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Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by topsy23: 7:16pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
Barcelona captain Lionel Messihas fended off fierce competition from Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi and Ronaldinho to be named the best player of the 21st century. The Independent compiled the list and broke down its selection process by having each player assigned a number of points determined by their rank. Messi, who is widely regarded by many as the best player in the sport's history, has taken his place at the top spot. The 33-year-old Argentine superstar's fiercest rival locked down second place ahead of Barcelona legend Xavi. Rounding off the top five are Brazilian icon Ronaldinho and Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta. Posted below are the Independent's 100 best players of the 21st century. 100. Yaya Toure 99. Harry Kane 98. Daniele De Rossi 97. Bastian Schweinsteiger 96. Vincent Kompany 95. Karim Benzema Credit: PA 94. Sol Campbell 93. Pepe 92. Edwin van der Sar 91. Arturo Vidal 90. Angel di Maria 89. Diego Forlan 88. Radamel Falcao 87. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 86. Robin van Persie 85. Carlos Tevez 84. Gaizka Mendieta 83. Virgil van Dijk 82. Hernan Crespo 81. Rio Ferdinand 80. Toni Kroos 79. Juan Roman Riquelme 78. Thomas Muller 77. Mohamed Salah 76. Diego Godin 75. David Silva 74. Eden Hazard 73. Cesc Fabregas 72. Deco 71. Lilian Thuram 70. Nemanja Vidic 69. Marcelo 68. Ryan Giggs 67. Antoine Griezmann 66. Clarence Seedorf 65. Wesley Sneijder 64. Gabriel Batistuta 63. Fernando Torres 62. Ruud van Nistelrooy 61. Claude Makelele 60. Sergio Aguero 59. Cafu 58. Miroslav Klose 57. Kevin de Bruyne 56. Henrik Larsson 55. Xabi Alonso 54. Dennis Bergkamp 53. Gareth Bale 52. Gerard Pique 51. Robert Lewandowski 50. Javier Zanetti 49. Didier Drogba 48. Michael Ballack 47. Oliver Kahn 46. Ashley Cole 45. Pavel Nedved 44. N'Golo Kante 43. Kylian Mbappe 42. Alessandro Del Piero 41. Alessandro Nesta 40. Patrick Vieira 39. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 38. Roberto Carlos 37. Rivaldo 36. Roy Keane 35. John Terry 34. Paul Scholes 33. David Villa 32. Iker Casillas 31. Francesco Totti 30. Arjen Robben 29. Wayne Rooney 28. Raul Gonzalez 27. Manuel Neuer 26. Paolo Maldini 25. Dani Alves 24. Carles Puyol 23. Frank Lampard 22. Luka Modric 21. Samuel Eto'o 20. Neymar 19. Andrei Shevchenko 18. Steven Gerrard 17. Sergio Busquets 16. Luis Suarez 15. Luis Figo 14. Philipp Lahm 13. Gianluigi Buffon 12. Sergio Ramos 11. Andrea Pirlo 10. Fabio Cannavaro 9. Kaka 8. Zinedine Zidane 7. Thierry Henry 6. Ronaldo 5. Andres Iniesta 4. Ronaldinho 3. Xavi Hernandez 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 1. Lionel Messi 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by RedPhoenix: 7:26pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
Clowns as usual Where's these guys below in the right ranks Okocha. Seedorf. Cantona. Van Basten. Romario. Muhammed Abu treka George Best Bebeto Solksjaer Paul Ince How many of these your new age idols play to the height of the game of these guys 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 7:34pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: Where is RUUD GULLIT on the list? The compiler of this list did not watch old time matches. Paulo Rossy, Zico,Maradona,etc.are not there. Just imagine. 2 Likes |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by RedPhoenix: 7:36pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
muyoge: God Bless you o. A whole Gullit. Does Gareth Bale play better than Mattias Samma or even what's that German coach o 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by yanabasee1(m): 7:44pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
Better OJORO........ There's but only one G.O.A.T..... CR7....The rest of them are chickz!! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by LongLife4all: 7:49pm On Jul 12, 2020 |
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Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by paulolee(m): 8:05am On Jul 13, 2020 |
if its d last 100yrs menas dt the list is a big joke.. the only positive abt dt list is d fact dt messi tops and cr7 follows....d rest of the list down to 100 aint properly arranged with so many key names missing |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by ThierryJay: 7:26pm On Jul 15, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: Common guy, the list stated it's for the 21st century. That means it only includes players active from 2000 downwards. 2 Likes |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by ThierryJay: 7:27pm On Jul 15, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: It only includes active players from year 2000 downwards - The title refers to 21st century players |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by ThierryJay: 7:28pm On Jul 15, 2020 |
paulolee: 21st century - meaning from year 2000 downwards. |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by RedPhoenix: 6:03am On Jul 18, 2020 |
