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 Value €
1Ronaldo Brazil302,4
2Diego Armando Maradona Argentina295,3
3Alessandro Nesta Italy293,8
4Ruud Gullit Netherlands281,6
5Zinedine Zidane France277,9
6Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina  Spain273,1
7Eusébio Portugal  Mozambique270,0
8Franz Beckenbauer Germany267,3
9Michel Platini France261,7
10Pelé Brazil247,8
11Ferenc Puskás Hungary  Spain245,2
12Paolo Rossi Italy242,1
13Marco Van Basten Netherlands240,6
14Bobby Charlton England239,7
15Lothar Matthäus West Germany  Germany236,9
16Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany235,8
17Franco Baresi Italy232,0
18Gerd Müller West Germany227,4
19George Best Northern Ireland226,4
20Paolo Maldini Italy224,5
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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