Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Football Players, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jamie Vardy and Tom Brady.
Lionel Messi24 June 1987, Argentinian
Football Player
Diego Maradona30 October 1960, Argentinian
Argentine footballer
Duncan Ferguson27 December 1971, Scottish
Football Player
Mohamed Salah15 June 1992, Egyptian
Footballer
Jürgen Klopp16 June 1967, German
Football Manager
David Beckham02 May 1975, British
Former English Footballer
Carlo Ancelotti10 June 1959, Italian
Footballer
Pep Guardiola18 January 1971, Spanish
Former Footballer, Football Manager
Wayne Rooney24 October 1985, British
Ronaldinho21 March 1980, Brazilian
Footballer
Ole Gunnar Solskjær26 February 1973, Norwegian
Football Manager
Thierry Henry17 August 1977, French
Former French Footballer
Alex Ferguson31 December 1941, Scottish
Former Manager of Manchester United
Zinedine Zidane23 June 1972, French
Football Player
Steven Gerrard30 May 1980, British
Football Player
David Moyes25 April 1963, Scottish
Football Coach
Gerard Piqué02 February 1987, Spanish
Football Player
Arsène Wenger22 October 1949, French
Football Manager
Massimiliano Allegri11 August 1967, Italian
Italian Football Manager
Gary Lineker30 November 1960, British
Footballer
Ryan Giggs29 November 1973, Welsh
Footballer
Fernando Torres20 March 1984, Spanish
Footballer
Alan Shearer13 August 1970, British
Football Player
Johan Cruyff25 April 1947, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer & Manager
George Weah1966 AD, Liberian
25th President of Liberia
George Best22 May 1946, British, Northern Irish
Footballer
Romário29 January 1966, Brazilian
Former Brazilian Football Star
Harry Redknapp02 March 1947, British
Football Manager
Eric Cantona24 May 1966, French
Actor & Football Player
Andrea Pirlo19 May 1979, Italian
Italian footballer
Jürgen Klinsmann30 July 1964, German
Football Player
Dwight Yorke03 November 1971, Trinidadian
Football Player
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Marco van Basten31 October 1964, Dutch
Former Dutch Football Star
Ronald Koeman21 March 1963, Dutch
Football Manager, Former Player
Gerd Müller03 November 1945, German
Former German Footballer
Luís Figo04 November 1972, Portuguese
Former Portuguese Footballer
Roberto Carlos10 April 1973, Brazilian
Football Player
Andriy Shevchenko1976 AD, Ukrainian
Football Player, Politician
Roberto Baggio18 February 1967, Italian
Football Player
Keisuke Honda13 June 1986, Japanese
Footballer
Sam Allardyce19 October 1954, British
Football Manager
Francesco Totti27 September 1976, Italian
Italian Footballer
Ruud Gullit01 September 1962, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer
Rivaldo19 April 1972, Brazilian
Former Brazilian Footballer
Gabriel Batistuta01 February 1969, Argentinian
Retired Argentine Footballer
Miroslav Klose09 June 1978, German
German Footballer
Clarence Seedorf01 April 1976, Surinamese
Football Coach
Michel Platini21 June 1955, French
Former French Football Player, Football
Frank Rijkaard30 September 1962, Dutch
Former Dutch Footballer
Franz Beckenbauer11 September 1945, German
Former German Footballer
Lothar Matthäus21 March 1961, German
Former German Footballer
Hristo Stoichkov08 February 1966, Bulgarian
Football Player
Fabio Capello18 June 1946, Italian
Football Player
Jupp Heynckes09 May 1945, German
Football Player, Coach
Bill Shankly02 September 1913, British, Scottish
Scottish Footballer and Manager
Andrey Arshavin29 May 1981, Russian
Football Player
Phillip Cocu29 October 1970, Dutch
Football Player, Football Manager
Mia Hamm17 March 1972, American
Soccer Player
Tony Pulis16 January 1958, Welsh
Football Player
Jari Litmanen20 February 1971, Finnish
Footballer
Marcello Lippi12 April 1948, Italian
Former Football Player
Gordon Strachan09 February 1957, Scottish
Scottish football manager
Kazuyoshi Miura26 February 1967, Japanese
Footballer
Alan Hansen13 June 1955, Scottish
Former Football Player & Football Analyst
Turner Gill13 August 1962, American
American Football Coach
Ray Wilkins14 September 1956, British
Football Player
Tom Coughlin31 August 1946, American
Football Coach
Jock Stein05 October 1922, Scottish
Football Manager
Billy Wingrove15 November 1982, British
Association Football Player, YouTuber
Steve Coppell09 July 1955, British
Footballer
Guillermo Barros Schelotto04 May 1973, Argentinian
Football Manager
Pele23 October 1940, Brazilian
Brazilian footballer
Luis Suarez24 January 1987, Uruguayan
Uruguayan Footballer
Paul Breitner05 September 1951, German
Former German Footballer
Jim Stynes23 April 1966, Irish
Australian Rules Footballer
Barry Venison16 August 1964, British
Footballer
Juninho Pernambucano30 January 1975, Brazilian
Footballer
Timothy F. Cahill06 December 1979, Australian
Footballer
Mikel Arteta26 March 1982, Spanish
Association football player
Ian Wright03 November 1963, British
Association football player, Pundit, Association
Serge Gnabry14 July 1995, German
Association football player
Takumi Minamino16 January 1995, Japanese
Association football player
Julie Ertz06 April 1992, American
Soccer player
Virgil van Dijk08 July 1991
Association football player
Mauricio Pochettino02 March 1972, Argentinian
Association football player, Association football
Unai Emery03 November 1971, Spanish
Association football player, Association football
James Milner04 January 1986, British
Association football player
Phil Neville21 January 1977, British
Football coach
Tyrone Mings13 March 1993, British
Football Player
Megan Rapinoe05 July 1985, American
Football player
Nuno Espírito Santo25 January 1974, Portuguese
Association football player, Association football
Dani Alves06 May 1983, Brazilian
Footballer
David Villa03 December 1981, Spanish
Association football player
Jordan Henderson17 June 1990, British
Association football player
Divock Origi18 April 1995, Belgian
Association football player
Andrew Robertson11 March 1994, Scottish
association football player