Top 50 Greatest Footballers by Position

[gerd]

I agree with pipa's last post.
Individual awards are nonsense in a team sport.

And if Scholes would read our posts, he would be the first one to call them rather stupid.

 

[Ronaldinho_23]

Carles
Carles
Carles
Carles
Carles
Carles
Carles

don't worry bro

i'm barça fan, i'm from spain, alicante, i talk spanish, and catalan.

is only a error hehehe

 

[Glavisted]

Anyway Glavisted, what about Dalglish? is he not good enough to be on that list?

He's in my Second Strikers shortlist. He'll probably be in the Top 50 there.

 

[Glavisted]

also another fact is that the list of Glavisted are made with players who are still active besides players who ended their careers and maybe some of them are not living anymore..so i think it´s not good to add still active players there..After Scholes retires, Gerrard might win something or have his goals ratio higher etc.. he is still 6 years younger than him..

It's a common criticism made me. Personally, I don't see what's the complication because I think it's entirely possible to compare some careers that haven't finalized yet taking into account the balance of the time as an element. That's the reason because a player like Andrés Iniesta appears in the 49th position and don't appear famous contemporary players like Clarence Seedorf, Juan Sebastián Verón or Michael Ballack, despite having longer careers. Over time is likely to go up or down his position according to how his career continues, but right now it's like a current picture of my own criteria.

 

[Glavisted]

Already done the 6th list:

Top 50 Greatest Wingers

This is the summary list, I posted the complete in my blog in Spanish with their respective descriptions (http://glavisted.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-50-de-extremos.html):

50 Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay)

49 Cliff Jones (Wales)

48 René Houseman (Argentina)

47 José Augusto (Portugal)

46 Franco Causio (Italy)

45 Luis Cubilla (Uruguay)

44 Pierre Littbarski (Germany)

43 Cliff Bastin (England)

42 Leonel Sánchez (Chile)

41 Amancio (Spain)

40 Robert Pires (France)

39 David Beckham (England)

38 Antonín Puc (Czechoslovakia)

37 Anton Schall (Austria)

36 Coen Moulijn (Netherlands)

35 Lennart Skoglund (Sweden)

34 Enrique García (Argentina)

33 Piet Keizer (Netherlands)

32 Hans Schäfer (Germany)

31 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia)

30 Pepe (Brazil)

29 Karl Aage Praest (Denmark)

28 Giampiero Boniperti (Italy)

27 Carlos Peucelle (Argentina)

26 Alan Morton (Scotland)

25 Juan Joya (Peru)

24 Estanislao Basora (Spain)

23 Omar Corbatta (Argentina)

22 Canhoteiro (Brazil)

21 Billy Meredith (Wales)

20 Félix Loustau (Argentina)

19 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands)

18 Raimundo Orsi (Argentina)

17 Helmut Rahn (Germany)

16 Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland)

15 Julinho (Brazil)

14 Bruno Conti (Italy)

13 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)

12 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)

11 Kurt Hamrin (Sweden)

10 Tom Finney (England)

9 Ryan Giggs (Wales)

8 Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)

7 Francisco Gento (Spain)

6 Luís Figo (Portugal)

5 Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia)

4 Jairzinho (Brazil)

3 Stanley Matthews (England)

2 George Best (Northern Ireland)

1 Garrincha (Brazil)

 

[ThomasGOAL]

I think a player like Mark Overmars need to be in top 50
Your top 50 prove something, is a post in extinction.

 

[ThomasGOAL]

Marca dream team

Sub : Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Eusebio, Platini, Garrincha, Gento y Cristiano Ronaldo

http://www.marca.com/2011/11/11/futbol/1321011859.html

 

[PLF]

Lol, the most ridiculously unbalanced team ever!!

This team would've achieved nothing and probably lost most matches! They would concede 3 goals per match probably. Then again, maybe they would score at least 4 in each... and so actually win..

 

[gabe.paul.logan]

A team with 5 stirkers ? xD

 

[ThomasGOAL]

And for Spanish DM = Playmaker

 

[Baxter]

Cafu as 3-man defender, Iribar (?) and Casillas as GKs, Maradona as left midfielder, plus the ridiculous bench....Is it a list for Fantasy Football? LOL

 

[PLF]

Whoever made it was trying to be funny. I hope

 

[we7god]

will there be more of those lists? great thread imo !!

 

[Enzo]

Marca dream team

Sub : Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Eusebio, Platini, Garrincha, Gento y Cristiano Ronaldo

http://www.marca.com/2011/11/11/futbol/1321011859.html

Lev Yashin should be goalie in dream team.

This team would have almost everyone over 95 overall rating haha

 

[Glavisted]

will there be more of those lists? great thread imo !!

I'm now correcting and improving these rankings in my blog. I'll post one by one as I'll finish them.

