The World Cup Invincibles

Percentage of lost games at World Cups 1930-2022 (min. 13 games played)

6,2% Roberto Baggio    

6,7% Didi

7,1% Pelé, Zico, Kylian Mbappé  

7,7% Neymar

8,3% Garrincha

11,1% Franz Beckenbauer

11,8% Thierry Henry     

13,0% Paolo Maldini     

13,3% Arjen Robben    

14,3% Paolo Rossi, Terry Butcher    

15,0% Philipp Lahm    

15,4% Gerd Müller, David Beckham    

15,8% Berti Vogts, Ronaldo 

16,0% Lothar Matthäus   

16,7% Miroslav Klose   

17,6% Roberto Carlos    

18,8% Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

19,0% Uwe Seeler   

19,2% Leo Messi

20,0% Grzegorz Lato, Xavi

21,1% Luka Modrić     

21,4% Ruud Krol, Andrés Iniesta     

23,1% Kazimierz Deyna, Kevin De Bruyne   

23,8% Diego Maradona  

25,0% Jairzinho, Zbigniew Boniek    

26,3% Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

28,6% Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore 

31,8% Cristiano Ronaldo  

36,8% Rafa Márquez     

38,9% Mario Kempes    

46,2% Teófilo Cubillas    

 

The top 100 players of the 21st century

1 Lionel Messi (Argentina)

2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

3 Andrés Iniesta (Spain)

4 Zinédine Zidane (France)

5 Xavi (Spain)

6 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Brazil)

7 Thierry Henry (France)

8 Luka Modrić (Croatia)

9 Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

10 Sergio Ramos (Spain)

11 Kaká (Brazil)

12 Karim Benzema (France)

13 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)

14 Ronaldo (Brazil)

15 Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

16 Manuel Neuer (Germany)

17 Dani Alves (Brazil)

18 Wayne Rooney (England)

19 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

20 Sergi Busquets (Spain)

21 Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

22 Philipp Lahm (Germany)

23 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)

24 Neymar (Brazil)

25 Toni Kroos (Germany)

26 Iker Casillas (Spain) 

27 Thomas Müller (Germany)

28 Steven Gerrard (England)

29 Arjen Robben (Netherlands)

30 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)

31 Francesco Totti (Italy)

32 Piqué (Spain)

33 Sergio "Kun" Agüero (Argentina)

34 Gareth Bale (Wales)

35 Patrick Vieira (France)

36 Carles Puyol (Spain)

37 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)

38 Mo Salah (Egypt)

39 Rio Ferdinand (England)

40 Luís Figo (Portugal)

41 Claude Makélélé (France)

42 Kylian Mbappé (France)

43 Franck Ribéry (France)

44 Frank Lampard (England)

45 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

46 John Terry (England)

47 Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire)

48 Vincent Kompany (Belgium)

49 Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire)

50 Paolo Maldini (Italy)

51 Xabi Alonso (Spain)

52 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)

53 David Villa (Spain)

54 Radamel Falcao (Colombia)

55 Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)

56 Petr Čech (Czech Republic)

57 Michael Ballack (Germany)

58 Ángel Di María (Argentina)

59 Paul Scholes (England)

60 Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

61 Eden Hazard (Belgium)

62 Nemanja Vidić (Serbia)

63 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)

64 Marcelo (Brazil)

65 David Beckham (England)

66 Cafú (Brazil)

67 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)

68 Raúl (Spain)

69 Cesc Fàbregas (Spain)

70 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

71 Alessandro Nesta (Italy)

72 David Silva (Spain)

73 Jan Oblak (Slovenia)

74 N'Golo Kanté (France)

75 Harry Kane (England)

77 Ivan Rakitic (Croatia)

78 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)

79 Alexis Sánchez (Chile)

80 Ryan Giggs (Wales)

81 Raheem Sterling (England)

82 Raphaël Varane (France)

83 Henrik Larsson (Sweden)

84 Fernando Torres (Spain)

85 Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)

86 Thiago Silva (Brazil)

87 Ashley Cole (England)

88 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)

89 Hernán Crespo (Argentina)

90 Arturo Vidal (Chile)

91 Carlos Tévez (Argentina)

92 Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)

93 Mesut Özil (Germany)

94 Javier Zanetti (Argentina)

95 Deco (Brazil/Portugal)

96 De Gea (Spain)

97 Luca Toni (Italy)

98 Rivaldo (Brazil)

99 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England)

100 Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Goalkeepers in red.

