The Greatest 1000 Footballers of All Time

lol...oooooohhhhh.........


you can add Luis Figo though...

spectre89 wrote:That was epic!

425 players, each famous for his own reasons.

Who will YOU add to the list?

You can add Brian McBride for USA

Alexi Lalas also for the USA. Mcbride was really good actually

Excellent effort btw

Welcome to the forums nice posting

Australia
Johnny Warren
John Aloisi
Damian Mori
Mark Bosnich

No Roberto Baggio...

juventus101 wrote:No Roberto Baggio...

Just add him to the list!

*shakes head* From what I gathered, the initial list was never meant to be exhaustive, so instead of complaining, just add the players that you think are missing.

New Zealand
wynton Rufer
Ryan Nelson

Harry Keogh, Walter Bahr, Frank Borghi and Joe Gaetjens for USA...they were main protagonists in the historic win over England in the 1950 World Cup, still considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the game.

Also, I'd add Pauleta for Portugal.

Awesome work man, fantastic effort. Some additions.

Brazil: Rivelino, Jose Altafini, Dino Sani

Argentina: Omar Sivori

Serbia: Dragan Dzajic

Spain: Luis Suarez, Paco Gento

Italy: Valentino Mazzola, Sandro Mazzola, Armando Picchi, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Baggio, Pierino Pratti, Gigi Meroni, Giorgio Chinagglia,

England: Bobby Charlton, David Beckham

Northern Ireland: George Best

Ukraine: Andriy Shevchenko

Poland: Zbingiew Boniek

Sweden: Gunner Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Gunnar Grenn

Roberto Baggio is on the list.... i just missed him when typing the list!

The sorts of things i looked for to get on the list
world player of the year
player of the tournament
top goalscorers
most caps at high level of football
champions league performances
The fifa 100 list
the fifa century club (still to be added)
golden, silver and bronze boot or shoe awards
players known for special talents

and so on.

This list has some way still to go!

spectre89 wrote:Denmark
133 Peter Schemichel
134 Michael Laudrup
135 Brian Laudrup
136 Preben Elkjaer Larsen
137 Jon Dahl Tomasson

please replace him with Allan Simonson or Morten Olsen

@Freeza

No need to replace - just add them. This list is supposed to grow still ^^

Reserving a spot for Nicky Bendtner

There is a reserve list actually!

These are players worthy of making the list; but are still in the twilight of their playing careers.

Reserve list currently (not exhaustive)

Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Del Piero
Francesco Totti
Thierry Henry
Dida
Ibrahima Bakayoko
Deco
Clarence Seedorf
David Trezeguet
Ronaldinho
Ryan Giggs
Javier Saviola

Edit: and Nicholas Bendtner one day!

Also one or two "reserves" have snuck onto the main list.. see if you can spot them.

where are Roberto Pruzzo , and Montella , Buno Conti

I have another 300 or so players researched and almost ready to add to the list, just a few more historical details to check into first.
Many of these won historical awards, or were nominated for a major award.  Many are from Africa and Asia (the list so far is weighted in favour of Europe and South America simply because those are the continents whose players I researched first)

Okay, I'll give one away just now  

Ukraine
425 Andriy Shevchenko.

Okay, another European. Let's have an African legend

Nigeria
426 Daniel Amokachi

All of your suggestions have been added.  

Every player on the list has, as you can see, a 3-digit code beside his name.  This is simply to help keep the list manageable.

Iraq
427 Ahmed Rahdi

Ghana (updated)
244 Abedi Pele
428 Tony Yeboah
429 Samuel Kuffour

Egypt
430 Mido

China
431 Fan Zhiyi
432 Sun Wen
433 Li Tie

Finland
434 Jari Litmanen
435 Sami Hyypia

England (updated)
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
436 Bobby Charlton
437 David Beckham
438 Matthew Le Tissier
439 Robbie Fowler
440 Billy Wright
441 Johnny Haynes
442 Jimmy Greaves

Australia
443 Johnny Warren
444 John Aloisi
445 Damian Mori
446 Mark Bosnich

Armenia
447 Arsen Avetisyan