FIFA 100

The FIFA 100 is a list of 125 footballers chosen by Brazilian football legend Pelé. He made his choices based on who he thought were the best living footballers in the world. It was presented on 4 March 2004 at a ceremony in London. 

The number 100 represents the 100th anniversary of FIFA and not the number of players selected. The list has 123 male players and 2 female players. At the time the list was selected, 50 players were active and 75 were retired.

List
This is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as chosen by Pelé.
 An asterisk (*) marks players who still played in 2004.
 Players who are still playing in 2020 are in italics.

PlayerPositionDate of BirthGabriel Batistuta*FW1969-02-01Hernán Crespo*FW1975-07-05Alfredo Di StéfanoFW1926-07-04Mario KempesFW1954-07-15Diego MaradonaFW/MF1960-10-30Daniel PassarellaDF1953-05-25Javier Saviola*FW1981-12-11Omar SívoriFW1935-10-02Juan Sebastián Verón*MF1975-03-09Javier Zanetti*DF/MF1973-08-10

PlayerPos.DoBJan CeulemansMF1957-02-28Jean-Marie PfaffGK1953-12-04Franky Van der ElstMF1961-04-30

PlayerPos.DoBCarlos AlbertoDF1944-07-17Cafu*DF1970-06-07FalcãoMF1953-10-16PeléFW1940-10-23JúniorMF1954-06-29Rivaldo*MF1972-04-19RivelinoMF1946-01-01Roberto Carlos*DF1973-04-10Romário*FW1966-01-29Ronaldinho*MF/FW1980-03-21Ronaldo*FW1976-09-18Djalma SantosDF1929-02-27Nílton SantosDF1925-05-16SócratesMF1954-02-19ZicoMF/FW1953-03-03

PlayerPos.DoBHristo StoichkovFW1966-02-08

PlayerPos.DoBRoger MillaFW1952-05-20

PlayerPos.DoBElías FigueroaDF1946-10-25Iván ZamoranoFW1967-01-18

PlayerPos.DoBCarlos ValderramaMF1961-09-02

PlayerPos.DoBDavor ŠukerFW1968-01-01

PlayerPos.DoBJosef MasopustMF1931-02-09Pavel Nedvěd*MF1972-08-30

PlayerPos.DoBBrian LaudrupFW1969-02-22Michael LaudrupMF1964-06-15Peter SchmeichelGK1963-11-18

PlayerPos.DoBGordon BanksGK1937-12-30David Beckham*MF1975-05-02Bobby CharltonMF1937-10-11Kevin KeeganFW1951-02-14Gary LinekerFW1960-11-30Michael Owen*FW1979-12-14Alan Shearer*FW1970-08-13

PlayerPos.DoBEric CantonaFW1966-05-24Marcel Desailly*DF1968-09-07Didier DeschampsMF1968-10-15Just FontaineFW1933-08-18Thierry Henry*FW1977-08-17Raymond KopaMF1931-10-31Jean-Pierre PapinFW1963-11-05Robert Pires*MF1973-10-29Michel PlatiniMF1955-06-21Lilian Thuram*DF1972-01-01Marius TrésorDF1950-01-15David Trezeguet*FW1977-10-15Patrick Vieira*MF1976-06-23Zinedine Zidane*MF1972-06-23

PlayerPos.DoBMichael Ballack*MF1976-09-26Franz BeckenbauerSW1945-09-11Paul BreitnerMF/DF1951-09-05Oliver Kahn*GK1969-06-15Jürgen KlinsmannFW1964-07-30Sepp MaierGK1944-02-28Lothar MatthäusMF/SW1961-03-21Gerd MüllerFW1945-11-03Karl-Heinz RummeniggeFW1955-09-25Uwe SeelerFW1936-11-05

PlayerPos.DoBAbédi PeléFW1964-11-05

PlayerPos.DoBFerenc PuskásFW1927-04-02

PlayerPos.DoBRoberto Baggio*FW/MF1967-02-18Franco BaresiDF/SW1960-05-08Giuseppe BergomiDF1963-12-22Giampiero BonipertiFW1928-07-04Gianluigi Buffon*GK1978-01-28Alessandro Del Piero*FW1974-11-09Giacinto FacchettiDF1942-07-18Paolo Maldini*DF1968-06-26Alessandro Nesta*DF1976-03-19Gianni RiveraMF1943-08-18Paolo RossiFW1956-09-23Francesco Totti*FW/MF1976-09-27Christian Vieri*FW1973-07-12Dino ZoffGK1942-02-28

PlayerPos.DoBHidetoshi Nakata*MF1977-01-22

PlayerPos.DoBGeorge WeahFW1966-10-01

PlayerPos.DoBHugo SánchezFW1958-07-11

PlayerPos.DoBMarco van BastenFW1964-10-31Dennis Bergkamp*FW1969-05-10Johan CruyffFW1947-04-25Edgar Davids*MF1973-03-13Ruud GullitMF1962-09-01René van de KerkhofMF1951-09-16Willy van de KerkhofMF1951-09-16Patrick Kluivert*FW1976-07-01Johan NeeskensMF1951-09-15Ruud van Nistelrooy*FW1976-07-01Rob RensenbrinkFW1947-07-03Frank RijkaardMF/DF1962-09-30Clarence Seedorf*MF1976-04-01

PlayerPos.DoBJay-Jay Okocha*MF1973-08-14

PlayerPos.DoBGeorge BestMF1946-05-22

PlayerPos.DoBRomeritoFW1960-08-28

PlayerPos.DoBTeófilo CubillasFW1949-03-08

PlayerPos.DoBZbigniew BoniekMF1956-03-03

PlayerPos.DoBEusébioFW1942-01-25Luís Figo*MF1972-11-04Rui Costa*MF1972-03-29

PlayerPos.DoBRoy Keane*MF1971-08-10

PlayerPos.DoBGheorghe HagiMF1965-02-05

PlayerPos.DoBRinat DasayevGK1957-06-13

PlayerPos.DoBKenny DalglishFW1951-03-04

PlayerPos.DoBEl Hadji Diouf*FW1981-01-15

PlayerPos.DoBHong Myung-bo*DF1969-02-12

PlayerPos.DoBEmilio ButragueñoFW1963-07-22Luis Enrique*MF1970-05-08Raúl*FW1977-06-27

PlayerPos.DoBRüştü Reçber*GK1973-05-10Emre Belözoğlu*MF1980-07-09

PlayerPos.DoBAndriy Shevchenko*FW1976-09-29

PlayerPos.DoBMichelle AkersMF/FW1966-02-01Mia Hamm*FW1972-03-17

PlayerPos.DoBEnzo FrancescoliFW/MF1961-11-12

 References 

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