FourFourTwo's Top 100

[MonTheHoops]

1. Christiano Ronaldo - Manchester United
2. Lionel Messi - Barcelona
3. Fernando Torres - Liverpool
4. Iker Casillas - Real Madrid
5. Kaka - AC Milan
6. David Villa - Valencia
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Inter Milan
8. Sergio Aguero - Athletico Madrid
9. Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United
10. Steven Gerrard - Liverpool

11. Xavi Hernandez - Barcelona
12. Cesc Fabregas - Arsenal
13. Frank Lampard - Chelsea
14. Ruud Van Nistelrooy - Real Madrid
15. Emmanuel Adebayor - Arsenal
16. Didier Drogba - Chelsea
17. Frank Ribery - Bayern Munich
18. Michael Ballack - Chelsea
19. Guianlugi Buffon - Juventus
20. Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid

21. Wesley Sneijder - Real Madrid
22. Michael Essien - Chelsea
23. Daniel Alves - Barcelona
24. Wayne Rooney - Manchester United
25. Ricardo Carvalho - Chelsea
26. Maicon - Inter Milan
27. Andres Iniesta - Barcelona
28. Andrei Arshavin - Zenit Saint Petersburg
29. Deco - Chelsea
30. Marcos Senna - Villareal

31. Luis Fabiano - Sevilla
32. John Terry - Chelsea
33. Daniele De Rossi - AS Roma
34. Nemanja Vidic - Manchester United
35. Javier Mascherano - Liverpool
36. Samuel Eto'o - Barcelona
37. Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
38. David Silva - Valencia
39. Nihat Kahveci - Villareal
40. Patrice Evra - Manchester United

41. Anatoily Tymoshchuk - Zenit Saint Petersburg
42. Robinho - Manchester City
43. Esteban Cambiasso - Inter Milan
44. Ashley Cole - Chelsea
45. Alessandro Del Piero - Juventus
46. Seydou Keita - Barcelona
47. Jose Bosingwa - Chelsea
48. Carlos Tevez - Manchester United
49. Joe Cole - Chelsea
50. Yuri Zhirkov - CSKA Moscow

51. Arjen Robben - Real Madrid
52. Artur Boruc - Celtic
53. Petr Cech - Chelsea
54. Francesco Totti - AS Roma
55. Luca Toni - Bayern Munich
56. Raul - Real Madrid
57. Thierry Henry - Barcelona
58. Christian Chivu - Inter Milan
59. Alessandro Nesta - AC Milan
60. Rafael van der Vaart - Real Madrid

61. Pepe - Real Madrid
62. Luca Modric - Tottenham Hotspur
63. Karim Benzema - Lyon
64. Roque Santa Cruz - Blackburn Rovers
65. Mahamadou - Real Madrid
66. Philipp Lahm - Bayern Munich
67. Andrea Pirlo - AC Milan
68. Diego Forlan - Athletico Madrid
69. Santi Cazorta - Villareal
70. Ronaldinho - AC Milan

71. Dariho Srna - Shakhtar Donetsk
72. Fabio Cannavaro - Real Madrid
73. Juninho Pernambucano - Lyon
74. Mauro Camoranesi - Juventus
75. David Trezeguet - Juventus
76. Miroslav Klose - Bayern Munich
77. Gael Clichy - Arsenal
78. Fredi Kanoute - Sevilla
79. Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
80. Javier Zanetti - Inter Milan

81. Robert Pires - Villareal
82. Christian Poulsen - Juventus
83. Diego - Werder Bremen
84. Mancini - Inter Milan
85. Giorgo Chiellini - Juventus
86. Gonzalo Higuain - Real Madrid
87. Gianluca Zambrotta - AC Milan
88. Bacary Sagna - Arsenal
89. Danny - Zenit Saint Petersburg
90. John Obi Mikel - Chelsea

91. Goran Pandev - Lazio
92. Igor Akinfeev - CSKA Moscow
93. Simao Sabrosa - Athletico Madrid
94. Amauri - Juventus
95. Paul Scholes - Manchester United
96. Lassana Diarra - Portsmouth
97. Diego Capel - Sevilla
98. Antonio Cassano - Sampdoria
99. Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munich
100. Klaas-Jan Hunterlaar - Ajax

Bear in mind this was probably compiled back in May.

