100 Best Playes in the World

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Courtesy of FourFourTwo:

100. Shunsuke Nakamura
99. Alexandre Pato
98. Maicon
97. Jamie Carragher
96. Sergio Aguero
95. Nery Castillo
94. Javier Mascherano
93. Adrian Mutu
92. Kim Kallstrom
91. Filippo Inzaghi
90. Javier Zanetti
89. Eduardo Da Silva
88. Fabio Quagliarella
87. Diego Milito
86. Gabriel Milito
85. Gary Neville
84. Juninho
83. Rafael van der Vaart
82. Robin van Persie
81. Samir Nasri
80. Ricardo Quaresma
79. Carlos Puyol
78. Nemanja Vidic
77. Maxi Rodriguez
76. Philipp Lahm
75. Gianluca Zambrotta
74. Torsten Frings
73. Pavel Nedved
72. Fredi Kanoute
71. Kolo Toure
70. Vicente
69. Diego Forlan
68. Micheal Owen
67. William Gallas
66. Ze Roberto
65. Frank Ribery
64. Andriy Shevchenko
63. Patrick Vieria
62. Diego
61. Simao Sabrosa
60. Arjen Robben
59. Robinho
58. Joe Cole
57. Miroslav Klose
56. Sergio Ramos
55. Luca Toni
54. Alex
53. Hernan Crespo
52. Owen Hargreaves
51. Wesley Sneijder

50. Ronaldo
49. David Silva
48. Andres Iniesta
47. Dejan Stankovic
46. Clarence Seedorf
45. Florent Malouda
44. Carlos Tevez
43. David Beckham
42. Daniele De Rossi
41. Micheal Ballack
40. Lucio
39. David Suazo
38. Dimitar Berbatov
37. David Albelba
36. Alessandro Nesta
35. Ricardo Carvalho
34. Fernando Torres
33. Cesc Fabregas
32. Xavi Hernandez
31. Juan Roman Riquelme
 
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30. Iker Casillas
29. Ryan Giggs
28. Paolo Maldini
27. Ashley Cole
26. Genarro Gattuso
25. Frank Lampard
24. Rio Ferdinand
23. Deco
22. John Terry
21. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20. Micheal Essien
19. David Villa
18. Franceso Totti
17. Paul Scholes
16. Roberto Ayala
15. Ruud van Nistelrooy
14. Andrea Pirlo
13. Didier Drogba
12. Daniel Alves
11. Petr Cech
 
Here's the top 10:

10. Fabio Cannavaro
9. Gianluigi Buffon
8. Wayne Rooney
7. Samuel Eto'o
6. Steven Gerrard
5. Lionel Messi
4. Thierry Henry
3. Ronaldhino
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
1. Kaka
 
They have to be kidding me
Rio Ferdinand??????????????????????????????????????
Albelda????????????????????????????????????????????
Lucio?????????????????????????????????????????????
Berbatov??????????????????????????????????????????
BEckham??????????????????????????????????????????

Come on......... they have to be able to do much better..........

Diego Milito
Juninho Pernambucano
Zambrotta
Diego Forlan
Fernando Belluschi
Diego
Aguero
Maxi Rodriguez.....

Isnt that magazine or site English by anuy chance??
 
FIFA released its player of the year award and best eleven today. And Kaka was the top name and the rest of the team are well represented on this list.

FIFPro World XI: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus); Alessandro Nesta (Italy/AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Real Madrid), John Terry (England/Chelsea), Carles Puyol (Spain/Barcelona). Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona)
 
Beckham didn't carry Madrid to the top. There were other players far more significant in the run, such as Ruud van Nistelrooy.
 
Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan),
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona)

PERFECTLY ATTACKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
i've hated beckham since '98.....

but the man did big things in spain last season, in arguably the best league in the world.
 
the list is definitely not perfect, but none of them ever are. but it is a pretty interesting read.

ballack does not belong in the top 50 though.
 