ThierryJay: So 21st century began in the year 2000. Smh vigorously |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 9:46am On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: You know what 21st century means, right? |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 9:47am On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: The topic reads 21st century for f**k's sake! |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 9:48am On Jul 18, 2020 |
yanabasee1: Yeah. He's the goat if the judgement is only by Real Madrid, Man U, Portugal and now Juve fans. And fangirls and gays |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 9:50am On Jul 18, 2020 |
paulolee: When did the 21st century begin? So, Paulo Rossi played in this century? Nigerians and comprehension. 1 Like |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 9:51am On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix:Stop showing your ass. When did 21st century begin? 1804? |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by RedPhoenix: 12:40pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
HedwigesMaduro: 21st century began 2021 dumbo. You are a maaad soul. So Rossi didn't pay in the 21st century. Don't go pm buy jamb syllabus and study you unrepentant nincompu |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Odunayomi247(m): 12:52pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix:this bros go school laidis? 1 Like |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Odunayomi247(m): 12:59pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
18th century-1700 to 1799 19th century-1800 to 1899 20th century-1900 to 1999 21st century-2000 to date Nigerians like displaying their ignorance sha,,and some would spew thrash and still argue on top that nonsense wey dem talk,,future leaders indeed 2 Likes |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Beverlyjean(f): 1:37pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: Stop embarrassing urself and delete what u just post ... it's not everyone that went to shogbemi high school |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by zealousayo(m): 1:54pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix:Brother haba... 2Oth century ended in 1999, and 21st started in year 2000. |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 3:02pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: 21st century starts 2021? You need great help, but I don't think I can offer that kind of help. Wow! These halfbaked mugs always showing their asses behind a keyboard. Reminds me of some undergrads arguing with me that Brazil was a Spanish speaking country. I thought I had seen it all then. Didn't imagine there could be worse boneheads around. Thanks for the comic relief though. |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Whodeyhouse(m): 3:50pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: I regret sharing the same country with you, you're a disgrace to your family,nairaland and even yourself if 2021 marked the beginning of another century,then the century that ended in 2020 started in which year some people are just born to be foolish,, and to think the guy still dey argue on top him stupidity 1 Like |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by ehbellsho(m): 4:43pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
Please let's take it easy with him. I guess he has learnt his lesson. look before you leap bro |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by allen113: 4:48pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
hm |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by LordKO(m): 5:18pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
Odunayomi247: 21st century is between January 1, 2001 and 31st December, 2100. 2000 was part of the 20th century. 1 Like |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Lovelive: 7:33pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Lovelive: 7:34pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
muyoge: |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Lovelive: 7:38pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
HedwigesMaduro: They are all players of 20th century not 21st for f**kn sake. |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Nobody: 8:26pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
Lovelive: So Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta etc all played in the 20th century, right? Apart from Xavi (who debuted in 1998) and a few others, all the rest are exclusively 21st century. Paulo Rossi, Van Basten all played in the 20th century. Except many of you are still confused about tagging the centuries. |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by Brukx(m): 9:00pm On Jul 18, 2020 |
muyoge:21st Century bro |
Re: Messi Ranks Ahead Of CR 7 In The 100 Greatest Players Of The 21st Century by ThierryJay: 6:09am On Jul 19, 2020 |
RedPhoenix: Seeing that you've been properly schooled by others, there's no need for me to educate you anymore. Hopefully, that ignorant head of yours will not fall off from too much vigorous shaking |
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