We give you continuous updates from Europe's big leagues and competitions as well as the World Cup and European Championships. The player ratings you will find here were published in the major newspapers and web pages such as Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, France Football, L'Équipe, Kicker, El Mundo Deportivo, Guerin Sportivo, Marca, Corriere dello Sport, La Repubblica, The Guardian, The Times, and SportBild.
12 November, 2024
04 October, 2024
European topscorers in the 1974 World Cup
29 February, 2024
Europe's greatest footballers 1970-74
1. Johan Cruyff (Holland)
12 January, 2024
Top 30 greatest dribblers in football history
1. Ronaldinho (Brazil)
16 December, 2023
Average ratings Barcelona 1973/74
7,12 Cruyff
6,94 Marcial
6,92 Juan Carlos
6,88 Torres
6,75 Asensi
6,69 Sotil
6,36 De la Cruz, Rifé
6,34 Sadurní
6,27 Costas
6,23 Rexach
6,20 Tomé
6,00 Mora
5,91 Juanito
5,90 Gallego
18 May, 2023
Most successfull Champions League coaches
Win = 3 points, finalist = 2 points, semifinalist = 1.
1. Carlo Ancelotti : 18
2. Josep Guardiola : 16
3. Alex Ferguson : 13
4. José Mourinho : 12
5. Zinédine Zidane : 10
6. Louis van Gaal, Marcello Lippi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jürgen Klopp : 9
10. Jupp Heynckes, Vicente Del Bosque : 8
12. Fabio Capello : 7
13. Rafa Benítez : 6
14. Johan Cruyff, Héctor Cúper, Diego Simeone, Thomas Tuchel : 5
18. Arsène Wenger, Frank Rijkaard, Massimiliano Allegri : 4
21. Raymond Goethals, Roberto Di Matteo, Luis Enrique, Mauricio Pochettino, Hansi Flick : 3
26. Vujadin Boskov, Klaus Toppmöller, Didier Deschamps, Guus Hiddink, Manuel Pellegrini, Avram Grant, Simone Inzaghi : 2
33. Dusan Uhrin, Vladimir Popovic, Roger Gustafsson, Walter Smith, Tomislav Ivic, Luis Fernández, Giovanni Trapattoni, Juan Rocha, Jean-Claude Suaudeau, Jean Tigana, Nevio Scala, Valeriy Lobanovisky, David O'Leary, Carles Rexach, Claudio Ranier, Javier Irureta, Claude Puel, Ralf Rangnick, Tito Vilanova, Leonardo Jardim, Eusebio Di Francesco, Erik ten Hag, Valverde, Julian Nagelsmann, Rudi García, Unai Emery, Stefano Pioli : 1
Top 25:
Five Germans and Italians
Four Spaniards
Three Dutch and Argentinians
Two French and
One Scotsman, Portuguese and Belgian
25 March, 2023
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
08 March, 2023
Average ratings in 'Clásicos' 1970-76
4,00 Migueli (10)
3,90 Rifé (10)
3,89 Johan Neeskens (9)
3,83 Henning Jensen (6)
3,80 Olmo (5)
3,62 Gallego (8)
3,60 Reina (5)
3,55 Miguel Ángel (11)
3,50 Torres (8)
3,47 Asensi (17)
3,44 Juan Carlos (9)
3,38 Zoco (8)
3,36 Rexach (14), Marcial (11)
3,29 Pirri (14), Camacho (7)
3,27 Amancio (11)
3,24 Benito (17)
3,20 Del Bosque (10)
3,14 Costas (7)
3,00 De la Cruz (12), Sol (7), García Remón (6), Artola (5)
2,80 Rubiñán, Carlos Guerini, Günter Netzer (5)
2,70 Velázquez (10)
2,67 Grosso (6)
2,60 Touriño (5)
2,43 Santillana (14), Aguilar (7)
2,20 Verdugo (5)
Players rated four times: 4,50 Stielike, 4,25 Heredia, 4,00 Juanito & Wolff, 3,75 Mora & Sadurní, 3,50 Zabalza; San José, 3,25 Breitner, 3,00 Sánchez & Ramos.