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time (50-41)

50 Hans Tilkowski (Germany)

49 Walter Zeman (Austria)

48 Angelo Peruzzi (Italy)

47 Petr Cech (Czech Republic)

46 Andrés Mazali (Uruguay)

45 Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain)

44 Sergio Livingstone (Chile)

43 Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands)

42 Gianluca Pagliuca (Italy)

41 Émerson Leao (Brazil)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time (40-31)

40 Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)

39 Sam Hardy (England)

38 Enrico Albertosi (Italy)

37 Luis Arconada (Spain)

36 Jürgen Croy (East Germany)

35 Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia)

34 Ray Clemence (England)

33 Antoni Ramallets (Spain)

32 José Ángel Iribar (Spain)

31 Frank Swift (England)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time (30-21)

30 Neville Southall (Wales)

29 Bert Trautmann (Germany)

28 Michel Preud'homme (Belgium)

27 Roque Máspoli (Uruguay)

26 José Luis Chilavert (Paraguay)

25 Gyula Grosics (Hungary)

24 Walter Zenga (Italy)

23 Toni Schumacher (Germany)

22 Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium)

21 Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time (20-11)

20 Rudi Hiden (Austria)

19 Vladimir Beara (Yugoslavia)

18 Gianpiero Combi (Italy)

17 Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland)

16 Gilmar (Gylmar dos Santos Neves) (Brazil)

15 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay)

14 Íker Casillas (Spain)

13 Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina)

12 Peter Shilton (England)

11 Rinat Dasayev (Soviet Union)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time (10-1)

10 Frantisek Plánicka (Czechoslovakia)

9 Oliver Kahn (Germany)

8 Amadeo Carrizo (Argentina)

7 Sepp Maier (Germany)

6 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

5 Gordon Banks (England)

4 Ricardo Zamora (Spain)

3 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)

2 Dino Zoff (Italy)

1 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time

Substitution List

- BARBOSA, Moacir (Brazil)
- BARTHEZ, Fabien (France)
- BATS, Joël (France)
- BENTO, Manuel (Portugal)
- BUFFON, Lorenzo (Italy)
- CAÑIZARES, Santiago (Spain)
- CASTELLINI, Luciano (Italy)
- CASTILHO, Carlos José (Brazil)
- CÓRDOBA, Óscar (Colombia)
- COSTA PEREIRA, Alberto (Portugal)
- CURKOVIC, Ivan (Yugoslavia)
- DARUI, Julien (France)
- DE BIE, Jean (Belgium)
- DOMÍNGUEZ, Rogelio (Argentina)
- GATTI, Hugo (Argentina)
- GREGG, Harry (Northern Ireland)
- GROBBELAAR, Bruce (Zimbabwe)
- ILLGNER, Bodo (Germany)
- JONGBLOED, Jan (Netherlands)
- JÚLIO CÉSAR (Júlio César Soares de Espíndola) (Brazil)
- KELSEY, Jack (Wales)
- KHOMICH, Aleksei (Soviet Union)
- KÖPKE, Andreas (Germany)
- MANGA (Aílton Correa de Arruda) (Brazil)
- MLYNARCZYK, Józef (Poland)
- N'KONO, Thomas (Cameroon)
- OLIVIERI, Aldo (Italy)
- PIOT, Christian (Belgium)
- PLATKO, Franz (Hungary)
- RAVELLI, Thomas (Sweden)
- RODRÍGUEZ, Rodolfo (Uruguay)
- ROJAS, Roberto (Chile)
- ROMA, Antonio (Argentina)
- RUDAKOV, Yevhen (Soviet Union)
- SARTI, Giuliano (Italy)
- SCHROJF, Viliam (Czechoslovakia)
- SCOTT, Elisha (Northern Ireland)
- SIMPSON, Ronnie (Scotland)
- SOSKIC, Milutin (Yugoslavia)
- STEIN, Uli (Germany)
- SVENSSON, Kalle (Sweden)
- SZABÓ, Antal (Hungary)
- TAFFAREL, Cláudio (Brazil)
- TESORIERE, Américo (Argentina)
- TOLDO, Francesco (Italy)
- TOMASZEWSKI, Jan (Poland)
- TUREK, Toni (Germany)
- VALDIVIESO, Juan (Peru)
- VAN BEVEREN, Jan (Netherlands)
- ZSÁK, Károly (Hungary)

This is the complete article in Spanish: http://glavisted.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-50-de-arqueros.html

 

[Kanouté]

I'm happy to see Van der Sar having been rated as high as I do.

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time (50-41)

50 Wladyslaw Zmuda (Poland)

49 Jaap Stam (Netherlands)

48 Pietro Rava (Italy)

47 Gyula Lóránt (Hungary)

46 Germano (Germano de Figueiredo) (Portugal)

45 Ján Popluhár (Czechoslovakia)

44 Armando Picchi (Italy)

43 Roberto Ayala (Argentina)

42 John Terry (England)

41 Carles Puyol (Spain)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time (40-31)

40 Ciro Ferrara (Italy)

39 Murtaz Khurtsilava (Soviet Union)

38 Lúcio (Lucimar Ferreira da Silva) (Brazil)

37 Hans-Jürgen Dörner (East Germany)

36 Óscar Ruggeri (Argentina)

