The "FIFA 100" Greatest Living Footballers

Views on BG | March 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

The Guardian

Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pele, in alphabetical order. The list was compiled to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of FIFA and actually contains 125 names:

ARGENTINA Alfredo Di Stefano Daniel Passarella Diego Maradona Gabriel Batistuta Hernan Crespo Javier Saviola Javier Zanetti Juan Sebastian Veron Mario Kempes Omar Sivori BELGIUM Franky van der Elst Jean-Marie Pfaff Jan Cuelemans BRAZIL Cafu Carlos Alberto Djalma Santos Falcao Nilton Santos Junior Pele Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romario Ronaldinho Ronaldo Socrates Zico BULGARIA Hristo Stoitchkov CAMEROON Roger Milla CHILE Pablo Figueroa Ivan Zamorano

COLOMBIA Carlos Valderrama CROATIA Davor Suker CZECH REPUBLIC Josef Masopust Pavel Nedved DENMARK Brian Laudrup Michael Laudrup Peter Schmeichel ENGLAND Alan Shearer Bobby Charlton David Beckham Gary Lineker Gordon Banks Kevin Keegan Michael Owen FRANCE David Trezeguet Didier Deschamps Eric Cantona Jean-Pierre Papin Just Fontaine Lilian Thuram Marcel Desailly Marius Tresor Michel Platini Patrick Vieira Raymond Kopa Robert Pires Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane GERMANY Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Mueller Jurgen Klinsmann Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Lothar Matthaeus Michael Ballack Oliver Kahn Paul Breitner Sepp Maier Uwe Seeler GHANA Abedi Pele HUNGARY Ferenc Puskas IRELAND Roy Keane

ITALY Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Nesta Christian Vieri Dino Zoff Francesco Totti Franco Baresi Giampiero Boniperti Giacinto Fachetti Gianluca Buffon Gianni Rivera Giuseppe Bergomi Paolo Rossi Paolo Maldini Roberto Baggio JAPAN Hidetoshi Nakata LIBERIA George Weah MEXICO Hugo Sanchez NETHERLANDS Clarence Seedorf Dennis Bergkamp Edgar Davids Frank Rijkaard Johan Neeskens Johan Cruyff Marco van Basten Patrick Kluivert Rene van de Kerkhof Rob Rensenbrink Ruud Gullit Ruud van Nistelrooy Willie van de Kerkhof NIGERIA Jay-Jay Okocha NORTHERN IRELAND George Best PARAGUAY Romerito PERU Teofilo Cubillas POLAND Zbigniew Boniek PORTUGAL Eusebio Luis Figo Rui Costa ROMANIA Gheorghe Hagi RUSSIA Rinat Disayev SCOTLAND Kenny Dalglish SENEGAL El Hadji Diouf SOUTH KOREA Hong Myung-Bo SPAIN Emilio Butragueno Luis Enrique Raul TURKEY Emre Belozoglu Rustu Recber

UKRAINE Andriy Shevchenko

URUGUAY Enzo Francescoli UNITED STATES (women) Michelle Akers Mia Hamm

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