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Posted by dukes on Mar-04-2004 22:59:

pele's top 125

quote:
Pele's list of the greatest

These are the 125 players selected by Brazilian legend Pele to mark Fifa's 100th anniversary.
Argentina:
Alfredo Di Stefano, Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo, Javier Saviola, Javier Zanetti, Juan Sebastian Veron, Mario Kempes, Omar Sivori

Belgium:
Franky van der Elst, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Jan Cuelemans

Brazil:
Cafu, Carlos Alberto, Djalma Santos, Falcao, Nilton Santos, Junior, Pele, Rivaldo, Rivelino, Roberto Carlos, Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Socrates, Zico

Bulgaria:
Hristo Stoichkov

Cameroon:
Roger Milla

Chile:
Pablo Figueroa, Ivan Zamorano

Colombia:
Carlos Valderrama

Croatia:
Davor Suker

Czech Repbublic:
Josef Masopust, Pavel Nedved

Denmark:
Brian Laudrup, Michael Laudrup, Peter Schmeichel

England:
Alan Shearer, Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Gordon Banks, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen

France:
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

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

Ghana:
Abedi Pele

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

Hungary:
Ferenc Puskas

Repubic of Ireland:
Roy Keane

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

Japan:
Hidetoshi Nakata

Liberia:
George Weah

Mexico:
Hugo Sanchez

Nigeria:
Jay-Jay Okocha

Northern Ireland:
George Best

Paraguay:
Romerito

Peru:
Teofilo Cubillas

Poland:
Zbigniew Boniek

Portugal:
Eusebio, Luis Figo, Rui Costa

Romania:
Gheorghe Hagi

Russia:
Rinat Disayev

Scotland:
Kenny Dalglish

Senegal:
El Hadji Diouf

South Korea:
Hong Myung-Bo

Spain:
Emilio Butragueno, Luis Enrique, Raul

Turkey:
Emre Belozoglu, Rustu Recber

Ukraine:
Andriy Shevchenko

Uruguay:
Enzo Francescoli

United States:
Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm

a big list BUT.....anyone missing?

Posted by tubby on Mar-04-2004 23:11:

gordon banks but no peter shilton?

Posted by tall paul 2 on Mar-05-2004 00:23:

Tony Adams... Zola.... whats Diouf doing there when he cant make the liverpool team!!!

Posted by Xavier on Mar-05-2004 00:31:

why ONLY those countries?

Not really in the top 125 but for these countries:

Australia: Johnny Warren, Craig Johnston, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka
Wales: Ian Rush...etc
Scotland should mention Graeme Souness.

Posted by willsimo on Mar-05-2004 00:53:

Giggs?

A couple of the players seem a little young to be on that list.

Posted by willsimo on Mar-05-2004 00:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Xavier
why ONLY those countries?

Because Pele doesn't think that players from any other country are/were good enough to make his "greatest" 125 players list?

Posted by gdj^ on Mar-05-2004 01:03:

Zico, the great ALFREDO Di Stefano,Maradona, ect!! the great ones!!

tho he forgot one fo the the greatest from Paraguay.. HE is the PRINCE!!!
ENZO FRANCHESCOLI!!

Posted by tubby on Mar-05-2004 01:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Xavier
why ONLY those countries?

Not really in the top 125 but for these countries:

Australia: Johnny Warren, Craig Johnston, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka
Wales: Ian Rush...etc

maybe kewell would make ths list, but the other aussies aren't really that good on a world scale. Rush was good, but wales were pretty rotten when he was playing, so he couldn't be judged well at that level. I think neville southall was another welshman who could have made that list playing for another nation.

Posted by Eddie N MIAMI on Mar-05-2004 04:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Global DJ 2k
Zico, the great ALFREDO Di Stefano,Maradona, ect!! the great ones!!

tho he forgot one fo the the greatest from Paraguay.. HE is the PRINCE!!!
ENZO FRANCHESCOLI!!

Enzo is from Uruguay and he's on the list.

Posted by chesco on Mar-05-2004 12:03:

Is the list not the 125 greatest players alive today. this is maybe why some are so young.