               1- 51-tot

Spain           7  7  14

Brazil          5  6  11

England         5  6  11

France          7  2   9

Germany         4  4   8

Italy           4  3   7

Argentina       2  5   7

Netherlands     1  4   5

Belgium         2  2   4

Portugal        2  1   3

Côte d'Ivoire   2  0   2

Croatia         1  1   2

Uruguay         1  1   2

Sweden          1  1   2

Wales           1  1   2

Czech Republic  0  2   2

Chile           0  2   2

Poland          1  0   1

Cameroon        1  0   1

Ukraine         1  0   1

Ukraine         1  0   1

Egypt           1  0   1

Colombia        0  1   1

Serbia          0  1   1

Slovenia        0  1   1

Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Premio Bravo 1997

Guerin Sportivo's award to the best U21 player in Europe.

1. Ronaldo (Barcelona)

2. Raúl (Real Madrid)

3. Thierry Henry (Monaco)

4. Gianluigi Buffon (Parma)

5. Iván de la Peña (Barcelona)

6. Lars Ricken (Dortmund)

7. Jon Dahl Tomasson (Heerenveen)

8. Phil Neville (Man United)

9. Boudewijn Zenden (PSV)

10. Robert Ibertsberger (Austria Salzburg)

Highest goal ratio in Premier League history

At least 125 goals scored.

0,678 per game: Thierry Henry

0,669 Sergio "Kun" Agüero

0,666 Harry Kane

0,599 Mo Salah

0,590 Alan Shearer

0,514 Robin van Persie

0,460 Michael Owen

0,452 Andy Cole

0,441 Jamie Vardy, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

0,430 Robbie Fowler

0,425 Les Ferdinand

0,424 Wayne Rooney

0,361 Robbie Keane

0,349 Teddy Sheringham

0,343 Nicolas Anelka

0,327 Jermain Defoe

0,291 Frank Lampard

Arsenal ratings 2005/06

6,70 Thierry Henry

6,39 Kolo Touré

6,33 Ashley Cole

6,26 Jens Lehmann, Emmanuel Eboué

6,25 Robin van Persie

6,24 Fredrik Ljungberg

6,23 Reyes

6,19 Aliaksandr Hleb

6,17 Sol Campbell, Robert Pirès

6,14 Cesc Fàbregas, Emmanuel Adebayor

6,12 Gilberto Silva

6,08 Lauren Etame Mayer

6,05 Dennis Bergkamp

6,04 Philippe Senderos

5,95 Pascal Cygan

5,77 Mathieu Flamini

Top three assist providers per country in Premier League history

England : 297

103: Wayne Rooney, 102: Frank Lampard, 92: Steven Gerrard

 

Spain : 258

111: Cesc Fàbregas, 93: David Silva, 54: Juan Mata

 

Wales : 252

162: Ryan Giggs, 46: Aaron Ramsey, 44: Gary Speed

 

Netherlands : 205

94: Dennis Bergkamp, 58: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 53: Robin van Persie

Belgium : 202

113: Kevin De Bruyne, 54: Eden Hazard, 35: Romelu Lukaku

 

France : 185

74: Thierry Henry, 56: Éric Cantona, 55: Steed Malbranque

Scotland : 139

59: Andy Robertson, 47: Gary McAllister, 33: James Morrison

Brazil : 135

50: Roberto Firmino, 45: Willian, 40: Gabriel Jesus

Portugal : 129

44: Bernardo Silva, 43: Nani, 42: Bruno Fernandes

Ireland : 129

55: Damien Duff, 37: Robbie Keane, Niall Quinn

Germany : 127

54: Mesut Özil, 45: Pascal Groß, 28: Leroy Sané

 

Italy : 126

49: Paolo Di Canio, 42: Gianfranco Zola, 35: Benito Carbone

 

Denmark : 123

76: Christian Eriksen, 25: Thomas Gravesen, 22: Claus Jensen

 

Côte d'Ivoire : 116

55: Didier Drogba, 32: Yaya Touré, 29: Wilfried Zaha

 

