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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...

at least 50 of the list have played in italy

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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

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.

Last edited by evil_bastard on Mar-06-2004 at 19:09

Off the top of my head:

Ian Rush
Jürgen Kohler
Adrian Mutu
Preben Elkjaer Larsen

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

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

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Agreed the list is crap, loads of stars missing

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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.

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.

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

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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...

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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...