FourFourTwo released the list of the 50 most influential football players in history, Report informs.
Of them, 47 are male and 3 female footballers. The list is as follows:
Viv Anderson, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, Trevor Francis, Stanley Matthews, Kelly Smith, Jamie Vardy, Ian Wright (all England), Osvaldo Ardiles, Amadeo Carrizo, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Carlos Volante (all Argentina), Jose Andrade (Uruguay), Franco Baresi, Giacinto Facchetti, Andrea Pirlo, Francesco Totti (all Italy), Franz Beckenbauer, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer (all Germany), George Best, Bill McCracken (both Northern Ireland), Jan- Marc Bosman (Belgium), Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry, Claude Makelele, Zinedine Zidane (all France), John Charles (Wales), Johan Cruyff (Netherlands), Eusebio, Cristiano Ronaldo (both Portugal), Garrincha, Marta, Neymar, Pele, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Nilton Santos (all Brazil), Gyula Grosics, Nandor Hidegkuti (both Hungary), Mia Hamm (USA), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan), Antonin Panenka (Czech Republic), Matthias Sindelar (Austria), George Weah (Liberia), Lev Yashin (USSR), Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Spain).