Argentina : 106

47: Sergio Agüero, 36: Carlos Tevez, 23: Érik Lamela

 

Norway : 106

39: Morten Gamst Pedersen, 37: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, 30: John Arne Riise

Northern Ireland : 100

49: Chris Brunt, 26: Michael Hughes, 25: Keith Gillespie

 

Iceland : 99

50: Gylfi Sigurdsson, 28: Eidur Gudjohnsen, 21: Jóhann Gudmundsson

Australia : 96

38: Harry Kewell, 30: Brett Emerton, 28: Mark Viduka

 

South Korea : 93

62: Son Heung-Min, 21: Park Ji-Sung, 10: Lee Chung-Yong

Egypt : 91

72: Mo Salah, 13: Ahmed El Mohamady, 6: Mido

 

Nigeria : 84

29: Alex Iwobi, Nwankwo Kanu, 26: Yakubu Ayegbeni

Algeria : 83

61: Riyad Mahrez, 16: Saïd Benrahma, 6: Ali Benarbia

Sweden : 74

29: Fredrik Ljungberg, 26: Sebastian Larsson, 19: Dejan Kulusevski

Czechia : 74

31: Patrik Berger, 24: Vladimir Šmicer, 19: Vladimír Coufal

 

Serbia : 70

27: Dusan Tadic, 23: Nemanja Matic, 20: Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov

 

Uruguay : 59

24: Gustavo Poyet, 23: Luis Suárez, 12: Gastón Ramírez

Ghana : 49

25: Jordan Ayew, 14: Jeffrey Schlupp, 10: Michael Essien

Russia : 48

21: Andrei Kanchelskis, 20: Andrey Arshavin, 7: Roman Pavlyuchenko

 

Croatia : 43

15: Niko Kranjčar, Luka Modric, 13: Mateo Kovačić

USA : 37

19: Clint Dempsey, 9: Brian McBride, Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson

Greece : 34

14: José Holebas, 11: Stelios Giannakopoulos, 9: Kostas Tsimikas

Finland : 25

9: Jonatan Johansson, 8: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä

Ukraine : 25

11: Oleksandr Zinchenko, 7: Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko

Japan : 22

10: Kaoru Mitoma, 6: Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Kagawa

Poland : 19

8: Matty Cash, 7: Mateusz Klich, 4: Kamil Grosicki, Robert Warzycha

Hungary : 17

12: Zoltán Gera, 3: Dominik Szoboszlai, 2: Ákos Buzsáky

France ratings in the Euro 2000

7,10 Zinédine Zidane

6,66 Thierry Henry

6,53 Fabien Barthez, Laurent Blanc

6,46 Sylvain Wiltord

6,38 Bixente Lizarazu

6,33 Didier Deschamps, David Trezeguet

6,31  Patrick Vieira

6,29 Marcel Desailly

6,27 Christophe Dugarry

6,21 Youri Djorkaeff

6,07 Lilian Thuram

5,79 Emmanuel Petit

5,64 Nicolas Anelka

France ratings in the Euro 2008

Coach: Raymond Domenech.

6,25 Franck Ribéry

6,03 Claude Makélélé

6,00 Jérémy Toulalan, Thierry Henry

5,87 Grégory Coupet

5,80 Willy Sagnol

5,60 Lilian Thuram,  Sidney Govou

5,53 William Gallas

5,40 Florent Malouda

5,35 Bafétimbi Gomis

5,30 Patrice Evra

5,10 Eric Abidal

Top rated Premier League players 2003/04

6,85 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

6,78 Jonathan Woodgate (Newcastle), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

6,62 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)

6,58 Roy Keane (Man United)

6,55 Dean Kiely (Charlton)

6,51 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

6,47 Antti Niemi (Southampton)

6,46 Robert Pirès (Arsenal), Gaizka Mendieta (Middlesbrough), Muzzy Izzet (Leicester)

6,44 Paul Scholes (Man United)

6,36 Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton)

6,34 Alan Shearer (Newcastle)

6,32 Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City)

6,30 Colin Cooper (Middlesbrough)

The 100 greatest personalities in English League history

 

According to Expressen (Sweden), in the summer of 2020.

