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== Criticism == |
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Some football observers have questioned the selection methodology of the list. [[David Mellor]], former politician turned football pundit, wrote in his column in the ''[[Evening Standard]]'', that he felt the selections were politically motivated rather than made on purely footballing grounds.<ref>{{cite news |
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}}</ref> He suggested that the selections looked as if they came from the pen of [[Sepp Blatter]] rather than Pelé. As evidence for this, Mellor noted the wide geographical spread of the selected players: a true selection would be more heavily biased to South America and Europe, he claimed. (The list contains the names of 7 players from Asia and Africa, for example.) Such assertions were also forwarded by [[BBC]] columnist Tim Vickery.<ref>{{cite news |
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One of Pelé's old team-mates, the former [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] midfielder [[Gérson]], reacted to his omission from the FIFA 100 by tearing up a copy of the list on a Brazilian television programme. [[Marco van Basten]] and [[Uwe Seeler]] refused to take part in the project on a point of principle.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |
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Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pelé. |
Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pelé. |
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The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé's choice of the "greatest living footballers". Unveiled on March 4, 2004 at a gala ceremony in London, the FIFA 100 marked part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football.
The figure 100 refers to the 100th anniversary of FIFA and not the number of players listed, which is actually 125; Pelé had been asked to select 50 active players and 50 retired players, for a total of 100 players, but found it too difficult to limit the number of former players to just 50.[1] The list contains 123 professional men and 2 women players. At the time the FIFA 100 was selected, 50 of the players were still active, with the remaining 75 retired from the game.
List
Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pelé.
- Players active at the time of announcement are marked by (*).
- Players who are still active as of the end of the 2008 season are in italics.
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Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Gabriel Batistuta* | FW | 1969-02-01 |
Hernán Crespo* | FW | 1975-07-05 |
Alfredo di Stéfano | FW | 1926-07-04 |
Mario Kempes | FW | 1954-07-15 |
Diego Maradona | FW | 1960-10-30 |
Daniel Passarella | DF | 1953-05-25 |
Javier Saviola* | FW | 1981-12-11 |
Omar Sivori | FW | 1935-10-02 |
Juan Sebastián Verón* | MF | 1975-03-09 |
Javier Zanetti* | DF/MF | 1973-08-10 |
Belgium
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Jan Ceulemans | MF | 1957-02-28 |
Jean-Marie Pfaff | GK | 1953-12-04 |
Franky van der Elst | MF | 1961-04-30 |
Brazil
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Carlos Alberto | DF | 1944-07-17 |
Cafu* | DF | 1970-06-07 |
Falcão | MF | 1953-10-16 |
Pelé | FW | 1940-10-23 |
Júnior | MF | 1954-06-29 |
Rivaldo* | MF | 1972-04-19 |
Rivelino | MF | 1946-01-01 |
Roberto Carlos* | DF | 1973-04-10 |
Romário* | FW | 1966-01-29 |
Ronaldinho* | MF/FW | 1980-03-21 |
Ronaldo* | FW | 1976-09-18 |
Djalma Santos | DF | 1929-02-27 |
Nílton Santos | DF | 1927-05-16 |
Sócrates | MF | 1954-02-19 |
Zico | MF/FW | 1953-03-03 |
Bulgaria
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Hristo Stoichkov | FW | 1966-02-08 |
Cameroon
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Roger Milla | FW | 1952-05-20 |
Chile
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Elías Figueroa | DF | 1946-10-25 |
Iván Zamorano | FW | 1967-01-18 |
Colombia
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Carlos Valderrama | MF | 1961-09-02 |
Croatia
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Davor Šuker | FW | 1968-01-01 |
Czech Republic
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Josef Masopust | MF | 1931-02-09 |
Pavel Nedvěd* | MF | 1972-08-30 |
Denmark
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Brian Laudrup | FW | 1969-02-22 |
Michael Laudrup | MF | 1964-06-15 |
Peter Schmeichel | GK | 1963-11-18 |
England
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Gordon Banks | GK | 1937-12-30 |
David Beckham* | MF | 1975-05-02 |
Bobby Charlton | MF | 1937-10-11 |
Kevin Keegan | FW | 1951-02-14 |
Gary Lineker | FW | 1960-11-30 |