Match stats (Real Madrid's figures first):
At Bernabéu : 3 3 3 10-11
At Camp Nou : 2 2 5 6-11
Total : 5 5 8 16-22
04 March, 2023
World Soccer's reader poll: the top 200 players of all time [1999]
1. Pelé : 5499 points
2. Diego Maradona : 3949
3. Johan Cruyff : 3388
4. Franz Beckenbauer : 2780
5. Michel Platini : 1854
6. Alfredo Di Stéfano : 1541
7. Ferenc Puskás : 1537
8. George Best : 1190
9. Marco van Basten : 1026
10. Eusébio : 1022
11. Lev Yashin : 821
12. Bobby Charlton : 680
13. Ronaldo : 541
14. Bobby Moore : 539
15. Gerd Müller : 498
16. Roberto Baggio : 486
17. Stanley Matthews : 429
18. Zico : 390
19. Franco Baresi : 371
20. Garrincha : 361
21. Paolo Maldini : 345
22. Kenny Dalglish : 334
23. Gabriel Batistuta : 300
24. Éric Cantona : 299
25. Gheorghe Hagi : 293
26. Romário : 257
27. Jairzinho : 248
28. Zinédine Zidane : 238
29. Ruud Gullit : 221
30. John Charles : 212
31. Lothar Matthäus : 202
32. Gordon Banks : 178
33. Jürgen Klinsmann : 168
34. Dennis Bergkamp : 150
35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge : 149
36. Gary Lineker : 134
37. Giuseppe Meazza : 132
38. Rivelino : 124
39. Didi : 123
40. Ian Rush : 109
41. Peter Schmeichel & Paolo Rossi : 104
43. George Weah : 99
44. Michael Owen : 90
45. Just Fontaine : 88
46. Duncan Edwards : 86
47. Dino Zoff : 80
48. Hristo Stoichkov : 77
49. David Beckham : 74
50. Tom Finney : 72
51. Rivaldo : 71
52. Claudio Caniggia : 64
53. Tostão : 63
54. Frank Rijkaard : 62
55. José Luis Chilavert : 61
56. Kevin Keegan : 60
57. Paul Gascoigne : 57
58. Roger Milla : 56
59. Michael Laudrup : 55
60. Andriy Shevchenko : 54
61. David Ginola, Glenn Hoddle & Sócrates : 53
64. Roberto Carlos & Alan Shearer : 52
66. Daniel Passarella : 51
67. Davor Suker : 50
68. "Dixie" Dean, Sándor Kocsis, Christian Vieri & Juan Schiaffino : 49
72. Mario Kempes, Johan Neeskens & Gigi Riva : 47
75. José Nasazzi & Günter Netzer : 46
77. Alessandro Del Piero & Carlos Valderrama : 43
79. Ricardo Zamora : 42
80. Enzo Francescoli : 41
81. Edgard Davids & Paco Gento : 40
83. Jim Baxter, Falcão, Ryan Giggs & Sepp Maier : 38
87. Zbigniew Boniek, Pat Jennings & György Sárosi : 37
90. Giacinto Facchetti : 36
91. Alan Hansen, Raymond Kopa, Bryan Robson & Mattias Sammer : 34
95. László Kubala & Neville Southall : 33
97. Gerson : 32
98. Paulo Futre & Preben Elkjær : 31
100. Bebeto : 30
101. Mattias Sindelar, Jaap Stam, Luis Suárez [Spain], Gianni Rivera, Andoni Zubizarreta, Ariel Ortega, László Détári & Jürgen Kohler : 29
109. Teófilo Cubillas, Sunday Oliseh, Nílton Santos, Gaetano Scirea & Steve McManaman : 28
114. Giuseppe Bergomi, Marcelo Salas, Bernd Schuster & Oleh Blokhin : 27
118. Fernando Hierro, Gianfranco Zola & Gianluca Vialli : 26
121. Thomas Hässler, Nwankwu Kanu, Ronald Koeman, Sandro Mazzola & Liam Brady : 25
126. Dragan Džajić, Billy Bremner, Marius Lăcătuş, Brian Laudrup, Jimmy Greaves & Zoltán Czibor : 24
131. John Barnes, Edwin van der Sar, Jimmy Johnstone, Dejan Savičević & Claudio López : 23
136. Claudio Gentile & Geoff Hurst : 22
138. Ángel Amadeo Labruna, Sol Campbell, Diego Simeone & Nándor Hidegkuti : 21
142. Danny Blanchflower & Luis Hernández : 20
144. Leônidas, Ciro Ferrara, Hugo Sánchez & Denílson : 19
148. Emilio Butragueño, Obdulio Varela, Dwight Yorke & Salvatore Schillaci : 18
152. Dunga, Mario Basler, Silvio Piola, Rudi Völler, Ray Wilson, Gheorghe Popescu, Djalma Santos, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Roberto Mancini & Colin Bell : 17
162. Ray Clemence, Wolfgang Overath, Karlheinz Förster, Juan Sebastián Verón, Oliver Bierhoff, Peter Shilton & Jozsef Boszik : 16
