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WC
1930: Ferreyra, Monti, Stábile (Argentina),
Thépot (France), Andrade, Cea, Nasazzi,
Scarone (Uruguay). WC 1934: Sindelar
(Austria), Najedlý, Plánicka (Czechoslovakia),
Conen (Germany), Meazza, Monti, Orsi
(Italy), Zamora (Spain).
WC
1938: Domingos, Leônidas, Martim (Brasil),
Plánicka (Czechoslovakia), Aston (France),
Sárosi (Hungary), Andreolo, Meazza,
Piola, (Italy), Wilimowski (Poland).
WC
1950: Ademir, Bauer, Chico, Zizinho
(Brasil), Basora (Spain), Ghiggia,
Máspoli, Schiaffino, Varela (Uruguay),
Mitić (Yugoslavia).
WC
1954: Ocwirk (Austria), D. Santos,
Bauer, Julinho (Brasil), Bozsik, Czibor,
Hidegkuti, Kocsis, Puskás (Hungary),
Turek, Rahn, F. Walter (West Germany),
Varela, Schiaffino (Uruguay).
WC
1958: Didi, Garrincha, Pelé, N. Santos
(Brasil), Fontaine, Kopa (France),
Liedholm, Skoglund (Sweden), Rahn
(West Germany), Blanchflower (Northern
Ireland), Jaszyn (USSR).
WC
1962: Didi, Garrincha, Mauro, Vavá
(Brasil), Masopust, Schrojf (Czechoslovakia),
R. Charlton (England), Albert (Hungary),
Sekularac (Yugoslavia).
WC
1966: Banks, R. Charlton, Moore, Ball
(England), Albert (Hungary), Augusto,
Coluńa, Eusebio (Portugal), Beckenbauer,
Haller, Seeler (West Germany).
WC
1970: Alberto, Gérson, Jarzinho, Pelé,
Rivelino (Brasil), R. Charlton, Moore
(England), Facchetti, Riva (Italy),
Beckenbauer, G. Müller, Overath, Seeler
(West Germany), Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay).
WC
1974: Cruyff, Neeskens (Holland),
Deyna, Gadocha, Lato, Tomaszewski
(Poland), Hellström (Sweden), Beckenbauer,
Breitner, Maier, G. Müller, Vogst
(West Germany), Oblak (Yugoslavia).
WC
1978: Ardiles, Bertoni, Kempes, Pasarella
(Argentina), Krankl (Austria), Dirceu,
Leao (Brasil), Krol, Neeskens, Rensenbrink
(Holland), Cabrini, Rossi (Italy).
WC
1982: Eder, Falcao, Socrates, Zico
(Brasil), Giresse, Tigana (France),
Conti, Rossi, Tardelli, Zoff (Italy),
Boniek, Lato (Poland), Briegel, Rummenigge,
Stielike (West Germany).
WC
1986: Burruchaga, Maradona (Argentina),
Ceulemans (Belgium), Careca, Júlio
César (Brasil), Elkjaer-Larsen (Denmark),
Lineker (England), Amoros, Platini
(France), Schumacher (West Germany),
Biełanow (USSR).
WC
1990: Caniggia, Maradona (Argentina),
Scifo (Belgium), Careca (Brasil),
Milla (Cameroon), Gascoigne, Lineker
(England), Baggio, Baresi, Bergomi,
Schillaci (Italy), Brechme, Buchwald,
Klinsmann, Littbarski, Matthäus (West
Germany), Stojković (Yugoslavia).
WC
1994:Hristo Stoitchkov (BUL),Oleg
Salenko (RUS),Romario (BRA),Roberto
Baggio (ITA) , Jürgen Klinsmann (GER),
Bebeto(BRA),Brolin(SWE),Dahlin (SWE)
WC
1998:Fabien BARTHEZ(FRA), José Luis
CHILAVERT(PRG), Marcel DESAILLY(FRA),
Lilian THURAM(FRA), Zinedine ZIDANE(FRA)Edgar
DAVIDS(HOL), Dennis BERGKAMP(HOL),
Davar Suker(COR)
WC
2002:Rustu Recber (Turkiye), Fernando
Hierro (Spain), Michael Ballack (Germany),
Ronaldo (Brazil), Hasan Sas (Turkey),
Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Ronaldinho
(Brazil), Hasan Sas (Turkiye), Yoo
Sang-Chul (South Korea),
Most
appearances: 25 - Matthäus (West
Germany/Germany), 21 - Maradona (Argentina),
Żmuda (Poland), Seeler (West Germany),
20 - Lato (Poland)
Most
goals: 14 - G. Müller (West Germany),
13 - Fontaine (France), 12 - Pelé
(Brasil)
A-
Z All Time Greatest Players
BANKS,
Gordon - One of the best goalkeepers
in history. World Cup winner for England
in 1966.
