THE TOP TEN FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD
On the face of it, this should be an easy list to put together.
Fifa has just presented Lionel Messi with World Player of the Year trophy after a vote by captains and head coaches of 208 national teams around the globe. And who should know better than them?
The voting went as followed. 1. Messi 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 3. Xavi 4. Kaka 5. Andres Iniesta. So there’s the top 5 then.
Trouble is, some of the picks are hard to fathom. For instance, England’s John Terry had Michael Ballack in second place. Some would argue that he’s not even the second best player at Chelsea, let alone, in the world. The representative from Saudi Arabia is obviously a Chelsea fan too as his top three went Terry, Ballack and Essien, while the man from Macau went with Gerrard, Villa and Eto’o.
Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion but perhaps they can be swayed by outside influences? Friendship, team mates, not considering names of players they’ve never faced or even not voting for players they simply don’t like on a personal level.
Another gauge could be the Fifa / FIFPro World XI which is selected by 50,000 fellow professionals. They went for Casillas in goal, a backline of Alves, Terry, Vidic, Evra, a midfield made up of Gerrard, Xavi and Iniesta with Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres up front. It is, without doubt, a wonderful side but it’s picked on a positional basis as opposed to pure performance regardless of formation.
So what about the latest Castrol rankings? Admittedly, this only takes in to account the top 5 leagues in Europe but pretty much everyone who counts is therefore included. The latest list has Thierry Henry on top followed by Messi, Ronaldo, Torres, Pique, Solado, Villa, Puyol, Alves and Arshavin.
Hmm, perhaps it’s not as easy as we first thought. Indeed, it might be best if we forget all the experts, the current pro’s and the administrators and leave it down to us mere football fans to have our own say. Granted, personal likes and dislikes, loathing, favouritism, blind faith or pure hate will all play a part here but it should be fun nonetheless.
So, today we are asking you to answer this question. Who, regardless of their position on the field, are the top ten players in the world as of today?
Publish your choices by using the comment function below and let’s see how Footy Boots fans compare to the established order.
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Matt
December 25, 2009
9:06 pm
cw 2194 had it right,
it’s best to sort them by position. But I’d go with
Attackers:
1. Messi
2. Luis Fabiano
3. David Villa
I didn’t put C. Ronaldo in because he is a biaaattttccchh.
Midfielders:
1. Fabregas
2. Kaka
3. Xavi
Fabregas was captain of Arsenal at how old?
Defenders:
1. Alves
2. Sergio Ramos
3. Terry
Daniel Alves being the most expensive defender in soccer must mean something.
Goalkeeper:
1. Tim Howard
It’s my American duty to throw his name out there.
There’s too many good players out there to list.
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shiv
December 25, 2009
10:28 pm
1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. Iniesta
4. Kaka
5. Torres
6. Villa
7. Rooney
8. Gerrard
9. Xavi
10.Giggs
i think pato is one for the future, along with aguero, but giggs pips no.10 because of his consistency over the years, his accomplishments, professionalism and is the ideal footballer. @ greg, just because argentina aren’t doing too well, doesn’t mean messi isn’t better than ronaldo IN 2009. messi has won every club trophy he can pissibly win, defied critics and deserves to be best player of 09. 2010 may be ronaldo’s year-perhaps the rise of pato, and with a game against man utd, what a game to kick start his charge…soo many greats have never been to the world cup e.g. best…and so many great players in our generation
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lfc fan
December 25, 2009
10:45 pm
To be honest and trying to be unbias, looking at peoples opinions that ronney is better than torres is completely shocking!
My top 3:
Strikers: Torres, Drogba, Ibrahimovic
Wingers: Messi, C. Ronaldo, Ribery
Midfielders: Gerrard, Iniesta, Essien
Full backs: D. Alves, Maicon, S. Ramos
Centre Backs: Puyol, Terry, Agger (Vidic has been shocking this season)
Keeper: Casillas, Reina, Given
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Oliver
December 25, 2009
11:33 pm
1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. Xavi
4. Iniesta
5. Zlatan
6. Kaká
7. Drogba
8. Torres
9. Dani Alves
10. Gerrard
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Alec
December 26, 2009
12:02 am
Defense wins championships…
1. Messi
2. Puyol
3. Ballack
4. Rooney
5. Alves
6. Xavi
7. Ibrahimovic
8. Ronaldo
9. Iniesta
10. Drogba
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MisterBroom12
December 26, 2009
2:19 am
1 – Messi
2 – C. Ronaldo
3 – Iniesta
4 – Fabregas
5 – Puyol
6 – Xavi
7 – Dani Alves
8 – Ibrahimovic
9 – Casillas
10 – Torres
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Andrew
December 26, 2009
8:30 am
1. Messi
2. Fabregas
3. Iniesta
4. Essien
5. Xavi
6. Villa
7. Kaka
8. Arshavin
9. Given
10. Torres
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murat
December 26, 2009
3:21 pm
1.Messi
2.C.Ronaldo
3.Ibrahimovic
4.Xavi
5.Iniesta
6.Kaka
7.Casillas
8.Pique
9.Gerrard
10.Puyol(just gotta include him, love this lad so much, he is being underrated, not even in 442′s top 100 when Vidic is something in twenties, but he’s one of the best)
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Maxime
December 26, 2009
7:43 pm
1.Messi
2.Ronaldo
3.Xavi
4.Kaka
5.Iniesta
6.Fabregas
7.Drogba
8.Torres
9.Villa
10.Rooney
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Andrew
December 26, 2009
7:57 pm
1. Iniesta
2. Drogba
3. Ribery
4. C.Ronaldo
5. Essien
6. Kaka
7. Terry
8. Messi
9. Villa
10. Lampard
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Chininho9
December 27, 2009
12:16 am
1. Ronaldo / Messi (too even)
2. Iniesta
3. Xavi
4. Ibrahimovic
5. Torres
6. Puyol
7. Rooney
8. S.Ramos
9. Cassillas / Given (equal for me)
10.Ribery
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Matt
December 27, 2009
5:05 pm
Come on guys where the hell are the likes of Valencia, Ferdinand, Lassana Diara, (Some of your lists do not even contain Fabregas!)
