Sweden ratings 2021-23

Euro 2021, 2021/22 WC Qualifiers, 2023 Euro Qualifiers. Ratings: Aftonbladet - Expressen (0-5). Min. four rated appearances.

3,13 Emil Forsberg
2,84 Alexander Isak
2,77 Robin Olsen
2,73 Victor Lindelöf
2,72 Albin Ekdal
2,64 Dejan Kulusevski
2,62 Filip Helander
2,45 Victor Claesson
2,42 Sebastian Larsson
2,38 Zlatan Ibrahimović, Robin Quaison
2,25 Ludwig Augustinsson
2,19 Marcus Danielsson
2,13 Emil Krafth
2,00 Mattias Svanberg
1,94 Kristoffer Olsson

Player ratings Ireland 0-1 France

 0-1 50' Benjamin Pavard. Att: 50.219 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin).

Ireland: Gavin Bazunu 6,00 - Séamus Coleman 6,50, John Egan 6,20, Dara O'Shea 6,30 (78' Alan Browne), Nathan Collins 6,80, Jayson Molumby 6,20 (86' Michael Obafemi), Josh Cullen 5,60, Matt Doherty 5,40, Chiedozie Ogbene 6,50, Jason Knight 5,10 (77' Mikey Johnston), Evan Ferguson 5,20 (65' Adam Idah). - coach:  Stephen Kenny. = average: 5,98 [adequate]
    
France: Mike Maignan 7,00 - Benjamin Pavard 6,70 (81' Jules Koundé), Ibrahima Konaté 6,20, Dayot Upamecano 6,10, Theo Hernández 5,10, Antoine Griezmann 6,20, Eduardo Camavinga 6,50, Adrien Rabiot 5,80 (81' Aurélien Tchouaméni), Randal Kolo Muani 5,60, Olivier Giroud 5,00 (65' Moussa Diaby), Kylian Mbappé 5,70. - coach: Didier Deschamps. = average: 5,99 [adequate]

Argentina ratings in World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum eight rated appearances.

7,40 Lionel Messi (26)
7,38 Carlos Tévez (8)
7,25 Ariel Ortega (8)
7,10 Roberto Ayala (10)
7,06 Juan Sebastián Verón (9)
7,04 Sergio Romero (12)
6,85 Javier Mascherano (20)
6,75 Ángel Di María (16)
6,69 Gabriel Batistuta (8)
6,62 Javier Zanetti, Gabriel Heinze (8)
6,60 Maxi Rodríguez (10)
6,56 Marcos Rojo (9)
6,46 Gonzalo Higuaín (13)
6,36 Nicolás Otamendi (14)
6,28 Nicolás Tagliafico (9)
6,12 Martín Demichelis, Kun Agüero (8)