Posted by PacMan on Mar-05-2004 13:21:

seriously steven gerrard should be on that list.

Posted by willsimo on Mar-05-2004 16:28:

quote:
Originally posted by chesco
Is the list not the 125 greatest players alive today. this is maybe why some are so young.

Yeah, good point.

Just seems a little strange to me that a few players who have barely started their careers can already be deemed of the best 125.

You are probably correct though.

Posted by raveed on Mar-06-2004 05:50:

quote:
Originally posted by PacMan
seriously steven gerrard should be on that list.

have to disagree with you there... he hasnt made as big an impact as the others on that list have made... wat surprised me the most is he included davor suker who only performed at france 98 after which he was gone as quickly as he came up ... another surprise is that ryan giggs didnt make the list...

Posted by dukes on Mar-06-2004 18:57:

at least 50 of the list have played in italy

quote:
Pele's list of the greatest

These are the 125 players selected by Brazilian legend Pele to mark Fifa's 100th anniversary.
Argentina:
Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo, Javier Zanetti, Juan Sebastian Veron

Brazil:
Cafu, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo

Bulgaria:
Hristo Stoichkov

Chile:
Ivan Zamorano

Croatia:
Davor Suker

Czech Repbublic:
Pavel Nedved

England:
Gary Lineker

France:
David Trezeguet, Didier Deschamps, Jean-Pierre Papin, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Michel Platini, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane

Germany:
Jurgen Klinsmann

Holland:
Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, Patrick Kluivert, Ruud Gullit

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

Japan:
Hidetoshi Nakata

Liberia:
George Weah

Portugal:
Rui Costa

Romania:
Gheorghe Hagi

Turkey:
Emre Belozoglu

Ukraine:
Andriy Shevchenko

Uruguay:
Enzo Francescoli

i know i will missed some

Posted by evil_bastard on Mar-06-2004 19:02:

Giggs, Beardsley, Gascoigne? Where are they?

If Diouf was Brazilian or Italian there's no way he'd make that list. Obviously Pele doesn't want to be accused of favouring the 'big' countries so he's thrown in a few players like Diouf to balance it out a bit. The result is a crap and worthless list. There's no way Diouf deserves to be in there.

Posted by Genesis Evolved on Mar-08-2004 08:51:

Off the top of my head:

Ian Rush
J�rgen Kohler
Adrian Mutu
Preben Elkjaer Larsen

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Mar-08-2004 09:26:

The list was a complete joke, theres no point even talking about it.

Posted by Incantation_UK on Mar-08-2004 23:05:

Where was Jarizhino, one of the greatest BRAZILIAN players of all time?

Posted by gatecrasher on Mar-08-2004 23:34:

Agreed the list is crap, loads of stars missing

Posted by Durafei on Mar-08-2004 23:40:

No matter what kind of list you make, there will be those who deserve it and are not on it.

Maybe if he made top 3, which would include Pele, Maradona and Cruyff than noone would complain. Otherwise there are bound to be complaints.

I do think, however, this list is a pretty close approximation.

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Mar-09-2004 04:36:

The uefa golden jubilee top 50 thing is a joke as well. I hate these things, theyre all popularity contests ffs. Beckhams the 21st best european player ever?? Yeah right.

Posted by raveed on Mar-11-2004 05:39:

i just realised one more player he forgot... BOBBY CHARLTON ... cmon Pele what the fuck have u been smoking

Posted by Xavier on Mar-11-2004 07:27:

quote:
Originally posted by raveed
i just realised one more player he forgot... BOBBY CHARLTON ... cmon Pele what the fuck have u been smoking

lol read carefully and Bobby Charlton's name is there...

Posted by chesco on Mar-11-2004 09:59:

quote:
Originally posted by raveed
i just realised one more player he forgot... BOBBY CHARLTON ... cmon Pele what the fuck have u been smoking

he's been sno0rting those viagra again...

Posted by Valhalla on Mar-11-2004 14:50:

rather kick kluivert out and get koeman in, at least he achieved something

anyway, its just pele his personal opinion, and opinions differ

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