50 Greatest Players ever seen (by me)

[pennywisealfie]

bored at work with nothing to do, I compiled this list of the 50 greatest footballers I've ever seen. Let me know what u think. these things are always controversial and this is no way going to be perfect for everyone (especially my choice as number 1). If you're as bored as i am, join in the list making:

1. Lionel Messi
2. Diego Maradona
3. Zinedine Zidane
4. Ronaldo
5. Roberto Baggio
6. Luis Figo
7. Rivaldo
8. Romario
9. Franco Baresi
10. Ruud Gullit
11. Paolo Maldini
12. Hristo Stoichkov
13. Marco Van Basten
14. Ronaldinho
15. Peter Schemichael
16. Francesco Totti
17. Xavi
18. Ghorge Hagi
19. Raul
20. George Weah
21. Thierry Henry
22. Lothar Matthaus
23. Dunga
24. Oliver Kahn
25. Marcel Desailly
26. Juergen Klinsmann
27. Iker Casillas
28. Pavel Nedved
29. Alessandro Del Piero
30. Edgar Davids
31. Samuel Eto'o
32. Alan Shearer
33. Dennis Bergkamp
34. Andriy Shevchenko
35. Gianluigi Buffon
36. Carles Puyol
37. Eric Cantona
38. Claude Makelele
39. Gabriel Batistuta
40. Cafu
41. Kaka
42. Demetrio Albertini
43. Gianfranco Zola
44. Jari Litmanen
45. Andres Iniesta
46. Gianluca Vialli
47. Matthias Sammer
48. Fernando Redondo
49. Fabio Cannavaro
50. Clarence Seedorf

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

No David Zdrillic??

 

[pennywisealfie]

players that came close but missed out: Alessandro Nesta, Giuseppe Signori, Christian Vieri, Hernan Crespo, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Dejan Stankovic, Davor Suker.

and I'm sure theres guys i forgot.

 

[pennywisealfie]

No David Zdrillic??

if it was a list of 50 greatest NSL players I saw, he would def be in there. I rated him before he went overseas.

 

[Tom Shines]

No David Zdrillic??

Would he make a list of 50 greatest Sydney FC players?

 

[boxhead]

Good list

 

[half]

1. vieri
2. fat ronaldo
3. zidane
4. henry
5. eto'o
6. davids
7. ibrahimovic
8. buffon
9. j. zanetti
10. c. ronaldo
11. messi
12. materazzi
13. figo
14. cordoba
15. giggs
16. cannavaro
17. thuram
18. ronaldinho
19. carlos
20. maldini
21. cafu
22. maicon
23. cesar
24. lucio
25. samuel
26. casillas
27. coco
28. scholes
29. sneijder
30. cambiasso
31. veron
32. rivaldo
33. milito
34. adriano
35. crespo
36. recoba
37. batistuta
38. van nistlerooy
39. beckham
40. nesta
41. kaka
42. nedved
43. totti
44. stankovic
45. pirlo
46. toldo
47. shevchenko
48. makeleke
49. raul
50. klose

 

[WireMan]

1. vieri
2. fat ronaldo
3. zidane
4. henry
5. eto'o
6. davids
7. ibrahimovic
8. buffon
9. j. zanetti
10. c. ronaldo
11. messi
12. materazzi
13. figo
14. cordoba
15. giggs
16. cannavaro
17. thuram
18. ronaldinho
19. carlos
20. maldini
21. cafu
22. maicon
23. cesar
24. lucio
25. samuel
26. casillas
27. coco
28. scholes
29. sneijder
30. cambiasso
31. veron
32. rivaldo
33. milito
34. adriano
35. crespo
36. recoba
37. batistuta
38. van nistlerooy
39. beckham
40. nesta
41. kaka
42. nedved
43. totti
44. stankovic
45. pirlo
46. toldo
47. shevchenko
48. makeleke
49. raul
50. klose

Suprised Baggio didn't make the list. One of the greatest ever for Italy and Serie A. I'd sub him for Vieri...

Also Ruud and Batistuta next to each other, now there is a who is better thread!

