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Diego Maradona

Michel Platini
​Zinedine Zidane
Zico

Bobby Charlton
​Raymond Kopa
​Ruud Gullit
​Andres Iniesta

​Gianni Rivera
Zizinho
​Rivellino
​​Juan Alberto Schiaffino
​​Valentino Mazzola
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​Michael Laudrup
Sandro Mazzola
​​Kaka
​​​Teofilo Cubillas
​Socrates
​​Kevin De Bruyne
​Nils Liedholm

​Gunter Netzer
​​​Pavel Nedved
​Wolfgang Overath
​Bernd Schuster
​​​​Gyorgy Orth
​​Zbigniew Boniek
Kazimierz Deyna
​Gheorghe Hagi
​​Dejan Savicevic
​​​​​David Silva
​Ricardo Bochini
​​​​​​Ademir Da Guia
​​Jair Da Rosa
​​Giovanni Ferrari
​​Giancarlo Antognoni
​​Larbi Benbarek
Paul Gascogine

​​Juan Roman Riquelme
​Pedro Rocha
​​​Gunnar Gren
​Fritz Szepan
Thomas Häßler
​​​​Jan Ceulemans
​Rui Costa
​​Norberto Alonso
​​Wesley Sneijder
Mesut Ozil
Safet Susic
Dragan Stojkovic
​Josep Samitier
Andreas Moller
​​​Nicolae Dobrin
​​Glenn Hoddle
​​Deco
​Romerito
​​​Norberto Mendez

​​​Abedi Pele
​Dirceu Guimaraes
​Liam Brady
​​Ermindo Onega
Rai
​Valentin Ivanov
​Bernardo Silva
​Jef Jurion
​​​James Rodriguez
​​​​Willy Van Der Kuijlen
​​Zvonimir Boban
​​​​Miguel Angel Brindisi
Hristo Bonev
​Ariel Ortega
​​​​Ernesto Grillo
​Antonin Panenka
​​Tibor Nyilasi
Isco
​Alberto Terry
​Krasimir Balakov
​​Mehmet Scholl
​​David Kipiani
​​Dirceu Lopes
​​Jorge Burruchaga
​​​​Bruno Fernandes
​Phillipe Coutinho
​​​​Rene Petit
​Pablo Aimar
​​​​Ilie Balaci
​Fyodor Cherenkov

​Tomas Brolin
​​​Enzo Scifo
​Renato Cesarini
​​​​​​​Humberto Maschio
Dimitar Yakimov​
​​​​Jimmy Mcllroy
​​​​Luizinho
​​​​Juan Carlos Valeron
​​​Djalminha
​​Rafael Martin Vasquez
​​Julio Cesar Uribe
​Luis Regueiro
​​Juan Mata
​​David Platt
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​HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Frank Arnesen
​​Santi Cazorla
​​​​​​Fritz Gschweidl
​Janos Gorocs
​Julen Guerrero
​​Karl Aage Hansen
​Leonardo Araujo
​Tom Lund
​Jimmy McMenemy
​Gerrie Muhren
Jamal Musiala
​​​​Ruben Paz

ARG

FRA
FRA
BRA

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​NET
SPA

ITA
BRA
BRA
​​URU
​ITA
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​ITA
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​SWE
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​​GER
GER
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POL
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​ROU
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​ARG
​BRA
​​​​​​​BRA
​​ITA
ITA
​​MOR
ENG

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​URU
​​​SWE
​GER
GER
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​POR
​​ARG
​​NET
GER
BOS
​SER
​​SPA
​GER
​ROU​
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​​POR
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​BRA
​IRE
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BRA
RUS
POR
​BEL
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​​NET
​CRO
​​​ARG
​BUL
​ARG
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​CZE
​​​HUN
​​SPA
​PER
BUL
​GER
​​GEO
​​​BRA
​​ARG
​​​​POR
​BRA
​​​​​FRA
​ARG
​ROU
​RUS

​SWE
​​​BEL
​​ITA
​​​ARG
BUL
​​​​NIR
​​​​BRA
​​​SPA
​BRA
​SPA
​PER
​SPA
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PLATINUM II

PLATINUM IV
PLATINUM IV
PLATINUM IV

PLATINUM V
PLATINUM V
PLATINUM V
PLATINUM V

GOLD I
GOLD I
GOLD I
GOLD I
GOLD I

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​GOLD II​
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GOLD II
GOLD II
GOLD II
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​GOLD III
GOLD III
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GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
​GOLD III
​GOLD III
​GOLD III
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GOLD IV​
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GOLD IV
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GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
​GOLD IV
GOLD IV