National teams' World Cup scores with key players

                                  w d l goals points avg score

Brazil with Pelé                 12 1 1 37-14 89,3%  2,64-1,00
Brazil with Garrincha            10 1 1 30-12 87,5%  2,50-1,00
West Germany with F. Beckenbauer 15 1 2 45-19 86,1%  2,37-1,00
France with Kylian Mbappé        11 2 1 30-14 85,7%  2,09-0,98
West Germany with Gerd Müller    11 0 2 31-14 84,6%  2,27-1,02
Brazil with Didi                 11 3 1 38-14 83,3%  2,48-0,91
Brazil with Ronaldo              15 1 3 42-16 81,6%  2,17-0,83
Germany with Philipp Lahm        15 2 3 45-13 80,0%  2,11-0,61
Brazil with Sócrates              7 2 1 25-7  80,0%  2,42-0,68
Holland with Arjen Robben        11 2 2 27-12 80,0%  1,69-0,75
Italy with Franco Baresi          7 2 1 11-3  80,0%  1,03-0,28
Brazil with Roberto Carlos       13 1 3 33-13 79,4%  1,90-0,75
Brazil with Zico                  9 4 1 31-9  78,6%  2,16-0,63
Holland with Johan Cruyff         5 1 1 15-3  78,6%  2,14-0,43
Italy with Roberto Baggio        10 5 1 23-10 78,1%  1,33-0,58
Germany with Miroslav Klose      17 3 4 52-15 77,1%  2,08-0,60
Brazil with Neymar                8 4 1 25-9  76,9%  1,83-0,66     
Spain with Xavi                  11 1 3 24-14 76,7%  1,53-0,89
Colombia with James Rodríguez     6 0 2 17-6  75,0%  2,12-0,75
Italy with Paolo Rossi            9 3 2 21-12 75,0%  1,50-0,86
France with Zinédine Zidane       7 4 1 19-6  75,0%  1,50-0,47
Italy with Alessandro Del Piero   7 4 1 17-6  75,0%  1,28-0,45
Italy with Paolo Maldini         14 6 3 31-15 73,9%  1,26-0,61
West Germany with Berti Vogts    12 4 3 40-19 73,7%  2,03-0,97
Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne      9 1 3 21-11 73,1%  1,58-0,82
Poland with Kazimierz Deyna       9 1 3 22-11 73,1%  1,69-0,85
Spain with Raúl                   7 2 2 27-13 72,7%  2,38-1,15
USSR with Albert Shesternev       6 1 2 15-6  72,2%  1,61-0,64
Germany with Lothar Matthäus     15 6 4 43-26 72,0%  1,68-1,01 
Uruguay with Luis Suárez         10 3 3 21-11 71,9%  1,29-0,67
West Germany with Uwe Seeler     13 4 4 45-26 71,4%  2,05-1,18
West Germany with Paul Breitner   9 2 3 25-14 71,4%  1,74-0,98
Argentina with Leo Messi         16 5 5 47-28 71,2%  1,68-1,00
France with Thierry Henry         9 6 2 22-8  70,6%  1,22-0,44
Poland with Grzegorz Lato        12 4 4 33-16 70,0%  1,65-0,80
Brazil with Jairzinho            10 2 4 29-17 68,8%  1,81-1,06
Italy with Francesco Totti        6 3 2 17-7  68,2%  1,42-0,58
Spain with Andrés Iniesta         8 3 3 18-15 67,9%  1,23-1,02
Holland with Ruud Krol            8 3 3 30-13 67,9%  2,09-0,91
Argentina with Diego Maradona    12 4 5 33-17 66,7%  1,52-0,78
Spain with Emilio Butragueño      5 2 2 17-8  66,7%  1,76-0,83
Sweden with "Nacka" Skoglund      5 2 2 18-18 66,7%  2,00-2,00
England with David Beckham        6 5 2 17-9  65,4%  1,24-0,66
England with Bobby Charlton/Moore 8 2 4 20-13 64,3%  1,36-0,89
England with Terry Butcher        6 6 2 18-8  64,3%  1,20-0,53
England with Harry Kane           6 2 3 25-11 63,6%  2,14-0,94
Italy with Andrea Pirlo           6 2 3 16-8  63,6%  1,37-0,69
Argentina with Daniel Passarella  7 1 4 23-11 62,5%  1,86-0,89
France with Jean Tigana           6 3 3 23-16 62,5%  1,77-1,23
Denmark with Michael Laudrup      5 1 3 19-13 61,1%  2,11-1,44
Poland with Zbigniew Boniek       7 5 4 18-16 59,4%  1,12-1,00
Croatia with Luka Modrić          7 8 4 30-14 57,9%  1,45-1,16
Argentina with Gabriel Batistuta  6 2 4 20-12 58,3%  1,62-0,97
England with Gary Lineker         5 4 3 15-9  58,3%  1,15-0,69
Belgium with Eric Gerets          6 2 4 18-16 58,3%  1,35-1,20
France with Michel Platini        6 4 4 26-18 57,1%  1,77-1,23
Hungary with Flórián Albert       4 0 3 16-10 57,1%  2,29-1,43
Hungary with József Bozsik        4 1 3 30-15 56,2%  3,75-1,88
Scotland with Kenny Dalglish      3 3 2 14-13 56,2%  1,75-1,62
West Germany with K-H Rummenigge  7 7 5 30-22 55,3%  1,53-1,12
Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo   9 6 7 34-24 54,5%  1,52-1,07
Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Blanco     4 4 3 15-13 54,5%  1,36-1,18
Italy with Giacinto Facchetti     5 3 4 17-14 54,2%  1,38-1,14
Argentina with Mario Kempes       8 3 7 32-23 52,8%  1,75-1,25
Mexico with Rafa Márquez          8 4 7 21-20 52,6%  1,09-1,03
Holland with Ronald Koeman        3 3 3 11-10 50,0%  1,22-1,11
England with Wayne Rooney         3 5 3 10-11 50,0%  0,88-0,97
Portugal with Pepe                4 3 5 17-16 45,8%  1,42-1,33
Sweden with Tomas Brolin          3 3 4 18-14 45,0%  1,74-1,35
Cameroon with Roger Milla         3 3 4  9-19 45,0%  0,84-1,78
Peru with Teófilo Cubillas        4 3 6 18-27 42,3%  1,38-2,08
Ghana with Asamoah Gyan           3 3 5 11-15 40,9%  0,94-1,29
Sweden with Björn Nordqvist       3 2 5  9-10 40,0%  0,90-1,00
Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimović    1 2 2  3-5  40,0%  0,60-1,00
Sweden with Ralf Edström          2 3 4  8-9  38,9%  0,89-1,00
Uruguay with Luis Cubilla         3 1 5  7-12 38,9%  0,75-1,29
Sweden with Bo Larsson            2 4 5  8-10 36,4%  0,73-0,91
Colombia with Carlos Valderrama   3 1 6  9-12 35,0%  0,84-1,12
Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba    2 1 5 10-12 31,2%  1,25-1,50
Chile with Elías Figueroa         0 3 6  6-15 16,7%  0,67-1,67

France average ratings in Euros and World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum nine rated appearances.

