The top four spots in the ‘FourFourTwo’ ranking were taken by Leo Messi, Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pele.

“History books will praise Messi, but their limitations will hurt him. In 20 years, young fans will read the story of a messianic figure whose genius stunned the world, broke a litany of records and ushered in an era of dominance… but only by watching the films will they understand what they missed.(…) The number of his goals is nothing compared to their beauty” – he said been written about the Argentine.

“In the meantime, experts, fans and writers will try to express his greatness with words and metaphors. They will all fail, just like the article you are reading now. The best we can do is listen to Pep Guardiola who said, ‘Don’t write about him, don’t try to describe him. Just look at him’” added.

Messi overtook Maradona, Ronaldo, Pelé, but also Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff, George Best and Franz Beckenbauer. Brazilian Ronaldo completes the top ten.

In other positions, given more recent times, there were, among others: Paolo Maldini, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldinho, Gianluigi Buffon, Thierry Henry, Dani Alves, Cafu, Luka Modrić, Wayne Rooney, Philipp Lahm, Sergio Busquets, Roberto Carlos, Luís Figo, Javier Zanetti and Kaká.

100 greatest footballers of all time according to ‘FourFourTwo’

1. Leo Messi;

2. Diego Maradona;

3. Cristiano Ronaldo;

4. Pelé;

5. Zinedine Zidane;

6. Johan Cruijff;

seven. George Best;

8. Franz Beckenbauer;

9. Ferenc Puskas;

ten. Ronaldo;

11. Gerd Muller;

12. Alfredo Di Stefano;

13. Michael Platini;

14. Zico;

15. Garrincha;

16. Bobby Charlton;

17. Paulo Maldini;

18. Romaria;

19. Giuseppe Meazza;

twenty. Andres Iniesta;

21. Franco Baresi;

22. Marco van Basten;

23. Eusebio;
24. Javier;

25. Carlos Alberto;

26. Ronaldinho;

27. Ruud Gullit;

28. Neuer manual;

29. Socrates;

thirty. Raymond Kopa;

31. Lev Yashin;

32. Lothair Matthaus;

33. Stanley Matthews;

34. Valentino Mazzola;

35. Matthias Sindelar;

36. Luis Suárez (born in 1935);

37. Francisco Gento;

38. Bobby Moore;

39. Michael Laudrup;

40. Roberto Baggio;

41. Kenny Dalglish;

42. Paolo Rossi;

43. Nandor Hidegkuti;

44. Gunter Netzer;

45. Gianluigi Buffon;

46. Have I got;

47. Rivellino;

48. Kevin Keegan;

49. Thierry Henry;

50. Nilton Santos;

51. Jose Manuel Moreno;

52. Oleg Blokhin;

53. Jairzinho;

54. Gaetano Scirea;

55. Dino Zoff;

56. Juan Alberto Schiaffino;

57. Fritz Walter;

58. Daniel Passarella;

59. Gordon Banks;

60. Gianni Rivera;

61. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge;

62. Jean Charles;

63. Dixie Dean;

64. Gunnar Nordahl;

65. Johan Neeskens;

66. Dennis Law;

67. Sandro Mazzola;

68. Denis Bergkamp;

69. Jimmy Johnstone;

70. Ronald Koeman;

71. Omar Sivori

72. Théophile Cubillas;

73. Dani Alves;

74. Eric Cantona;

75. Jose Andrade;

76. Cafu;

77. Frank Rijkaard;

78. Florian Albert;

79. Luka Modric;

80. Just Fountain;

81. Joseph Masopust;

82. Jimmy Greaves;

83. Hugo Sanchez;

84. Wayne Rooney;

85. Philip Lahm;

86. Alan Shearer;

87. Allan Simonsen;

88. Sergio Busquets;

89. Hristo Stoichkov;

90. Roberto Carlos;

91. Giacinto Facchetti;

92. Peter Schmeichel;

93. Sandor Kocsis;

94. Luis Figo;

95. Djalma Santos;

96. Javier Zanetti;

97. George Weah;

98. cocoa;

99. Mario Kempes;

100. Gheorghe Hagi.