1. Fabregas
2. Messi
3.Valencia
4. Torres
5. Ibrahimovic
6. Ferdinand
7. Lassana Diara
8. Benzema
9. Iniesta
10. Cech
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Joshua
December 27, 2009
5:13 pm
not exactly a list but
GK – Petr Cech
LB – Evra
CB – Ferdinand
CB – Puyol
RB – Rafael
LM – Ronaldo
CM – Valencia
CM – Iniesta
RM – Messi
CF – Torres
CF – Ibrahimovic
My Top 11
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Tommy
December 27, 2009
7:33 pm
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Kaka
3. Didier Drogba
4. Fernando Torres
5. Luis Fabiano
6. Dani Alves
7. Cesc Fabregas
8. Ricardo Carvalho
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
10. Landon Donovan
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zc
December 28, 2009
12:13 am
1. Messi – a better player than CR9 allround
2. C.Ronaldo
3. Kaka
4. Xavi
5. Iniesta
6. Torres
7. Fabergas
8. Henry
9. Ferdinard
10. Gerrard
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channo
December 28, 2009
5:31 am
i am SOOO agree with Jaspi, players like lass deserve to get more respect. i think that is why he is the one wearing no.10 among those galacticos stars.
about messi… messi is good, really really damn good. but he’s kinda sucks on the national team, and one more thing… hello people? he’s playing in barca. like the best team in the world. he got the best support he could ask for. i’d like to see if he’s still perform that good if he’s playing for other club.
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penguin20
December 28, 2009
7:38 pm
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Wayne Rooney
3. Fernando Torres
4. Leo Messi
5. Nemanja Vidic
6. John Terry
7. Patrice Evra
8. Didier Drogba
9. Ryan Giggs
10. Steven Gerrard
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Adriano
December 28, 2009
10:34 pm
There is no doubt that Ronaldinho is the best in the world. He has been the best of the decade so all those players like Messi,Ballack,and much less Ronaldo can be compared to Ronaldinho.
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Johnny
December 29, 2009
12:58 am
Sorry for the long list, couldn’t help it
1. Lionel Messi
2. Cesc Fabregas
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. Wayne Rooney
5. Kaka
6. Xavi
7. Didier Drogba
8. Iker Casillas
9. Fernando Torres
10. Zlatan Ibrahimavic
11. David Villa
12. Dani Alves
13. Nemanja Vidic
14. Lassana Diara
15. Steven Gerrard
16. Andres Ineiesta
17. Thierry Henry
18. Petr Cech
19. Carlos Puyol
20. Samuel Eto’o
21. Robin Van Persie
22. Michael Essien
23. Andrey Arshavin
24. Xabi Alonso
25. Francisco Totti
This list was mostly determined by determined by the players performances this year, but there are some listed that are being held back because of injuries and etc.
