The UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll was an online poll. It was run by UEFA in 2004 as part of the celebration of its Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary). The best European football players of the past fifty years were selected on the association's homepage. Over 150,000 people cast more than seven million votes. Zinédine Zidane won the election just ahead of Franz Beckenbauer .
| player | nationality | be right | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zinedine Zidane | France France |
123,582 |
| 2 | Franz Beckenbauer |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
122,569 |
| 3 | Johan Cruyff |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
119,332 |
| 4th | Marco van Basten |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
117,987 |
| 5 | Dino Zoff |
Italy Italy
|
114,529 |
| 6th | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Argentina Argentina SpainSpain
|
107,435 |
| 7th | Eusebio |
Mozambique Mozambique PortugalPortugal
|
103.937 |
| 8th | Lev Yashin |
Soviet Union Soviet Union
|
101,862 |
| 9 | Michel Platini |
France France
|
99,380 |
| 10 | Paolo Maldini |
Italy Italy
|
95,497 |
| 11 | Ferenc Puskás |
Hungary Hungary SpainSpain
|
94,361 |
| 12 | Paolo Rossi |
Italy Italy
|
91.194 |
| 13 | Ruud Gullit |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
91.001 |
| 14th | Bobby Charlton |
England England
|
89,921 |
| 15th | Lothar Matthäus |
Germany Federal Republic Federal Republic of Germany GermanyGermany
|
86,798 |
| 16 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
86,649 |
| 17th | Franco Baresi |
Italy Italy
|
83,800 |
| 18th | Gerd Müller |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
82,668 |
| 19th | George Best |
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
|
79,036 |
| 20th | Kevin Keegan |
England England
|
78,840 |
| 21st | Frank Rijkaard |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
71,333 |
| 22nd | David Beckham |
England England
|
71,299 |
| 23 | Bobby Moore |
England England
|
70,884 |
| 24 | Roberto Baggio |
Italy Italy
|
68,239 |
| 25th | Michael Laudrup |
Denmark Denmark
|
67,484 |
| 26th | Ronald Koeman |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
66,661 |
| 27 | Peter Schmeichel |
Denmark Denmark
|
66,463 |
| 28 | Gheorghe Hagi |
Romania Romania
|
62,383 |
| 29 | Sepp Maier |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
62,375 |
| 30th | Oliver Kahn |
Germany Germany
|
58,151 |
| 31 | Luís Figo |
Portugal Portugal
|
58,078 |
| 32 | Raúl |
Spain Spain
|
56,880 |
| 33 | Berti Vogts |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
55,398 |
| 34 | Johan Neeskens |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
54,796 |
| 35 | Gianni Rivera |
Italy Italy
|
53,874 |
| 36 | José Antonio Camacho |
Spain Spain
|
53,873 |
| 37 | Marco Tardelli |
Italy Italy
|
53,732 |
| 38 | Just Fontaine |
France France
|
53,612 |
| 39 | Peter Shilton |
England England
|
50,841 |
| 40 | Bernd Schuster |
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
|
50,247 |
| 41 | Raymond Kopa |
France France
|
49.504 |
| 42 | Eric Cantona |
France France
|
48,436 |
| 43 | Stanley Matthews |
England England
|
47,915 |
| 44 | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
Netherlands Netherlands
|
47,398 |
| 45 | Valentin Ivanov |
Soviet Union Soviet Union
|
46,022 |
| 46 | Gary Lineker |
England England
|
44,787 |
| 47 | Alessandro Nesta |
Italy Italy
|
44,667 |
| 48 | José Santamaría |
Uruguay Uruguay SpainSpain
|
43,690 |
| 49 | Alessandro Del Piero |
Italy Italy
|
43,227 |
| 50 | Alessandro Costacurta |
Italy Italy
|
42,511 |