1. T. Henry
2. Shearer
3. Moore
4. Dalglish
5. Cantona
6. Rooney
7. B. Charlton
8. Giggs
9. Bremner
10. Gerrard
11. Adams
12. Sir Alex
13. Lampard Jr
14. Shilton
15. Scholes
16. Best
17. Rush
18. Greaves
19. Keegan
20. B. Wright
21. Beckham
22. Roy Keane
23. Agüero
24. Terry
25. Bergkamp
26. Lineker
27. Bryan Robson
28. Matthews
29. J. Barnes
30. Dean
31. Vieira
32. Bobby Robson
33. Owen
34. Law
35. Rio Ferdinand
36. P. Schmeichel
37. Finney
38. Hurst
39. Cristiano Ronaldo
40. Ashley Cole
41. Zola
42. Salah
43. Le Tissier
44. Vidic
45. Ince
46. Banks
47. Kompany
48. D. Edwards
49. Drogba
50. Cech
51. Carrick
52. Gascoigne
53. Wenger
54. Halliday
55. van Nistelrooy
56. K. Hibbitt
57. Sheringham
58. Andy Cole
59. Ball
60. Mourinho
61. McGregor
62. Jennings
63. Speed
64. Waddle
65. Hoddle
66. Gallacher
67. S. Campbell
68. Irwin
69. Hazard
70. Fowler
71. Yorke
72. I. Wright
73. Grobbelaar
74. Kane
75. van Persie
76. Busby
77. Suárez
78. Vardy
79. Stam
80. Beattie
81. Peters
82. Y. Touré
83. Seaman
84. Ramsey
85. Barry
86. L. Ferdinand
87. Brady
88. David Silva
89. Crouch
90. Pearce
91. Hyypiä
92. Osgood
93. A. Kennedy
94. Klopp
95. Armfield
96. Lofthouse
97. Dunne
98. Aitken
99. Ljungberg
100. V. Jones

France ratings in the 1998 World Cup

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Memory Lane: 1998 World Cup (L'Équipe ratings)

 

At least five rated appearances.

7,17 Thuram (France)
7,07 Desailly (France)
6,92 Petit (France)
6,60 B. Laudrup (Denmark)
6,40 Ortega & Verón (Argentina), Bergkamp (Holland)
6,36 Rivaldo (Brazil)
6,33 Davids (Holland)
6,30 Henry (France)

The final, France 3, Brazil 0.
France: Barthez 8 — Desailly 7,5, Lizarazu 7, Thuram 8, Lebœuf 7 — Deschamps 7,5, Djorkaeff 7 (74' Vieira), Zidane 9, Karembeu 6 (56' Boghossian) — Petit 7,5, Guivarc'h 6 (66' Dugarry). = average: 7,32.
Brasilien: Taffarel 5,5 — Cafú 5, Júnior Baiano 4, Aldair 3,5, Roberto Carlos 4,5 — César Sampaio 4,5 (57' Edmundo), Leonardo 4,5 (46' Denílson 6), Dunga 4,5, Rivaldo 5 — Ronaldo 4, Bebeto 4. = average: 4,58.

Les notes des Bleus Champions du Monde 1998

Notes: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Highest percentage of team's assists, Premiership 2000-20

30,6% Mesut Özil (Arsenal 15/16): 7 to Olivier Giroud 

28,9% Thierry Henry (Arsenal 02/03): Robert Pirès 6

28,9% Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea 16/17): Fernando Llorente 6

28,6% Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland 07/08): Kieran Richardson 2

27,3% Matthew Etherington (Stoke 09/10): Tuncay Sanli 2

26,9% Jermaine Pennant (Birmingham 05/06): Emile Heskey 2

26,8% Wayne Routledge (Crystal Palace 04/05): Andrew Johnson 3

26,7% Nolberto Solano (Newcastle 99/00): Alan Shearer 7

26,1% Muzzy Izzet (Leicester 03/04): Les Ferdinand 5

26,0% Mikel Arteta (Everton): Andrew Johnson 3

25,5% Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth 18/19): Callum Wilson 7

25,0% James Milner (Aston Villa 09/10): Gabriel Agbonlahor 5

25,0% Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea 14/15): Diego Costa 6