[delzer]

wouldnt have gerrard or ferdinand in the top 10

[legend76]

49. Joe Cole - Chelsea
50. Yuri Zhirkov - CSKA Moscow

51. Arjen Robben - Real Madrid
52. Artur Boruc - Celtic
53. Petr Cech - Chelsea
54. Francesco Totti - AS Roma
55. Luca Toni - Bayern Munich
56. Raul - Real Madrid
57. Thierry Henry - Barcelona
58. Christian Chivu - Inter Milan
59. Alessandro Nesta - AC Milan
60. Rafael van der Vaart - Real Madrid

Bear in mind this was probably compiled back in May.

yeah, he probably wouldn't make the top 100 at the moment ;)

[legend76]

Chelsea have a total of twelve players in the list, including (amazingly enough) Mikel, no sign of Anelka though !!!

13. Frank Lampard – Chelsea
16. Didier Drogba – Chelsea
18. Michael Ballack – Chelsea
22. Michael Essien – Chelsea
25. Ricardo Carvalho – Chelsea
29. Deco – Chelsea
32. John Terry – Chelsea
44. Ashley Cole – Chelsea
47. Jose Bosingwa – Chelsea
49. Joe Cole – Chelsea
53. Petr Cech – Chelsea
90. John Obi Mikel - Chelsea

[legend76]

United have eight -

1.Christiano Ronaldo - Manchester United
9. Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United
24. Wayne Rooney - Manchester United
34. Nemanja Vidic - Manchester United
37. Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
40. Patrice Evra - Manchester United
48. Carlos Tevez - Manchester United
95. Paul Scholes - Manchester United


no John O'Shea ? FFS Mockery !!

[Johnny Logan]

no flamini? yet they have mikel.
fuckin mockery.

[AmadeusDC]

no flamini? yet they have mikel.
fuckin mockery.

Good point. Ludicrous exclusion

-AmadeusDC-

[AmadeusDC]

Del Piero being No.45 based on the past year is a joke too!!
Scored again at the weekend also..... doing unreal under the tinkerman

-AmadeusDC-

[bigboyfoolish]

Rio Ferdinand 9th ahead of Fabregas.. Get the fawk out of here..

[RonnyB]

Casillas 4th & Buffon 19th. Joke.

[DER CARROLL]

I know there are a lot of nationalities represented here but the Europe is not 'the world', and not all the best players are playing in Europe either. I wish the likes of Four Four Two would do a bit of proper investigation instead of just producing the 'popular' choices from European teams for such lists. For more reasons than I have time to mention Ronaldo is most certainly not the greatest player in the world. (He is the greatest 'prick' in the world though). There was the little matter of the European Championships where he produced a number of Keith Duffy performances (gets alot of attention for doing absolutely nothing), or has everyone forgotten about that. (The Champions league means jack-shit, Vladimir Smicer and Harry Kewell have won that for fuck's sake). For all the craziness, the football played in South America would make most of those guys, mentioned in the list, cry with jealousy. Ferdinand is as skilled a footballer as Helen Keller was an astrologist. John Terry doesn't even kick the ball in most games, he just knocks over the guys actually trying to play the game, and for all his great performances in the past even mentioning Paul Scholes is a joke. Might aswell put Roy Keane in there for all the football Scholes has played. Get real Four Four Two.

[Philby]

I've seen, both in person & on the box, a reasonable amount of south american footy and, while there are some notably talented players on show, there is a notable gulf between the top sides and their counterparts in Europe..aided largely by the gulf in finances between the two regions.

A huge list like this is always going to throw up 101 arguments for/against certain players (and their ranking) as it's pretty subjective by its nature.

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