170. Gilmar, Rob Rensenbrink, Billy Wright & Alan McInally : 15
174. Éder, Lawton, Domingos da Guia, I. Wright, Krol, Giles & Ardiles : 14
181. Ademir, L. Sánchez, van Hanegem, Ugarte, Thuram & Köpke : 13
187. Roy Keane, Kluivert, H. Larsson, McCoist, Moreno, Rui Costa, Seeler, Haller & Cafu : 12
196. Jorginho, Juninho Paulista, Pearce, Plánička, Vavá & Friedenreich : 11.
Per nation:
1. Brazil : 27
2. England : 26
3. Italy : 21
4. Germany : 19
5. Holland : 14
6. Argentina : 13
7. Hungary : 8
8. Scotland, France & Spain : 7
11. Uruguay, Wales & Denmark : 4
14. Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Ireland & Northern Ireland : 3
19. Cameroon, Nigeria, Chile, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Mexico : 2
15 February, 2023
Barcelona's all time Top 100
1. Lionel Messi
2. Ladislao Kubala
3. Xavi Hernández
4. Andrés Iniesta
5. Ronaldinho Gaúcho
6. Carles Puyol
7. Josep Guardiola
8. Samuel Eto'o
9. Hristo Stoichkov
10. Johan Cruyff
11. Ronald Koeman
12. Luis Suárez
13. Rivaldo
14. Romário
15. Ronaldo
16. César Rodríguez
17. Evaristo de Macedo
18. Eulogio Martínez
19. Diego Armando Maradona
20. Paulino Alcántara
21. Antoni Ramallets
22. Víctor Valdés
23. Josep Samitier
24. Estanislao Basora
25. Michael Laudrup
26. Bernd Schuster
27. José María Bakero
28. Quini
29. Carles Rexach
30. Juan Manuel Asensi
31. Josep Escolà
32. Andoni Zubizarreta
33. Chus Pereda
34. Gerard Piqué
35. Guillermo Amor
36. Migueli
37. Johan Neeskens
38. Joan Segarra
39. José Ramón Alexanco
40. Deco
41. Luís Figo
42. Dani Alves
43. Urruti
44. Sergio Busquets
45. Luis Enrique
46. Hugo Sotil
47. Francisco José Carrasco
48. Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain
49. Philip Cocu
50. Sándor Kocsis
51. Hans Krankl
52. Éric Abidal
53. Pedro Rodríguez
54. Patrick Kluivert
55. David Villa
56. Salvador Sadurní
57. Martí Ventolrà
58. Eusebio Sacristán
59. Ricardo Zamora
60. Miguel Ángel Nadal
61. Joan Gamper
62. Eduardo Manchón
63. Mariano Martín
64. Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
65. Albert Ferrer
66. Julio Salinas
67. Mariano Gonzalvo
68. Sigfrid Gràcia
69. Emilio Sagi-Barba
70. Allan Simonsen
71. Julio Alberto
72. Joaquim Rifé
73. Ferrán Olivella
74. Josep María Fusté
75. José Antonio Zaldúa
76. Francesc Calvet
77. Sergi Barjuán
78. Juliano Belletti
79. Gustavo Biosca
80. Thierry Henry
81. Rafael Márquez
82. Henrik Larsson
83. Iván de la Peña
84. Javier Saviola
85. Seydou Keita
86. Marcial Pina
87. Justo Tejada
88. Yaya Touré
89. Víctor Múñoz
90. Ángel Arocha
91. Cayetano Ré
92. Zoltán Czibor
93. Gary Lineker
94. Giovanni van Bronckhorst
95. Steve Archibald
96. Luis Milla
97. Cesc Fàbregas
98. Ludovic Giuly
99. Bojan Krkic
100. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
08 February, 2023
La Liga ratings 1975/76
6,12 Johan Neeskens (Barcelona), Pirri (Real Madrid)
5,86 Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)
5,73 Ricardo Rezza (Salamanca)
5,69 Robi (Salamanca)
5,58 Pulido (Sevilla)
5,56 Marcial (Barcelona)
5,54 Junquera (Zaragoza)
5,48 Irureta (Athletic)
27 January, 2023
Average ratings in 'Clásicos' 1970-76
4,00 Migueli (10)
3,90 Rifé (10)
3,89 Neeskens (9)
3,83 H. Jensen (6)
3,80 Olmo (5)
3,62 Gallego (8)
3,60 Reina (5)
3,55 Miguel Ángel (11)
3,50 Torres (8)
3,47 Asensi (17)
3,44 Juan Carlos (9)
3,38 Zoco (8)
3,36 Rexach (14), Marcial (11)
3,29 Pirri (14), Camacho (7)
3,27 Amancio (11)
3,24 Benito (17)
3,20 Del Bosque (10)
3,14 Costas (7)
3,00 De la Cruz (12), Sol (7), García Remón (6), Artola (5)
2,80 Rubiñán, Guerini & Netzer (5)
2,70 Velázquez (10)
2,67 Grosso (6)
2,60 Touriño (5)
2,43 Santillana (14), Aguilar (7)
2,20 Verdugo (5)
Players rated four times: 4,50 Stielike, 4,25 Heredia, 4,00 Juanito & Wolff, 3,75 Mora & Sadurní, 3,50 Zabalza; San José, 3,25 Breitner, 3,00 Sánchez & Ramos.