7,53 Kylian Mbappé (16)
7,40 Zinédine Zidane (20)*
7,27 Antoine Griezmann (26)
7,21 Paul Pogba (21)
7,20 Emmanuel Petit (10)
7,15 Laurent Koscielny (10)
7,14 Hugo Lloris (35)
7,08 Fabien Barthez (28)
7,00 N'Golo Kanté (14)
6,98 Patrick Vieira (20)
6,97 Marcel Desailly (17)
6,95 Didier Deschamps (10)
6,93 Karim Benzema, Blaise Matuidi (15)
6,90 Raphael Varane (21)
6,89 Lilian Thuram (27)
6,83 Adrien Rabiot (9)
6,82 Thierry Henry (25)
6,76 Franck Ribéry (16)
6,67 Samuel Umtiti (9)
6,62 Olivier Giroud (20), Patrice Evra (16), Youri Djorkaeff (12)
6,61 Claude Makélélé (14)
6,62 Bixente Lizarazu (16)
6,50 William Gallas (17), Sylvain Wiltord (9)
6,41 Bacary Sagna (11)
6,36 David Trezeguet (14)
6,35 Willy Sagnol (10)
6,15 Éric Abidal (10)
6,10 Benjamin Pavard (10)
6,06 Ousmane Dembélé (9)
6,04 Florent Malouda (13)

*) Zidane's average was 7,53 until his last match, where he was sent off vs Italy.

Player ratings Italy 1-2 England

 

0-1 13' Declan Rice l., 0-2 44' Harry Kane PK, 1-2 56' Mateo Retegui r. (Lorenzo Pellegrini). Sent off: 78' Luke Shaw. Att: 44.536 (Naples).

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma 6,10 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 5,30, Rafael Tolói 5,40, Francesco Acerbi 5,40, Leonardo Spinazzola 5,90, Nicolò Barella 5,40 (62' Bryan Cristante 6,00), Jorginho 5,10 (69' Sandro Tonali 5,90), Marco Verratti 5,40 (88' Gianluca Scamacca), Domenico Berardi 5,10 (62' Matteo Politano 6,20), Lorenzo Pellegrini 6,20 (69' Wilfried Gnonto 6,30), Mateo Retegui 6,60. - coach: Roberto Mancini 5,60. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]

England: Jordan Pickford 6,00 - Kyle Walker 6,00, Harry Maguire 6,10, John Stones 6,20, Luke Shaw 5,20, Jude Bellingham 6,50 (85' Conor Gallagher), Jack Grealish 5,50 (69'Phil Foden - 81' Kieran Trippier), Kalvin Phillips 6,50, Declan Rice 6,80, Bukayo Saka 6,20 (85' Reece James), Harry Kane 6,70. - coach: Gareth Southgate 6,60. = average: 6,15 [solid]

Top rated players Brazilian Série A 2012

 

7,12 Neymar (Santos)
6,53 Ronaldinho (Atlético Mineiro)
6,50 Paulinho (Corinthians)
6,43 Fred (Fluminense)
6,41 Zé Roberto (Grêmio), Juninho Pernambucano (Vasco da Gama)
6,39 Bernard (Atlético Mineiro)
6,37 Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)
6,36 Lucas (São Paulo)
6,33 Seedorf (Botafogo)
6,24 Barcos (Palmeiras), Wellington (Fluminense)
6,23 Osvaldo (São Paulo), Luis Fabiano (São Paulo)
6,22 Jefferson (Botafogo)
6,21 Andrezinho (Botafogo), Ralf (Corinthians), Réver (Atlético Mineiro)
6,18 Felipe (Flamengo)
6,17 Jean (Fluminense)

Neymar's average rating is the highest ever in the League history. The old record average was 6,91, set by Santos' Giovanni in the 1995 season.

Top 50 of the 2014 World Cup

 

According to Guerin Sportivo (Italy).

1. Manuel Neuer (Germany)
2. James Rodríguez (Colombia)
3. Arjen Robben (Holland)
4. Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
5. Thomas Müller (Germany)
6. Neymar (Brazil)
7. Toni Kroos (Germany)
8. Karim Benzema (France)
9. Mats Hummels (Germany)
10. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
11. Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)
12. Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Colombia)
13. Ángel Di María (Argentina)
14. Alexis Sánchez (Chile)
15. Mario Götze (Germany)
16. Thiago Silva (Brazil)
17. Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica)
18. Ron Vlaar (Holland)
19. Sergio Romero (Argentina)
20. Robin van Persie (Holland)
21. Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
22. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
23. Ezequiel Garay (Argentina)
24. Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium)
25. Wesley Sneijder (Holland)
26. Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)
27. Paul Pogba (France)
28. Eden Hazard (Belgium)
29. Sami Khedira (Germany)
30. Daley Blind (Holland)
31. Mario Yepes (Colombia)
32. Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria)
33. Giancarlo González (Costa Rica)
34. Tim Howard (USA)
35. Gary Medel (Chile)
36. Marcos Rojo (Argentina)
37. David Luiz (Brazil)
38. Claudio Bravo (Chile)
39. Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
40. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium)
41. Philipp Lahm (Germany)
42. Arturo Vidal (Chile)
43. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)
44. Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)
45. Charles Aránguiz (Chile)
46. Gervinho (Ivory Coast)
47. Mesut Özil (Germany)
48. Rafael Márquez (Mexico)
49. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
50. Andrés Iniesta (Spain)

Per nation:
9: Germany
6: Argentina
5: Holland, Chile
4: Belgium
3: Colombia, Brazil
2: France, Mexico, Algeria
1: Switzerland, USA, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Spain.

