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For our eighth male top 100 list we have assembled a voting panel of 239 judges from 63 countries, led by legendary players such as Dimitar Berbatov, Falcão and Daniele Massaro.
They are backed up by a global selection of coaches, broadcasters, reporters, correspondents and editors, as well as other former players such as Javier Zanetti, Zico and Quinton Fortune.
The 23 current and former professionals have won a combined total of 1,087 international caps.
Our 239 judges are drawn from around the world as follows: Africa 21, Asia 15, Europe 146, North and Central America 16, South America 41.
The countdown begins on Tuesday 17 December with Nos 100-71. On Wednesday we will reveal Nos 70-41, on Thursday Nos 40-11 before the top 10 on Friday completes this year’s list.
The Top 100 rules are explained beneath the list of judges. The judges are listed in alphabetical order by category.
Players
Patrik Andersson Former Sweden international who won 96 caps and played at the 1994 and 2002 World Cups
Dimitar Berbatov Former Bulgaria international with 78 caps who played for Manchester United, Tottenham and Bayer Leverkusen among others
Jay Bothroyd Forward who won one cap for England and is currently playing for Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo in the J1 League in Japan
Rune Bratseth Former Norway international with 60 caps who captained his country at the 1994 World Cup
Gilles De Bilde Former Belgium international with 25 caps
Igor Demo Former Slovakia international with 24 caps
Erik Edman Former Sweden international with 57 caps who played at the 2006 World Cup
Jan Åge Fjørtoft Former Norway international with 71 caps who played at the 1994 World Cup
Quinton Fortune Former South Africa international with 46 caps
Wael Gomaa Former Egypt international with 114 caps
Nuno Gomes Former Portugal international with 79 caps who played at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups
Grafite Former Brazil international with four caps
Sergey Kiryakov Former Russian international who won 38 caps for USSR, CIS and Russia and played at the 1992 and 1996 European Championships
Daniele Massaro Former Italy international with 15 caps who played at the 1994 World Cup
Janusz Michallik Former US international with 44 caps now working as an ESPN football analyst
Armen Petikyan Former Armenia international with five caps
Lutz Pfannenstiel Former goalkeeper and the first player to have played professionally in all six Fifa confederations
Brent Sancho Former Trinidad and Tobago international with 43 caps who played at the 2006 World Cup and is a former Minister of Sports of Trinidad and Tobago
Yegor Titov Former Russia international with 41 caps who played at the 2002 World Cup
Julio César Uribe Former Peru international with 39 caps and now football analyst at Fox Sports Peru
Frédéric Waseige Former midfielder who won the Belgian Cup and League Cup with FC Liège and is now a TV pundit
Javier Zanetti Former Argentina international who played at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups
Zico Former Brazil international with 71 caps who played at the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups
Coaches and technical staff
Marco Amelia Former Italy international who is now the coach of Serie D side Vastese
Steve Darby Former head coach of Laos
Falcão Brazilian coach, former coach of Brazil and Japan and former Brazil international who played at 1982 and 1986 World Cups
Roberto Saporiti Argentinian football coach who was assistant coach to César Luis Menotti in 1978 World Cup
Fatih Terim Manager who has won eight Süper Lig titles and one Uefa Cup with Galatasaray and took Turkey to the 2008 European Championship semi-finals
Alberto Zaccheroni Manager who won Serie A with Milan in 1999 and who has coached the Japan and United Arab Emirates national teams
Journalists
Ed Aarons Deputy news editor, the Guardian
Ahmed Adala Journalist at Radio IFM Tunisie and Coaching Foot in Tunisia
Aanu Adeoye Freelance journalist for Al-Jazeera and VICE
Omar Al Raisi Founder of Dantani, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of The Sports Journal in the UAE
Gary Al-Smith African football expert
Tobias Altschäffl Chief footballer reporter at Sport-Bild in Germany
Nick Ames Football writer, the Guardian
David Amoyal Host of Calcioland podcast and columnist for The Athletic
Juan Arango TV commentator/Contributor Aficion Central (Ecuador), Sportsmax (Caribbean) and Al-Jazeera
