World Soccer players of the 20th century

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In the December 1999 issue of World Soccer Magazine, a readers poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published. Here is that list, in order, from positions 1-100:

  1. Brazil Pelé
  2. Argentina Diego Maradona
  3. France Zinedine Zidane
  4. Netherlands Johan Cruyff
  5. France Michel Platini
  6. Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
  7. Hungary Ferenc Puskás
  8. Northern Ireland George Best
  9. Germany Franz Beckenbauer
  10. Portugal Eusébio
  11. Soviet Union Lev Yashin
  12. England Bobby Charlton
  13. Brazil Ronaldo
  14. England Bobby Moore
  15. Germany Gerd Müller
  16. Italy Roberto Baggio
  17. England Stanley Matthews
  18. Brazil Zico
  19. Italy Franco Baresi
  20. Brazil Garrincha
  21. Italy Paolo Maldini
  22. Scotland Kenny Dalglish
  23. Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
  24. France Eric Cantona
  25. Romania Gheorghe Hagi
  26. Brazil Romário
  27. Brazil Jairzinho
  28. Netherlands Marco Van Basten
  29. Netherlands Ruud Gullit
  30. England John Charles
  31. Germany Lothar Matthäus
  32. England Gordon Banks
  33. Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
  34. Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp
  35. West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  36. England Gary Lineker
  37. Italy Giuseppe Meazza
  38. Brazil Rivelino
  39. Brazil Didi
  40. England Ian Rush
  41. DenmarkPeter Schmeichel
  42. Italy Paolo Rossi
  43. Liberia George Weah
  44. EnglandMichael Owen
  45. FranceJust Fontaine
  46. England Duncan Edwards
  47. Italy Dino Zoff
  48. Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
  49. England David Beckham
  50. England Tom Finney
  51. Brazil Rivaldo
  52. Argentina Claudio Caniggia
  53. Brazil Tostão
  54. Netherlands Frank Rijkaard
  55. Paraguay José Luis Chilavert
  56. England Kevin Keegan
  57. England Paul Gascoigne
  58. Cameroon Roger Milla
  59. Denmark Michael Laudrup
  60. Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
  61. Italy David Ginola
  62. England Glenn Hoddle
  63. Brazil Sócrates
  64. BrazilRoberto Carlos
  65. England Alan Shearer
  66. Argentina Daniel Passarella
  67. Croatia Davor Šuker
  68. England Dixie Dean
  69. Hungary Sándor Kocsis
  70. Uruguay Juan Alberto Schiaffino
  71. Italy Christian Vieri
  72. Argentina Mario Kempes
  73. Netherlands Johan Neeskens
  74. Italy Luigi Riva
  75. Uruguay Jose Nasazzi
  76. Germany Günter Netzer
  77. Italy Alessandro Del Piero
  78. ColombiaCarlos Valderrama
  79. Italy Ricardo Zamora
  80. Uruguay Enzo Francescoli
  81. Netherlands Edgar Davids
  82. Spain Francisco Gento
  83. England Jim Baxter
  84. Brazil Falcão
  85. Wales Ryan Giggs
  86. West Germany Sepp Maier
  87. Poland Zbigniew Boniek
  88. Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
  89. Serbia Dragan Stojkovic
  90. Italy Giacinto Facchetti
  91. Scotland Alan Hansen
  92. France Raymond Kopa
  93. England Bryan Robson
  94. East Germany/Germany Matthias Sammer
  95. HungaryLadislav Kubala
  96. Wales Neville Southall
  97. Brazil Gérson
  98. Portugal Paulo Futre
  99. Denmark Preben Elkjær-Larsen
  100. Brazil Bebeto
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