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100 Footballers Of All Time by martin007(m): 9:22pm On Nov 07, 2007 |
The Association of Football Statisticians has drawn up a list of the top 100 footballers of all time. This list cannot be correct, only 1 African Player on it? What happens to the likes of George Weah? I salute the Great Kanu, his name deserved to appear on it The AFS Top 100 In Full: 1 Pele Brazil 2 Ronaldo Brazil 3 Romario Brazil 4 Luis Figo Portugal 5 Zinedine Zidane France 6 Diego Maradona Argentina 7 Lothar Matthaus Germany 8 Gerd Muller Germany 9 Franz Beckenbauer Germany 10 Cafu Brazil 11 Roberto Carlos Brazil 12 Marco van Basten Holland 13 Michel Platini France 14 Rivaldo Brazil 15 Paolo Maldini Italy 16 Zico Brazil 17 Raul Spain 18 Ruud Gullit Holland 19 Eusebio Portugal 20 Ferenc Puskas Hungary 21 Johan Cruyff Holland 22 Alfredo di Stefano Argentina 23 Bobby Charlton England 24 Jurgen Klinsmann Germany 25 Kenny Dalglish Scotland 26 Ali Daei Iran 27 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany 28 Gabriel Batistuta Argentina 29 Michael Laudrup Denmark 30 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria 31 Dennis Bergkamp Holland 32 Frank Rijkaard Holland 33 Thierry Henry France 34 Pavel Nedved Czech Rep 35 Gheorghe Hagi Romania 36 Peter Schmeichel Denmark 37 Andrei Shevchenko Ukraine 38 Sepp Maier Germany 39 Didier Deschamps France 40 Lilian Thuram France 41 Enzo Francescoli Uruguay 42 Hakan Sukur Turkey 43 Paolo Rossi Italy 44 David Beckham England 45 Jean-Pierre Papin France 46 Kevin Keegan England 47 Marcel Desailly France 48 Oliver Kahn Germany 49 Alessandro Costacurta Italy 50 Clarence Seedorf Holland 51 Dino Zoff Italy 52 Patrick Kluivert Holland 53 Jari Litmanen Finland 54 Daniel Passarella Arg 55 Bixente Lizarazu France 56 Gary Lineker England 57 Ronaldhino Brazil 58 Sylvain Wiltord France 59 Bebeto Brazil 60 Alessandro Del Piero Italy 61 Davor Suker Croatia 62 Ryan Giggs Wales 63 David Trezeguet France 64 Demetrio Albertini Italy 65 Patrick Vieira France 66 Jurgen Kohler Germany 67 Laurent Blanc France 68 Michael Owen England 69 Youri Djorkaeff France 70 Frank De Boer Holland 71 Emilio Butragueno Spain 72 Hugo Sanchez Mexico 73 Rudi Voller Germany 74 Djalma Santos Brazil 75 Giacinto Facchetti Italy 76 Kanu Nigeria 77 Franco Baresi Italy 78 Gianni Rivera Italy 79 Roberto Baggio Italy 80 Oscar Ruggeri Argentina 81 Gheorghe Popescu Romania 82 Jon D Tomasson Denmark 83 Raymond Kopa France 84 Carlos Valderrama Colombia 85 Rui Costa Portugal 86 Gary Neville England 87 Edgar Davids Holland 88 Claudio Taffarel Brazil 89 Paul Scholes England 90 Diego Simeone Argentina 91 Bryan Robson England 92 Roy Keane Rep of Ireland 93 Brian Laudrup Denmark 94 Henrik Larsson Sweden 95 Fabien Barthez France 96 Michael Ballack Germany 97 Jan Koller Czech Republic 98 Edwin van der Sar Holland 99 Robert Pires France 100 Johan Neeskens Holland Carlo Garganese |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by dayokanu(m): 6:11am On Nov 09, 2007 |
Where is George Weah on that list yet we have Sylvain Wiltord. Another crazy listing |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by Nobody: 10:55am On Nov 09, 2007 |
source please A mad man knows George Weah is a world legend, how come his name will be omitted. he was once compared with Pele |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by chuckdee4(m): 11:28am On Nov 09, 2007 |
I saw this useless list on The Sun, it was drawn up from stats, points were given for goals scored, i think International goals were worth more than club level goals and every trophy won was worth some more extra points no matter what level you played at. That explains why 26 Ali Daei Iran is ranked so highly, apparently he scored over 100 goals for Iran in over 100 games, i'm guessing against the likes of Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait etc. The list obviously looks like something a drunk man composed, how else do u explain the inclusion of Taffarel Voller Wiltord Linekar Ali Daei |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by akinalabi(m): 1:42pm On Nov 09, 2007 |
chuckdee4: Lol! |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by Iman3(m): 1:51pm On Nov 09, 2007 |
The statisticians who compiled that list were said to have pored through reams of data meticulously but they seemed to have failed to do one other important thing-actually watch football. Luis Figo is better than Maradona and Cafu better than Cryuff,Gary Nevillie is the 82nd best ever.What about Olumide Harris. . . .his name should be there |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by folahann(m): 1:56pm On Nov 09, 2007 |
Sometime these people compile stupid list |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by bolaoni(m): 2:00am On Nov 10, 2007 |
I just finish reading the same thing on Soccernet and came around to see if it was mentioned here. It is trully some drunken men that composed that list. I learnt it is coming out as a book Who go buy this kind of book? The best team in the world according to the Association of Football Statisticians* • GK - Peter Schmeichel • LB - Roberto Carlos • CB - Lothar Matthaus • CB - Franz Beckenbauer • RB - Cafu • LM - Johan Cruyff • CM - Zinedine Zidane • CM - Michel Platini • RM - Luis Figo • ST - Ronaldo • ST - Pele No Diego in the first eleven? This is the craziest of all the world's best footballers I have ever seen o. Read more at the link below, the list really got a very good bashing http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=479862&root=england&cc=3888&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1 |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by folahann(m): 9:49am On Nov 10, 2007 |
I think they based their stuff on something we don't know |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by wolexojo(m): 4:42pm On Nov 12, 2007 |
well i dont know their criterial but i did not see Goerge Weah,Roger Milla,and other african legends.It is a wish wash award. |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by gabrielgb: 7:53am On Nov 13, 2007 |
its a stupid and absurd list. I couldn't read through it. such a boring list. By the way why is figo ahead of Zidane. a more usefull list could be 20 football of all time. • GK - Peter Schmeichel ur(or their) list is robbish.why Peter Schmeichel when we have legends like zoff, buffon and this russian keeper?( his name has eluded me) where is maldini and baresi. Franz Beckenbauer is ok though, i never knew Lothar Matthaus was a defender ! Platini is a striker and not a midfielder. there should be a defensive midfielder, viera, kean, Albertini or some other players to support ur ultra offencive attack. and that midfield is pathetic. where is maradona |
Re: 100 Footballers Of All Time by dayokanu(m): 7:58am On Nov 13, 2007 |
No george Weah in the whole list |
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