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Guardian’s World Cup’s Top 100 Footballers Of All Time

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Name the top 100 FIFA World Cup footballers of all time according to The Guardian in May, 2014. Country and first-last world cup years shown.

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prolifik

5 years ago

Obviously this is nothing against you Darin, but as a football fan these lists are so baffling. Like, how the hell is #48 there over any number of far superior Brazilians?

Postpre

5 years ago

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And Miroslav Klose. I know he never had a prolific tournament but for goodness sake he is the top scorer in World Cups. Mad that he is not on this list.

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