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TOP 50 Best European Players of All-Time

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo "CR7"

- Pro Period : 2002 -

- International Career : 2003 -

- 1247 matches - 910 goals - 286 assists

- Left-Winger/Striker/Right-Midfielder - 1m85

- 33 Trophies/73 Individual Awards

#2 Ferenc Puskás "The Galloping Major"

- Pro Period : 1943 - 1966

- International Career : 1945 - 1962

- 739 matches - 720 goals - 376 assists

- False 9/Second Striker/Striker - 1m72

- 18 Trophies/26 Individual Awards

#3 Johan Cruyff "The Flying Dutchman"

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1984

- International Career : 1966 - 1977

- 777 matches - 449 goals - 356 assists

- False 9/Attacking-Midfielder/Second Striker - 1m79

- 22 Trophies/33 Individual Awards

#4 Franz Beckenbauer "Der Kaizer"

- Pro Period : 1964 - 1983

- International Career : 1965 - 1977

- 840 matches - 109 goals - 132 assists

- Libero/Center-Back/Defensive-Midfielder - 1m81

- 21 Trophies/53 Individual Awards

#5 Michel Platini "Le Roi"

- Pro Period : 1972 - 1987

- International Career : 1976 - 1987

- 657 matches - 355 goals - 179 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m79

- 11 Trophies/40 Individual Awards

#6 Paolo Maldini "Il Capitano"

- Pro Period : 1985 - 2009

- International Career : 1988 - 2002

- 1030 matches - 40 goals - 48 assists

- Left-Back/Center-Back - 1m86

- 26 Trophies/30 Individual Awards

#7 Lev Yashin "The Black Spider"

- Pro Period : 1950 - 1970

- International Career : 1954 - 1967

- 432 matches - 348 goals conceded - 203 clean sheets

- Goalkeeper - 1m89

- 10 Trophies/40 Individual Awards

#8 György Sárosi "Gyurka"

- Pro Period : 1930 - 1948

- International Career : 1931 - 1943

- 531 matches - 480 goals - 199 assists

- Striker/Central-Midfielder/Center-Back - 1m86

- 10 Trophies/12 Individual Awards

#9 Eusébio "The Black Panther"

- Pro Period : 1957 - 1978

- International Career : 1961 - 1973

- 638 matches - 622 goals - 115 assists

- Striker/Second Striker - 1m75

- 23 Trophies/31 Individual Awards

#10 Gerd Müller "Der Bomber"

- Pro Period : 1963 - 1981

- International Career : 1966 - 1974

- 793 matches - 735 goals - 147 assists

- Striker - 1m76

- 16 Trophies/31 Individual Awards

#11 Lothar Matthäus "Torminator"

- Pro Period : 1978 - 2001

- International Career : 1980 - 2000

- 950 matches - 247 goals - 76 assists

- Defensive-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder/Libero - 1m74

- 23 Trophies/22 Individual Awards

#12 Zinédine Zidane "El Magnifico"

- Pro Period : 1988 - 2006

- International Career : 1994 - 2006

- 793 matches - 164 goals - 202 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder/Left-Midfielder - 1m85

- 17 Trophies/42 Individual Awards

#13 Bobby Charlton "Sir Bobby"

- Pro Period : 1957 - 1976

- International Career : 1958 - 1970

- 913 matches - 309 goals - 169 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder/Second Striker - 1m73

- 23 Trophies/20 Individual Awards

#14 Franco Baresi "Il Capitano"

- Pro Period : 1977 - 1997

- International Career : 1980 - 1994

- 800 matches - 34 goals - 24 assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m76

- 22 Trophies/12 Individual Awards

#15 Sándor Kocsis "Golden Head"

- Pro Period : 1945 - 1965

- International Career : 1948 - 1956

- 664 matches - 696 goals - 155 assists

- Striker - 1m81

- 11 Trophies/9 Individual Awards

#16 Luis Suárez Miramontes "Gallego de Oro"

- Pro Period : 1952 - 1973

- International Career : 1957 - 1972

- 625 matches - 167 goals - / assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Left-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m78

- 14 Trophies/8 Individual Awards

#17 Xavi Hernández "Pelopo"

