphinha (Leeds, Barcelona, Brazil)
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. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan, Argentina)
5. 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 : 38
2nd Half 1920s : 54
1st Half 1930s : 62
2nd Half 1930s : 61
1st Half 1940s : 28
2nd Half 1940s : 57
1st Half 1950s : 80
2nd Half 1950s : 81
1st Half 1960s : 88
2nd Half 1960s : 89
1st Half 1970s : 97
2nd Half 1970s : 85
1st Half 1980s : 79
2nd Half 1980s : 72
1st Half 1990s : 78
2nd Half 1990s : 73
1st Half 2000s : 62
2nd Half 2000s : 51
1st Half 2010s : 52
2nd Half 2010s : 57
2nd Half 1980s : 72
1st Half 1990s : 78
2nd Half 1990s : 73
1st Half 2000s : 62
2nd Half 2000s : 51
1st Half 2010s : 52
2nd Half 2010s : 57
1st Half 2020s : 51