24,7% Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal 07/08): Emmanuel Adebayor 6

24,6% Eden Hazard (Chelsea 18/19): Ruben Loftus-Cheek 4

24,5% Stewart Downing (M'brough 04/05): Franck Queudrue 4

24,3% Chris Brunt (WBA 14/15): James Morrison 2

24,2% Mikel Arteta (Everton 05/06): Leon Osman 2

24,2% Pascal Gross (Brighton 17/18): Glenn Murray 4

24,0% Nani (Man United 10/11): Dimitar Berbatov 5

24,0% Kevin De Bruyne (Man City 16/17): Sergio Agüero 5

23,5% Paolo Di Canio (West Ham 99/00): Paulo Wanchope 3

23,4% Brett Emerton (Blackburn 03/04): Lorenzo Amoruso 2

23,3% Stéphane Sessegnon (Sunderland 11/12): Nicklas Bendtner 2

23,3% Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea 14/15): Wilfried Bony 3

23,1% James Milner (Newcastle 08/09): Steve Sidwell 3

22,5% Frank Lampard (Chelsea 04/05): Didier Drogba 5

22,5% Nicky Shorey (Reading 07/08): Kevin Doyle 4

22,2% Hugo Rodallega (Wigan 09/10): Charles N'Zogbia 4

22,2% Ashley Young (Aston Villa 10/11): Darren Bent 3

22,1% Didier Drogba (Chelsea 10/11): Salomon Kalou 6

22,0% James Milner (Aston Villa 05/06): Liam Ridgewell 2

22,0% Leighton Baines (Everton 10/11): Tim Cahill 4

21,6% Paolo Di Canio (Charlton 03/04): Jason Euell 2

21,4% Martin Petrov (Man City 07/08): Émile Mpenza 2

21,2% Luís Boa Morte (Fulham 04/05): Andy Cole 5

21,2% Ashley Young (Aston Villa 07/08): Gabriel Agbonlahor 4

21,1% Dusan Tadic (Southampton 15/16): Sadio Mané 3

21,1% Wes Hoolahan (Norwich 15/16): Nathan Redmond 4

20,9% Luka Modric (Tottenham 08/09): Roman Pavlyuchenko 2

20,8% Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea 99/00): Gustavo Poyet 3

20,6% Ryan Giggs (Man United 03/04): Ruud van Nistelrooy 5

20,6% Juan Mata (Chelsea 11/12): John Terry 2

20,5% Matthew Phillips (QPR 14/15): Charlie Austin 3

20,0% Danny Murphy (Charlton 05/06): Darren Bent 3

20,0% Kevin De Bruyne (Man City 19/20): Sergio Agüero 6

20,0% Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham 05/06): Jermain Defoe 5

20,0% Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn 08/09): Jason Roberts 4

20,0% Matt Jarvis (Wolves 10/11): Steven Fletcher 4

20,0% Shaun Maloney (Wigan 12/13): Franco Di Santo 2

Youngest players to score 100 Premier League goals.

Michael Owen : 23yrs 4months 12days
Robbie Fowler : 23yrs 9months 7days
Wayne Rooney : 24yrs 3months 7days
Alan Shearer : 25yrs 4months 17days
Thierry Henry : 26yrs 5months 23days

Premier League: all time assist leaders.

127: Ryan Giggs   
89: Frank Lampard
85: Steven Gerrard
80: Thierry Henry
73: Wayne Rooney
71: Cesc Fàbregas
55: Didier Drogba
49: Dennis Bergkamp, Nani
48: Morten Gamst Pedersen
46: Robin van Persie, Cristiano Ronaldo   
45: Paul Scholes
44: David Beckham
43: Aaron Lennon   
42: Nolberto Solano
40: Mikel Arteta
39: Ashley Young
38: Gareth Barry, Robert Pires
37: Kevin Davies
34: Leighton Baines, Stewart Downing
33: Theo Walcott
32: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
31: Robbie Keane
30: Dirk Kuyt, David Silva, Steven Pienaar, Gabriel Agbonlahor,     Eidur Gudjohnsen
29: Fredrik Ljungberg, James Milner
28: Tim Cahill
27: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chris Brunt, Alan Shearer   
26: Brett Emerton, Matthew Etherington, Luís Boa Morte
25: Gianfranco Zola, Antonio Valencia, Gareth Bale, Joe Cole

France: average ratings in Euros & World Cups 2000-12.