Per confederation:
22: Europe
17: South America
7: CONCACAF
4: Africa

Brazil ratings in the 2002 World Cup

 

7,08 Ronaldo
6,78 Rivaldo
6,56 Marcos
6,39 Ronaldinho, Kléberson
6,30 Roberto Carlos, Juninho Pernambucano
6,28 Gilberto Silva
6,26 Cafú
6,24 Edmílson
6,19 Denílson
6,08 Lúcio
5,91 Edílson
5,90 Roque Júnior
5,65 Ânderson Polga

Matches between the South American giants, 1950-59

 

Argentina : 10 6 5 37-23 = 61,90%
Brazil : 8 4 8 29-31 = 50,00%
Uruguay : 7 4 12 31-43 = 39,13%

Scored goals:
1,76 Argentina
1,45 Brazil
1,35 Uruguay

Conceded goals:
1,10 Argentina
1,55 Brazil
1,87 Uruguay

Altogether 28 matches with 96 goals (3,43 per match).

Euro 1996 review (World Soccer)

 

Today nine years ago: Real Madrid 3-4 Barcelona

 0-1 7' Iniesta l. (Lionel Messi), 1-1 20' Karim Benzema h. (Ángel Di María), 2-1 24' Karim Benzema r. (Ángel Di María), 2-2 42' Lionel Messi l., 3-2 55' Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, 3-3 65' Lionel Messi penalty, 3-4 84' Lionel Messi penalty. Sent off: 63' Sergio Ramos. Att: 85.454.

Real Madrid: Diego López 5,80 - Pepe 5,70, Sergio Ramos 5,80, Marcelo 6,10, Dani Carvajal 5,40, Gareth Bale 5,80, Xabi Alonso 5,70, Luka Modrić 6,30 (90' Morata), Ángel Di María 8,00 (85' Isco), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,70, Karim Benzema 7,50 (66' Raphaël Varane 5,90). - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,20 - Piqué 6,70, Jordi Alba 5,90, Dani Alves 5,20, Cesc Fàbregas 6,20 (78' Alexis Sánchez), Xavi 6,30, Iniesta 7,60, Javier Mascherano 4,70, Busquets 6,00, Lionel Messi 8,40, Neymar 5,60 (68' Pedro 6,00). - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Brazil all-time Best XI

 Guerin Sportivo (1994)

Gilmar
---
Bellini
Luís Pereira
Djalma Santos
Nílton Santos
---
Falcão
Didi
---
Garrincha
Leônidas
Pelé
Rivelino

Boca Juniors all-time Best XI

 

El Gráfico, 1981.

Le pagelle Guerin Sportivo: gli stranieri della Serie A 1986/87 e 1987/88

 

Denmark ratings in the Euro 2021

6,76 Mikkel Damsgaard
6,65 Kasper Hjulmand
6,50 Simon Kjær, Joakim Mæhle
6,42 Kasper Dolberg
6,38 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
6,37 Thomas Delaney
6,33 Andreas Christensen
6,25 Kasper Schmeichel
6,22 Martin Braithwaite
6,10 Yussuf Poulsen
6,03 Jens Stryger Larsen
5,95 Jannik Vestergaard
5,92 Mathias Jensen
5,86 Daniel Wass, Christian Nørgaard

Two matches: 6,35 Andreas Cornelius

Italy all-time Best XI

According to Guerin Sportivo, 1994.

Dino Zoff
---
Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Carlo Parola
Antonio Cabrini
---
Marco Tardelli
Giuseppe Meazza -photo-
Gianni Rivera
---
Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Gigi Riva

The worst rated players in the 1994 World Cup

4,90 Khalil Azmi (Mar)
5,10 Nikos Machlás (Gre)
5,15 Ioannis Kalitzakis (Gre), William Ramallo (Bol), Luc Nilis (Bel)
5,25 Tommy Coyne (Irl), Josip Weber (Bel), Pierluigi Casiraghi (Ita), Choi In-Young (Kor)
5,35 Óscar Córdoba (Col), Nikos Nioplias (Gre), Rudi Smidts (Bel), Raymond Kalla (Cam), Nicola Berti (Ita)
5,40 Carlos Trucco (Bol), Ronald Koeman, Ronald de Boer (Net)
5,50 Alfie Haaland, Jan Åge Fjørtoft, Mini Jakobsen (Nor), Savvas Kofidis (Gre), Julio Salinas (Esp)

 

Denmark ratings in the Euro 1992

6,59 Henrik Larsen
6,49 Peter Schmeichel
6,44 Henrik Andersen
6,43 Brian Laudrup
6,37 Flemming Povlsen
6,36 John "Faxe" Jensen
6,29 Torben Piechnik
6,17 Kim Christofte
6,16 Kent Nielsen
6,13 John Sivebæk
6,10 Lars Olsen, Kim Vilfort

Two matches: 6,40 Lars Elstrup, 5,47 Bent Christensen

 

Michel Platini's ball touches during the Euro 1984.