Marcela Mora y Araujo Argentinian football writer
Philippe Auclair Senior writer, France Football
Gregg Bakowski Football writer, the Guardian
Nicky Bandini Italian football correspondent, the Guardian
John Bennett Broadcaster, BBC World Service & BBC 5 Live
Chloe Beresford Italian football writer and editor
Mina Finstad Berg Pundit and football expert at TV2 in Norway
Leonardo Bertozzi Football journalist at ESPN Brasil
Luca Bianchin Football writer, La Gazzetta dello Sport
Christoph Biermann Football writer for 11Freunde in Germany
Eduardo Biscayart Commentator on European football at Fox Sports Mexico and Telemundo (USA)
Andrey Bodrov Editor-in-chief of bookmakers-ratings.ru in Russia
Matteo Bonetti Football Commentator/Analyst, ESPN
Andreas Böni Head of football at Blick in Switzerland
Olivier Bossard Journalist at France Football
Mohamed Bouhafsi Head of Football at RMC Sport in France
Mareike Boysen Reporter at Ballesterer magazine in Austria
Andy Brassell European football writer/broadcaster
Costas Bratsos Football writer at Sport24.gr in Greece
Rodrigo Bueno Football journalist and FOX commentator in Brazil
Gevorg Burnuchyan Editor-in-chief of football365.am in Armenia
Mariana Cabral Football writer for Expresso and Sporting U-19 women’s team coach
Javier Cáceres Football writer, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Pedro Canelo Journalist at El Comercio in Peru
Lédio Carmona Football journalist and SporTV commentator in Brazil
Joao Castelo-Branco ESPN-Brasil correspondent in London
Hernán Castillo Argentinian football journalist at TNTSports
Mauro Cezar Pereira Football journalist and ESPN commentator in Brazil
Alex Chaffer Manager of the official Bundesliga website
Khachik Chakhoyan Uefa Media representer in Armenia
Ivaylo Chilev Football journalist and Champions League broadcast producer at bTV Media Group in Bulgaria
Rodolfo Chisleanschi Sports journalist for El País (Spain) and La Nación (Argentina)
Marcus Christenson Football editor, the Guardian
Solace Chukwu Football Writer for the Africa Desk of goal.com
Paulo Vinicius Coelho Football writer and Fox commentator in Brazil
James Corbett Sports writer and principal of deCoubertin Books
Joe Crann Soccer Laduma journalist in South Africa. Part-time TV and Radio analyst
Ezequiel Daray Fox Sports correspondent in Germany
James Dart Sports editor, theguardian.com
Kirill Dementyev Channel One commentator in Russia
Haresh Deol Editor of TwentyTwo13 in Malaysia
Serhiy Derkach Editor-in-chief at bookmaker ratings in Ukraine
Adam Digby Italian football writer
Paul Doyle Football writer, the Guardian
Vincent Duluc Senior reporter at L’Equipe
Simon Edwards South American football expert
Claudia Ekai Kwese Sports Correspondent in Kenya
Mohamed Amine Elamri Sports journalist at Le Matin in Morocco
Kasper Elissaar Editor-in-chief at Soccernet in Estonia
Jeroen Elshoff Football commentator NOS Dutch National television
Rodrigo Errasti Sports editor in chief of the Agencia Colpisa-Vocento in Spain
Amr Fahmy Journalist working for beIN Sports in Egypt
Christian Falk Head of football at Sport-Bild in Germany
Eric Faria Football journalist at TV Globo in Brazil
Martín Fernandez Senior football writer at Globoesporte in Brazil
Barak Fever Football journalist at ESPN Brasil
Ben Fisher Footballer reporter, the Guardian
Olivier Fosseux Journalist at La Voix du Nord in France
Solomon Fowowe Football journalist at the Guardian in Nigeria
Johanna Frändén European football correspondent for Swedish paper Aftonbladet
Alex Frosio Football editor at La Gazzetta dello Sport
Luigi Garlando Chief football writer at La Gazzetta dello Sport
Biplav Gautam Journalist at Sportradar in Nepal
Jonas Giaever Norwegian football journalist
Barry Glendenning Football writer and Guardian Football Weekly regular
Denis Green Journalist at Mailman Group in Shanghai
Mathieu Grégoire Journalist at L’Équipe
Cristian Grosso Sports editor of La Nación in Argentina
Andreas Hagenauer Football journalist at Der Standard
Karel Häring Czech football journalist and chief editor of quarterly magazine Football Club
Pavel Hartman Czech football writer at Sport daily
Jesper Haue Hansen Football reporter at Jyllands-Posten in Denmark
Gudmundur Hilmarsson Sport journalist at Morgunbladid and mbl.is in Iceland
Gustavo Hofman Football journalist and ESPN commentator in Brazil
Andy Hunter Football writer, the Guardian
David Hytner Chief football correspondent, the Guardian
Sasa Ibrulj Bosnian football writer
