Best 100 in the XX Century

100 Best Soccers in the 1901-2000 Era

1 Diego "A" Maradona...Argentina...Playmaker 1986
2 Alfredo D'Steffano...Arg/Spa.....Playmaker 1928

3 Johan Cruijff.......Netherland....Striker 1976
4 Pele................Brasil........Striker 1962
5 Franz Beckenbauer......German........Back 1974
6 Zinedine Zidane.....France......Playmaker 1998
7 Ronaldo...............Brasil......Striker 1996
8 Ferenc Puskas..........Hongaria......Wing 1958
9 Eusebio..............Portugal.....Striker 1954
10 Lev Yashin.............Rusia.......Kiper 1960


11 Bobby Charlton....England...Striker 1966
12 Romario Faria.....Brasil....Striker 1994
13 Gordon Banks......England...Kiper 1966
14 Michel Platini....France...Playmaker 1984
15 Ruud Gullit.....Netherland...Striker 1988
16 Mario Kempes....Argentina....Striker 1978
17 Daniel Pasarela...Argentina....Back 1978
18 Marco V Basten...Netherland...Striker 1988

19 George Best......Wales.........Wing 1976
20 Ronaldinho.......Brasil....Playmaker 1996


21 George Weah.....Liberia...Striker 1992
22 Roberto Baggio...Italy....Playmaker 1994
23 Luis Figo......Portugal...Playmaker 1998
24 Lothar Matheus...German...Playmaker 1990
25 Paolo Maldini......Italy......Wing Back 1992





26 Hristo Stoichkov....Bulgaria....Striker 1994
27 Raul Gonzales.......Spain.......Striker 1996
28 Gabriel Batistuta...Argentina...Striker 1993
29 Just Fontaine.......France......Striker 1966
30 Gianluigi Buffon.......Italy.......Kiper 1994

31 Pieter Schmeichel...Denmark....Kiper 1998
32 Andrey Shevchenko...Ukraina..Striker 1994
33 Gerd Mueller........German...Striker 1974
34 "C" Valderama...Kolombia...Playmaker 1994
35 Eric Cantona.....France....Playmaker 1990
36 Ryan Giggs........Wales........Wing 1996
37 David Beckham......England.....Wing 1998
38 Teofilo Cubillas...Peru...Playmaker 1954

39 "R" Riquelme...Argentina...Playmaker 1996
40 George Hagi....Rumania.....Playmaker 1994

41 Enzo Fransescoli....Uruguay...Playmaker 1990
42 Zbiegniew Boniek...Polandia...Playmaker 1984
43 Sepp Maier.........German.....Kiper 1974
44 Franco Baresi......Italy......Back 1994
45 Ronald Koeman.....Netherland..Back 1988
46 Hugo Sanchez....Mexico.....Striker 1986
47 Zico............Brasil.....Striker 1986
48 Guilermo Stabille...Argentina...Striker 1930
49 Fernando Redondo...Argentina...Playmaker 1994
50 Gary Lineker.........England....Striker 1986

51 Jean "P" Papin...France...Striker 1991
52 "M" Laudrup....Denmark....Striker 1986
53 Roberto Carlos.....Brasil....Back 1994
54 Rivaldo............Brasil.........Wing 1994
55 "P" Gascoigne....England...Wing 1990
56 Oliver Kahn.......German....Kiper 1996
57 "J" Klinsmann...German....Striker 1990
58 "M" Ballack...German...Playmaker 1996
59 "C" Alberto "P"...Brasil.....Back 1958
60 Alan Shearer....England...Striker 1994

61 "C" Caniggia...Argentina...Striker 1990
62 "E" Butragueno...Spain.....Striker 1986
63 Jean Marie Pfaff...Belgia....Kiper 1984
64 Karl Rumenigge...German...Wing 1986
65 Pavel Nedved......Ceko........Wing 1996
66 Roy Keane.....Irlandia...Playmaker 1998
67 Javier Zanetti...Argentina....Wing 1993
68 Ivan Zamorano...Chili......Striker 1994
69 "K" Dalglish...Skotlandia..Striker 1990
70 Christian Vieri...Italy....Striker 1998

71 Gianni Rivera....Italy.......Playmaker 1969
72 Osvaldo Ardiles....Argentina....Wing 1978
73 Gianluca Vialli...Italy.......Striker 1994
74 Thiery Henry.....France.......Striker 1995
75 Didier Deschamp...France......Back 1998
76 Alexandro D Piero...Italy.....Striker 1998
77 Carlos Dunga.....Brasil.......Striker 1994
78 Sergio Goycochea...Argentina....Kiper 1990
79 Ariel Ortega.......Argentina.....Wing 1998
80 "D" Bergkamp....Netherland....Striker 1994

81 Andreas Brehme.....German....Back 1990
82 Johan Neeskens...Netherland...Wing 1978
83 Cafu............Brasil...........Wing Back 1994
84 Giuseppe Bergomi...Italy......Back 1982
85 Eric Gerets......Belgia.......Back 1982
86 Dino Zoff...........Italy..........Kiper 1970
87 Mathias Sammer...German...Back 1992
88 "F" Rijkaard....Netherland....Back 1988
89 Rudy Voeller....German.....Striker 1990
90 Raymond Kopa....France......Wing 1930


91 Lilian Thuram....France......Back 1998
92 Abedi Pele.......Ghana.....Striker 1993
93 Paul Scholes...England...Playmaker 1999
94 "S" Schillaci....Italy...Striker 1990
95 Roger Milla.....Kamerun....Striker 1990
96 Jose L Chilavert...Paraguay...Kiper 1998
97 "H" Crespo....Argentina...Striker 1996
98 Alexandro Nesta....Italy......Back 1998
99 Davor Suker.......Croatia....Striker 1994
100 Hidetoshi Nakata...Japan...Playmaker 1998









The best of the best in the XX Centuries is:


Diego Armando Maradona