Sweden ratings in the Euro 1992

 

Ratings: Corriere della Sera - Guerin Sportivo - La Stampa - Aftonbladet - La Repubblica - L'Unità.

6,56 Tomas Brolin
6,47 Stefan Schwarz
6,33 Jan Eriksson
6,21 Thomas Ravelli
6,20 Klas Ingesson, Jonas Thern
6,08 Martin Dahlin
6,03 Patrik Andersson
6,01 Roland Nilsson
5,98 Anders Limpar
5,87 Kennet Andersson
5,86 Joachim Björklund

Belgium ratings in the 1986 World Cup

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo - El Gráfico.

6,68 Jean-Marie Pfaff
6,53 Jan Ceulemans
6,44 Patrick Vervoort
6,38 Eric Gerets
6,17 Franky Vercauteren
6,16 René Vandereycken
6,14  Nico Claesen
6,13 Enzo Scifo
6,10 Georges Grün
6,09 Michel Renquin
5,92 Stéphane Demol
5,81 Daniel Veyt
5,76 Hugo Broos
5,65 Franky Van Der Elst
5,61 Michel de Wolf
5,52 Philippe Desmet

Argentina all-time Best XI

 According to Guerin Sportivo (1994).

Ubaldo "Pato" Fillol
---
Silvio Marzolini
Oscar Ruggeri
Daniel Passarella
Roberto Perfumo
---
Néstor "Pipo" Rossi
José Manuel "Charro" Moreno
Diego Maradona
---
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Mario Kempes
Bernabé Ferreyra

Netherlands ratings in the Euro 1992

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - Corriere della Sera - La Stampa - Aftonbladet.

6,66 Frank Rijkaard
6,48 Dennis Bergkamp
6,32 Rob Witschge
6,10 Marco van Basten
6,08 Ruud Gullit
6,06 Ronald Koeman
6,05 Berry van Aerle, Adri van Tiggelen
6,04 Hans van Breukelen
5,88 Jan Wouters
5,35 Frank de Boer

Inter average ratings 2022/23

 

 All competitions.

6,38 Nicolò Barella
6,35 Lautaro Martínez
6,26 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
6,21 Federico Dimarco
6,16 André Onana, Edin Džeko
6,15 Romelu Lukaku
6,05 Francesco Acerbi
6,02 Alessandro Bastoni
6,00 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
5,96 Denzel Dumfries
5,94 Matteo Darmian, Milan Škriniar
5,91 Kristjan Asllani
5,90 Robin Gosens
5,89 Samir Handanovič
5,84 Marcelo Brozović
5,83 Raoul Bellanova
5,71 Joaquín Correa
5,65 Danilo D'Ambrosio
5,62 Stefan de Vrij
5,56 Roberto Gagliardini

Spain ratings in the Euro 2016

6,78 Iniesta
6,25 Morata
6,18 David Silva
6,15 Piqué
6,05 Juanfran, Jordi Alba
5,95 Vicente Del Bosque
5,90 Busquets
5,85 Cesc Fàbregas, Bruno Soriano
5,78 De Gea
5,70 Nolito
5,53 Aduriz
5,42 Sergio Ramos

England ratings in the Euro 2016

6,23 Kyle Walker
6,05 Wayne Rooney
6,03 Adam Lallana
6,02 Eric Dier
5,97 Jamie Vardy
5,92 Dele Alli
5,90 Daniel Sturridge
5,80 Danny Rose
5,68 Gary Cahill
5,60 Chris Smalling
5,40 Raheem Sterling, Jack Wilshere
5,32 Roy Hodgson
5,20 Joe Hart
4,90 Harry Kane

Belgium all-time Best XI

 According to Guerin Sportivo (1994).

Jean-Marie Pfaff
---
Walter Meeuws
Louis Carré
Eric Gerets
Fons Van Brandt
---
Wilfried Van Moer
Vic Mees
Paul Van Himst -photo-
---
Jef Mermans
Raymond Braine
Jan Ceulemans

Germany all-time Best XI

 

According to Guerin Sportivo (1994).

Sepp Maier
---
Paul Breitner
Karlheinz Förster
Franz Beckenbauer
Berti Vogts
---
Lothar Matthäus
Fritz Walter
Wolfgang Overath
---
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Helmut Rahn
Gerd Müller

Average ratings Roma 2022/23

 

 All competitions.

