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
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.....
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
Pele made a HUGE mistake by stamping his name on that list. Now everybody thinks that that's Pele's list of "The best soccer players ever"
People are saying that that's not the best 100, but the most influential 100 players. In that case, shouldn't there be a player for each country? Shouldn't there be a age requirement? For example, Ronaldinho is about 23 and he is supposed to be one of the most influential soccer players ever. I think Ronaldinho is the best in the World, but I bet most soccer fan can't even tell you in what team he was playing last year. THIS LIST IS COMPLETE CRAP. And I'm going to be mad as hell if they treat this players as "The best 100 soccer players ever"
They forgot some!!! They forgot about Ecuador's Alberto Spencer The highest scorer in Copa Libertadores history with 54 goals. 8 Uruguay Championships 1 Super copa Sudamericana. 3 Copas Libertadores. 2 Copas Intercontinentales He scored 343 goals while in Uruguay and played 11 games with Ecuador scoring 4 goals and almost taking them to their first WC. http://www.ecuafutbolonline.org/jugadores/estrellas.asp Yup, they forgot about one of the best. There are players on the list that never did as well as Alberto Spencer. I think Alex Aguinaga should be on there too. Champion of the Mexican League many times with Necaxa. Captian of Necaxa and Ecuador's national team. Conducted Ecuador to their first WC. Third place in the first FIFA Club Championship with Necaxa. Currently with Liga de Quito and leading their Copa Libertadores group unbeaten.
they left out heaps of players and included heaps of players that are not top 125 its another list by fifa and just like their rankings shouldnt be taken seriously
If that's true then shouldn't Marco Etcheverry be on that list? He helped make what MLS is today. And he was a hell of a player too.
This whole fifa 100 list is crap some of the players are great but then there are others dont even belong in there. i mean you dont have ortega, chilavert, aguinaga, or etcheverry just to name a few and you have a guy from turkey, senegal and korea. i dont want to offend anyone from those countries but this is not about diversity it is about the best players. By the way I heard Maradona was pissed Pele made this list so maybe he will make a better list one that is fair and not biased and you dont have to play in europe to be in it.
Dalglish doesn't belong? Best player on Europes best team for many a year. He belongs, does he ever belong.
Oh, and I just saw you think George Best should be wiped off the list as well. He is widely regarded as one of the top 10 ever, by players and managers from around the world. Got to agree with you as regards Jay Jay though, he's been stunning in the EPL but only for a season or two. Hardly warrants a place on the list. Aimar over Crespo? In my opinion Aimar is one of the top midfielders out there. Problem is he hasn't been given the chance to prove it on the national team. Crespo was given the chance and took it, maybe in 5 years time Aimar will get his chance and earn a place. Mind you it seems Bielsa isn't overly keen on him judging by the few chances he's given.
If Martin Dahlin had been on the list, then the whole list would have sucked. He´s nowhere near the top 100.