35 Albert Shesternyov (Soviet Union)

34 Virginio Rosetta (Italy)

33 Luís Pereira (Brazil)

32 Robert Jonquet (France)

31 Neil Franklin (England)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time (30-21)

30 Marius Trésor (France)

29 Roberto Perfumo (Argentina)

28 Fernando Hierro (Spain)

27 Laurent Blanc (France)

26 Velibor Vasovic (Yugoslavia)

25 Jacinto Quincoces (Spain)

24 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

23 Karlheinz Förster (Germany)

22 Claudio Gentile (Italy)

21 Bob Crompton (England)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time (20-11)

20 Renzo De Vecchi (Italy)

19 Billy Wright (England)

18 Alan Hansen (Scotland)

17 Domingos da Guia (Brazil)

16 Jürgen Kohler (Germany)

15 Héctor Chumpitaz (Peru)

14 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands)

13 Matthias Sammer (Germany)

12 Alessandro Nesta (Italy)

11 Marcel Desailly (France)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time (10-1)

10 José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay)

9 José Nasazzi (Uruguay)

8 Giuseppe Bergomi (Italy)

7 Ruud Krol (Netherlands)

6 Gaetano Scirea (Italy)

5 Elías Figueroa (Chile)

4 Daniel Passarella (Argentina)

3 Bobby Moore (England)

2 Franco Baresi (Italy)

1 Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

 

[Glavisted]

Top 50 Greatest Centre-Backs of All-Time

Substitution List

- ADAMS, Tony (England)
- ALDAIR (Aldair Nascimento dos Santos) (Brazil)
- ANCHETA, Atilio (Uruguay)
- APOLZAN, Alexandru (Romania)
- BASHASHKIN, Anatoli (Soviet Union)
- BATTISTON, Patrick (France)
- BELLINI, Hilderaldo (Brazil)
- BELODEDICI, Miodrag (Romania)
- BOSSIS, Maxime (France)
- BUCHWALD, Guido (Germany)
- CALIGARIS, Umberto (Italy)
- CAMPBELL, Sol (England)
- CARVALHO, Ricardo (Portugal)
- COELHO, Humberto (Portugal)
- COSTACURTA, Alessandro (Italy)
- DE BOER, Frank (Netherlands)
- ERHARDT, Herbert (Germany)
- FERDINAND, Rio (England)
- FERRI, Riccardo (Italy)
- FONI, Alfredo (Italy)
- GAMARRA, Carlos (Paraguay)
- GORGON, Jerzy (Poland)
- HAPPEL, Ernst (Austria)
- ISRAËL, Rinus (Netherlands)
- IVKOVIC, Milutin (Yugoslavia)
- KATALINSKI, Josip (Yugoslavia)
- KUZNETSOV, Oleg (Soviet Union)
- LANTOS, Mihály (Hungary)
- LUGANO, Diego (Uruguay)
- MACEDA, Antonio (Spain)
- MATOSAS, Roberto (Uruguay)
- McGRATH, Paul (Ireland)
- McNEILL, Billy (Scotland)
- MEEUWS, Walter (Belgium)
- MEIKLEJOHN, Davie (Scotland)
- MELÉNDEZ, Julio (Peru)
- MINELLI, Severino (Switzerland)
- MONZEGLIO, Eraldo (Italy)
- ONDRUS, Anton (Czechoslovakia)
- PEREYRA, Darío (Uruguay)
- PEZZEY, Bruno (Austria)
- POPESCU, Gheorghe (Romania)
- POSIPAL, Josef (Germany)
- RIGAMONTI, Mario (Italy)
- ROSATO, Roberto (Italy)
- SCHULZ, Willi (Germany)
- SCHWARZENBECK, Hans-Georg (Germany)
- SESTA, Karl (Austria)
- VAN DER HART, Cor (Netherlands)
- VIERCHOWOD, Pietro (Italy)

This is the complete article in Spanish: http://glavisted.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-50-de-defensas-centrales.html

 

[PLF]

Nice lists! I like them a lot!

I'd personally put Peruzzi ahead of Pagliuca though. And seeing Pagliuca after so long, it reminded me of how he resembles Sylvester Stallone lol.

In regards to defenders, I don't know if I'd put Lucio in top 50 to be honest let alone ahead of John Terry, Puyol and definitely not ahead of Ayala who I think should be in top 20!

Also although I prefer Nesta slightly to Cannavaro, I don't know if he should be #9 (Which I'm fine with as the man is incredible) but Fabio #24!

All in all, really like the lists though. It's good to see you after a long time Glavisted! Keep up the good work!

 

[ThomasGOAL]

Glavisted - Dream Team of all time

--------------------------Yashin------------------------
Maldini--------Beckenbauer------Baresi------------Santos
------------------------Matthäus------------------------
Best--------------------Maradona---------------Garrincha
----------------?-----------------------?---------------


Sub :
Zoff
Moore
Passarella
Facchetti
Carlos Alberto
Rijkaard
Jairzinho
Matthews
Platini

Or maybe Glavisted you want two Def Midfield and one striker ?