The Greatest 1000 Footballers of All Time

Hello everyone.

I'm a brand new poster on Goal Legacy Forum.

I want to create a list of the 1000 greatest retired footballers of all time.

I'll post my list so far in a series of posts in this discussion, I'd love to read everyone's thoughts!

OK first we have Argentina:

000 Nery Pumpido
001 Guillermo Stabile
002 Abel Balbo
003 Ramon Diaz
004 Jorge Valdano
005 Gabriel Batistuta
006 Mario Kempes
007 Diego Maradona
008 Claudio Caniggia
009 Jorge Burruchaga
010 Juan Sebastian Veron
011 Osvaldo Ardiles
012 Gustavo Lopez
013 Americo Gallego
014 Sergio Batista
015 Fernando Redondo
016 Diego Simeone
017 Roberto Sensini
018 Jose Luis Cuciuffo
019 Jose Chamot
020 Jose Luis Brown
021 Roberto Ayala
022 Oscar Ruggeri
023 Daniel Passarella
024 Alberto Tarantini
025 Juan Pablo Sorin
026 Ubaldo Fillol
027 Hernan Crespo
028 Omar Sivori
029 Leopoldo Luque
030 Sergio Goycochea

Austria

031 Erich Obermayer
032 Hans Krankl
033 Matthias Sindelar
034 Erich Probst

Belgium

035 Jan Ceulemans
036 Enzo Scifo
037 Michel Preud'homme
038 Jean-Marie Pfaff
039 Franky van der Elst

Brazil. Took a while to type  

040 Leonardo Araujo
041 Socrates
042 Roberto Rivelino
043 Falcao
044 Djalmina
045 Didi
046 Toninho Cerezo
047 Cesar Sampaio
048 Flavio Conceicao
049 Dunga
050 Tostao
051 Elber
052 Careca
053 Ronaldo
054 Romario
055 Mauro Silva
056 Cafu
057 Muller
058 Jorghino
059 Pele
060 Marcia Santos
061 Bebeto
062 Jairzinho
063 Ricardo Rocha
064 Aldair
065 Antonio Carlos Zago
066 Garrincha
067 Gerson
068 Nilton Santos
069 Zico
070 Roberto Carlos
071 Emerson Leao
072 Claudio Taffarel
073 Zinho
074 Rai
075 Rivaldo
076 Junior
077 Leonidas
078 Vava
079 Djalma Santos
080 Ademir
081 Zizinho
082 Dirceu
083 Chico
084 Amarildo

Bulgaria. Pretty much the USA 94 World Cup squad, when Bulgaria came within a whisker of the Final.

085 Petar Houbtchev
086 Tsanko Tsvetanov
087 Trifon Ivanov
088 Nikolay Iliev
089 Emil Kremenliev
090 Ilian Kiriakov
091 Zlatko Yankov
092 Borislav Mikhailov
093 Yordan Letchkov
094 Krasimir Balakov
095 Daniel Borimirov
096 Boncho Genchev
097 Georgi Georgev
098 Plamen Nikolov
099 Velko Yotov
100 Emil Kostadinov
101 Hristo Stoichkov
102 Nasko Sirakov
103 Ivalyo Yordanov
104 Petar Mihtarski
105 Petar Aleksandrov
106 Ivalyo Andonov

Cameroon

107 Patrick Mboma
108 Roger Milla
109 Thomas N'Kono

Chile
110 Marcelo Salas
111 Ivan Zamorano
112 Elias Figeuroa
113 Leonel Sanchez
114 Jorge Toro
115 Jaime Ramirez
116 Eladio Rojas

Colombia
117 Rene Higuita
118 Ivan Cordoba
119 Carlos Valderrama

Croatia
120 Zvonimir Boban
121 Alen Boksic
122 Davor Suker
123 Robert Prosinecki
124 Drazan Jerkovic

Czech Republic
125 Karel Poborsky
126 Pavel Nedved
127 Josef Masopust
128 Oldrich Nejedly
129 Adolf Schere
130 Tomas Skuhravy
131 Frantisek Planicka
132 Villiam Schrojf

Denmark
133 Peter Schemichel
134 Michael Laudrup
135 Brian Laudrup
136 Preben Elkjaer Larsen
137 Jon Dahl Tomasson

Ecuador
138 Alex Aguinaga

England
139 David Seaman
140 Peter Shilton
141 Gordon Banks
142 Stuart Pearce
143 Kenny Sansom
144 Tony Adams
145 Gareth Southgate
146 Martin Keown
147 Sol Campbell
148 Bobby Moore
149 Gary Neville
150 Paul Ince
151 Darren Anderton
152 Brian Robson
153 Dennis Wise
154 Glenn Hoddle
155 Steve McManaman
156 Duncan Edwards
157 John Barnes
158 Chris Waddle
159 David Platt
160 Paul Gascoigne
161 Stanley Matthews
162 Teddy Sheringham
163 Ian Wright
164 Alan Shearer
165 Gary Lineker
166 Michael Owen
167 Tom Finney
168 Kevin Keegan
169 Dixie Dean
170 Ron Flowers
171 Geoff Hurst