At least 5 rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,50 Blanc (rated 5 times)
7,25 Zidane (16)
7,07 Lloris (7)
7,03 Vieira (19)
6,97 Barthez (19)
6,90 Petit (5)
6,82 Henry (20)
6,72 Ribéry (16)
6,70 Desailly (10), Evra, Deschamps & Djorkaeff (5)
6,61 Makelele (14)
6,55 Thuram (21), Lizarazu (10)
6,50 Gallas (17), Wiltord (9)
6,35 Sagnol & Trezeguet (10)
6,33 Dugarry (6)
6,30 Toulalan (5)
6,20 Pirès (5)
6,15 Abidal (10)
6,10 A. Diarra (5)
6,04 Malouda (13)
6,00 Benzema (6)
5,70 Silvestre (5)
5,42 Anelka (6)

Ballon d'Or 2000-12.

10 points for 1st place, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd etc, in every edition. Winners in bold text.

1. Messi : 57 points
2. Cristiano Ronaldo : 51
3. Henry : 45
4. Xavi 37
5. Shevchenko : 34
6. Iniesta : 31
7. Zidane : 30
8. Ronaldinho Gaúcho : 25
9. Kaká : 20
10. Raúl : 19
11. Casillas: 18
12. Kahn, Drogba : 16
14. Eto'o, Figo : 15
16. Maldini, Nedvěd, Ibrahimovic : 14
19. Rooney, Van Nistelrooy, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Pirlo : 12
24. Gerrard, Buffon : 11
26. F. Cannavaro, Ronaldo Fenômeno, Owen : 10
29. Lampard, Adriano, Deco, Beckham : 9
33. Fernando Torres : 8
34. Villa, Totti, Sneijder : 7
37. Forlán, Zagorakis, Ballack, Nesta, Falcao : 6
42. Luis Suárez, Arshavin : 5
44. Özil, Klose, Batistuta : 4
47. Fàbregas, Mendieta : 3
49. Robinho, Ricardo Carvalho, Bastürk, Van Persie : 2
53. Xabi Alonso, Neymar, Lehmann, Terry, Del Piero : 1

Players per nation:
1. Spain : 9
2. Brazil : 8
3. Italy : 7
4. England : 6
5. Germany : 5
6. Portugal : 4
7. Holland : 3
8. Argentina, Uruguay, France : 2.

Points per nation:
1. Spain : 127
2. Brazil : 91
3. Portugal : 77
4. France : 75
5. Argentina, Italy : 61
7. England : 52
8. Ukraine : 34
9. Germany : 31
10. Holland : 21
11. Côte d'Ivoire : 16
12. Cameroon : 15
13. Czech Republic, Sweden : 14
15. Uruguay : 11
16. Greece, Colombia : 6
18. Russia : 5
19. Turkey : 2

Players per confederation:
Europe : 42 (74%)
South America : 13 (23%)
Africa : 2 (4%)

Points per confederation:
Europe : 519 (72%)
South America : 169 (24%)
Africa : 31 (4%)

Today 11 years ago: Arsenal 3, Juventus 1.

1-0 21' Ljungberg, 2-0 27' Henry, 2-1 50' og  Taylor, 3-1 88' Ljungberg. Att: 35.421.
Arsenal: Taylor 6,50 - Lauren 5,75, Upson 6,25, Campbell 6,25, A. Cole 6,50 (89' Keown) - Ljungberg 7,00, Parlour 6,75, Vieira 6,25, Pires 6,50 - Kanu 5,25 (69' Bergkamp 6,25), Henry 7,00 (86' Grimandi). - coach: Wenger 7,00. = average: 6,35 [strong]
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Birindelli 5,50, Thuram 5,50, Montero 6,00, Pessotto 6,00 (77' Paramatti) - Zambrotta 6,50, Tudor (22' Davids 5,50), Tacchinardi 5,75, Nedved 5,75 (71' Amoruso) - Trezeguet 5,50, Del Piero 6,50. - coach: Lippi 6,00. = average: 5,86 [mediocre]