http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=189225&cpid=219

Pele has named his top 100 players. no Jairzinho suprisingly

Alan Shearer England
Alessandro Del Piero Italy
Alesandro Nesta Italy
Alfredo Di Stefano Argentina & Spain
Andrei Shevchenko Ukrane
Bobby Charlton England
Cafu Brazil
Carlos Alberto Brazil
Carlos Valderamma Columbia
Christian Vieri Italy
Clarence Seedorf Holland
Daniel Passarella Argentina
David Beckham England
David Trezeguet France
Davor Suker Croatia
Denis Bergkamp Holland
Didier Deschamps France
Diego Maradona Argentina
Dino Zoff Italy
Edgar Davids Holland
El Hadji Diouf Senegal
Emilio Butragueno Spain
Emre Belozoglu Turkey
Enzo Francescoli Uruguay
Eric Cantona France
Eusebio Portugal
Falcao Brazil
Ferenc Puskas Hungary
Francesco Totti Italy
Franco Baresi Italy
Frank Rijkaard Holland
Franz Beckenbauer Germany
Gabriel Batistuta Argentina
Gary Lineker England
George Best Northern Ireland
George Weah Liberia
Gerd Muller Germany
Gheorge Hagi Romania
Giancinto Facchetti Italy
Gianluca Buffon Italy
Gianni Rivera Italy
Gordon Banks England
Hernan Crespo Argentina
Marc Vivien Foe Cameroon
Hong Myung Bo South Korea
Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria
Hugo Sanchez Mexico
Javier Zanetti Argentina
Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria
Jean-Pierre Papin France
Jean-Marie Pfaff Belgium
Jens Ceulemens Belgium
Johan Neeskens Holland
Johann Cruyff Holland
Juan Sebastian Veron Argentina
Jurgen Klinsmann Germany
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany
Kenny Dalglish Scotland
Kevin Keegan England
Laudrup brothers, Michael and Brian Denmark
Lilian Thuram France
Lothar Matthaeus Germany
Luis Enrique Spain
Luis Figo Portugal
Marcel Desailly France
Marco Van Basten Holland
Mario Kempes Aregentia
Michael Ballack Germany
Michael Owen England
Michel Platini France
Oliver Kahn Germany
Paolo Rossi Italy
Paolo Maldini Italy
Patrick Kluivert Holland
Patrick Vieira France
Paul Breitner Germany
Pavel Nedved Czech Republic
Peter Schmeichel Denmark
Robert Pires France
Raul Spain
Resenbrink Van de Kerkhof Belgium
Rivaldo Brazil
Roberto Baggio Italy
Roberto Carlos Brazil
Roger Milla Cameroon
Romario Brazil Ronaldinho Brazil
Ronaldo Brazil
Roy Keane Republic of Ireland
Rui Costa Portugal
Rustu Recber Turkey
Ruud Gullit Holland
Ruud Van Nistelrooy Holland
Sepp Maier West Germany
Socrates Brazil
Teofilo Cubillas Peru
Thierry Henry France
Zblgniew Boniek Poland
Zico Brazil
Zinedine Zidane France


any complaints?? i myself am very pissed that Wiltord and stepanovs didnt make the list.

And i dont know why that ass clown recber is there instead of seamen and yashin

lol like they said on Sky Sports some people are suprised that Diouf was in the list and so am i. Out of all the players that's played the game Diouf is in the top100?. He has done nothing to to be in that list...strange choice. Also Argentinians are really angry that some legendary players from Argentina wasnt included int he list.

yeah some one should teach him how alphabetical order works ... just kidding.

This is a list of living players... at 1st i was wondering why he had Bobby Charlton but not Bobby Moore.

we more or less have the best around in there yeap (bar diouf obviously who's crap :p )

Diouf is a quality talent, but has he ever heard of a Ryan Giggs? :kader:

Originally posted by ogsimon
http://skysports.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=189225&cpid=219

And i dont know why that ass clown recber is there instead of seamen and yashin

I think its normal..
Rüstü is a great goalkeeper...

I think David Seamen's error against Brazil in the World Cup was the reason he didn't include him in the list. Stupid really because he is still one of the greatest goalies of all time and along with Schmeichel definately the best ever that has played in the Premiership.

I don`t see anything wrong on that list. They`re all class.

Originally posted by Hans
I don`t see anything wrong on that list. They`re all class.
well you use the term "class" loosely then ... coz maradona's on the list :p

But let's not go there again.

the 101 would be ronaldinho :confused:

Isn't it just annoying as hell when people start ordering lists alphabetically on peoples' FIRST name. How dumb is that?

