UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll

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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 favorite 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. Italian players featured most frequently with ten nominations, edging out German players with eight nominations.

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PlayerNationVotes
1 Zinedine Zidane Flag of France.svg  France 123,582
2 Franz Beckenbauer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 122,569
3 Johan Cruyff Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 119,332
4 Marco Van Basten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 117,987
5 Dino Zoff Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 114,529
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		107,435
7 Eusébio Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 		103,937
8 Lev Yashin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 101,862
9 Michel Platini Flag of France.svg  France 99,380
10 Paolo Maldini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 95,497
11 Ferenc Puskás Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		94,361
12 Paolo Rossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 91,194
13 Ruud Gullit Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 91,001
14 Bobby Charlton Flag of England.svg  England 89,921
15 Lothar Matthäus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		86,798
16 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 86,649
17 Franco Baresi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 83,800
18 Gerd Müller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 82,668
19 George Best Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 79,036
20 Kevin Keegan Flag of England.svg  England 78,840
21 Frank Rijkaard Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 71,333
22 David Beckham Flag of England.svg  England 71,299
23 Bobby Moore Flag of England.svg  England 70,884
24 Roberto Baggio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 68,239
25 Michael Laudrup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 67,484
26 Ronald Koeman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 66,661
27 Peter Schmeichel Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 66,463
28 Gheorghe Hagi Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 62,383
29 Sepp Maier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 62,375
30 Oliver Kahn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 58,151
31 Luís Figo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 58,078
32 Raúl Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56,880
33 Berti Vogts Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 55,398
34 Johan Neeskens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54,796
35 Gianni Rivera Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53,874
36 José Antonio Camacho Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 53,873
37 Marco Tardelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53,732
38 Just Fontaine Flag of France.svg  France 53,612
39 Peter Shilton Flag of England.svg  England 50,841
40 Bernd Schuster Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 50,247
41 Raymond Kopa Flag of France.svg  France 49,504
42 Eric Cantona Flag of France.svg  France 48,436
43 Stanley Matthews Flag of England.svg  England 47,915
44 Ruud van Nistelrooy Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 47,398
45 Valentin Ivanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46,022
46 Gary Lineker Flag of England.svg  England 44,787
47 Alessandro Nesta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 44,667
48 José Santamaría Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		43,690
49 Alessandro Del Piero Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43,227
50 Alessandro Costacurta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42,511

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