Best Footballers of each decade

Can you name the top 10 footballers of each decade from 1920 to 2010s according to Footballs Greatest updated polls?
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2010s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Argentina
Lionel Messi
2
Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo
3
Spain
Andrés Iniesta
4
Spain
Xavi
5
Germany
Manuel Neuer
6
Italy
Andrea Pirlo
7
Netherlands
Arjen Robben
8
Uruguay
Luis Suárez
9
Sweden
Zlatan Ibrahimović
10
Germany
Philipp Lahm
 
1980s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Argentina
Diego Maradona
2
France
Michel Platini
3
Netherlands
Marco van Basten
4
Brazil
Sócrates
5
Brazil
Zico
6
Netherlands
Ruud Gullit
7
Italy
Franco Baresi
8
Germany
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
9
Netherlands
Frank Rijkaard
10
Italy
Paolo Rossi
 
1950s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Spain
Alfredo Di Stéfano
2
England
Stanley Matthews
3
Hungary
Ferenc Puskás
4
Germany
Fritz Walter
5
Uruguay
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
6
Wales
John Charles
7
Spain
Francisco Gento
8
France
Raymond Kopa
9
France
Just Fontaine
10
Brazil
Didi
 
1920s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Uruguay
José Leandro Andrade
2
England
Dixie Dean
3
Brazil
Arthur Friedenreich
4
Uruguay
José Nasazzi
5
Argentina
Luis Monti
6
Hungary
József Takács
7
Uruguay
Héctor Scarone
8
Italy
Virginio Rosetta
9
Spain
Paulino Alcántara
10
Hungary
György Orth
2000s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
France
Zinedine Zidane
2
Brazil
Ronaldo
3
Brazil
Ronaldinho
4
Italy
Gianluigi Buffon
5
France
Thierry Henry
6
Spain
Raúl
7
Italy
Fabio Cannavaro
8
Portugal
Luís Figo
9
Brazil
Kaká
10
Czech Republic
Pavel Nedvěd
 
1970s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Netherlands
Johan Cruyff
2
Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
3
Germany
Gerd Müller
4
Chile
Elias Figueroa
5
Brazil
Jairzinho
6
Brazil
Rivellino
7
Italy
Dino Zoff
8
Netherlands
Johan Neeskens
9
Italy
Claudio Gentile
10
Brazil
Carlos Alberto
 
1940s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Argentina
José Manuel Moreno
2
Argentina
Adolfo Pedernera
3
Brazil
Zizinho
4
Italy
Valentino Mazzola
5
Uruguay
Obdulio Varela
6
Spain
Telmo Zarra
7
Hungary
Ferenc Deák
8
Brazil
Leônidas
9
Portugal
Fernando Peyroteo
10
Sweden
Gunnar Nordahl
1990s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Italy
Paolo Maldini
2
Brazil
Romário
3
Denmark
Michael Laudrup
4
Denmark
Peter Schmeichel
5
Italy
Roberto Baggio
6
Liberia
George Weah
7
Brazil
Rivaldo
8
Brazil
Cafu
9
Germany
Lothar Matthäus
10
Romania
Gheorghe Hagi
 
1960s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Brazil
Pelé
2
Brazil
Garrincha
3
USSR
Lev Yashin
4
Northern Ireland
George Best
5
England
Bobby Charlton
6
Portugal
Eusébio
7
Italy
Gianni Rivera
8
England
Bobby Moore
9
Italy
Giancinto Facchetti
10
Czechoslovakia
Josef Masopust
 
1930s
Rank:
Nation:
Player:
1
Austria
Matthias Sindelar
2
Italy
Guiseppe Meazza
3
Spain
Ricardo Zamora
4
Paraguay
Arsenio Erico
5
Austria
Josef Bican
6
Scotland
Jimmy McGrory
7
Hungary
György Sárosi
8
Czechoslovakia
František Plánička
9
Italy
Silvio Piola
10
Brazil
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3 Comments
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Level 55
Feb 3, 2017
Please change Di Stefano as Argentinian, because he was Argentinian. I really loved this quiz but was expecting to see Jari Litmanen, Sandor Kocsis, Teofilo Cubillas, Omar Sivori, Mario Kempes and some others here.
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Level 20
Feb 3, 2017
Thanks! It took a long time to comprise! Also, di Stefano was born in Argentina, but played more times for Spain, hence I have put Spanish. Those players you mentioned were great, particularly Kocsis during the 50s, but just didn't make the cut. I have updated the 30s though as I missed an important player.
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Level 20
Feb 3, 2017
Gyula Zsengellér has been removed from the 1930s list from 10th place due to an error. Therefore the answer is no longer correct.