Beckham lacks consistency to be on this list. He played well in the latter part of last season but he was nowhere near that level years before that.

Ronaldo always has to be higher, despite the fact he wasn't that great in last couple of years (actually he barely played).
 
That sounds unreal for any European guy, Fondy :D

But hey, not like I'm an expert in NFL either. Or especially college sports.
 
Ripped71 said:
Really? Care to say why? He's pure class....no doubt about it.
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The Nesta of mid 20s is gone. So I don't know how he can be rated this high. Same with Maldini. If you ask me, Nesta should be rated higher than Maldini who is just playing because it seems whatever he says, goes in Milan. Also I am suprised they can list those 2 higher than Nemanja Vidic??? If this list is based on last year then it is totally corrupt and all they are doing is picking off players from AC Milan's champions league run which is ridiculous.

Also, Ashley Cole.....what the hell?? Zambrotta is a far better player the past few seasons and where the hell is he? The funny thing that i find is that Roberto Ayala is the 2nd highest rated Central Defender......you have got to be joking.

This list is very bias you can see it.
 
oh and Gattuso, as hard working the guy is, he should not be rated higher than Cesc Fabregas. Gattuso can barely kick with his left...let alone kick a good pass! If he is playing as a defensive midfielder at least play like Essien who can score, tackle and pass
 
Toronto_Mike said:
The Nesta of mid 20s is gone. So I don't know how he can be rated this high. Same with Maldini. If you ask me, Nesta should be rated higher than Maldini who is just playing because it seems whatever he says, goes in Milan. Also I am suprised they can list those 2 higher than Nemanja Vidic??? If this list is based on last year then it is totally corrupt and all they are doing is picking off players from AC Milan's champions league run which is ridiculous.

Also, Ashley Cole.....what the hell?? Zambrotta is a far better player the past few seasons and where the hell is he? The funny thing that i find is that Roberto Ayala is the 2nd highest rated Central Defender......you have got to be joking.

This list is very bias you can see it.
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Milan doesn't win the CL without Nesta coming back from injury last year....I agree the list is a somewhat of a joke.
 
And the list is based on the opinions of journalist and editors who work for FourFourTwo, which is a very credible organization.

But it's just opinion, so take it with a grain of salt.
 
Gattuso is ranked higher than Fabregas because he's been around for about 10 years at the highest level, winning big-time championships consistently.

Cesc and Vidic have had a couple of good seasons to start their careers, but not enough to be considered true greats of the game just yet.
 
Greencastle said:
Gattuso is ranked higher than Fabregas because he's been around for about 10 years at the highest level, winning big-time championships consistently.

Cesc and Vidic have had a couple of good seasons to start their careers, but not enough to be considered true greats of the game just yet.
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Ummmm

Yet Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Dani Alves and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are ranked higher?

There is no consistency. The players are based on how their team performed last season. AC Milan winning CL, Man Utd winning EPL, Sevilla winning UEFA Cup, Inter winning Serie A. If you were to put the best possible starting XI, i bet you will only find a few players in the top 10 that will be listed in the XI.
 
I don't think you get what i'm trying to say. You say Gattuso is on the list based one what he's done over the past years. Ok so what has Zlatan Ibrahimovic done to actually solidify his place on that place ahead of Gattuso?
 
I said Gattuso is ranked higher than Fabregas because he's proven himself for both club and country for a consistent period, while Cesc is just breaking onto the sceen.

Zlatan, Rooney and Ronaldo are all superstars who have excelled at the domestic, European and international level, hence the high rankings.
 
i think the main problem with this list is we don't know what criteria they are basing it on. Are they listing the top 100 players of last season? top 100 right now? top 100 in the last few years? and where was more weight placed on: league play, champions league, international ect.....

i think the best top 100 list would be,who would you most want on your team right now if you had 1 game to play- and using that method the list is way off
 
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