BTW which country has the most players on that list? Holland seems to have a lot of players on there...

EDIT: WTF?

Resenbrink Van de Kerkhof Belgium

These guys ain't belgian, they're 100% dutch.

I'm surprised Scotland only has one, and thats coming from an Englishman. :S

Not even a single Welshman.

Originally posted by mhflierman
Isn't it just annoying as hell when people start ordering lists alphabetically on peoples' FIRST name. How dumb is that?

BTW which country has the most players on that list? Holland seems to have a lot of players on there...

well that obivous, Holland puts out lots of quality players.

Originally posted by Dream Team
the 101 would be ronaldinho :confused:

Ronaldinho is on the list!

well I think list isn't from Pele himself.Someone just picked there own list together and called it Pele's list.

first I don't think Pele would name that many players that are still playing

second So few players of Pele's time(i could name another 10 players of pele's time who are much better then a couple of players who are in now.)...and too many of the new generation.

third Pele's once said he hated the style of Gert Muller (der Bomber) of germany... and that he wasn't interresting.

fourth it's ReNsenbrink( Robbie Rensenbrink ,one person.)
van der Kerkhoff ( Willy van der Kerkhof, second person.
sooo it's not one person.

AND THEY ARE NOT FROM BELGIUM BUT HOLLAND!!!

Originally posted by Virgo
Ronaldinho is on the list! true, in the same line as Romario, I didn't see him :o

great :rockman: (H)

Originally posted by Rüstü
I think its normal..
Rüstü is a great goalkeeper...


there are sooooooooooooooooo many better goalkeepers than Rustu throughout the whole history and even playing at the present.

Here's 10:
Casillas
Seaman
Jorge Campos
Higuita
Michel Preud'Homme
Zubizarreta
Yashin
Toldo
Peruzzi
and that guy from Paraguay who used to take freekicks as well (can't remember his name atm).

Originally posted by Virgo
and that guy from Paraguay who used to take freekicks as well (can't remember his name atm). Chilavert?

Originally posted by shokz
Diouf is a quality talent, but has he ever heard of a Ryan Giggs? :kader:
i don't think so:kader:
thats wierd

Chilavert could keep?? well maybe he could catch a rolling ball or stop some low powered shots, but he certainly was a more accomplished outfielder (H)

Chilavert, the infamous wank-stain.

crap list

He forgot Gento, Luis del Sol, Luis Suarez ...

chilavert is a great goalkeeper, even if he wasnt that good he scored lots of goals and that should include him in the list because hes different from the rest of keepers out there. And peter schmeichel is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy better than rustu;)

...

Hm, Pele didn't made that list.

He received a Top200 list from Fifa and choosed his Top100 favorites from that 200.

Rules from Fifa:

All players must be alive
50 players must be still playing
2 players must be women

This explains some weird names! ;)

Edit: URL to the official Top100 list http://images.fifa.com/fifa/media/2004/FIFA_100.pdf

Am i only one to be suprised that David Beckham is one the list :|

Missing IMO:

Omar Sivori
Jose Altafini
Ian Rush
John Charles
Giampiero Boniperti
Luis Chilavert

EDIT: Just saw that they had to be alive.

Originally posted by mark77
Missing IMO:

Omar Sivori
Jose Altafini
Ian Rush
John Charles
Giampiero Boniperti



players must be living...

Ian Rush isn't dead :f***:

:p

In my list I think only John Charles is gone.

Zambrotta should be on it :(

this is the official list??? where's Elias Figueroa??

Originally posted by shokz
I'm surprised Scotland only has one, and thats coming from an Englishman. :S

Not even a single Welshman.

Yes I couldn't agree more IF this was a public poll but it isn't.

f it was a public poll u would see real greats like Jimmy Johnstone, Jimmy McGrory, Jim Baxter, Lawrie Reilly and Graeme Souness and far too many more to mention.

As far as Wales go u couldn't ignore the recently departed John Charles along with Cliff Jones, Ian Rush, Ryan Giggs, Mark Hughes or Neville Southall.

How about Northern Ireland's Danny Blanchflower, Charlie Tully or the fabulous Pat Jennings.

England, like Scotland, have had so many brilliant players that they could have 100 on their own. One of the most famous images from football is Pele swapping shirts with Bobby Moore in 1970 after Brazil's 1-0 win over England in Mexico so I'm amazed Moore isn't on Pele's list.

AH! the list had to only include living players.

