ArFootballHistory

Author: Cristóbal Giraldo.

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1910s:

Sam Hardy

Jesse Penington – Bob Crompton

Andy Ducat – Nils Middelboe – Charlie Roberts

Alfréd Schaffer – Jimmy McMenemy

Patsy Gallacher – Charlie Buchan – Kálmán Konrád

1920s:

Ricardo Zamora

Josef Blúm – José Nasazzi

David Meiklejohn – Karel Pesek – Adolfo Baloncieri

György Orth – Josep Samitier

Alex Jackson – Dixie Dean – Alan Morton

1930s:

Frantisek Plánicka

Eddie Hapgood – Paul Janes

Alex James – Luis Monti – Fritz Szepan

György Sárosi – Giovanni Ferrari

Giuseppe Meazza – Matthias Sindelar – Raimundo Orsi

1940’s XI

No XI due to WWII

1950’s XI

Lev Yashin

Fahrudin Jusufi – Robert Jonquet – Billy Wrigth – Branko Zebec

Joszef Bozsik – Nándor Hidegkuti

Tom Finney – Alfredo Di Stéfano – Ferenc Puskás – Raymond Kopa

1960’s XI

Lev Yashin

Jimmy Armfield – Bobby Moore – Franz Beckenbauer – Giacinto Facchetti

Bobby Charlton – Luis Suárez MIramontes

Kurt Hamrin – Eusébio – Florián Albert – George Best

1970’s XI

Dino Zoff

Berti Vogts – Marius Trésor – Franz Beckenbauer – Ruud Krol

Johan Neeskens – Billy Bremer

Franco Causio – Gerd Müller – Johan Cruyff – Rob Resenbrink

1980’s XI

Rinat Dasaev

Andreas Brehme – Franco Baresi – Gaetano Scirea – Giuseppe Bergomi

Lothar Matthäus

Bernd Schuster – Michel Platini

Ruud Gullit

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Marco Van Basten

1990’s XI

Peter Schmeichel

Ronald Koeman – Marcel Desailly – Matthias Sammer – Paolo Maldini

Edgar Davids

Roberto Baggio – Zinedine Zidane

Dennis Bergkamp

Roberto Baggio – Alan Shearer

2000’s XI

Gianluigi Buffon

Lilian Thuram – John Terry – Alessandro Nesta – Gianluca Zambrotta

Paul Scholes – Frank Lampard

Zinedine Zidane

Thierry Henry – Francesco Totti – Cristiano Ronaldo

2010’s XI

Manuel Neuer

Phillip Lahm – Sergio Ramos – Virgil Van Dijk – Jordi Alba

Xavi Hernández – Luka Modric

Andrés Iniesta

Arjen Robben – Robert Lewandowski – Cristiano Ronaldo

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European best players per decade:

1910s: 1. Patsy Gallacher 2. Jimmy McMenemmy 3. Bob Crompton

1920s: 1. Karel Pesek 2. György Orth 3. Alan Morton

1930s: 1. Matthias Sindelar 2. Giuseppe Meazza 3. György Sárosi

1950s: 1. Alfredo Di Stéfano 2. Ferenc Puskás 3. Raymond Kopa

1960s: 1. Eusébio 2. Bobby Charlton 3. George Best

1970s: 1. Johan Cruyff 2. Franz Beckenbauer 3. Gerd Müller

1980s: 1. Michel Platini 2. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 3. Marco Van Basten

1990s: 1. Roberto Baggio 2. Dennis Bergkamp 3. Paolo Maldini

2000s: 1. Thierry Henry 2. Zinedine Zidane 3. Franceso Totti

2010s: 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Manuel Neuer 3. Robert Lewandowski

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