| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
The results of the poll is as follows:
1 Zinédine Zidane (France) 123,582 2 Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 122,569 3 Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) 119,332 4 Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 117,987 5 Dino Zoff (Italy) 114,529 6 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Spain) 107,435 7 Eusébio (Portugal) 103,937 8 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 101,862 9 Michel Platini (France) 99,380 10 Paolo MaldiniPaolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968) in Milan, Italy He is an Italian football player. In his whole career he has only played for A. Milan, in which he mainly plays the position of left back. His Serie A debut was in 1985. He retired from the national team (Italy) 95,497 11 Ferenc PuskásFerenc Puskas (Hungarian: Puskas Ferenc surname first; his nickname is Puskas Ocsi , born 2 April 1927 was a Hungarian football player. He played for the Hungarian Olympic team which won the Olympic Gold Medal in 1952. He also played for Real Madrid when (Hungary/Spain) 94,361 12 Paolo RossiPaolo Rossi (born in Santa Lucia near Prato on September 23 1956) was an Italian football player. He won the Golden Boot at the 1982 World Cup. He was named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Rossi, Paolo Rossi, Paolo (Italy) 91,194 13 Ruud GullitRuud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) was a Dutch star football player of the 80s and 90s. He was European Footballer of the Year in 1987, and World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was born in Amsterdam and his career started with Haarlem be (Netherlands) 91,001 14 Bobby CharltonSir Robert "Bobby" Charlton (born October 11, 1937) is a former English football player. He survived the Munich Air Disaster. He scored 49 international goals for England, winning 106 caps and a World Cup winners medal in 1966. He also won the FA Cup (196 (England) 89,921 15 Lothar MatthäusLothar Matthaus (born March 21, 1961, Erlangen, Germany) is a soccer player, who in 1990 was named FIFA World Player of the Year after captaining Germany to victory in the World Cup and for his successful spell at Inter Milan. In the same year he was also (West Germany) 86,798 16 Karl-Heinz RummeniggeKarl-Heinz Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955) was a German football player. He was named by Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is now the chairman of Bayern Munich, where he played from 1974- 1984. Rummenigge, Karl- (West Germany) 86,649 17 Franco BaresiFranco Baresi (born May 8, 1960) was the outstanding central defender of the Italian national football team in four World Cups ( 1982, 1986 1990 and 1994). In World Cup 1994 he missed a penalty in the final. Despite his modest physical appearance, he beca (Italy) 83,800 18 Gerd Müller (West Germany) 82,668 19 George Best (N. Ireland) 79,036 20 Kevin Keegan (England) 78,840 21 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands) 71,333 22 David Beckham (England) 71,299 23 Bobby Moore (England) 70,884 24 Roberto Baggio (Italy) 68,239 25 Michael Laudrup (Denmark) 67,484 26 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) 66,661 27 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 66,463 28 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania) 62,383 29 Sepp Maier (West Germany) 62,375 30 Oliver Kahn (Germany) 58,151 31 Luís Figo (Portugal) 58,078 32 Raúl González (Spain) 56,880 33 Berti Vogts (West Germany) 55,398 34 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands) 54,796 35 Gianni Rivera (Italy) 53,874 36 José Antonio Camacho (Spain) 53,873 37 Marco Tardelli (Italy) 53,732 38 Just Fontaine (France) 53,612 39 Peter Shilton (England) 50,841 40 Bernd Schuster (West Germany) 50,247 41 Raymond Kopa (France) 49,504 42 Eric Cantona (France) 48,436 43 Stanley Matthews (England) 47,915 44 Ruud van Nistelrooij (Netherlands) 47,398 45 Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) 46,022 46 Gary Lineker (England) 44,787 47 Alessandro Nesta (Italy) 44,667 48 José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain) 43,690 49 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) 43,227 50 Alessandro Costacurta (Italy) 42,511See also: FIFA 100