Hypotheses non fingo.

On March 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of the football revealed the FIFA 100. The list contains the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé’s choice of "the greatest living footballers". The figure "100" refers to the 100th anniversary of FIFA and it does not refer to the number of players who are listed that is actually 125. Apparently, Pelé found it too difficult to list just 100. The list contains 123 professional men players and 2 professional women players. At that time the FIFA 100 was selected, 50 of the players were still active and the remaining 75 were retired from the game.

For your information, this was Pelé’s choice. Thus, this is maybe disputed. You can do the same thing as what he did. Everyone have their own choice. So, please, comment only about the players. Don’t blame him.

France

David Sergio Trézéguet

Didier Deschamps

Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona

Jean-Pierre Papin

Just Fontaine

Kopa né Raymond Kopaszewski

Marcel Desailly

Marius Trésor

Michel François Platini

Patrick Vieira

Robert Emmanuel Pirès

Thierry Daniel Henry

Thuram né Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien

Zinédine Yazid Zidane

Senegal

El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf

Uruguay

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte

Denmark

Brian Laudrup

Michael Laudrup

Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel, M. B. E.

Spain

Emilio Butragueño Santos

Luis Enrique Martínez García

Raúl González Blanco

Paraguay

Romerito né Julio César Romero

Brazil

Cafu né Marcos Evangelista de Moraes

Carlos Alberto Torres

Djalma Santos né Dejalma dos Santos

Nílton Santos né Nílton dos Santos

Paulo Roberto Falcão

Pelé né Edson Arantes do Nascimento, K. B. E.

Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira

Rivelino né Roberto Rivellino

Roberto Carlos da Silva

Romário de Souza Faria

Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaucho né Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira

Zico né Arthur Antunes Coimbra

Turkey

Emre Belözoğlu

Rüştü Reçber

Korea Republic

Hong Myung-bo

Poland

Zbigniew Boniek

United States of America

Hamm officially Mia Hamm-Garciaparra née Mariel Margaret Hamm

Michelle Akers

Portugal

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, G. C. I. H., G. C. M.

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo

Rui Manuel César Costa

Germany

Franz Anton Beckenbauer

Gerd Müller

Jürgen Klinsmann

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Lothar Herbert Mattäus

Michael Ballack

Oliver Hans Kahn

Paul Breitner

Josef "Sepp" Maier

Uwe Seeler

Cameroon

Roger Milla né Albert Roger Miller

Republic of Ireland

Roy Maurice Keane

Argentina

Alfredo di Stéfano Laulhe

Daniel Alberto Passarella

Diego Armando Maradona

Enrique Omar Sivori

Gabriel Omar Batistuta

Hernán Jorge Crespo

Javier Adelmar Zanetti

Javier Pedro Saviola

Juan Sebastián Verón

Mario Alberto Kempes

Nigeria

Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha

England

Alan Shearer, O. B. E.

David Robert Joseph Beckham, O. B. E.

Gary Winston Lineker, O. B. E.

Gordon Banks, O. B. E.

Joseph Kevin Keegan, O. B. E.

Michael James Owen

Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, C. B. E.

Italy

Alessandro del Piero

Alessandro Nesta

Christian Vieri

Dino Zoff

Francesco Totti

Franco Baresi

Giacinto Facchetti

Giampiero Boniperti

Gianluigi Buffon

Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera

Giuseppe Bergomi

Paolo Maldini

Paolo Rossi

Roberto Baggio

Croatia

Davor Šuker

Mexico

Hugo Sánchez Márquez

Japan

Hidetoshi Nakata

Belgium

Franky van der Elst

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Jan Ceulemans

Russia

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasaev

Bulgaria

Hristo Stoichkov

Chile

Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora

Colombia

Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio

Czech Republic

Josef Masopust

Pavel Nedvĕd

Ghana

Abédi Pelé né Abédi Ayew

Hungary

Ferenc Puskás Biró

Liberia

George Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah

Netherlands

Clarence Seedorf

Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp

Edgar Steven Davids

Franklin Edmundo "Frank" Rijkaard

Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff

Johannes Jacobus "Johan" Neeskens

Marcel "Marco" van Basten

Patrick Kluivert

Pieter Robert "Rob" Rensenbrink

Rene van de Kerkhof

Rutgerus Johannes Martinius "Ruud" van Nistelrooij

Ruud Gullit

Wilhelmus "Willy" van de Kerkhof

Northern Ireland

George Best

Peru

Teófilo Cubillas

Romania

Gheorghe Hagi

Scotland

Kenny Mathieson Dalgish, M. B. E.

Ukraine

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko