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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 favourite 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 .
Full results
Player
Nation
Votes
1 Zinedine Zidane France 123,582
2
Franz Beckenbauer West Germany 122,569
3
Johan Cruijff Netherlands 119,332
4
Marco van Basten Netherlands 117,987
5
Dino Zoff Italy 114,529
6
Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina Spain 107,435
7
Eusébio Mozambique Portugal 103,937
8
Lev Yashin Soviet Union 101,862
9
Michel Platini France 99,380
10
Paolo Maldini Italy 95,497
11
Ferenc Puskás Hungary Spain 94,361
12
Paolo Rossi Italy 91,194
13
Ruud Gullit Netherlands 91,001
14
Bobby Charlton England 89,921
15
Lothar Matthäus West Germany Germany 86,798
16
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany 86,649
17
Franco Baresi Italy 83,800
18
Gerd Müller West Germany 82,668
19
George Best Northern Ireland 79,036
20
Kevin Keegan England 78,840
21
Frank Rijkaard Netherlands 71,333
22
David Beckham England 71,299
23
Bobby Moore England 70,884
24
Roberto Baggio Italy 68,239
25
Michael Laudrup Denmark 67,484
26
Ronald Koeman Netherlands 66,661
27
Peter Schmeichel Denmark 66,463
28
Gheorghe Hagi Romania 62,383
29
Sepp Maier West Germany 62,375
30
Oliver Kahn Germany 58,151
31
Luís Figo Portugal 58,078
32
Raúl González Spain 56,880
33
Berti Vogts West Germany 55,398
34
Johan Neeskens Netherlands 54,796
35
Gianni Rivera Italy 53,874
36
José Antonio Camacho Spain 53,873
37
Marco Tardelli Italy 53,732
38
Just Fontaine France 53,612
39
Peter Shilton England 50,841
40
Bernd Schuster West Germany 50,247
41
Raymond Kopa France 49,504
42
Éric Cantona France 48,436
43
Stanley Matthews England 47,915
44
Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands 47,398
45
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov Soviet Union 46,022
46
Gary Lineker England 44,787
47
Alessandro Nesta Italy 44,667
48
José Santamaría Uruguay Spain 43,690
49
Alessandro Del Piero Italy 43,227
50
Alessandro Costacurta Italy 42,511
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