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Paolo Maldini

​Giacinto Facchetti

​Nilton Santos
​​​Ruud Krol
​Roberto Carlos

​​​Antonio Cabrini
​Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Andreas Brehme
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Leo Junior
​Marcelo
​​Silvio Marzolini
Ashley Cole
​​​Maxime Bossis
​​Bixente Lizarazu
​​Branko Zebec
​​​​​​Eddie Hapgood
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​Jose Antonio Camacho
​​Renzo De Vecchi
​Hans-Peter Briegel
​Virgilio Maroso
​​​Gianluca Zambrotta
​​​Umberto Caligaris
​​​Marinho Chagas
​​​Sergio Cervato
​​​​David Alaba
​Pietro Rava
Karl Sesta
​​Rafael Gordillo
​​​​Anatoliy Demyanenko
​​​Joan Segarra
​​​Jordi Alba

Ricardo Pavoni
Erich Juskowiak
​​​Ladislav Novak
​​Ray Wilson
​Kenny Sansom
​​Denis Irwin
​​​​Luigi Allemandi
​Patrice Evra
​​Erik Nilsson
​​Bernard Dietz
​​John Greig
​Alberto Tarantini
​​​Mikhail Ogonkov
​​​Roger Marche
​Roger Byrne
Stuart Pearce
Joao Cancelo
​Andy Robertson
​​Tommy Gemmell

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Eric Abidal
Ernie Blenkinsop
​Branco
Eric Caldow
​Terry Cooper
​Alphonso Davies
​Hilario
Evgeny Lovchev
​Nuno Mendes
Jesse Pennington
​Armand Swartenbroeks
​Wladimir

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​​ARG
ENG
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​SPA
​​ITA
​GER
​ITA
​​ITA
​​ITA
​​​​BRA
​​ITA
​​AUT
​ITA
AUT
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​​ENG
​​ENG
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​FRA
​SWE
​GER
​SCO
​​ARG
​​​RUS
​​​​FRA
ENG
ENG
​POR
SCO
​SCO


​FRA
​ENG
​BRA
​SCO
​ENG
​CAN
​POR
RUS
​POR
​ENG
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PLATINUM V

GOLD I

GOLD II
GOLD II
GOLD II

GOLD III
GOLD III
GOLD III
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GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
GOLD IV
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GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
GOLD V
​GOLD V
​​GOLD V
​​GOLD V
​​GOLD V
​​GOLD V

​SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
​SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
SILVER I
​SILVER I
SILVER I
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​SILVER II
SILVER II
SILVER I
SILVER II
​SILVER II
SILVER II
SILVER I
SILVER II
​SILVER II
​SILVER I
​SILVER I
​​SILVER II
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini
Serie A *7
Coppa Italia *1
Champions League *5
3rd Balon D'Or *2
Giancinto Facchetti
Giacinto Facchetti
Serie A *5
Coppa Italia *1
European Cup *2
Euros *1
Runner-Up Balon D'Or *1
Roberto Carlos
Nilton Santos
Cariocao *4
​World Cup *2
Copa America *1
​Highest SA POTY Rank: N/A

World Class Full-Backs by Nation
14 - Italy
13 - Brazil
7 - Germany
5 - England
4 - Spain
3 - France
2 - Argentina, Austria, Netherlands
1 - Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Kosovo, Scotland, Ukraine

​World Class Full-Backs by Decade

1    Paolo Maldini

​2    Giacinto Facchetti

3    Nilton Santos
4    Ruud Krol
​5    Roberto Carlos

​​​6    Antonio Cabrini
​7    K.H. Schnellinger
8    Andreas Brehme
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9    Leo Junior
10   Marcelo
​​11   Silvio Marzolini
12   Ashley Cole
​​13   Maxime Bossis
​14   Bixente Lizarazu
​​15   Branko Zebec
​​​​​​16   Eddie Hapgood

​17   Jose A. Camacho
​18   Renzo De Vecchi
​19   Hans-Peter Briegel
​20   Virgilio Maroso
​21   G. Zambrotta
​22   Umberto Caligaris
​23   Marinho Chagas
​​24   Sergio Cervato
​​25   David Alaba
​26   Pietro Rava
​27   Karl Sesta
​28   Rafael Gordillo
29   A. Demyanenko
30   Joan Segarra
31   Jordi Alba

32   Ricardo Pavoni
33   Erich Juskowiak
​​34   Ladislav Novak
​35   Ray Wilson
36   Kenny Sansom
​37   Denis Irwin
38   Luigi Allemandi
39   Patrice Evra
​​40   Erik Nilsson
41   Bernard Dietz
​42   John Greig
​​​43   Alberto Tarantini
​​44   Mikhail Ogonkov
​​​45   Roger Marche
46   ​Roger Byrne
​​47   Stuart Pearce
​48   Joao Cancelo
​​49   Andy Robertson
​​​​50   Tommy Gemmell
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HON. MENTIONS
​Eric Abidal
​Ernie Blenkinsop
Branco
Eric Caldow
Terry Cooper
Alphonso Davies
Hilario
Evgeny Lovchev
​Nuno Mendes
​Jesse Pennington
​A. Swartenbroeks
​Wladimir

​ITA

​ITA

BRA
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BRA

​​ITA
GER
GER
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BRA
BRA
ARG
ENG
FRA
FRA
CRO
ENG

SPA
ITA
GER
ITA
ITA
ITA
BRA
ITA
AUT
ITA
AUT
SPA
UKR
SPA
SPA

URU
GER
CZE
ENG
ENG
IRE
ITA
FRA
SWE
GER
​SCO
ARG
RUS
​​FRA
ENG
ENG
POR
SCO
​SCO

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​FRA
ENG
BRA
SCO
ENG
CAN
POR
RUS
POR
ENG
BEL
​BRA

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World Class Full-Backs by Nation
14 - Italy
13 - Brazil
7 - Germany
5 - England
4 - Spain
3 - France
2 - Argentina, Austria, Netherlands
1 - Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Kosovo, Scotland, Ukraine

World Class Full-Backs by Decade