Match stats (Real Madrid's figures first):
At Bernabéu : 3 3 3 10-11
At Camp Nou : 2 2 5 6-11
Total : 5 5 8 16-22
25 December, 2022
The 100 greatest football managers of all time
1. Alex Ferguson
[East Stirlingshire - St Mirren - Aberdeen - Scotland - Man United]
2. Rinus Michels
[Asser Boys - JOS - A.F.C. - Ajax - Barcelona - Netherlands - Ajax - Barcelona - LA Aztecs - Köln - Netherlands - Bayer Leverkusen - Netherlands]
3. Arrigo Sacchi
[Fusignano - Alfonsine - Bellaria - Rimini - Parma - Milan - Italy - Milan - Atlético - Parma]
4. Pep Guardiola
[Barcelona B - Barcelona - FC Bayern - Man City]
5. Johan Cruyff
[Ajax - Barcelona - Catalonia]
6. Helenio Herrera
[Puteaux - Stade Français - Valladolid - Atlético - Málaga - Deportivo - Sevilla - Belenenses - Barcelona - Spain - Inter - Italy - Roma - Inter - Rimini - Barcelona]
7. José Mourinho
[Benfica - Leiria - FC Porto - Chelsea - Inter - Real Madrid - Chelsea - Man United - Tottenham - Roma]
8. Brian Clough
[Hartlepool - Derby County - Brighton - Leeds - Nott'm Forest]
9. Giovanni Trapattoni
[Milan - Juventus - Inter - Juventus - FC Bayern - Cagliari - FC Bayern - Fiorentina - Italy - Benfica - Stuttgart - RB Salzburg - Ireland]
10. Carlo Ancelotti
[Italy (ass.) - Reggiana - Parma - Juventus - Milan - Chelsea - PSG - Real Madrid - FC Bayern - Napoli - Everton - Real Madrid]
11. Ernst Happel
[ADO Den Haag - San Francisco Gales - Feyenoord - Sevilla - Brugge - Netherlands - Harelbeke - Standard Liège - Hamburger SV - Swarovski Tirol - Austria]
12. Bill Shankly
[Carlisle - Grimsby - Workington - Huddersfield - Liverpool]
13. Valery Lobanovsky
[Dnipro - Dynamo Kyiv - USSR - Ukraine - USSR - Dynamo Kyiv/USSR - UAE - Kuwait - Dynamo Kyiv - Ukraine]
14. Matt Busby
[Man United - Great Britain - Scotland - Man United]
15. Marcello Lippi
[Pontedera - Siena - Pistoiese - Carrarese - Cesena - Lucchese - Atalanta - Napoli - Juventus - Inter - Juventus - Italy - Guangzhou Evergrande - China]
16. Bob Paisley
[Liverpool]
17. Nereo Rocco
[Triestina - Treviso - Triestina - Padova - Italy Olympic - Milan - Torino - Milan - Fiorentina - Milan]
18. Louis van Gaal
[Ajax - Barcelona - Netherlands- Netherlands U20 - Barcelona - Ajax - AZ - FC Bayern - Netherlands - Man United - Netherlands]
19. Fabio Capello
[Milan - Real Madrid - Milan - Roma - Juventus - Real Madrid - England - Ryssland - Jiangsu Suning]
20. Ottmar Hitzfeld
[Zug - Aarau - Grasshoppers - Bor. Dortmund - FC Bayern - Switzerland]
21. Vicente del Bosque
[Real Madrid Castilla - Real Madrid - Beşiktaş - Spain]
22. Béla Guttmann
[Hakoah Wien - Enschede - Hakoah Wien - Újpest -Vasas - Ciocanul - Újpest - Kispest - Padova - Triestina - Quilmes - APOEL - Milan - Vicenza - Honvéd - São Paulo - FC Porto - Benfica - Peñarol - Austria - Benfica - Servette - Panathinaikos - Austria Wien - FC Porto]
23. Telê Santana
[Fluminense - Atlético-MG - São Paulo - Atlético-MG - Botafogo - Grêmio - Palmeiras - Brazil - Al-Ahli Jeddah - Brazil - Atlético-MG - Flamengo - Fluminense - Palmeiras - São Paulo]
24. Arsène Wenger
[Nancy - Monaco - Nagoya Grampus Eight - Arsenal]
25. Miguel Muñoz
[Real Madrid - Plus Ultra - Real Madrid - Spain - Granada - Las Palmas - Sevilla - Spain]
26. Jürgen Klopp
[Mainz - Bor. Dortmund - Liverpool]
27. Jupp Heynckes
[Mönchengladbach - FC Bayern - Athletic Bilbao - Eintr. Frankfurt - Tenerife - Real Madrid - Benfica - Athletic Bilbao - Schalke 04 - Mönchengladbach - FC Bayern - Bayer Leverkusen - FC Bayern]
28. Herbert Chapman
[Northampton - Leeds - Huddersfield - Arsenal]
29. Jock Stein