Well I still say Scotland should definitely have Jimmy Johnstone and Graeme Souness on ANY list like this.

this is a FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the REAL list:

http://www.the-100.com/allplayers.aspx

Originally posted by Raikkonen
this is a FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the REAL list:

http://www.the-100.com/allplayers.aspx
.. still has diouf on it though .. and also has Mia Hamm lol

the pictures for each player are pretty cool on that site !!
(excpet the Ronaldo & Figo ones ... yuk)

Well i don't know abt Souness being on the list but Ian Rush has to be there. The man was just too good, explains why Liverpool have signed him as coach

http://www.britart.com/images/big/bwork11155.jpg
... :confused:
Eric ?? :confused:

Originally posted by jackie4
AH! the list had to only include living players.


:Bow: Denis Law :Bow:

Long live 'The King'

http://images.google.com/images?q=Eric+Cantona&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=60&sa=N

ShearerM4. :D

Top, 3rd.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/high/2003/04.15/images/high234199.jpg
huh ... i'd never seen this pic b4

2 footy legends :)

... speaking of Cantona ... he was in a film that's just come out on DVD called "L'Outremangeur"
look at this http://www.affichescinema.com/insc_o/outremangeur.jpg
He had to put on a lot of artifacts as he isn't (obviously) that fat, with all the Beach Soccer he plays.
I haven't seen it yet but can't wait to.

:Bow: Cantona

Probably awards from the 10th anniversary of the Premier League.

Originally posted by IceBlu
Zambrotta should be on it :(

I agree :D

Also, if he was alive Gaetano Scirea would have been on it.

Where was Jimmy Greaves. He should of definately been on the list:kader:

Originally posted by ShearerM4
http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/high/2003/04.15/images/high234199.jpg
huh ... i'd never seen this pic b4

2 footy legends :)

... speaking of Cantona ... he was in a film that's just come out on DVD called "L'Outremangeur"
look at this http://www.affichescinema.com/insc_o/outremangeur.jpg
He had to put on a lot of artifacts as he isn't (obviously) that fat, with all the Beach Soccer he plays.
I haven't seen it yet but can't wait to.

:Bow: Cantona

I read an article about that film in a newspaper a few monthes ago. :o He wears some fat suit, must be damn hot and sweaty in there. :p

good to see Hugo Sanchez on that list (Y) :clapwap: :D

I'm surprised that Ibrahim Ba didnt make the list.
This is a sad day for football.

Ridiculous. Why players have to be alive to make the list? So if Maradona or Puskas for example, were dead, then they wouldnt make the list for some moron like Diouf? Wtf has Diouf done to be on the fvcking list?

Also, where's Gerson, Rivellino, Jairzinho? And if Trezeguet is one of the best of all time, then i dont know what football has become, seriously, when guys like him get this kind of award, you know something has gone wrong, really wrong. I didnt read the entire list, but it sounds like even Careca didnt make the list, the best striker in our football history didnt make it, Romario is pants compared to him. I may be wrong, i'll read it again, if i am, i'll edit my post anyways.:crazyboy:

the list is horrible... Emre???? Saviola???? Diouf????

where are Paco Gento, Iker Casillas (he's much better than Rustu Recber), Careca, etc?

Yeah, after re-reading it, still no Careca. Pele knew how to play but he doesnt know bollocks about football.

I know 5 or 6 portuguese players that must be in that list... some choices are pathetic. :rolleyes:

http://sport.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2609807

"But it is the omissions which have proved so controversial, notably Jairzinho and Gerson from the 1970 World Cup-winning Brazil side and Geoff Hurst, the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

Jairzinho is the only player to have scored in every single round of a World Cup, while Gerson appeared on Brazilian television today and tore up the list in a flamboyant display of outrage at the slur."


"No Welsh players were picked by Pele – neither Ryan Giggs nor Ian Rush made it, and it was confirmed that even had John Charles still been living he would not have figured."

Surely king John should be on there :kader:

This list sucks, his missed lots of great players on there:f***: :( :kader:

Am I the only one shocked at not seeing my name on the list? :kader:

Should have added Ryan Giggs and Socrates

(N)(N)(N)

No Gianfranco Zola :kader:

Yo, Where's Hidetoshi Nakata?
He's a great player for Japan and one of the few that has broken into the Italian Serie A.

Originally posted by C-B
Yo, Where's Hidetoshi Nakata?
He's a great player for Japan and one of the few that has broken into the Italian Serie A.

he's in the OFFICIAL list

http://www.the-100.com/allplayers.aspx


but he doesn't deserve a place there...

His not top 100 quality imo. He only gets attention because his from Japan, if he were from Estonia or something I doubt anyone would take notice.

No Henrik Larsson...he deserves to be on there, solid for his club and country.

