100 BEST Players (sponsored by Fifa)
 

Here is the list....
enjoy it....missing players???....yes many...post them here....if you think a guy should or should not be in the list....post it...we'll discuss....like always....on a friendly manner.... :)

Russia (former Soviet Union)
Rinat Dassaiev

Scotland
Kenny Dalglish

Senegal
El Hadji Diouf

Spain
Emilio Butragueno
Luis Enrique
Raul

Turkey
Emre Belozoglu
Rustu Recber

Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko

Uruguay
Enzo Francescoli

USA
Michelle Akers
Mia Hamm

Ghana
Abedi Pele

Hungary
Ferenc Puskas

Ireland
Roy Keane

Italy
Roberto Baggio
Franco Baresi
Giuseppe Bergomi
Giampiero Boniperti
Gianluigi Buffon
Giacinto Facchetti
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Nesta
Gianni Rivera
Paolo Rossi
Francesco Totti
Christian Vieri
Dino Zoff

Japan
Hidetoshi Nakata

Korea Republic
Hong Myung-bo

Liberia
George Weah

Mexico
Hugo Sanchez

Netherlands
Marco van Basten
Dennis Bergkamp
Johan Cruyff
Edgar Davids
Ruud Gullit
Willy van de Kerkhof
Rene van de Kerkhof
Patrick Kluivert
Johan Neeskens
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Rob Rensenbrink
Frank Rijkaard
Clarence Seedorf

Nigeria
Jay-Jay Okocha

Northern Ireland
George Best

Paraguay
Romerito

Peru
Teofilo Cubillas

Poland
Zbigniew Boniek

Portugal
Rui Costa
Eusebio
Luis Figo

Romania
Gheorghe Hagi

France
Eric Cantona
Marcel Desailly
Didier Deschamps
Just Fontaine
Thierry Henry
Raymond Kopa
Jean-Pierre Papin
Robert Pires
Michel Platini
Lilian Thuram
Marius Tresor
David Trezeguet
Patrick Vieira
Zinedine Zidane

Germany (and former Federal Republic of Germany)
Michael Ballack
Franz Beckenbauer
Paul Breitner
Oliver Kahn
Juergen Klinsmann
Sepp Maier
Lothar Matthaeus
Gerd Muller
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Uwe Seeler

Argentina
Gabriel Batistuta
Hernan Crespo
Mario Kempes
Diego Maradona
Daniel Passarella
Javier Saviola
Omar Sivori
Alfredo Di Stefano
Juan Sebastian Veron
Javier Zanetti

Belgium
Jan Ceulemans
Franky van der Elst
Jean-Marie Pfaff

Brazil
Carlos Alberto
Cafu
Roberto Carlos
Falcao
Junior
Pele
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Romario
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Djalma Santos
Nilton Santos
Socrates
Zico

Bulgaria
Hristo Stoitchkov

Cameroon
Roger Milla

Chile
Elias Figueroa
Ivan Zamorano

Colombia
Carlos Valderrama

Croatia
Davor Suker

Czech Republic (and former Czechoslovakia)
Josef Masopust
Pavel Nedved

Denmark
Brian Laudrup
Michael Laudrup
Peter Schmeichel

England
Gordon Banks
David Beckham
Bobby Charlton
Kevin Keegan
Gary Lineker
Michael Owen
Alan Shearer

US has 2 women and no men jajaja

As far as I'm concern, USA's men have not produced a superstar kind of player....the Women have...they have done it for years...that's why you don't see men in the USA's list....It probably was Fifa's decision to include women....if they are banned from the list, then, I would say that no US men should be even mentioned.

Let me start by talking about some of the men that should not be in the list ......CHILENOOO style.

Scotland
Kenny Dalglish - I think that they just wanted a guy from every country to be in the list..No way this guy should of made it.

Senegal
El Hadji Diouf - Same thing here ...he might be the best from Senegal but NEVER mentioned in the same sentence with Zico, or even Socrates

Spain
Luis Enrique ..ahhhh..this is pushing it, a bit...I would love to see another great one here.....I think Michel Gonzalez was much better. (Luis Enrique was included due to marketing)

Turkey
Emre Belozoglu
Rustu Recber - Again...for both of these players, they just needed a guy from every country...not the best of the best....maybe the list should be known as...¨Pele/Fifa's views of the best of every country¨

Ghana
Abedi Pele - you can see the trend here.

Italy
Christian Vieri - Vieri has some connections.


Japan
Hidetoshi Nakata - PLEASE!!!

Korea Republic
Hong Myung-bo - Oh my god!!!!

Netherlands
Dennis Bergkamp
Edgar Davids
Patrick Kluivert
Frank Rijkaard
Clarence Seedorf - All these guys have nothing to do with Van Basten, Johan Cruyff, etc..they probably should be considered as good, but WE ARE TALKING GREATS HERE!!! PLEASE.

Nigeria
Jay-Jay Okocha - Oh yeah...a nigerian man missing.

Northern Ireland
George Best - Did they get the name BEST confused with as in BEST in the world?????

Paraguay
Missing Chilavert....he was a leader on his own time...I would consider him a best¨ of the world..just because of his leadership.

Poland
Zbigniew Boniek - Oh yeah..Poland needed a guy to be named...(sarcastic)....He is good but not the BEST...again.

Portugal
Rui Costa - Have no problem with Figo or Eusebio...but this guy Rui Costa....I just think that he made it because he is famous...nothing to do with BEST...

Argentina
Hernan Crespo - OH why on earth is this guy here...
Javier Saviola - Oh why on earth is this guy here part II
Juan Sebastian Veron - I would consider him as one of the best....he is probably on the line...I will just mention that he is almost in....not yet though
Javier Zanetti - Best....again..and again....we are saying best in the world...so....oh why on earth is this guy here....part III.

Belgium -- For Belgium they missed a guy here......Jean Claude Van Damme...
Jan Ceulemans
Franky van der Elst
Jean-Marie Pfaff - he was among the best.....I agree with this one...

Chile
Elias Figueroa -- This is why I.m talking best....Don Elias known in Brasil and Uruguay as Don Elias¨, Three times in a row he was the best in SA for the year.....he is considered the closest thing to Beckenbauer.
Ivan Zamorano -- BEST too.....best leader...best in guts.....great one too. (NO sarcasm)


England
Michael Owen -- The only problem I got with Fifa is that they do stuff because of marketing....image....Owen was labeled as the next big thing.....in my opinion he has been the next big nothing.....

No Garrincha?

No Peter Schmeicel? No Ryan Giggs?

Well that was kind of my point....no Schmeicel, Giggs, Garrincha....and yes to a polish, senegal, and Korean players....just to name a few....
Even in important teams...they have some flaws....Vieri is an example....who in their right mind would choose Vieri over Garrincha...???

I think is funny that Beckham is on that list

Rui Costa- Didn't he just lose his starting position in Milan to a 22 year old kid?

Crespo, Saviola, Veron - Uhhhh, how about Pablo Aimar

Holland - Where's Koeman?

Brazil - Where's Careca?

Sweden - Where's Martin? (WC94 top scorer that lead Sweden to the semifinal)

Belgium's Vincenzo Scifo didn't make the list....that guy was on every Belgium team since 1990 and up....I'm not saying he is one of the best, but he is one of the best in Belgium...

no Garrincha? by far a top 10 player in the World

Coluna, Jose Aguas and Matateu deserve to be on the top 100

yes, but these are living players....