[Dunfermline - Hibernian - Scotland - Celtic - Leeds - Scotland]
30. Mário Zagallo
[Botafogo - Brazil - Fluminense - Flamengo - Botafogo - Kuwait - Botafogo - Al-Hilal Riyadh - Vasco da Gama - Saudi Arabia - Flamengo - Botafogo - Bangu - FAE - Vasco da Gama - Brazil - Portuguesa - Flamengo - Brazil]
31. Udo Lattek
[Wipperfürth - West Germany (ass.) - FC Bayern - Mönchengladbach - Bor. Dortmund - Barcelona - FC Bayern - Köln - Schalke 04 - Bor. Dortmund]
32. Otto Rehhagel
[Rockenhausen - Saarbrücken - Kickers Offenbach - Werder Bremen - Bor. Dortmund - Arminia Bielefeld - Fortuna Düsseldorf - Werder Bremen - FC Bayern - Kaiserslautern - Greece - Hertha BSC]
33. Zinédine Zidane
[Real Madrid (ass.) - Real Madrid]
34. Guus Hiddink
[PSV - Fenerbahçe - Valencia - Netherlands - Real Madrid - Betis - Sydkorea - PSV - Australia - Russia - Chelsea - Turkey - Anzhi - Netherlands - Chelsea - China U21 - Curaçao - Australien (ass.)]
35. Vittorio Pozzo
[Italy - Torino - Italy - Milan - Italy]
36. Rafa Benítez
[Real Madrid (ass.) - Real Madrid Castilla - Valladolid - Osasuna - Extremadura - Tenerife - Valencia - Liverpool - Inter - Chelsea - Napoli - Real Madrid - Newcastle - Dalian - Everton]
37. Viktor Maslov
[Torpedo Moscow - Torpedo Gorky - FShM Moscow - Burevestnik Chişinău - Torpedo Moscow - SKA Rostov - Dynamo Kyiv - Torpedo Moscow - Ararat Yerevan]
38. Luis Aragonés
[Atlético - Betis - Atlético - Barcelona - Espanyol - Atlético - Sevilla - Valencia - Betis - Oviedo - Mallorca - Atlético - Mallorca - Spain - Fenerbahçe]
39. Albert Batteux
[Reims - France - Grenoble - Saint-Étienne - Avignon - Nice - Marseille]
40. Luiz Felipe Scolari
[CSA - Juventude - Brasil de Pelotas - Al-Shabab Riyadh - Pelotas - Juventude - Grêmio - Goiás - Al Qadisiya - Kuwait - Coritiba - Criciúma - Al-Ahli - Al Qadisiya - Grêmio - Júbilo Iwata - Palmeiras - Cruzeiro - Brazil - Portugal - Chelsea - Bunyodkor - Palmeiras - Brazil - Grêmio - Guangzhou Evergrande - Palmeiras - Cruzeiro - Grêmio - Athletico-PA]
41. José "Pepe" Villalonga
[Real Madrid - Atlético - Spain]
42. Alf Ramsey
[Ipswich - England - Birmingham City - Panathinaikos]
43. Carlos Alberto Parreira
[Ghana - Fluminense - Kuwait - Brazil - Fluminense - UAE - Saudi Arabia - UAE- Bragantino - Brazil- Valencia - Fenerbahçe - São Paulo - MetroStars - Saudi Arabia - Fluminense - Atlético-MG - Santos - Internacional - Corinthians - Brazil - South Africa - Fluminense - South Africa - Brazil]
44. Diego Simeone
[Racing Club - Estudiantes - River Plate - San Lorenzo - Catania - Racing Club - Atlético]
45. Didier Deschamps
[Monaco - Juventus - Marseille - France]
46. Bobby Robson
[Vancouver Royal Canadians - Fulham - Ipswich - England - PSV - Sporting - FC Porto - Barcelona - PSV - Newcastle]
47. César Luis "Flaco" Menotti
[Newell's Old Boys - Huracán - Argentina - Argentina U20 - Barcelona - Boca Juniors - Atlético - River Plate - Peñarol - Mexico - Boca Juniors - Independiente - Sampdoria - Independiente - Rosario Central - Independiente - Puebla - Tecos]
48. Kenny Dalglish
[Liverpool - Blackburn - Newcastle - Celtic - Liverpool]
49. Carlos Salvador Bilardo
[Estudiantes - Deportivo Cali - San Lorenzo - Colombia - Estudiantes - Argentina - Sevilla - Boca Juniors - Guatemala - Libya - Estudiantes]
50. Marcelo "Loco" Bielsa
[Newell's Old Boys - Atlas - América - Vélez Sarsfield - Espanyol - Argentina - Argentina U23 - Chile - Athletic Bilbao - Marseille - Lazio - Lille - Leeds]
51. Franz Beckenbauer
[West Germany - Marseille - FC Bayern]
52. Tomislav Ivić