6,68 Paulo Dybala
6,28 Stephan El Shaarawy
6,18 Chris Smalling
6,15 Mady Camara
6,14 Cristian Volpato
6,11 Nemanja Matić
6,08 Lorenzo Pellegrini
6,06 Nicolò Zaniolo
6,01 Gianluca Mancini
5,97 Tammy Abraham
5,96 Leonardo Spinazzola
5,95 Rui Patrício, Bryan Cristante
5,92 Nicola Zalewski
5,85 Ibañez
5,83 Andrea Belotti
5,67 Zeki Çelik
5,64 Rick Karsdorp

Average ratings Barcelona 2022/23

 

La Liga, Champions League and Supercup matches. Ratings: Marca - As - El Mundo Deportivo + Kicker - Gazzetta dello Sport - Corriere della Sera (CL matches).

6,50 Pedri
6,34 Jules Koundé, Frenkie de Jong, Ousmane Dembélé
6,33 Robert Lewandowski
6,30 Andreas Christensen
6,25 Ronald Araújo
6,21 Marc-André ter Stegen
6,20 Jordi Alba, Álex Baldé
6,15 Gavi
6,07 Raphinha
6,04 Sergi Roberto
5,99 Ferrán Torres
5,98 Ansu Fati
5,96 Franck Kessié
5,94 Busquets
5,83 Piqué
5,77 Marcos Alonso
5,60 Héctor Bellerín
5,59 Eric García

Player ratings Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid

0-1 9' og Ronald Araújo, 1-1 45' Sergi Roberto r., 2-1 90'+2 Franck Kessié (Álex Baldé). Att: 95.745.

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 6,00 - R0nald Araújo  5,70, Jules Koundé 6,00, Andreas Christensen 6,70, Álex Baldé 6,50, Busquets 6,00, Gavi 5,50 (90'+1 Ansu Fati), Sergi Roberto 6,60 (77' Franck Kessié 6,80), Frenkie de Jong 6,20, Raphinha 6,70 (83' Ferrán Torres), Robert Lewandowski 6,90. - coach: Xavi 6,50. = average: 6,30 [good]

Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois 6,60 - Dani Carvajal 5,70, Eder Militão 5,70, Antonio Rüdiger 6,10, Nacho 6,10 (62' Ferland Mendy 5,30), Toni Kroos 5,30 (62' Rodrygo 5,80), Luka Modrić 6,20 (76' Dani Ceballos 5,80), Eduardo Camavinga 5,80 (76' Aurélien Tchouaméni 5,80),  Federico Valverde 5,00 (76' Marco Asensio 6,40), Karim Benzema 5,30, Vinícius Júnior 6,50. - coach:  Carlo Ancelotti 5,70. = average: 5,84 [mediocre]
 

Russia all-time Best XI

 According to Guerin Sportivo (1994):

Lev Yashin
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Albert Shesterniev
Aleksandr Starostin
Igor Netto
Andrey Starostin
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Valery Voronin
Valentin Ivanov
Fyodor Cherenkov
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Igor Chislenko
Nikita Simonyan
Vladimir Fedotov

The top 60 of the 1978 World Cup

 

Ranking based on list published by El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk and Trouw (Netherlands), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX and Guerin Sportivo (Italy), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (Spain), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record and Daily Mail (UK), L'Équipe (France), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst and ARD (West Germany), TRT (Turkey), Placar and Manchete (Brazil) and Soccer Express (USA).

1. Mario Kempes (Argentina)
2. Paolo Rossi (Italy)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina)
4. Ruud Krol (Netherlands)
5. Dirceu (Brazil)
6. Hans Krankl (Austria)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Argentina)
9. Arie Haan (Netherlands)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Peru)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)
12. Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
13. Marius Trésor (France)
14. Roberto Bettega (Italy)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
16. Michel Platini (France)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Italy)
18. Johnny Rep (Netherlands)
19. Toninho (Brazil)
20. Johan Neeskens (Netherlands)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Austria), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
23. Claudio Gentile (Italy), Didier Six (France)
25. Óscar y Batista (Brazil)
27. Leão (Brazil)
28. Amaral (Brazil), Ramón Quiroga (Peru)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Austria), Franco Causio (Italy)
32. Nelinho (Brazil)
33. Romeo Benetti (Italy), Berti Vogts (West Germany)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
36. Marco Tardelli (Italy)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Italy)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Argentina)
39. Henri Michel (France)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), René van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Argentina)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Willy van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
46. András Törőcsik (Hungary)
46. Ernie Brandts (Netherlands), Juan José Muñante (Peru)
48. César Cueto (Peru), Américo Gallego (Argentina)
50. Robert Sara (Austria), Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Poland), Juan Manuel Asensi (Spain)
53. Sepp Maier (West Germany), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Peru), Wim Jansen (Netherlands)
56. Jorge Olguin (Argentina), Témime Lahzami (Tunisia)
58. Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Peru), Adam Nawałka (Poland)

Yugoslavia ratings in the 1958 World Cup

 

Ratings: France Football.

4,50 Vujadin Boškov
4,25 Branko Zebec
4,00 Vasilije Šijaković
3,75 Aleksandar Petaković
3,67 Miloš Milutinović, Dragoslav Šekularac, Dobrosav Krstić
3,50 Tomislav Crnković, Zdravko Rajkov, Todor Veselinović
2,33 Vladimir Beara

Argentina ratings in the 1958 World Cup

 

Ratings: France Football.

