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100 Best European Footballers Of All Time

A list of the 100 best European footballers of all time was written up by experts at FourFourTwo, how many of the top 100 can you name?
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Position
Nationality
Player
1.
Forward
Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo
2.
Forward
Netherlands
Johan Cruyff
3.
Defender
Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
4.
Midfielder
France
Zinedine Zidane
5.
Midfielder
Spain
Andres Iniesta
6.
Forward
England
Bobby Charlton
7.
Striker
Germany
Gerd Muller
8.
Defender
Italy
Paolo Maldini
9.
Midfielder
Spain
Xavi
10.
Midfielder
France
Michel Platini
11.
Striker
Hungary
Ferenc Puskas
12.
Striker
Portugal
Eusebio
13.
Striker
Netherlands
Marco van Basten
14.
Winger
Northern Ireland
George Best
15.
Forward
France
Thierry Henry
16.
Midfielder
Germany
Lothar Matthaus
17.
Defender
Italy
Franco Baresi
18.
Midfielder
Croatia
Luka Modric
19.
Goalkeeper
Soviet Union
Lev Yashin
20.
Midfielder
Netherlands
Ruud Gullit
21.
Striker
England
Wayne Rooney
22.
Forward
Italy
Roberto Baggio
23.
Goalkeeper
Germany
Manuel Neuer
24.
Midfielder
Spain
Sergio Busquets
25.
Forward
France
Raymond Kopa
26.
Winger
England
Stanley Matthews
27.
Defender
Spain
Sergio Ramos
28.
Striker
Austria
Matthias Sindelar
29.
Midfielder
Spain
Luis Suarez
30.
Winger
Spain
Francisco Gento
31.
Defender
England
Bobby Moore
32.
Midfielder
Denmark
Michael Laudrup
33.
Striker
Scotland
Kenny Dalglish
34.
Midfielder
Italy
Andrea Pirlo
35.
Midfielder
Belgium
Kevin De Bruyne
36.
Midfielder
Germany
Gunter Netzer
37.
Goalkeeper
Italy
Gianluigi Buffon
38.
Winger
Netherlands
Arjen Robben
39.
Striker
Italy
Giuseppe Meazza
40.
Midfielder
England
Paul Gascoigne
41.
Forward
England
Kevin Keegan
42.
Defender
Italy
Gaetano Scirea
43.
Goalkeeper
Italy
Dino Zoff
44.
Forward
Germany
Fritz Walter
45.
Goalkeeper
England
Gordon Banks
46.
Midfielder
Italy
Gianni Rivera
47.
Forward
Germany
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
48.
Forward
France
Eric Cantona
49.
Winger
Wales
Gareth Bale
50.
Defender
Germany
Phillip Lahm
51.
Striker & Defender
Wales
John Charles
52.
Winger
England
David Beckham
53.
Striker
Sweden
Gunnar Nordahl
54.
Midfielder
Netherlands
Johan Neeskens
55.
Striker
Scotland
Denis Law
56.
Forward
Italy
Sandro Mazzola
57.
Forward
Netherlands
Dennis Bergkamp
58.
Winger
Scotland
Jimmy Johnstone
59.
Defender
Netherlands
Ronald Koeman
60.
Striker
England
Alan Shearer
61.
Midfielder
Netherlands
Frank Rijkaard
62.
Forward
Hungary
Florian Albert
63.
Striker
France
Just Fontaine
64.
Midfielder
Czechoslovakia
Josef Masopust
65.
Striker
England
Jimmy Greaves
66.
Defender
Italy
Fabio Cannavaro
67.
Striker
England
Gary Lineker
68.
Striker
Denmark
Allan Simonsen
69.
Forward
France
Kylian Mbappe
70.
Forward
Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov
71.
Defender
Italy
Giacinto Facchetti
72.
Goalkeeper
Denmark
Peter Schmeichel
73.
Midfielder
Netherlands
Clarence Seedorf
74.
Midfielder
Romania
Gheorghe Hagi
75.
Midfielder
England
Steven Gerrard
76.
Defender
England
Ashley Cole
77.
Winger
France
Franck Ribery
78.
Winger
Portugal
Luis Figo
79.
Striker
Sweden
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
80.
Striker
Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko
81.
Forward
Italy
Valentino Mazzola
82.
Forward
Italy
Francesco Totti
83.
Striker
Italy
Paolo Rossi
84.
Defender
Spain
Carles Puyol
85.
Defender
Italy
Alessandro Nesta
86.
Goalkeeper
Germany
Oliver Kahn
87.
Midfielder
France
Claude Makelele
88.
Forward
Italy
Alessandro Del Piero
89.
Midfielder
France
Patrick Vieira
90.
Striker
Poland
Robert Lewandowski
91.
Goalkeeper
Hungary
Gyula Grosics
92.
Striker
Hungary
Nandor Hidegkuti
93.
Goalkeeper
Germany
Sepp Maier
94.
Defender
Spain
Jose Antonio Camacho
95.
Striker
England
Harry Kane
96.
Midfielder
Germany
Bernd Schuster
97.
Midfielder
Italy
Marco Tardelli
98.
Striker
Norway
Erling Haaland
99.
Goalkeeper
Czech Republic
Petr Cech
100.
Midfielder
Germany
Toni Kroos
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1 Comments
Guillermix012
+1
Level 36
Sep 24, 2024
how can casillas not be on this list?
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