[RNK Split - Šibenik - Yugoslavia - Hajduk Split - Ajax - Hajduk Split - Anderlecht - Galatasaray - Dinamo Zagreb - Avellino - Panathinaikos - Hajduk Split - FC Porto - PSG - Atlético - Marseille - Benfica - FC Porto - Croatia - Fenerbahçe - UAE - Al Wasl Dubai - Hajduk Split - Pirouzi Tehran - Iran - Standard Liège - Marseille - Al-Ittihad Jeddah]
53. Gusztáv Sebes
[Szentlőrinci - WMKASE - Csepel - Budafok - Hungary - Diósgyőr]
54. Jimmy Hogan
[Dordrecht - Netherlands - Wiener Amateure - MTK Budapest - Young Boys - Switzerland - Lausanne - Dresdner SC - MTK Budapest - Austria Wien - Racing Paris - Lausanne - Fulham - Aston Villa]
55. Guy Roux
[Auxerre - Lens]
56. Bill Nicholson
[Tottenham]
57. Helmut Schön
[Saarland - Saarbrücken - West Germany]
58. Carlos "Virrey" Bianchi
[Reims - Nice - Vélez Sarsfield - Roma - Boca Juniors - Atlético - Boca Juniors]
59. Leo Beenhakker
[Epe - Go Ahead Eagles (ass.) - Veendam - Cambuur - Go Ahead Eagles - Ajax - Zaragoza - Volendam - Netherlands - Real Madrid - Ajax - Netherlands - Real Madrid - Grasshoppers - Saudi Arabia - América - İstanbulspor - Guadalajara - Vitesse - Feyenoord - Ajax - América - Trinidad & Tobago - Poland - Feyenoord]
60. Ștefan Kovács
[Universitatea Cluj - CFR Cluj - Romania (ass.) - Steaua - Ajax - France - Romania - Panathinaikos - Monaco]
61. Sven-Göran Eriksson
[Degerfors - IFK Göteborg - Benfica - Roma - Fiorentina - Benfica - Sampdoria - Lazio - England - Man City - Mexico - Ivory Coast - Leicester - Guangzhou - Shanghai SIPG - Shenzhen - Philippines]
62. Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler
[Köln player-coach - Rheydt - Germany (ass.) - Köln - Viktoria Köln - Mönchengladbach - Barcelona - Köln - New York Cosmos - Grasshoppers]
63. Mircea Lucescu
[Corvinul - Romania - Dinamo București - Pisa - Brescia - Reggiana - Rapid București - Inter - Rapid București - Galatasaray - Beşiktaş - Shakhtar Donetsk - Zenit Saint Petersburg - Turkey - Dynamo Kyiv]
64. Don Revie
[Leeds - England - UAE - Al-Nasr Dubai - Al-Ahly]
65. George Graham
[Millwall - Arsenal - Leeds - Tottenham]
66. Bill Struth
[Rangers]
67. Hassan Shehata
[Zamalek (ass.) - Al-Wasl Dubai - Al-Merreikh Omdurman - Ittihad El Shorta - Al Ittihad Alexandria - Ittihad El Shorta - Zamalek (ass.) - El Minya - El Sharkia - El Shams - Al-Ahly Benghazi - Suez - Al-Fujairah - Dina Farms - Egypt U20 - El Mokawloon - Egypt - Zamalek - Al-Arabi - Difaâ El Jadidi - El Mokawloon - Petrojet]
68. Jean-Claude "Coco" Suaudeau
[FC Nantes]
69. Malcolm "Big Mal" Allison
[Bath City - Toronto City - Plymouth - Man City - Crystal Palace - Galatasaray - Plymouth - Man City - Crystal Palace - Yeovil - Sporting CP - Middlesbrough - Willington - Kuwait - Vitória Setúbal - Farense - Fisher Athletic - Bristol Rovers]
70. Artur Jorge
[Vitória Guimarães - Belenenses - Portimonense - FC Porto - Racing Paris - FC Porto - PSG - Benfica - Switzerland - Portugal - Tenerife - Vitesse - PSG - Al-Nassr Riyadh - Al-Hilal Riyadh - Académica Coimbra - CSKA Moscow - Cameroon - Al-Nassr - Créteil - MC Alger]
71. Frank Rijkaard
[Netherlands - Sparta Rotterdam - Barcelona - Galatasaray - Saudi Arabia]
72. Willie Maley
[Celtic]
73. Luis Carniglia
[Nice - Real Madrid - Fiorentina - Bari - Roma - Milan - Deportivo - Bologna - Juventus - San Lorenzo - Bordeaux]
74. Nevio Scala
[Reggina - Parma - Perugia - Bor. Dortmund - Beşiktaş - Shakhtar Donetsk - Spartak Moscow]
75. Emerich Jenei
[Steaua - Bihor Oradea - Târgovişte - Steaua - Romania - Steaua - Hungary - Videoton - Steaua - Panionios - U Craiova - Steaua - Romania]
76. Fernando Santos