Originally posted by shokz
Diouf is a quality talent, but has he ever heard of a Ryan Giggs? :kader:

how did diouf get on but not ryan giggs what has diouf done giggs has done it all :kader: :kader: :kader:

Originally posted by Virgo

Higuita


= pretty cool :rockman:

Who f@cking cares what Pele thinks.... The best was Maradona and that brazilian is not even on my top3 list.

Plus Ryan Giggs not on there :rolleyes: The guy is pure class best ManU player, the welshman will be on my list before 50 of Pele aka cant stop running his mouth.... Go do another Master Card comercial, his top 100 is as important as my top 100. :mrpimp:

Giggs=pure class!

Diouf over Giggs is enough reason to invalidate the whole list.

and did anyone else notice Marc Vivien Foe - Cameroon on the list? I thought this was restricted to living players? (RIP Foe)

theres another site that's reporting 125 players...:confused:

ALEMANIA: Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Mueller, Jurgen Klinsmann, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lothar Matthaus, Michael Ballack, Oliver Kahn, Paul Breitner, Sepp Maier, Uwe Seeler

ARGENTINA: Alfredo Di Stefano, Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta Hernán Crespo, Javier Saviola, Javier Zanetti, Juan Sebastián Verón, Mario Kempes, Omar Sívori

BÉLGICA: Franky van der Elst, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Jan Cuelemens

BRASIL: Cafu, Carlos Alberto, Djalma Santos, Falcao, Nilton Santos, Junior, Pelé, Rivaldo, Rivelino, Roberto, Carlos, Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Sócrates, Zico

BULGARIA: Hristo Stoichkov

CAMERÚN: Roger Milla

CHILE: Elías Figueroa, Iván Zamorano

COLOMBIA: Carlos Valderrama

COREA DEL SUR: Hong Myung-Bo

CROACIA: Davor Suker

DINAMRCA: Brian Laudrup, Michael Laudrup, Peter Schmeichal

ESCOCIA: Kenny Dalglish

ESPAÑA: Emilio Butragueño, Luis Enrique, Raúl

ESTADOS UNIDOS: Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm.

FRANCIA: David Trezeguet, Didier Deschamps, Eric Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, Just Fontaine, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Marius Tresor, Michel Platini, Patrick Vieira, Raymond Kopa, Robert Pires, Thierry Henry,,Zinedine Zidane

GHANA Abedi Pele

HOLANDA: Clarence Seedorff, Dennis Bergkamp, Edgar Davids, Frank Rijkaard, Johan Neeskens, Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Patrick Kluivert, Rene van der Kerkhof, Rob Rensenbrink, Ruud Gullit, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Willie van de Kerkhof

HUNGRÍA: Ferenc Puskas

INGLATERRA: Alan Shearer, Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Gary Linaker, Gordon Banks, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen,

IRLANDA Roy Keane

ITALIA: Alessandro Del Piero, Alessandro Nesta, Christian Vieri, Dino Zoff, Francesco Totti, Franco Baresi, Giampiero Boniperti, Giacinto Fachetti, Gianluigi Buffon, Gianni Rivera, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Rossi, Paolo Maldini, Roberto Baggio

JAPÓN: Hidetoshi Nakata

LIBERIA: George Weah

MÉXICO: Hugo Sánchez

NIGERIA: Jay-Jay Okocha

IRLANDA DEL NORTE: George Best

PARAGUAY: Romerito

PERÚ: Teofilo Cubillas

POLONIA: Zbigniew Boniek

PORTUGAL: Eusebio, Luis Figo, Rui Costa

REPÚBLICA CHECA: Josef Masopust, Pavel Nedved

RUMANIA: Gheorghe Hagi

RUSIA Rinat Disayev

SENEGAL El Hadji Diouf

TURQUÍA: Emre Belozoglu, Rustu Recber

UCRANIA: Andriy Shevchenko

URUGUAY Enzo Francescoli

Originally posted by SoDragões1893
Who f@cking cares what Pele thinks.... The best was Maradona and that brazilian is not even on my top3 list.

Plus Ryan Giggs not on there :rolleyes: The guy is pure class best ManU player, the welshman will be on my list before 50 of Pele aka cant stop running his mouth.... Go do another Master Card comercial, his top 100 is as important as my top 100. :mrpimp:

Giggs=pure class!

Mastercard?...i thought it was the erection problems advert :funny:

I think I missed the point when Nakata, Emre and Rustu became one of the 100 players of all time :rolleyes:

A good amount of current and former Inter players on that list and so is our current prez. Facchetti (H)

Though IMO Emre is better then Diouf though it seems everyone is stuck on the fact that Emre shouldn't be on the list...

larsson and giggs need to be on there.