 

[Jason Maher]

I'd makle a list, but it would be a joke due to my Premier League bias (I rarely watch any other league). I'll just state that Zidane would be number 1, Messi number 2, and then the arguments can begin with the two Ronaldos and Ronaldinho. I'm old enough to have seen Maradona, but didn't really watch soccer back then. I do enjoy his coaching style however...

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

There really be much wrong with that though.

1. vieri
2. fat ronaldo
3. zidane
4. henry
5. eto'o
6. davids
7. ibrahimovic
8. buffon
9. j. zanetti
10. c. ronaldo
11. messi
12. materazzi
13. figo
14. cordoba
15. giggs
16. cannavaro
17. thuram
18. ronaldinho
19. carlos
20. maldini
21. cafu
22. maicon
23. cesar
24. lucio
25. samuel
26. casillas
27. coco
28. scholes
29. sneijder
30. cambiasso
31. veron
32. rivaldo
33. milito
34. adriano
35. crespo
36. recoba
37. batistuta
38. van nistlerooy
39. beckham
40. nesta
41. kaka
42. nedved
43. totti
44. stankovic
45. pirlo
46. toldo
47. shevchenko
48. makeleke
49. raul
50. klose

That is worse than the 50 greatest movie performances lists I read that had Tom hanks for Castaway as #1.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Also Ruud and Batistuta next to each other, now there is a who is better thread!

Ruud was a top quality striker, but to compare him to Batigol is...just insulting.

Batistuta was one of the best strikers I've ever seen and he had far more strings to his bow than van Nistelrooy who was really just a finisher, albeit a great one.

In my era I'd have Batistuta second just behind fat Ronaldo in terms of strikers; at his peak Fatnaldo was the best striker I've ever seen.

 

[citizenerased]

The serious lack of Peter Beardsley disturbs me.

 

[langpark]

16. Francesco Totti
38. Claude Makelele
42. Demetrio Albertini

first of all, good effort, it's not an easy thing to do, and it can be very hard to remember absolutely everyone.

That said, the ones above are some that I would have to single out and say i disagree with. (totti is a hard one for me to judge though, maybe i'm just blinded by the fact that i loathe him).

A guy that came straight to mind for me tho before even looking at the list was Crespo, he'd def be in my top 50.

 

[thuggdogg]

Would have had harry kewell in at 32

and why is messi in this list?

 

[hybrid_tiger]

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That said, the ones above are some that I would have to single out and say i disagree with. (totti is a hard one for me to judge though, maybe i'm just blinded by the fact that i loathe him).

Put aside the loathe and watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHiv3JngHoU

Totti is one of the best passers of the ball I've ever seen.

 

[pennywisealfie]

first of all, good effort, it's not an easy thing to do, and it can be very hard to remember absolutely everyone.

That said, the ones above are some that I would have to single out and say i disagree with. (totti is a hard one for me to judge though, maybe i'm just blinded by the fact that i loathe him).

A guy that came straight to mind for me tho before even looking at the list was Crespo, he'd def be in my top 50.

Totti was the best player in a world cup winning side, the driving force behind a smaller club (Roma, compared to the big 3 anyway) that has challenged for and won scudettos.

I can understand people thinking Makelele shouldnt be in the list but I thought he was massively underrated. such a class player.

You didn't think Albertini was good?

I actually forgot Crespo at first but then when i remembered him, I couldn't find a place for him. He was great at times but very inconsistent for massive stretches of his career.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Totti has been the biggest piece of sh*t since Frank Rijkaard but PA I'm actually surprised Luis Enrique didn't make your list.

 

[pennywisealfie]

I thought about it but he wasnt good enough imo, although a great player.

now you mention it tho, i totally forgot about Guardiola who would have made it

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Totti has been the biggest piece of sh*t since Frank Rijkaard but PA I'm actually surprised Luis Enrique didn't make your list.

Luis Enrique was quality.

Even though you might not like Totti to deny him a place on a list of the best players you've seen would be pretty stupid.

He should be in the top 10 easily.

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

that list is rubbish theres no Cristiano Ronaldo on it