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  2. Dec 19, 2023 · Your 100 best football players in the world of 2023, featuring Treble winners, Ballon d'Or scoopers and everyone in between

    • Rob Swan
    • Erling Haaland. Manchester City and Norway. Erling Haaland has not only demonstrated the form to rank him among the top players in the world, but also the achievements to go with it.
    • Lionel Messi. Inter Miami and Argentina. If the Qatar World Cup had finished a few weeks later, the greatest footballer who's ever lived probably would've topped this list quite comfortably.
    • Jude Bellingham. Real Madrid and England. It's hard to remember any player arriving at Real Madrid and having an immediate impact quite like Jude Bellingham has this season, let alone one that's still just 20 years of age.
    • Kevin De Bruyne. Manchester City and Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne missed the first five months of the 2023/2024 Premier League season due to injury, but he is now back to his best.
    • Cristiano Ronaldo. 228 90. Famous As: Football Player. Birthdate: February 5, 1985. Sun Sign: Aquarius. Birthplace: Santo António. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Portuguese football player, Cristiano Ronaldo, is one of the world's highest-paid athletes.
    • Lionel Messi. 226 68. Famous As: Football Player. Birthdate: June 24, 1987. Sun Sign: Cancer. Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina. Considered one of the best football players in the world and a prolific goal scorer, Lionel Messi has shattered and created numerous records in his playing career.
    • Neymar. 114 31. Famous As: Footballer. Birthdate: February 5, 1992. Sun Sign: Aquarius. Birthplace: Mogi das Cruzes, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Amongst the best football players in the world presently, Neymar is a part of Brazil national team and French club Paris Saint-Germain.
    • Kylian Mbappé. 62 19. Famous As: Footballer. Birthdate: December 20, 1998. Sun Sign: Sagittarius. Birthplace: Bondy. Regarded as one of the best footballers of the current generation, Kylian Mbappé became only the second teenager to score a goal in the final game of a World Cup.
    • John Charles
    • Jairzinho
    • Omar Sivori
    • Paolo Rossi
    • Paul Breitner
    • Kylian Mbappe
    • George Weah
    • Kaka
    • Lev Yashin
    • Gunnar Nordahl

    Peak:1957-60 Major Achievements:Third place Ballon d'Or, 1956/57 Serie A top scorer, three Scudetti & two Coppa Italia. Aaron Ramsey - weirdly - isn't the first Wales international that Italian giants Juventus have signed in their trophy-laden history. The first was a man who was not only a forward capable of scoring 28 goals in a single Serie A se...

    Peak:1970 Major Achievements: 1970 World Cup, only player to score in every game of a World Cup, 'Best Body on the Planet' FIFA award (not sure what this is but it sounds great). You read that major achievement right. No, not the 'Best Body on the Planet' one - something which you can probably see on Google images, feel free to check it out. Jairzi...

    Peak:1958-61 Major Achievements: 1961 Ballon d'Or, 1959/60 Capocannoniere, three Scudetti, two Coppa Italia titles. Before there was a Lionel Messi. Before there was a Diego Maradona. Before there was a Mario Kempes. There was an Omar Sivori. An Argentine (and Italian for a while) forward who led Juventus during their formative years as a European ...

    Peak:1982 Major Achievements: 1982 Ballon d'Or, 1982 World Cup, FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1982, 1977/78 Capocannoniere, two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia title, one European Cup. Paolo Rossi's one year peak was so astounding that he has more than earned his place among the 50 greatest footballers of all time. Rossi emerged from the depths of a length...

    Peak:1974-81 Major Achievements:1981 Ballon d'Or runner-up, 1974 World Cup, 1972 UEFA European Championships, FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, five Bundesliga titles, two DFB-Pokal titles, one European Cup. One of the top 50 footballers of all time with one of the top five afros of all time. Paul Breitner could do it all. Name something, and he could ...

    Peak: 2021-present Major Achievements: 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup finalist, 2022 World Cup Golden Boot, 2018 World Cup Young Player Award, 2022 World Cup Silver Ball, 2018 Kopa Trophy, 2017 Golden Boy, 2x French Player of the Year, 4x Ligue 1 top goalscorer, 2x FIFA FIFPro World 11, five Ligue 1 titles, three Coupe de France titles, 2020/2...

    Peak:1993-96 Major Achievements:1995 Ballon d'Or, three-time African Footballer of the Year, two Scudetti, one Ligue 1 title, two Coupe de France, one FA Cup. Ok, so in most other 'Greatest Footballers of All Time' lists, George Weah probably wouldn't make the cut, because there was a period of time in which he was at Chelsea and Manchester City an...

    Peak: 2005-09 Major Achievements:2007 Ballon d'Or, 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year, two-time Serie A Footballer of the Year, two-time Time 100 list member, 2002 FIFA World Cup, one Scudetti, one UEFA Champions League, one La Liga, one Copa del Rey. Ok, so in most other 'Greatest Footballers of All Time' lists, Kaka probably wouldn't make the cut...

    Peak: 1956-64 Major Achievements:1963 Ballon d'Or, Olympic gold medal, 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, five Soviet Top League titles, Order of Lenin. Lev Yashin is one of the most important footballers of all time, as he basically invented goalkeeping. A leader, an innovator, and a 'spider' (which is a compli...

    Peak: 1950-55 Major Achievements: Olympic gold medal, five-time Capocannoniere, two Scudetti. There's one thing that defines Gunnar Nordahl's career: goals. Gunnar Nordahl scored goals. A lot of them. The Swedish forward scored so many goals between 1950 and 1955 that he won the Capocannoniere in four of these seasons, and became AC Milan's all-tim...

    • Parimal
    • Lionel Messi (Argentina) - seven-time Ballon d'Or winner. Lionel Messi has enjoyed a fulfilling 2021 calendar year. The 2021 Copa America triumph was the final piece of the puzzle, and a seventh Ballon d'Or crown is now the icing on the cake.
    • Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - five-time Ballon d'Or winner. Nearly 37, Cristiano Ronaldo's longevity is unlike anything we've seen in football, and is only matched by his eternal rival Lionel Messi (more on him later).
    • Diego Maradona (Argentina) Football's greatest maverick and entertainer, Diego Maradona, was hated and adored in equal measure, but his brilliance was undeniable.
    • Pele (Brazil) - three-time FIFA World Cup winner. It would not be a stretch to label Pele the most important player of all time. Time magazine named him on their list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century.
  3. Sep 5, 2023 · published 5 September 2023. The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between. (Image credit: Future) Page 1 of 10: The 100...

  4. Dec 31, 2021 · Football's best players in the world this year – including City slickers, super strikers, showmen, show-offs, goal machines and goalkeepers.

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