- Pro Period : 1998 - 2019

- International Career : 2000 - 2014

- 1017 matches - 123 goals - 241 assists

- Central-Midfielder - 1m70

- 32 Trophies/31 Individual Awards

#18 Giuseppe Meazza "Il Génio"

- Pro Period : 1927 - 1947

- International Career : 1930 - 1939

- 564 matches - 347 goals - 180 assists

- Striker/Second Striker - 1m69

- 8 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#19 George Best "The Fifth Beatles"

- Pro Period : 1963 - 1984

- International Career : 1964 - 1977

- 753 matches - 262 goals - 218 assists

- Right-Winger/Left-Winger/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m75

- 8 Trophies/15 Individual Awards

#20 Marco Van Basten "San Marco"

- Pro Period : 1981 - 1995

- International Career : 1983 - 1992

- 433 matches - 301 goals - 90 assists

- Striker - 1m88

- 22 Trophies/26 Individual Awards

#21 Matthias Sindelar "The Mozart of Football"

- Pro Period : 1918 - 1938

- International Career : 1926 - 1937

- 769 matches - 631 goals - 228 assists

- Second Striker/False 9/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m75

- 11 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#22 Raymond Kopa "The Napoleon of Football"

- Pro Period : 1949 - 1967

- International Career : 1952 - 1962

- 675 matches - 161 goals - 244 assists

- Right-Winger/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m69

- 15 Trophies/14 Individual Awards

#23 György Orth

- Pro Period : 1915 - 1933

- International Career : 1917 - 1927

- 204 matches - 152 goals - / assists

- Right-Winger/Striker/Central-Midfielder - /

- 9 Trophies/0 Individual Award

#24 Stanley Matthews "The Wizard of the Dribble"

- Pro Period : 1932 - 1965

- International Career : 1934 - 1957

- 837 matches - 92 goals - 278 assists

- Right-Winger/Right-Midfielder - 1m74

- 12 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#25 Luka Modrić "Lukita"

- Pro Period : 2003 - 

- International Career : 2006 -

- 949 matches - 105 goals - 169 assists

- Central-Midfielder/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m72

- 33 Trophies/51 Individual Awards

#26 Andrés Iniesta "El Cerebro"

- Pro Period : 2002 - 2024

- International Career : 2006 - 2018

- 1016 matches - 107 goals - 192 assists

- Central-Midfielder/Attacking-Midfielder/Left-Winger - 1m71

- 40 Trophies/41 Individual Awards

#27 Roberto Baggio "Divin Codino"

- Pro Period : 1982 - 2004

- International Career : 1988 - 2004

- 699 matches - 318 goals - 167 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Second Striker/False 9 - 1m74

- 5 Trophies/22 Individual Awards

#28 László Kubala "Kuksi"

- Pro Period : 1944 - 1967

- International Career : 1946 - 1961

- 470 matches - 287 goals - 134 assists

- Second Striker/Right-Winger/Attacking-Midfielder - 1m76

- 15 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#29 Fritz Walter

- Pro Period : 1939 - 1959

- International Career : 1940 - 1958

- 572 matches - 574 goals - 125 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Second Striker - 1m75

- 13 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#30 Thierry Henry "King Henry"

- Pro Period : 1994 - 2014

- International Career : 1997 - 2010

- 917 matches - 411 goals - 235 assists

- Left-Winger/Striker - 1m88

- 23 Trophies/57 Individual Awards

#31 Alex James

- Pro Period : 1922 - 1937

- International Career : 1925 - 1932

- 512 matches - 111 goals - 220 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder - 1m53

- 8 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#32 Manuel Neuer "Schnapper"

- Pro Period : 2006 - 

- International Career : 2009 - 2024

- 842 matches - 734 goals conceded - 373 clean sheets

- Goalkeeper - 1m93

- 31 Trophies/35 Individual Awards

#33 Gianluigi Buffon "Gigi"

- Pro Period : 1995 - 2023

- International Career : 1997 - 2018

- 1151 matches - 971 goals conceded - 506 clean sheets

- Goalkeeper - 1m92

- 29 Trophies/52 Individual Awards

#34 József Bozsik "Cucu"

- Pro Period : 1943 - 1962

- International Career : 1947 - 1962

- 548 matches - 44 goals - / assists

- Defensive-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder - 1m73

- 7 Trophies/5 Individual Awards

#35 Ruud Gullit "The Black Tulip"