Wael Jabir CEO of Ahdaaf.me in Dubai
Kristian Jack TSN Soccer Analyst. TV/Radio host, reporter, writer
Jamie Jackson Football writer, the Guardian
Behnam Jafarzadeh Deputy editor at Varzesh3.com, Iran
Ott Järvela Football journalist and chairman of Estonian Sports Press Association
Boris Jovanovic Editor in Chief Sportske.net
Eduard Kalantaryan Head of Armenia TV sport
Celestine Karoney Kenyan sports journalist
Hideki Kasuya Japanese football journalist, commentator, and broadcaster
Ali Khaled Editor of FourFourTwo Arabia
Usher Komugisha African Football Journalist, SuperSport TV
Oleg Koshelev Russian football writer
Ermal Kuka Sports journalist at vipsport.al in Albania
Samindra Kunti Freelance football journalist
Cecilia Lagos European football columnist at La Tercera, contributor at The Tactical Room and cecilialagos.com
Aitor Lagunas Editor in chief, Panenka
Steven Lavon Sports journalist and editor-in-chief of africatopsports.com in Lomé, Togo
Joshua Law São Paulo-based freelance journalist and editor of the website Yellow and Green Football
Sergio Levinsky Journalist working for Infobae and Jornada in Argentina as well as Kicker in Germany
Gianluca Lia Sports journalist at Times of Malta
Jonathan Liew Sports writer, the Guardian
Pablo Londinsky Uruguayan football journalist at Tenfield
Sid Lowe Spanish football correspondent, the Guardian
Jorge Luiz Rodrigues Football journalist and ESPN broadcaster in Brazil
Olof Lundh Swedish football writer for Fotbollskanalen and Dagens Industri, pundit for TV4 and C More and author
Ben Lyttleton Football author and consultant
Ben Mabley Japan-based television commentator for J Sports, SkyPerfecTV, and DAZN
Jaime F Macias Football analyst at BeIN Sports USA
Paul MacInnes Sports writer, the Guardian
Hatem Maher Senior Sports Editor at Ahram Online in Egypt
Magnús Már Einarsson Editor of fotbolti.net in Iceland
Nebojsa Markovic Sports Journalist at MONDO.rs in Serbia
Gergely Marosi Freelance sports journalist and football writer in Hungary
Everaldo Marques Football journalist and ESPN broadcaster in Brazil
Tom Marshall Football writer based in Mexico
Martin Mazur Argentinian football journalist for El Gráfico, FourFourTwo and La Gazzetta dello Sport
Stephen McMillan Sports features editor and Top 100 commissioning editor, the Guardian
Ugur Meleke Football columnist at Hürriyet Daily. Also a pundit for CNN Turk and Radyospor
Renata Mendonça Journalist and UOL columnist in Brazil
Thierry Merchand International football chief editor, France Football
Luo Ming Sports Editor, Titan Sports, China
Tomasz Mortimer Hungarian football writer
Elena Mpountou Football writer at sdna.gr
Hassanin Mubarak Football writer
Hirofumi Nakano Journalist and radio show host in Japan
Francisco Navas Guardian producer and football writer
Sachin Nakrani Football writer, Guardian
Christian Nourry Editor-in-chief, Get French Football News
Osasu Obayiuwana British-Nigerian international football journalist and broadcaster, who has reported for the BBC for nearly 25 years.
Hernan O’Donnell Journalist working for Universo Deportivo who has previously written for El Gráfico and La Nación
Antonis Oikonomidis Greek freelance football writer
Oluwashina Okeleji Reporter for BBC Sport, World Soccer and Al Jazeera online
Collins Okinyo African football journalist and managing editor of soka25east.com
Rafael Oliveira Football journalist and ESPN commentator in Brazil
Sergio Fernández Olmedilla Football editor, Marca
Michael Oti Adjei Football Journalist and Broadcaster
Ichiro Ozawa Japanese football journalist, commentator, and broadcaster
Fernando Palomo ESPN commentator and the voice of FIFA 17 in Latin America
Álex Pareja Sports journalist at ESPN
Juan Carlos Pasman Argentinian journalist who presents his own shows on DirecTV Sports and Radio La Red
Artur Petrosyan Russian football journalist who is a uefa.com reporter and Guardian contributor
Michal Pol Editor in chief Przeglądu Sportowego
Ricardo Puig Football journalist at ESPN Fuera de Juego
Thiago Rabelo Editorial Assistant at Dazn and Guardian contributor
Melissa Reddy Senior Football Correspondent at The Independent
Marion Reimers Journalist and broadcaster/commentator for Fox Sports Latin America. Founder and president of Versus
Filippo Ricci Spain correspondent for Gazzetta dello Sport
Jeff Rueter Football writer for The Athletic
Vitor Sergio Rodrigues Commentator and editor at Esporte Interativo in Brazil
José Armando Rodríguez Editor-in-chief, Deporte Total USA
