The FIFA 100 selected by Pelé

In 2004 FIFA asked Pelé to select the 100 best players - 50 present and 50 from the past. Pelé couldnt just choose 50 from the past however, and was allowed to pick anothet 25 players. Thus the list is more a "FIFA 125" than a "FIFA 100".

Still.

Here is the players Pelé picked:

Argentina
Alfredo Di Stefano
Daniel Passarella
Diego Maradona
Gabriel Batistuta
Hernan Crespo
Javier Saviola
Javier Zanetti
Juan Sebastian Veron
Mario Kempes
Omar Sivori

Belgium
Franky van der Elst
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jan Cuelemens

Brazil
Cafu
Carlos Alberto
Djalma Santos
Falcao
Milton Santos
Junior
Pele
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Roberto Carlos
Romario
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Socrates
Zico

Bulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov

Cameroon
Roger Milla

Chile
Pablo Figueroa
Ivan Zamorano

Colombia
Carlos Valderrama
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Croatia
Davor Suker
Czech Republic
Josef Masopust
Pavel Nedved

Denmark
Brian Laudrup
Michael Laudrup
Peter Schmeichel

England
Alan Shearer
Bobby Charlton
David Beckham
Gary Lineker
Gordon Banks
Kevin Keegan
Michael Owen

France
David Trezeguet
Didier Deschamps
Eric Cantona
Jean-Pierre Papin
Just Fontaine
Lilian Thuram
Marcel Desailly
Marius Tresor
Michel Platini
Patrick Vieira
Raymond Kopa
Robert Pires
Thierry Henry
Zinedine Zidane

Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
Gerd Mueller
Jurgen Klinsmann
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Lothar Matthaeus
Michael Ballack
Oliver Kahn
Paul Breitner
Sepp Maier
Uwe Seeler

Ghana
Abedi Pele

Hungary
Ferenc Puskas

Ireland
Roy Keane

Italy
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Nesta
Christian Vieri
Dino Zoff
Francesco Totti
Franco Baresi
Giampiero Boniperti
Giacinto Fachetti
Gianluca Buffon
Gianni Rivera
Giuseppe Bergomi
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Baggio

Japan
Hidetoshi Nakata
Liberia
George Weah
Mexico
Hugo Sanchez

Netherlands
Clarence Seedorff
Dennis Bergkamp
Edgar Davids
Frank Rijkaard
Johan Neeskens
Johan Cruyff
Marco Van Basten
Patrick Kluivert
Rene van de Kerkhof
Rob Rensenbrink
Ruud Gullit
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Willie van de Kerkhof

Nigeria
Jay-Jay Okocha
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Northern Ireland
George Best

Paraguay
Romerito

Peru
Teofilo Cubillas

Poland
Zbigniew Boniek

Portugal
Eusebio
Luis Figo
Rui Costa

Romania
Gheorghe Hagi
Russia
Rinat Disayev

Scotland
Kenny Dalglish

Senegal
El Hadji Diouf

South Korea
Hong Myung-Bo

Spain
Emilio Butragueno
Luis Enrique
Raul

Turkey
Emre Belozoglu
Rustu Recber

Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko

Ururguay
Enzo Francescoli
United States (women)
Michelle Akers
Mia Hamm