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Summary
The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Cristiano to Camacho, Beckenbauer to Beckham and everyone in between. The vast majority of the 100 best European football players of all time might no longer be lacing up their boots week after week to strut their stuff on the domestic, continental and international stage, but that doesn't mean we can no longer appreciate their genius; the esoteric brilliance only a minute few can comprehend but a great wave of supporters can marvel at.
Plenty of players have come and gone, but these European stars have all left a lasting imprint on the continent - and for some, even in places further afield. There's goalscorers, creators, devastators and destroyers, all combined to provide a celebration of the greatest to grace the pitch.
Inevitably, some players will be ranked wrongly - at least, in an individual's eyes - but that's the nature of the beast. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all, but each of the following 100 European players have managed to catch the attention in their own unique way. Enjoy!
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Cristiano Ronaldo 
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Johan Cruyff 
Franz Beckenbauer 
Zinédine Zidane 
Andrés Iniesta 
Bobby Charlton 
Paolo Maldini 
Ferenc Puskás 
George Best 
Luka Modrić 
Lev Yashin 
Matthias Sindelar 
Michael Laudrup 
Kenny Dalglish 
Kevin De Bruyne 
Gareth Bale 
Gunnar Nordahl 
Josef Masopust 
Hristo Stoichkov 
Gheorge Hagi 
Andriy Shevchenko 
Robert Lewandowski 
Erling Haaland 