BARESI, Franco - The outstanding central
defender of the past 15 years. Runner-up
for Italy in 1994.
BECKENBAUER,
Franz - Probably the greatest defender
in the game of all time. World Cup
winner in 1974.
BERGOMI,
Giuseppe - Faithful and reliable Italian
defender and World Cup winner as an
18 year-old in 1982.
BONIEK, Zbigniew - One of the best
players in the world in the early
80s. Helped Poland to bronzemedals
in 1982.
BREHME,
Andreas - Great German left-back who
was matchwinner in the 1990 final.
BREITNER,
Paul - Controversial and classy German
full-back and later midfielder. World
Cup winner 1974.
BUTRAGUEŃO, Emilio - Great Spanish
center-forward of the 1980s. CARECA
- Best Brazilian striker of the 1980s.
Scored 7 goals in his two World Cups.
CEULEMANS,
Jan - Great Belgian player and one
of Europe's best midfielders in the
1980s
CHARLTON,
Bobby - Arguably the greatest English
player in the greatest era of their
national team. World Cup winner in
1966.
CRUYFF,
Johann - Playmaker and captain for
the Dutch team that invented the Total-Football.
CUBILLAS,
Teofilio - Great Peruvian striker
who scored 10 World Cup goals.
EUSEBIO
- Portugal's greatest ever player.
Topscorer of the 1966 World Cup.
FILLOL,
Ubaldo - Probably the greatest South
American goalkeeper ever. World Cup
winner for Argentina in 1978.
FONTAINE,
Juste - French record holder for most
goals in a single World Cup. 13 goals
in 1958.
GARRINCHA
- Brazilian winger and great dribbler.
World Cup winner in 1958 and 1962.
HAGI,
Gheorghe - Romanian captain and playmaker
in three World Cups. One of the best
players in the world in the 1990s.
HURST,
Geoff - World Cup winner in 1966.
Hat-trick hero in the final.
JAIRZINHO - Another great Brazilian
winger. Member of the magical World
Cup winning team in 1970.
KEMPES, Mario - The man who did everything
in 1978. Topscorer and World Cup winning
hero for Argentina.
KLINSMANN,
Jürgen - Great German striker with
11 goals from three World Cups. Winner
in 1990.
KOCSIS,
Sandor - Goalmachine for Hungary as
they won silver in 1954. Topscorer
with 11 goals.
KRANKL,
Hans - Great Austrian striker regarded
as one of Europe's top players in
the late 70s.
KROL,
Ruud - Elegant Dutch defender. Member
of the Total-Football teams of the
1970s. L
ATO,
Grzegorz - Winner of two bronzemedals
for Poland. Topscorer in 1974 with
7 goals.
LEONIDAS
- Perhaps the greatest pre-war Brazilian
player. Topscorer in 1938 with 8 goals.
LINEKER,
Gary - Perhaps the greatest English
striker in modern time. Topscorer
in 1986 with 6 goals.
MAIER,
Sepp - Legendary German goalkeeper
of the 1970s. World Cup winner in
1974.
MARADONA, Diego - One of the all-time
greats. Played 21 games in four World
Cups and won the 1986 WC almost singlehandedly.
MATTHÄUS,
Lothar - Only outfield player with
five tournaments. Captained West Germany
to the title in 1990.
MEAZZA,
Giuseppe - The great star and member
of two Italian World Cup winning teams
in 1934 and 1938.
MILLA, Roger - The "super-sub" who
turned Cameroon into a world class
team at the age of 38 in 1990. Played
in three World Cups.
MONTI,
Luis - Only player to have played
for two countries in a WC final. Winner
in 1934 with Italy.
MOORE,
Bobby - Classy English defender and
captain of their 1966 World Cup winning
team.
MÜLLER,
Gerd - The World Cup's all time topscorer
with 14 goals. World Cup winner in
for West Germany 1974 and topscorer
in 1970 with 10 goals.
NEESKENS,
Johann - Dutch midfielder with a powerful
shot. Beaten finalist in 1974 and
1978.