4,33 José Varacka, Oreste Corbatta
3,67 Norberto Menéndez, Néstor Rossi
3,50 Ángel Labruna
3,00 Juan Francisco Lombardo, Pedro Dellacha, Federico Vairo
2,50 Osvaldo Cruz
2,33 Amadeo Carrizo, Ludovico Avio

Players' market value, August 1958

According to El Gráfico.

$200.000* : Pelé (Brazil)
$180.000 : Garrincha (Brazil)
$160.000 : Vavá (Brazil), Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine (France)
$150.000 : Didi (Brazil)
$120.000 : Nílton Santos, Bellini, Gilmar (Brazil), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden), Omar Sívori (Argentina/Italy), Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain)
$100.000 : Roger Piantoni (France), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Břetislav Dolejší, Gustav Mráz (Czechoslovakia), Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Harry Gregg (N. Ireland)
$80.000 : Yuri Voinov (USSR), Danny Blanchflower (N. Ireland), Erich Juskowiak (West Germany), Orvar Bergmark (Sweden), Dragoslav Šekularac (Yugoslavia), Pavol Molnár (Czechoslovakia)
$70.000 : Hans Buzek (Austria), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jean Vincent (France)
$60.000 : Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Oreste Corbatta (Argentina), Herbert Erhardt (West Germany), Valentin Ivanov (USSR)

*) $200.000 in 1958 is worth $2.082.000 today.

Today 21 years ago: Liverpool 2-0 Roma

 

1-0 6' Litmanen PK, 2-0 63' Heskey. Att: 41.794.

Liverpool: Dudek 5,50 — Abel Xavier 6,50, Henchoz 7,00, Hyypiä 6,50, Carragher 6,00 — Murphy 6,25, Gerrard 6,75, Riise 7,00 — Litmanen 6,75 (87' Biscan) — Heskey 7,00, Smicer 6,50 (90' McAllister). — coach: Houllier 7,50. = average: 6,53 [very good]

Roma: Antonioli 6,25 — Panucci 5,50, Samuel 5,75, Aldair 5,50 — Tommasi 5,50, M. Assunção 5,25 (68' Cassano), Emerson 5,50, Lima 5,25 (46' Delvecchio 6,00), Candela 5,50 — Batistuta 4,50 (46' Montella 5,25), Totti 6,25. — coach: Capello 5,00. = average: 5,54 [failing]

Juventus ratings 1992/93

All competitions. Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - La Stampa.

6,44 Roberto Baggio
6,36 Angelo Peruzzi
6,22 Jürgen Kohler
6,17 Antonio Conte
6,09 Massimo Carrera
6,03 Andreas Möller
6,00 Fabrizio Ravanelli
5,97 Dino Baggio
5,95 Júlio César
5,94 Roberto Galia
5,91 Moreno Torricelli
5,90 Gianluca Vialli, Marco De Marchi
5,88 Giancarlo Marocchi
5,86 Paolo Di Canio
5,80 David Platt
5,65 Pierluigi Casiraghi
 

Top rated Bundesliga players 1979/80

 

8,13 Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich)
8,00 Hans-Peter Briegel (Kaiserslautern)
7,89 Norbert Nigbur (Schalke 04)
7,88 Toni Schumacher (Köln)
7,81 Bernd Franke (Braunschweig)
7,76 Franz-Josef Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,75 Manfred Kaltz (Hamburger SV)
7,74 Karlheinz Förster (Stuttgart)
7,73 Ronnie Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
7,69 Klaus Fichtel (Schalke 04)
7,68 Helmut Roleder (Stuttgart), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
7,67 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,65 Tony Woodcock (Köln)
7,64 Gerhard Heinze (MSV Duisburg), Hans-Josef Kapellmann (1860 Munich)
7,62 Hans-Günter Neues (Kaiserslautern)
7,61 Rudi Kargus (Hamburger SV)
7,60 Thomas Zander (1860 Munich)
7,58 Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV), Jürgen Groh (Kaiserslautern), Wolfgang Kleff (Hertha BSC)

Parma ratings 1990/91

6,45 Lorenzo Minotti
6,38 Alessandro Melli
6,34 Enzo Gambaro
6,30 Marco Osio
6,20 Cláudio Taffarel, Georges Grün
6,19 Luigi Apolloni
6,15 Daniele Zoratto, Stefano Cuoghi
6,03 Cornelio Donati
6,00 Aldo Monza
5,97 Tomas Brolin
5,94 Tarcisio Catanese
5,75 Giovanni Sorce

The 25 best goals in history

 