[Estoril - Estrela Amadora - FC Porto - AEK Athens - Panathinaikos - Sporting - AEK Athens - Benfica - PAOK - Greece - Portugal]
77. Dettmar Cramer
[West Germany (ass.) - Egypt - USA - Hertha BSC - FC Bayern - Eintr. Frankfurt - Al-Ittihad Jeddah - Aris Salonika - Bayer Leverkusen - Malaysia - Thailand]
78. Joachim Löw
[Frauenfeld - Stuttgart - Fenerbahçe - Karlsruhe - Adanaspor - Tirol Innsbruck - Austria Wien - Germany]
79. Gavriil Kachalin
[Trudovye Rezervy - Lokomotiv Moscow - USSR - Pakhtakor Tashkent - Dinamo Tbilisi - USSR U21 - USSR Olympic - USSR - Dinamo Tbilisi - Dynamo Moscow - Pakhtakor Tashkent]
80. Enzo Bearzot
[Prato - Italy U23 - Italy]
81. Howard Kendall
[Blackburn - Everton - Athletic Bilbao - Man City - Everton - Xanthi - Notts County - Sheffield United - Everton - Ethnikos Piraeus]
82. Robert Herbin
[Saint-Étienne - Lyon - Al-Nasr Riyadh - Strasbourg - Saint-Étienne - Red Star Paris]
83. Vic Buckingham
[Pegasus - Bradford Park Avenue - West Bromwich - Ajax - Sheffield Wednesday - Ajax - Fulham - Ethnikos Piraeus - Barcelona - Sevilla - Ethnikos Piraeus - Olympiakos - Rodos]
84. José Pékerman
[Argentina U20, Argentina, Toluca, Tigres UANL, Colombia, Venezuela]
85. Michel Hidalgo
[Menton - Monaco B - France (ass.) - France]
85. Nils Liedholm
[Milan - Verona - Monza - Varese - Fiorentina - Roma - Milan - Roma - Milan - Roma - Verona - Roma]
86. Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević
[Vevey - Sion - Switzerland - Lausanne - Rijeka - Dinamo Zagreb - Grasshoppers - Priština - Dinamo Zagreb - FC Nantes - PAOK - Croatia Zagreb - Croatia - Iran - Osijek - Dinamo Zagreb - Mura - Varteks - Hajduk Split - Neuchâtel Xamax - NK Zagreb - Bosnia & Herzegovina - Shanghai Shenhua - China U23 - Mes Kerman - NK Zagreb - Sloboda Tuzla - Zadar]
87. Alberto Suppici
[Uruguay - Central Español - Montevideo Wanderers - Uruguay - Peñarol]
88. Vicente Feola
[São Paulo - Brazil - Boca Juniors - Brazil]
89. Stan Cullis
[Wolverhampton - Birmingham City]
90. João Saldanha
[Botafogo - Brazil]
91. Juan López Fontana
[Uruguay - Peñarol - Uruguay - Ecuador]
92. Dick Advocaat
[DSVP - Netherlands women - Haarlem - SVV - Dordrecht - Netherlands - PSV - Rangers - Netherlands - Mönchengladbach - UAE - South Korea - Zenit Saint Petersburg - Belgium - AZ - Russia - PSV - AZ - Serbia - Sunderland - Fenerbahçe - Netherlands - Sparta Rotterdam - Utrecht - Feyenoord - Iraq - ADO Den Haag]
93. Vujadin Boškov
[Young Fellows Zürich - Yugoslavia - ADO Den Haag - Feyenoord - Zaragoza - Real Madrid - Sporting Gijón - Ascoli - Sampdoria - Roma - Napoli - Servette - Sampdoria - Perugia - Yugoslavia]
94. Luciano Spalletti
[Empoli - Sampdoria - Venezia - Udinese - Ancona - Udinese - Roma - Zenit Saint Petersburg - Roma - Inter - Napoli]
95. Miljan Miljanić
[Yugoslavia - Crvena Zvezda - Yugoslavia - Real Madrid - Yugoslavia - Valencia - Al Qadisiya - Al Ain - Yugoslavia]
96. Alfio "Coco" Basile
[Chacarita Juniors - Rosario Central - Racing - Racing Córdoba - Instituto Córdoba - Racing Córdoba - Huracán - Nacional - Racing Córdoba - Talleres Córdoba - Vélez Sársfield - Racing - Vélez Sársfield - Argentina - Atlético - Racing - San Lorenzo - América - Colón Santa Fe - Boca Juniors - Argentina - Boca Juniors - Racing]
97. Claudio Ranieri
[Vigor Lamezia - Puteolana - Cagliari - Napoli - Fiorentina - Valencia - Atlético - Chelsea - Valencia - Parma - Juventus - Roma - Inter - Monaco - Greece - Leicester - FC Nantes - Fulham - Roma - Sampdoria - Watford - Cagliari]
98. Massimiliano "Max" Allegri
[Aglianese - SPAL - Grosseto - Sassuolo - Cagliari - Milan - Juventus]
99. Nils Arne Eggen