France
172 Fabien Barthez
173 Gregory Coupet
174 Laurent Blanc
175 Marius Tresor
176 Bixente Lizarazu
177 Vincent Candela
178 Marcel Desailly
179 Frank Lebouef
180 Lilian Thuram
181 Willy Sagnol
182 Didier Deschamps
183 Claude Makelele
184 Emmanuel Petit
185 Christian Karembeu
186 Patrick Vieira
187 Sylvian Wiltord
188 Zinedine Zidane
189 Youri Djorkaeff
190 Michel Platini
191 Raymond Kopa
192 Eric Cantona
193 Christophe Dugarry
194 Stephane Guivarc'h
195 Jean-Pierre Papin
196 Just Fontaine
197 David Ginola
198 Robert Pires
199 Alain Giresse
200 Yannick Stopyra
201 Manuel Amoros

Germany
202 Olver Kahn
203 Bodo Illgner
204 Sepp Maier
205 Matthias Sammer
206 Franz Beckenbauer
207 Andreas Brehme
208 Christian Ziege
209 Jurgen Kohler
210 Guido Buchwald
211 Thomas Helmer
212 Thomas Linke
213 Berti Vogts
214 Stefan Effenberg
215 Jens Jeremies
216 Stefan Reuter
217 Lothar Matthaus
218 Bernd Schneider
219 Mehmet Scholl
220 Sebastian Deisler
221 Andreas Moller
222 Thomas Haessler
223 Gunter Netzer
224 Pierre Littbarski
225 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
226 Oliver Bierhoff
227 Rudi Voller
228 Gerd Muller
229 Jurgen Klinsmann
230 Paul Breitner
231 Uwe Seeler
232 Wolfgang Overath
233 Horst-Dieter Hottges
234 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
235 Fritz Walter
236 Helmut Rahn
237 Harald Schumacher
238 Edmund Conen
239 Max Morlock
240 Hans Schafer
241 Ottmar Walter
242 Helmut Haller
243 Stefan Reuter

Ghana
244 Abedi Pele

Holland
245 Patrick Kluivert
246 Marco van Basten
247 Edwin van der Sar
248 Hans van Breukelen
249 Frank de Boer
250 Ronald Koeman
251 Ruud Krol
252 Jaap Stam
253 Michael Reizeger
254 Jan Wouters
255 Wim Jansen
256 Phillip Cocu
257 Aron Winter
258 Edgar Davids
259 Wim Jonk
260 Frank Rijkaard
261 Johan Neeskens
262 Ronald de Boer
263 Ruud Gullit
264 Marc Overmars
265 Dennis Bergkamp
266 Johan Cruyff
267 Roy Makaay
268 Pierre van Hooijdonk
269 Ruud van Nistelrooy
270 Rene van Kerkhof
271 Willy van Kerkhof
272 Rob Rensenbrink
273 Johnny Rep
274 Jan Jongbloed

Hungary
275 Sandor Kocsis
276 Zoltan Czibor
277 Laszlo Kubala
278 Gyorgy Sarosi
279 Ferenc Puskas
280 Gyula Zsengeller
281 Nandor Hidegkuti
282 Florian Albert
283 Lajos Tichy
284 Ferenc Bene
285 Gyula Grosics

Iran
286 Ali Daei

Republic of Ireland
287 Roy Keane

Italy
288 Dino Zoff
289 Walter Zenga
290 Gianluca Pagliuca
291 Franco Baresi
292 Giacinto Fachetti
293 Alessandro Costacurta
294 Giuseppe Bergomi
295 Paolo Maldini
296 Fabio Cannavaro
297 Ciro Ferrara
298 Dino Baggio
299 Roberto Mancini
300 Gianfranco Zola
301 Gianluca Vialli
302 Christian Vieri
303 Filippo Inzaghi
304 Demetrio Albertini
305 Marco Tardelli
306 Nicola Berti
307 Angelo Di Livio
308 Roberto Donadoni
309 Pierluigi Casiraghi
310 Paolo Rossi
311 Giuseppe Meazza
312 Luigi Riva
313 Giampieri Boniperti
314 Gianni Rivera
315 Luis Monti
316 Gaetano Scirea
317 Antonio Cabrini
318 Salvatore Schillachi
319 Silvio Piola
320 Angelo Schiavio
321 Raimundo Orsi
322 Gino Colaussi
323 Giacomo Bulgarelli
324 Alessandro Altobelli

Japan
325 Hidetoshi Nakata

Liberia
326 George Weah

Mexico
327 Jorge Campos
328 Hugo Sanchez
329 Antonio Carbajal
330 Cuauhtemoc Blanco
331 Luis Hernandez

Montenegro
332 Dejan Savicevic