UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll

The UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll is the popular name for an online poll conducted in 2004 by UEFA as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, celebrating the best European footballers from the fifty previous years. The poll, available on UEFA's website, asked respondents to pick their ten favorite players from each of the five previous decades, from a shortlist of 250 players. Over 150,000 people responded, producing over seven million votes. Zinedine Zidane topped the poll narrowly from Franz Beckenbauer. Italian players featured most frequently with ten nominations, edging out German players with eight nominations.

Full results
Player Nation Votes
1Zinedine Zidane France123,582
2Franz Beckenbauer Germany122,569
3Johan Cruyff Netherlands119,332
4Marco Van Basten Netherlands117,987
5Dino Zoff Italy114,529
6Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina  Spain107,435
7Eusébio Portugal  Mozambique103,937
8Lev Yashin Russia101,862
9Michel Platini France99,380
10Paolo Maldini Italy95,497
11Ferenc Puskás Hungary  Spain94,361
12Paolo Rossi Italy91,194
13Ruud Gullit Netherlands91,001
14Bobby Charlton England89,921
15Lothar Matthäus West Germany  Germany86,798
16Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany86,649
17Franco Baresi Italy83,800
18Gerd Müller West Germany82,668
19George Best Northern Ireland79,036
20Kevin Keegan England78,840
21Frank Rijkaard Netherlands71,333
22David Beckham England71,299
23Bobby Moore England70,884
24Roberto Baggio Italy68,239
25Michael Laudrup Denmark67,484
26Ronald Koeman Netherlands66,661
27Peter Schmeichel Denmark66,463
28Gheorghe Hagi Romania62,383
29Sepp Maier West Germany62,375
30Oliver Kahn Germany58,151
31Luís Figo Portugal58,078
32Raúl Spain56,880
33Berti Vogts West Germany55,398
34Johan Neeskens Netherlands54,796
35Gianni Rivera Italy53,874
36José Antonio Camacho Spain53,873
37Marco Tardelli Italy53,732
38Just Fontaine France53,612
39Peter Shilton England50,841
40Bernd Schuster West Germany50,247
41Raymond Kopa France49,504
42Eric Cantona France48,436
43Stanley Matthews England47,915
44Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands47,398
45Valentin Ivanov Soviet Union46,022
46Gary Lineker England44,787
47Alessandro Nesta Italy44,667
48José Santamaría Uruguay  Spain43,690
49Alessandro Del Piero Italy43,227
50Alessandro Costacurta Italy42,511

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