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The Greatest XI:

Lev Yashin

Cafu

Paolo Maldini

Bobby Moore

Franz Beckenbauer

Johan Cruyff

Alfredo di Stefano

Zinedine Zidane

Diego Maradona

Pele

Lionel Messi

By position

Goalkeepers

Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 31

Gordon Banks (England) 6

Dino Zoff (Italy) 6

Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 5

Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 5

Iker Casillas (Spain) 4

Sepp Maier (West Germany) 3

Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland) 2

Oliver Kahn (Germany) 2

Edwin Van der Sar (Holland) 2

Amadeo Carrizo (Argentina) 1

Petr Cech (Czech Republic) 1

Michel Preud’homme (Belgium) 1

Walter Zenga (Italy) 1

Full Backs

Paolo MaIdini (Italy) 48

Cafu (Brazil) 24

Carlos Alberto (Brazil) 18

Roberto Carlos (Brazil) 13

Djalma Santos (Brazil) 11

Giacinto Facchetti (Italy) 7

Nilton Santos (Brazil) 6

Berti Vogts (West Germany) 4

Lilian Thuram (France) 3

Ruud Krol (Holland) 2

Victor Rodriguez Andrade (Uruguay) 2

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (West Germany) 2

Andreas Brehme (West Germany) 1

Paul Breitner (West Germany) 1

Dani Alves (Brazil) 1

Claudio Gentile (Italy) 1

Phillip Lahm (Germany) 1

Bixente Lizerazu (France) 1

Danny McGrain (Scotland) 1

Javier Zanetti (Argentina) 1

Central Defenders

Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 68

Bobby Moore (England) 23

Franco Baresi (Italy) 22

Daniel Passarella (Argentina) 4

Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) 3

John Charles (Wales) 3

Marcel Desailly (France) 3

Paul McGrath (Republic of Ireland) 3

Giuseppe Bergomi (Italy) 2

Jack Charlton (England) 1

Riccardo Ferri (Italy) 1

Elias Figueroa (Chile) 1

Fernando Hierro (Spain) 1

Alessandro Nesta (Italy) 1

Roberto Rosato (Italy) 1

Jose Santamaria (Uruguay/Spain) 1

Georg Schwarzenbeck (West Germany) 1

Gaetano Scirea (Italy) 1

John Terry (England) 1

Obdulio Varela (Uruguay) 1

Billy Wright (England) 1

Midfielders

Diego Maradona (Argentina) 64

Johan Cruyff (Holland) 58

Zinedine Zidane (France) 28

Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Spain) 24

Michel Platini (France) 18

Garrincha (Brazil) 15

George Best (Northern Ireland) 12

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 7

Bobby Charlton (England) 5

Lothar Matthaus (West Germany) 5

Andres Iniesta (Spain) 4

Xavi (Spain) 4

Didi (Brazil) 3

Socrates (Brazil) 3

Roberto Baggio (Italy) 2

Toninho Cerezo (Brazil) 2

Francisco Gento (Spain) 2

Ryan Giggs (Wales) 2

Stanley Matthews (England) 2

Johan Neeskens (Holland) 2

Rivelino (Brazil) 2

Zico (Brazil) 2

Liam Brady (Republic of Ireland) 1

Zoltan Czibor (Hungary) 1

Roberto Donadoni (Italy) 1

Luis Figo (Portugal) 1

Jairzinho (Brazil) 1

Roy Keane (Republic of Ireland) 1

Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 1

Claude Makelele (France) 1

Luis Monti (Argentina/Italy) 1

Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic) 1

Gunter Netzer (West Germany) 1

Fernando Redondo (Argentina) 1

Rob Rensenbrink (Holland) 1

Frank Rijkaard (Holland)  1

Bryan Robson (England) 1

Ronaldinho (Brazil) 1

Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Italy) 1

Strikers

Pele (Brazil) 56

Lionel Messi (Argentina) 46

Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) 11

Ronaldo (Brazil) 9

Marco Van Basten (Holland) 5

Gerd Muller (West Germany) 4

Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union) 2

Eusebio (Portugal) 2

Guiseppe Meazza (Italy) 1

Luigi Riva (Italy) 1

Romario (Brazil) 1

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) 1

Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 1