Argentine striker Lionel Messi has been named the best player in football history by FourFourTwo.
The following are in the top ten: 2. Pele; 3. Diego Maradona; 4. Cristiano Ronaldo; 5. Johan Cruyff; 6. Ronaldo; 7. Zinedine Zidane; 8. Franz Beckenbauer; 9. Alfredo Di Stefano; 10. Marco van Basten.
The list of 100 football players also includes the goalkeeper of the USSR national team Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to receive the Golden Ball. He is in 26th place.
Messi is 37 years old, he is an eight-time winner of the Golden Ball, the most decorated football player in history. At the moment, the world champion as part of the Argentina national team represents the North American Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami.
