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The 100 Most Famous Footballers

These are the 100 association football players with the greatest number of Wikipedia languages (in April 2024), a good proxy for global fame. How many can you name?
Only includes people famous for their playing career, not famous coaches who were less-famous players once
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Last updated: April 6, 2024
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Argentina
Lionel Messi
Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo
Argentina
Diego Maradona
Brazil
Pelé
Brazil
Neymar
France
Zinedine Zidane
Italy
Francesco Totti
England
David Beckham
Brazil
Ronaldo
Netherlands
Johan Cruyff
Uruguay
Luis Suárez
France
Kylian Mbappé
Sweden
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Croatia
Luka Modrić
France
Karim Benzema
Italy
Gianluigi Buffon
Germany
Manuel Neuer
Brazil
Ronaldinho
Spain
Andrés Iniesta
Germany
Franz Beckenbauer
Germany
Mesut Özil
Poland
Robert Lewandowski
England
Wayne Rooney
Germany
Miroslav Klose
England
Frank Lampard
Spain
Iker Casillas
France
Michel Platini
Netherlands
Robin van Persie
France
Antoine Griezmann
Brazil
Kaká
Wales
Gareth Bale
Netherlands
Arjen Robben
Germany
Thomas Müller
France
Thierry Henry
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Belgium
Eden Hazard
Egypt
Mohamed Salah
France
Paul Pogba
Spain
Sergio Ramos
Hungary
Ferenc Puskás
England
Steven Gerrard
Portugal
Eusébio
Spain
Fernando Torres
Germany
Gerd Müller
Liberia
George Weah
Spain
Xavi
France
Franck Ribéry
Uruguay
Diego Forlán
Ivory Coast
Didier Drogba
Spain
Cesc Fàbregas
Colombia
James Rodríguez
Argentina
Sergio Agüero
Spain
Gerard Piqué
Belgium
Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium
Thibaut Courtois
Spain
David Villa
England
Harry Kane
Belgium
Romelu Lukaku
Argentina
Ángel Di María
Italy
Roberto Baggio
France
Olivier Giroud
Soviet Union
Lev Yashin
Uruguay
Edinson Cavani
Germany
Lukas Podolski
Italy
Mario Balotelli
Spain
Xabi Alonso
Germany
Philipp Lahm
Cameroon
Samuel Eto'o
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player
Brazil
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
Dani Alves
Wales
Ryan Giggs
Spain
Sergio Busquets
Germany
Toni Kroos
Ukraine
Andriy Shevchenko
Germany
Michael Ballack
Germany
Lothar Matthäus
France
Hugo Lloris
Spain
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina
Hernán Crespo
Germany
Oliver Kahn
Spain
David de Gea
Spain
Carles Puyol
Brazil
Marcelo
Spain
Raúl
Italy
Paolo Maldini
Germany
Mario Götze
Italy
Fabio Cannavaro
Croatia
Ivan Rakitić
Germany
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Italy
Andrea Pirlo
Netherlands
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Edwin van der Sar
Brazil
Garrincha
England
Michael Owen
Spain
Víctor Valdés
Netherlands
Wesley Sneijder
Spain
David Silva
Spain
Jordi Alba
Germany
Jérôme Boateng
France
Sadio Mané
Brazil
Robinho
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