[Rosenborg - Norway U21 - Norway - Rosenborg - Orkdal - Moss - Norway U23 - Rosenborg - Orkla]
100. Egil "Drillo" Olsen
[Frigg - Hasle-Løren - Østsiden - Fossum - Frigg - Norway U21 - Frigg - Lyn - Aalesund - Norway U23 - Norway - Vålerenga - Wimbledon - Norway U19 - Fredrikstad - Iraq - Norway]
Keep me caffeinated :)
22 December, 2022
Some recent GOAT rankings
FourFourTwo (Nov 2022) UK
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. Pelé
5. Zidane
6. Cruyff
7. Best
8. Beckenbauer
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. G. Müller
12. Di Stéfano
13. Platini
14. Zico
15. Garrincha
16. B. Charlton
17. Maldini
18. Romário
19. Meazza
20. Iniesta
SportMob (Nov 2022)
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Pelé
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Garrincha
11. Ronaldo
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Ronaldinho
Wow Nieuws (2022) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Maradona
4. Pelé
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini
Memorias del Fútbol (Oct 2021) Spain
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Di Stéfano
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Cruyff
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Puskás
10. Platini
11. Zidane
12. Garrincha
13. Ronaldinho
14. Eusébio
15. van Basten
16. Best
17. G. Müller
18. Zico
19. Maldini
20. Romário
Fútbol Moderno (Jan 2021) Spain
1. Messi
2. Pelé
=. Maradona
4. Cruyff
5. Di Stéfano
6. Zidane
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. Platini
11. Ronaldinho
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. Best
18. van Basten
19. Iniesta
20. Baggio
90Min (Aug 2020) Germany
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Cristiano Ronaldo
12. G. Müller
13. Garrincha
14. Maldini
15. Puskás
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. Ronaldinho
20. van Basten
Sports (July 2020) France
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Messi
4. Cruyff
5. Ronaldo
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Zidane
8. Platini
9. Beckenbauer
10. Di Stéfano
11. G. Müller
12. Garrincha
13. Romário
14. Best
15. Puskás
16. Eusébio
17. van Basten
18. Ronaldinho
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton
Sports Illustrated (May 2019) USA
1. Maradona
2. Pelé
3. Messi
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Garrincha
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. Cristiano Ronaldo
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. van Basten
20. Eusébio
FourFourTwo (July 2017) UK
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Cruyff
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini
Voetbal International (June 2017) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Pelé
5. Di Stéfano
6. Ronaldo
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Zidane
9. Beckenbauer
10. van Basten
11. Garrincha
12. Best
13. Romário
14. Puskás
15. Zico
16. Platini
17. Ronaldinho
18. G. Muller
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton
Xtrahistory (Jan 2013)
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Beckenbauer
7. Di Stéfano
8. Platini
9. Puskás
10. Zidane
11. Zico
12. Garrincha
13. G. Müller
14. Ronaldo
15. Matthäus
16. Eusébio
17. Meazza
18. B. Charlton
19. Kopa
20. Maldini
World Soccer (Dec 1999) UK
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Beckenbauer
5. Platini
6. Di Stéfano
7. Puskás
8. Best
9. van Basten
10. Eusébio
11. Yashin
12. B. Charlton
13. Ronaldo
14. Moore
15. G. Müller
16. Baggio
17. Matthews
18. Zico
19. F. Baresi
20. Garrincha