- Pro Period : 1978 - 1998

- International Career : 1981 - 1994

- 644 matches - 240 goals - 112 assists

- Second Striker/Central-Midfielder/Center-Back - 1m85

- 20 Trophies/18 Individual Awards

#36 Frank Rijkaard "In Petto"

- Pro Period : 1980 - 1995

- International Career : 1981 - 1994

- 613 matches - 108 goals - 59 assists

- Defensive-Midfielder/Central-Midfielder/Center-Back - 1m90

- 25 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#37 Kylian Mbappé "Le Prince de Bondy"

- Pro Period : 2015 -

- International Career : 2017 -

- 494 matches - 352 goals - 165 assists

- Left-Winger/Striker/Right-Winger- 1m78

- 22 Trophies/54 Individual Awards

#38 Nándor Hidegkuti "The Great Master"

- Pro Period : 1940 - 1958

- International Career : 1945 - 1958

- 450 matches - 303 goals - / assists

- False 9/Attacking-Midfielder/Second Striker - 1m79

- 7 Trophies/7 Individual Awards

#39 Bobby Moore

- Pro Period : 1958 - 1978

- International Career : 1962 - 1973

- 945 matches - 31 goals - / assists

- Center-Back/Libero - 1m78

- 14 Trophies/18 Individual Awards

#40 Johan Neeskens "Johan II"

- Pro Period : 1968 - 1991

- International Career : 1970 - 1981

- 598 matches - 126 goals - / assists

- Central-Midfielder/Center-Back/Right-Midfielder - 1m72

- 13 Trophies/4 Individual Awards

#41 Gianni Rivera "The Golden Boy"

- Pro Period : 1958 - 1979

- International Career : 1962 - 1974

- 740 matches - 183 goals - 162 assists

- Attacking-Midfielder/Second Striker/Central-Midfielder - 1m75

- 13 Trophies/11 Individual Awards

#42 Gaetano Scirea "Gai"

- Pro Period : 1972 - 1988

- International Career : 1975 - 1986

- 700 matches - 36 goals - 9 assists

- Libero/Center-Back - 1m78

- 15 Trophies/3 Individual Awards

#43 Robert Lewandowski "Lewangoalski"

- Pro Period : 2006 - 

- International Career : 2008 -

- 952 matches - 677 goals - 189 assists

- Striker - 1m85

- 29 Trophies/144 Individual Awards

#44 Gunnar Nordahl "Il Pompiere"

- Pro Period : 1937 - 1958

- International Career : 1942 - 1948

- 546 matches - 495 goals - 96 assists

- Striker - 1m82

- 11 Trophies/13 Individual Awards

#45 Mario Coluna "O Monstro Sagrado"

- Pro Period : 1954 - 1972

- International Career : 1955 - 1968

- 588 matches - 130 goals - / assists

- Central-Midfielder/DM/AM - 1m72

- 18 Trophies/3 Individual Awards

#46 Iker Casillas "San Iker"

- Pro Period : 1999 - 2020

- International Career : 2000 - 2016

- 1048 matches - 958 goals conceded - 438 clean sheets

- Goalkeeper - 1m85

- 25 Trophies/49 Individual Awards

#47 Dino Zoff "SuperDino"

- Pro Period : 1961 - 1983

- International Career : 1968 - 1983

- 951 matches - 771 goals conceded - 446 clean sheets

- Goalkeeper - 1m82

- 12 Trophies/10 Individual Awards

#48 Silvio Piola "The Striker with the Golden Feet"

- Pro Period : 1929 - 1954

- International Career : 1935 - 1952

- 669 matches - 379 goals - / assists

- Striker/Second Striker - 1m78

- 3 Trophies/8 Individual Awards

#49 Giacinto Facchetti "Il Capitano"

- Pro Period : 1960 - 1978

- International Career : 1963 - 1977

- 733 matches - 79 goals - / assists

- Left-Back/Left-Wing Back - 1m91

- 10 Trophies/7 Individual Awards

#50 Josef Bican "Pepi"

- Pro Period : 1931 - 1957

- International Career : 1933 - 1949

- 548 matches - 822 goals - 305 assists

- Striker - 1m78

- 12 Trophies/30 Individual Awards