UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll

In 2004, to celebrate their Golden Jubilee, European footballing body UEFA held an Internet poll to determine who are the finest European players of the last 5 decades. This poll, commonly known as the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll, attracted over 6 million votes from users of www.uefa.com.

Related Topics:
2004 - Golden Jubilee - Europe - UEFA - Internet - Poll

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The results of the poll is as follows:

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1 Zinédine Zidane (France) 123,582

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2 Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 122,569

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3 Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) 119,332

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4 Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 117,987

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5 Dino Zoff (Italy) 114,529

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6 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain)107,435

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7 Eusébio (Portugal) 103,937

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8 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 101,862

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9 Michel Platini (France) 99,380

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10 Paolo Maldini (Italy) 95,497

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11 Ferenc Puskás (Hungary/Spain) 94,361

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12 Paolo Rossi (Italy) 91,194

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13 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) 91,001

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14 Bobby Charlton (England) 89,921

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15 Lothar Matthäus (West Germany) 86,798

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16 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) 86,649

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17 Franco Baresi (Italy) 83,800

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18 Gerd Müller (West Germany) 82,668

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19 George Best (N. Ireland) 79,036

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20 Kevin Keegan (England) 78,840

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21 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands) 71,333

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22 David Beckham (England) 71,299

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23 Bobby Moore (England) 70,884

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24 Roberto Baggio (Italy) 68,239

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25 Michael Laudrup (Denmark) 67,484

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26 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) 66,661

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27 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 66,463

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28 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania) 62,383

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29 Sepp Maier (West Germany) 62,375

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30 Oliver Kahn (Germany) 58,151

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31 Luís Figo (Portugal) 58,078

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32 Raúl González (Spain) 56,880

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33 Berti Vogts (West Germany) 55,398

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34 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands) 54,796

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35 Gianni Rivera (Italy) 53,874

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36 José Antonio Camacho (Spain) 53,873

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37 Marco Tardelli (Italy) 53,732

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38 Just Fontaine (France) 53,612

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39 Peter Shilton (England) 50,841

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40 Bernd Schuster (West Germany) 50,247

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41 Raymond Kopa (France) 49,504

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42 Eric Cantona (France) 48,436

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43 Stanley Matthews (England) 47,915

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44 Ruud van Nistelrooij (Netherlands) 47,398

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45 Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) 46,022

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46 Gary Lineker (England) 44,787

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47 Alessandro Nesta (Italy) 44,667

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48 José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain) 43,690

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49 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) 43,227

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50 Alessandro Costacurta (Italy) 42,511

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