Michael Owen* | FW | 1979-12-14 |
Alan Shearer* | FW | 1970-08-13 |
France
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Eric Cantona | FW | 1966-05-24 |
Marcel Desailly* | DF | 1968-09-07 |
Didier Deschamps | MF | 1968-10-15 |
Just Fontaine | FW | 1933-08-18 |
Thierry Henry* | FW | 1977-08-17 |
Raymond Kopa | MF | 1931-10-31 |
Jean-Pierre Papin | FW | 1963-11-05 |
Robert Pires* | FW | 1973-10-29 |
Michel Platini | MF | 1955-06-21 |
Lilian Thuram* | DF | 1972-01-01 |
Marius Trésor | DF | 1950-01-15 |
David Trézéguet* | FW | 1977-10-15 |
Patrick Vieira* | MF | 1976-06-23 |
Zinédine Zidane* | MF | 1972-06-23 |
Germany
Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Michael Ballack* | MF | 1976-09-26 |
Franz Beckenbauer | SW | 1945-09-11 |
Paul Breitner | MF | 1951-09-05 |
Oliver Kahn* | GK | 1969-06-15 |
Jürgen Klinsmann | FW | 1964-07-30 |
Sepp Maier | GK | 1944-02-28 |
Lothar Matthäus | MF | 1961-03-21 |
Gerd Müller | FW | 1945-11-03 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | FW | 1955-09-25 |
Uwe Seeler | FW | 1936-11-05 |
Ghana
Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Abedi Pele | FW | 1964-11-05 |
Hungary
Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Ferenc Puskás | FW | 1927-04-02 |
Republic of Ireland
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Roy Keane* | MF | 1971-08-10 |
Italy
Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Roberto Baggio* | FW | 1967-02-18 |
Franco Baresi | DF | 1960-05-08 |
Giuseppe Bergomi | DF | 1963-12-22 |
Giampiero Boniperti | FW | 1928-07-04 |
Gianluigi Buffon* | GK | 1978-01-28 |
Alessandro Del Piero* | FW | 1974-11-09 |
Giacinto Facchetti | DF | 1942-07-18 |
Paolo Maldini* | DF | 1968-06-26 |
Alessandro Nesta* | DF | 1976-03-19 |
Gianni Rivera | MF | 1943-08-18 |
Paolo Rossi | FW | 1956-09-23 |
Francesco Totti* | FW | 1976-09-27 |
Christian Vieri* | FW | 1973-07-12 |
Dino Zoff | GK | 1942-02-28 |
Japan
Player | Pos. | DoB |
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Hidetoshi Nakata* | MF | 1977-01-22 |
South Korea
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Hong Myung-Bo* | DF | 1969-02-12 |
Liberia
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
George Weah | FW | 1966-10-01 |
Mexico
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Hugo Sánchez | FW | 1958-07-11 |
Netherlands
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Marco van Basten | FW | 1964-10-31 |
Dennis Bergkamp* | FW | 1969-05-10 |
Johan Cruijff | FW | 1947-04-25 |
Edgar Davids* | MF | 1973-03-13 |
Ruud Gullit | MF | 1962-09-01 |
René van de Kerkhof | MF | 1951-09-16 |
Willy van de Kerkhof | MF | 1951-09-16 |
Patrick Kluivert* | FW | 1976-07-01 |
Johan Neeskens | MF | 1951-09-15 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy* | FW | 1976-07-01 |
Rob Rensenbrink | FW | 1947-07-03 |
Frank Rijkaard | MF | 1962-09-30 |
Clarence Seedorf* | MF | 1976-04-01 |
Nigeria
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Jay-Jay Okocha* | MF | 1973-08-14 |
Northern Ireland
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
George Best | MF | 1946-05-22 |
Paraguay
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Romerito | FW | 1960-08-28 |
Peru
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Teófilo Cubillas | FW | 1949-03-08 |
Poland
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Zbigniew Boniek | MF | 1956-03-03 |
Portugal
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Eusébio | FW | 1942-01-25 |
Luís Figo* | MF | 1972-11-04 |
Rui Costa* | MF | 1972-03-29 |
Romania
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Gheorghe Hagi | MF | 1965-02-05 |
Russia
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Rinat Dasayev | GK | 1957-06-13 |
Scotland
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Kenny Dalglish | FW | 1951-03-04 |
Senegal
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
El Hadji Diouf* | FW | 1981-01-15 |
Spain
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Emilio Butragueño | FW | 1963-07-22 |
Luis Enrique* | MF | 1970-05-08 |
Raúl* | FW | 1977-06-27 |
Turkey
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Rüştü Reçber* | GK | 1973-05-10 |
Emre Belözoğlu* | MF | 1980-07-09 |
Ukraine
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Andriy Shevchenko* | FW | 1976-09-29 |
Uruguay
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Enzo Francescoli | FW | 1961-11-12 |
United States
Player | Pos. | DoB |
---|---|---|
Michelle Akers | MF | 1966-02-01 |
Mia Hamm | FW | 1972-03-17 |
See also
- FIFA World Rankings
- World soccer players of the 20th century
- FIFA Women's World Rankings
- Placar Magazine 100 of world cups
References
- ^ "Fifa names greatest list". BBC. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2007-04-30.