Originally posted by SB9Dragon
A good amount of current and former Inter players on that list and so is our current prez. Facchetti (H)

Though IMO Emre is better then Diouf though it seems everyone is stuck on the fact that Emre shouldn't be on the list...

but Diouf shouldn't be on the list TOO....

i think Pelé's erection problem is too serious (H) his brain isn't reciving enough blood too :P . Giggs, Gascoigne, Hagi...where are they? Even Henrik Larsson is missing on that list (he's better than Crespo or Saviola)

Cool photo of Vieri. :)

IT does not matter who makes up the list..Pele, Fele, Burkino Faso, the only list that matters is the UEFA top 50 players that is being released at a snail's pace on UEFA' s official site !:mrpimp:

Originally posted by LOCOlombia

PARAGUAY: Romerito

:rockman: Romerito, Romerito hombre de gooooollll!!! :rockman: :jacko:

what about Ally McCoist?

Originally posted by chatterbox
IT does not matter who makes up the list..Pele, Fele, Burkino Faso, the only list that matters is the UEFA top 50 players that is being released at a snail's pace on UEFA' s official site !:mrpimp:

but the UEFA's list only include european players :/

this list is utter crap without the legendary Emile Hesky.

Giggs really should have been in there. He's won everything except International cups.

Look at this pic of Emre http://www.britart.com/images/big/bwork10932.jpg

:D Was on the official 100 list site.

Originally posted by Virgo
there are sooooooooooooooooo many better goalkeepers than Rustu throughout the whole history and even playing at the present.

I don't think
Rüstü is the best for me.
Maybe only Buffon and Casillas better than Rüstü

I was hoping Cha Bum Keun to make that list
I guess he didn't ow well~~
we got Hong for Korea :)

Originally posted by Spurs4Life
Mastercard?...i thought it was the erection problems advert :funny:

Don't get me started on that, everytime I see it I wonder why Pele did this advert.

Its weird. :eek:

Cha "Bum Bum" Keun? Yea I was surprised Pele chose Hong instead... or was it Cha Doo Ri the korean wizard??

Originally posted by Sky Reloaded
Cha "Bum Bum" Keun? Yea I was surprised Pele chose Hong instead... or was it Cha Doo Ri the korean wizard??

Cha Du Ri is Cha Bum Keun's son. The latter is the legendary striker I believe you are talking about.

Originally posted by Rüstü
I don't think
Rüstü is the best for me.
Maybe only Buffon and Casillas better than Rüstü

thats just (and i'm assuming rhis from your location) you're Turkish.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
thats just (and i'm assuming rhis from your location) you're Turkish.
+ the rustu user name and the rustu avatar.

Originally posted by ShearerM4
+ the rustu user name and the rustu avatar.

yeah...that too (Y) (H)

Where's Ronald Koeman I'm wondering now...

the only thing about Koeman that wasn't overrated was his kick

There is aparently a big controversy that Pele did not include his countrymen Jarzinho and Tostao? Who cares about the top 100....only the top 10 will really draw any attention ....those two guys were not in the top ten so Brazilians should not be so dissapointed about that and stop complaining !:mrpimp:

Where the heck is Holland' s total football?:f***:

LOL, Raul is on the list. That alone discredits the whole thing.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
thats just (and i'm assuming rhis from your location) you're Turkish.

ok but Rüstü isn't my brother :)

I like his style and I think he is one of the best keeper on the world.

and sure I don't like all Turkish players !

Maybe Buffon plays Juventus, Casillas plays Real but Rüstü plays Barcelona.You don't say bad keeper to Rüstü...

Rustu was one of the BEST keeper in WC 2002
He was great against Korea in the match and also some other matches too but after WC I didnt hear much about him so I don't think he is better than the likes of Dida, Tim Howard or even Paul Robinson.

USA- Mia Hamm:rofl: Only a woman made it on the US list:rofl:


MEXICO- Hugo sanchez (Under rated but just to let you know he WAS and still IS the best REAL MADRID HAS EVER HAD):rockman:

Originally posted by KoreaJjang
Rustu was one of the BEST keeper in WC 2002
He was great against Korea in the match and also some other matches too but after WC I didnt hear much about him so I don't think he is better than the likes of Dida, Tim Howard or even Paul Robinson.

but Iker also was one of the best keepers in the WC... he played very well, and he was only 21 ... and he has won 2 UCL, 2 Ligas, 1 Intercontinental Cup, etc...

What a joke! :rolleyes:

It´s not really a joke, it´s only an commercial activity (which is quite similar). The most ridiculous thing is that the original list had 100 players and due to controversy it was expanded to 125 at last minute (which didn´t helped anyway.).