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Rooooaaaarrryyy
December 29, 2009
2:57 am
1.messi
2.torres
3.xavi
4.gerrard
5.ronaldo
6.iniesta
7.ibrahimovic
8.essien
9. darren bent
10.defoe or drogba
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Rooooaaaarrryyy
December 29, 2009
3:01 am
1.meesi
2.torres
3.xavi
4.gerrard
5.ronaldo
6.fabregas
7.ibrahimovic
8.ARSHAVIN
9.iniesta
10.darren bent
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@ntonio
December 29, 2009
4:23 am
1.C. Ronaldo- legend in the making
2.Messi
3.Eto’o
4.Kaka
5.Henry
6.Gerrard
7.Drogba
8.Ribery
9.Torres
10.Puyol
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FS
December 29, 2009
6:30 am
#1 Johan Cruyff
#2 Eric Cantona
#3 Franz Beckenbaur
#4 Wayne Rooney
#5 Roy Keane
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joe
December 29, 2009
1:03 pm
How come people include Kaka. He is not playing good for Real this season at all. The problems with top ten, it’s very easy to forget people like Essien, Giggs, Alves, Drogba
Attackers (have to be fast and smart and have that instinct)
1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. Drogba
4. Rooney
5. Villa
6. Torres
Midfielders (have to be strong, smart and good control)
1. Iniesta
2. Xavi
3. Essien (strong as hell. Got powerful legs)
4. Giggs ( i don’t know where he fits in but needs a place here)
5. Lampard
6. Evra
7. Ribery
8. Gerrard
Defenders:
1. Alves
2. Puyol
3. Terry
Keeper:
1. Casillas
2. Tim Howard
3. Victor Valdes
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Callum
December 29, 2009
4:43 pm
1. Ronaldo
2. Messi
3. Kaka
4. Torres
5. Drogba
6. Fabregas
7. Gerrard
8. Rooney
9. Xavi
10.David Villa
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Derek
December 29, 2009
9:00 pm
Messi impresses me every time I watch him play, I have to put him at 1.
I can’t place Ronaldo high because every time I watch him, he falls over a blade of grass and then scores on an undeserved free kick, it just doesn’t impress me.
The rest is hard, there are so many great players.
Rooney
Fabregas
Buffon
Owen
Gerrard
Xavi
Torres
Kaka
Puyol
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Blake
December 30, 2009
6:52 pm
1.Henry (when he played for Arsenal)
2. Ibrahimovic
3.Messi
4.Ronaldo (when he played for man u)
5. Rooney
6. Fabregas
7. Torres
8. Totti
9. Eto
10. Drogba
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ryan
December 30, 2009
11:13 pm
1.messi
2.ibrahimovic
3.ronaldo
4.xavi
5.torres
6.rooney
7.fabregas
8.sergio ramos
9.vidic
10.evra
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arsenal man
December 31, 2009
12:29 am
1.lampard(sorry but its true)
2.drogba
3.essien
4.terry
5.anelka
6.carvalho
7.joe cole
8.kakuta
9.cech
10.fabregas(ARSENAL!)
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nihal
December 31, 2009
2:44 pm
1.Ronaldo
2.Ronaldo
3.Ronaldo
4.Ronaldo
5.Ronaldo
6.Ronaldo
7.Ronaldo
8.Ronaldo
9.Ronaldo
10.Ronaldo
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Mr. IT
December 31, 2009
11:55 pm
1. Messi
2. Torres
3. Ronaldo
4. Xavi
5. Iniesta
6. Kaká
7. Rooney
8. David Villa
9. Fabregas
10. Eto
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samet maraşlı
January 1, 2010
2:40 pm
1.torres
2.messi
3.ronaldo
4.iniesta
5.xavi
6.gerrard
7.lampard
8.kaka
9.dzeko
10.ibrahimoviç
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Yemzy
January 7, 2010
8:33 am
1. TERRY 2. Ronaldo 3. KAKA 4. Messi 5. Aguero 6. Rooney 7. Xavi 8. Cech 9. Fabrigas 10. Yemzy
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dsaf
January 10, 2010
6:46 pm
ronaldo number one no doubt! torres number 2 and messi number 3 !
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orvil
February 9, 2010
10:57 am
I dont understand why the hell is Ronaldo 1st.. Cuz he is not even close to messi…
My list-
1.Messi
2.Fabregas(a star in the making)
3.Xavi
4.C.Ronaldo
5.Gerrard
6.Lampard
7.Iniesta
8.David Villa
9.Samuel Eto’o
10.A.Pato
11.Terry
12.Didier Drogba
13.Iker Casillas or Petr Cech
14.F.Torres
15.Ibrahimovic
I have seen that every body just luvs strikers and wingers..
but the cm’s and dm’s dont get much credit. i blive that they are better than Forwards. And most #1′s in the list is covered by messi and ronaldo only becuz they are forwards.
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mayur
June 25, 2010
11:15 am
1 messi
2 ronaldo
3 rooney
4 kaka
5 xavi
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Jorklihauf
July 20, 2010
9:50 pm
Everyone who votes C. Ronaldo as the best player in the world watches too much Youtube and has never actually seen him play. He is a good player, but hell fall over if someone in the crowd sneezes. He deserves no respect for that.
1.Messi
2.Casillas
3.Rooney
4.Terry
5.Kaka
6.Schweinsteiger
7.Muller
8.Robben
9.Puyol
10.Zlatan
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koollies
August 11, 2010
2:13 am
I cant believe none of you guys included the #1 fullback in the world……Phillip Lahm. Anyways
1.Messi
2.Xavi
3.Torres(when hes in good form)
4.Lahm
5.Robben
6.Iniesta
7.Rooney
8.Villa
9.Ribery
10.Drogba
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