Fabrizio Romano Sky Sport Italy journalist and Guardian contributor
Juan Pablo Romero Sports journalist at El País in Uruguay
Barney Ronay Chief sports writer, the Guardian
Emanuel Rosu Romanian football writer at Sport.ro
Stephan Roth Reporter at Swiss daily Blick
Guillermo Rubio “Gumi” Freelance sports journalist working for, among others, FOX Sports Argentina and Onda Cero in Spain
Max Rushden Presenter of the Guardian Football Weekly and The Warm-up Show on Talksport
Marwan Saeed Operations manager of KingFut.com
Emre Sarigul Editor and founder of turkish-football.com
Santiago Segurola Football writer for El País
Metodi Shumanov Bulgarian football writer
Vidir Sigurdsson Sports editor of Morgunbladid and mbl.is and author of the Icelandic Football Yearbook
Nacho Silván Co-founder of Imagosport and professional football analyst
Mal Singh Journalist at Channel News Asia in Singapore
Lars Sivertsen Norwegian football writer and Guardian Football Weekly regular
Manos Staramopoulos Greek football journalist at Demokratia, Omada-reporter, Discoveryfootball.com
Mojmir Stasko Football writer for Dennik Sport in Slovakia
Jacob Steinberg Football writer, the Guardian
Vladimir Stognienko Russian football expert and VGTRK commentator
Alexandr Strelnikov Editor-in-chief of Sports.kz in Kazakhstan
Saku-Pekka Sundelin Football journalist at Ilta-Sanomat
Aet Süvari Estonian football reporter
Agris Suveizda Reporter for Sportacentrs.com in Latvia
Fábian Taboada Bilingual commentator for TUDN USA Latin American Correspondent and Diario SPORT (Spain)
Carlos Tassara Journalist and football analyst at NIX Media in Peru
Kristof Terreur Belgian football writer and Premier League correspondent for HLN
Mihovil Topic Chief football writer at Telesport in Croatia
Nuno Travassos Portuguese football writer at Maisfutebol
Mihalis Tsohos Gazzetta.gr director, commentator on Cosmote TV and host of a radio show on sport-fm.gr
Vaios Tsoutsikas Director at sport-fm.gr with his own daily show on the radio station
Darren Tulett Presenter at beIN Sports in France
Will Unwin Football writer, the Guardian
Carlos Univazo Journalist and football analyst at Fox Sports Peru
Patrick Urbini Football writer for France Football
Esteban Valverde Bonilla Sports journalist, focusing on football, at La Nacion in Costa Rica
Petter Veland Norwegian TV commentator and La Liga expert for Viasat
Lari Vesander Associate Editor of Urheilulehti in Finland
Ola Wenström TV presenter at Viasat in Sweden
Aleksandr Vishnevsky Football writer for Football Weekly in Russia
Raúl Vilchis Mexican sports journalist based in New York
Lukas Vrablik Slovakian freelance football writer
Ville Väänänen Finnish football reporter at Ilta-Sanomat
Greg Wilcox Sports Editor Arab News
Tomasz Wlodarczyk Chief football writer, Przeglad Sportowy
Carl Worswick Football writer based in Colombia
Michael Yokhin European football writer
Ahmad Yousef Egyptian football journalist and editor at KingFut.com in London
Bi Yuan Chinese Football Journalist based in Beijing
Víctor Zaferson Journalist and football scout at FdmSports.com
Federico Zanon Italian football journalist working for Sky Sport and Eurosport
Clemens Zavarsky Football writer for Ballesterer in Austria
Tim Zinoviev Chief Editor of Football.by in Belarus
Miran Zore Chief editor of Nogomania in Slovenia
Volodymyr Zverov Ukrainian TV presenter with his own football show
How the voting works
• The No 1 choice of each judge was awarded 40pts, No 2 given 39pts, down to 1pt for their No 40 choice. All the votes were added together to give a raw score.
• To minimise the influence of outliers in the list, the highest score awarded to a player was then deducted to give a final score.
• A player needed to receive votes from at least five judges to qualify for the list.
• If players are level on points in the scoring, the number of individual votes cast is used as a tie-breaker.
• The individual voting breakdown will be published when the full list has been revealed.
Voting disclosure
• We are very grateful to our judges for taking part, and none have been paid for participating in this project.
• To allow our judges the freedom to express their opinions without fear or favour, individual voting records will be anonymised in the full breakdown of scores.
• Voters are identified only by their category and a number chosen at random. The judges’ numbers bear no relation whatsoever to the alphabetical list of judges’ names presented above.
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