25. Francesco Totti, Sampdoria 1-Roma 4, Serie A 2006

24. Andrés Iniesta, Chelsea 1-Barcelona 1, CL semifinal 2009

23. Lionel Messi, Real Madrid 0-Barcelona 2, CL semifinal 2011

22. Ronaldinho, Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 3, La Liga 2005

21. Tony Yeboah, Leeds 1-Liverpool 0, Premier League 1995

20. Gheorghe "Gică" Hagi, Romania 3-Colombia 1, WC 1994 group stage

19. Ronaldo, Barcelona 5-Compostela 1, La Liga 1996

18. Roberto Baggio, Juventus 1-Brescia 1, Serie A 2001

17. George Weah, Milan 4-Verona 1, Serie A 1996

16. Maxi Rodríguez, Argentina 2-Mexico 1, WC 2006 round of 16

15. Cristiano Ronaldo, FC Porto 0-Man United 1, CL 2009 quarterfinal

14. Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazil 4-Italy 1, WC final 1970

13. Neymar, Santos 5-Flamengo 4, Brasileirão 2011

12. Roberto Carlos, Tenerife 4-Real Madrid 3, La Liga 1998

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ajax 6-NAC Breda 2, Eredivisie 2004

10. Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus 0-Real Madrid 3, CL quarterfinal 2018

9. Pelé, Sweden 2-Brazil 5, WC 1958 final

8. Dennis Bergkamp, Newcastle 0-Arsenal 2, PL 2002

7. Wayne Rooney, Man United-Man City, PL 2011

6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden 4-England 2, friendly 2012

5. Roberto Carlos, Brazil 1-France 1, Tournoi de France 1997

4. Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid 2-Bayer Leverkusen 1, CL final 2002

3. Lionel Messi, Barcelona 5-Getafe 2, La Liga 2007

2. Marco van Basten, Netherlands 2-Soviet Union 0, Euro 1988 final

1. Diego Maradona, Argentina 2-England 1, WC 1986 quarterfinal

Le pagelle del Milan 1990/91

Serie A, Coppa Campioni e Coppa Intercontinentale. Pagelle: Corriere dello Sport - Gazzetta dello Sport - Guerin Sportivo - Tuttosport - La Stampa.

6,58 Franco Baresi
6,42 Paolo Maldini
6,39 Frank Rijkaard
6,33 Ruud Gullit
6,30 Carlo Ancelotti
6,19 Marco van Basten
6,18 Alberico Evani, Marco Simone
6,16 Sebastiano Rossi
6,14 Andrea Pazzagli
6,10 Gianluca Gaudenzi
6,09 Alessandro Costacurta
6,08 Filippo Galli
6,01 Stefano Carobbi
6,00 Mauro Tassotti
5,98 Roberto Donadoni
5,94 Giovanni Stroppa
5,86 Daniele Massaro
5,85 Angelo Carbone
5,62 Massimo Agostini

Today 36 years ago: Inter 1-1 IFK Göteborg

 1-0 57' og Fredriksson, 1-1 77' S. Pettersson. Att: 61.316.

Inter: Zenga 6 - Bergomi 6, Mandorlini 6, G. Baresi 7, Ferri 7, Passarella 7, Fanna 6,5, Piraccini 7, Altobelli 6,5, Matteoli 6,5, Garlini 6. = average: 6,50 [very good]

IFK: Wernersson 7 - Carlsson 6, Hysén 6,5, P. Larsson 6, Fredriksson 6,5, Zetterlund 6, Tord Holmgren 6,5, Johansson 6, Tommy Holmgren 6, S. Pettersson 6, Rantanen 6,5 (63' L. Nilsson 6,5). = average: 6,29 [good]

Soviet Union ratings in the 1962 World Cup

 Ratings: France Football (0-6).

4,25 Valentin Ivanov
3,75 Valery Voronin, Igor Netto,Viktor Ponedelnik
3,67 Givi Chokheli,Igor Chislenko
3,50 Leonid Ostrovskiy
3,25 Lev Yashin, Anatoli Maslyonkin
3,00 Mikhail Meskhi, Aleksei Mamykin
2,50 Viktor Kanevski

Napoli ratings 1990/91

 

All competitions.

6,34 Gianfranco Zola
6,31 Giovanni Galli
6,29 Ciro Ferrara
6,15 Alemão
6,14 Massimo Crippa
6,07 Giorgio Venturin, Giancarlo Corradini
6,04 Giuseppe Incocciati
6,02 Giovanni Francini
5,99 Marco Baroni
5,98 Fernando De Napoli
5,96 Diego Maradona
5,83 Alessandro Renica
5,81 Careca
5,74 Massimo Mauro
5,66 Ivan Rizzardi, Andrea Silenzi                            

1990 Ideal XI

 

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Inter ratings 1990/91

 All competitions.

6,63 Walter Zenga
6,52 Lothar Matthäus
6,39 Riccardo Ferri
6,27 Alessandro Bianchi
6,25 Giuseppe Bergomi
6,18 Andreas Brehme
6,07 Antonio Paganin
6,06 Sergio Battistini
6,05 Giuseppe Baresi
6,01 Jürgen Klinsmann
6,00 Fausto Pizzi
5,99 Nicola Berti
5,94 Andrea Mandorlini
5,88 Aldo Serena
5,75 Paolo Stringara