N'KONO,
Thomas - Greatest African goalkeeper
ever. Member of Cameroon's memorable
1990 team.
OVERATH,
Wolfgang - Hardworking German midfielder
with a great left foot. World Cup
winner in 1974.
PASSARELLA,
Daniel - The great central defender
who captained Argentina to the title
on home soil in 1978.
PELÉ
- The only man to win three World
Cups. Scored 12 goals in the four
World Cups he played in.
PLATINI,
Michel - May be the greatest French
player of all time. Captain for two
great teams in 1982 and 1986. Played
in three World Cups.
PUSKAS,
Ferenc - One of the greatest players
of all time. Captain of Hungary's
marvellous team in 1954.
RENSENBRINK,
Rob - Dutch forward and penalty expert.
Twice silvermedalist in 1974 and 1978.
RIVA,
Luigi - All time topscorer for the
Italian national team. Silvermedalist
in 1970. RIVELINO, Roberto - Attacking
Brazilian midfielder with a powerful
shot in the 1970s. World Cup winner
in 1970.
ROSSI,
Paolo - The skinny forward who became
topscorer in 1982 on 6 goals as well
as helping Italy to their first post-war
World Cup title.
RUGGERI,
Oscar - Commanding Argentinian central
defender. World Cup winner in 1986.
RUMMENIGGE,
Karl-Heinz - Arguably the greatest
German player of the post-Beckenbauer
era. He is the only captain to lose
two World Cup finals.
SCARONE,
Hector - Inside-forward of Uruguay's
1930 World Cup winning team.
SCHIAFFINO,
Juan - Influential Uruguayan player
who helped his team win the World
Cup in 1950.
SCIFO,
Enzo - Creative Belgian playmaker
with great vision. Played in four
World Cups.
SCIREA,
Gaetano - Elegant and fair playing
Italian defender. World Cup winner
in 1982.
SEELER,
Uwe - The only player, apart from
Pelé, to have scored in four different
World Cups. Reached three semifinals,
but never won the cup.
SKOGLUND, Lennart - Excellent Swedish
winger of the 1950s. Beaten finalist
in 1958.
SOCRATES - Elegant Brazilian midfielder
and captain of their "Dreamteam" in
1982.
STÁBILE,
Guillermo - Topscorer of the very
first World Cup in 1930 with 8 goals.
Helped Argentina to the final.
STOITCHKOV,
Hristo - Temperamental Bulgarian striker
who was topscorer at the 1994 World
Cup.
TOMASZEWSKI, Jan - Superb Polish goalkeeper
who contributed so much to his team
winning bronzemedals in 1974.
VALDERRAMA,
Carlos - Skillful and creative playmaker
who captained Colombia in three World
Cups.
VARELA,
Obdulio - Captain of Uruguay's team
that won the World Cup in 1950.
VOGTS,
Berti - Tough German defender of the
seventies. World Cup winner in 1974.
VÖLLER,
Rudi - Prolific goalscorer for Germany
in the eighties and early nineties.
World Cup winner in 1990.
WALTER,
Fritz - Playmaker and captain of West
Germany's 1954 World Cup winning team.
YASHIN,
Lev - Probably the greatest ever goalkeeper.
Played for the Soviet Union in three
World Cups.
ZICO
- Regarded by many as the best player
in Brazil since Pelé. Despite playing
in three World Cups, he never managed
to play in a final.
ZOFF,
Dino - Another legendary goalkeeper.
Was the oldest ever winner of the
World Cup when he captained Italy
to the title in 1982.
ZUBIZARRETA,
Andoni - Great Spanish goalkeeper
with four World Cups under his belt.
José Luis
CHILAVERT,
Powerful personality player, a leader,
fast,good goalkeeper with excellent
fieldplayer abilities. Marcel
DESAILLY,
Wonderful defender, initiative, good
reader of the game. Backline leader
- charismatic centreback with discipline.
Top skills in defensive techniques.
Roberto
CARLOS,
Outstanding left full-back. Fast and
good technique; always involved in
the game.
DUNGA,
«Boss», leader of the team. Playmaker,
organises from behind. Good technical
ability Zinedine
ZIDANE,
A master playmaker. A genius with
the ball at his feet. Dennis
BERGKAMPClass - with moments of genius
(goal versus Argentina).
RONALDO
A match winner - finishes with maximum
efficiency - very explosive.
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