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GOLD V
GOLD V​
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GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
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GOLD V
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GOLD V
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GOLD V
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GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
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​​SILVER I
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​SILVER I
​SILVER I
​SILVER I
SILVER I
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Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Serie A *2
Primera Division (ARG) *1
UEFA Cup *1
World Cup *1
South American POTY  *5
Runner-Up Sth Amr POTY *1
3rd South Amr POTY *1
Revised Balon D'Or *2
Michel Platini
Michel Platini
Serie A *2
Ligue 1 *1
Coppa Italia *1
European Cup *1
Euros *1
Balon D'Or *3
3rd Balon D'Or *2
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane
Serie A *2
La Liga *1
Champions League *1
World Cup *1
Euros *1
Balon D'Or *1
Runner Up Balon D'Or *1
3rd Balon D'Or *1
Zico
Zico
Brasileirao *3
Cariocao *6
Copa Libertadores *1
South Amr POTY *3
Runner-Up Sth Amr POTY *2
Bobby Charlton
English Division *3
FA Cup *1
European Cup *1
World Cup *1
Balon D'Or *1
Runner-Up Balon D'Or *2
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​World Class Attacking-Midfielders by Nation
11 - Brazil, Argentina
8 - Germany
5 - Italy
4 - France, Portugal, Spain
3 - Belgium, England, Netherlands, Romania
2 - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Uruguay
1 - Bosnia, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Montenegro, Morocco, Paraguay, Republic of Ireland, Serbia

​World Class Attacking-Midfielders by Decade

1    Diego Maradona

2    Michel Platini
​3    Zinedine Zidane
4    Zico

5    Bobby Charlton
​​6    Raymond Kopa
7    Ruud Gullit
8    Andres Iniesta

9    Gianni Rivera
10   Zizinho
​11   Rivellino
​​12   Juan A. Schiaffino
​​13   Valentino Mazzola
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​14   Michael Laudrup
15   Sandro Mazzola
​​16   Kaka
17   Teofilo Cubillas
18   Socrates
​19   Kevin De Bruyne
​20   Nils Liedholm
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​21   Gunter Netzer
​​​22   Pavel Nedved
​23   Wolfgang Overath
​24   Bernd Schuster
​​​​25   Gyorgy Orth
26   ​Zbigniew Boniek
27   Kazimierz Deyna
​28   Gheorghe Hagi
​29   Dejan Savicevic
​​​​​30   David Silva
​31   Ricardo Bochini
​​​​​32   Ademir Da Guia
​​​33   Jair Da Rosa
​​​​34   Giovanni Ferrari
​35   G. Antognoni
​​36   Larbi Benbarek
​37   Paul Gascogine

​38   J. Roman Riquelme
​39   Pedro Rocha
​​​​40   Gunnar Gren
​41   Fritz Szepan
​42   Thomas Häßler
​​43   Jan Ceulemans
44   Rui Costa
45   Norberto Alonso
​​46   Wesley Sneijder
​47   Mesut Ozil
48   Safet Susic
​49   Dragan Stojkovic
​50   Josep Samitier
51   Andreas Moller
​​52   ​Nicolae Dobrin
53   Glenn Hoddle
​​54   Deco
​​55   Romerito
​​56   Norberto Mendez
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​57   Abedi Pele
​58   Dirceu Guimaraes
​59   Liam Brady
​​60   Ermindo Onega
​61   Rai
​​62   Valentin Ivanov
63   Bernardo Silva
​​64   Jef Jurion
​​​​65   James Rodriguez
​​66   W. VD. Kuijlen
​67   Zvonimir Boban
​68   M. Angel Brindisi
69   Hristo Bonev
​​70   Ariel Ortega
​​​71   Ernesto Grillo
​72   Antonin Panenka
​​73   Tibor Nyilasi
​​74   Isco
​75   Alberto Terry
​76   Krasimir Balakov
​​77   Mehmet Scholl
​​78   David Kipiani
​79   Dirceu Lopes
​​​​​​​80   Jorge Burruchaga
​​81   Bruno Fernandes
​82   Philippe Coutinho
​​​83   Rene Petit
84   Pablo Aimar
​​​85   Ilie Balaci
​86   Fyodor Cherenkov

87   Tomas Brolin
​​​88   Enzo Scifo
89   Renato Cesarini
90   Humberto Maschio
​91   Dimitar Yakimov
92   Jimmy Mcllroy
​​93   Luizinho
​​​94   Juan C. Valeron
95   Djalminha
96   Rafael M. Vazquez
​​97   ​Julio Cesar Uribe
​​​98   Luis Regueiro
99   Juan Mata
100  David Platt

​HON. MENTIONS
Frank Arnesen
​Santi Cazorla
​Fritz Gschweidl
Janos Gorocs
​Julen Guerrero
Karl Aage Hansen
Leonardo Araujo
​Tom Lund
​J. McMenemy
Gerrie Muhren
​Jamal Musiala
Ruben Paz

ARG

FRA
FRA
BRA

ENG
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​NET
SPA

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BRA
BRA
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​ITA
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GER
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HUN
POL
POL
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​MON
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​ARG
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​ITA
​MOR
ENG

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​URU
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GER
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POR
ARG
NET
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BOS
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GER
​ROU
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​POR
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IRE
ARG
BRA
RUS
POR
BEL
COL
NET
CRO
ARG
BUL
ARG
ARG
CZE
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SPA
PER
BUL
GER
GEO
BRA
ARG
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BRA
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ARG
ROU
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SPA
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​World Class Attacking-Midfielders by Nation
11 - Brazil, Argentina
8 - Germany
5 - Italy
4 - France, Portugal, Spain
3 - Belgium, England, Netherlands, Romania
2 - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Uruguay
1 - Bosnia, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Montenegro, Morocco, Paraguay, Republic of Ireland, Serbia

​World Class Attacking-Midfielders by Decade

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