TOTAL | ||
1 | Matthäus | 740 |
2 | Rijkaard | 686 |
3 | Neeskens | 467 |
4 | Keane | 418 |
5 | Breitner | 380 |
6 | Redondo | 365 |
7 | Davids | 353 |
8 | Robson | 351 |
9 | Schweinsteiger | 351 |
10 | Beckenbauer | 346 |
11 | Tigana | 302 |
12 | Edwards | 294 |
13 | Desailly | 275 |
14 | Voronin | 268 |
15 | Vieira | 252 |
16 | Tardelli | 230 |
17 | Souness | 229 |
18 | Varela | 214 |
19 | Coluna | 210 |
20 | Makelele | 141 |
21 | Cerezo | 138 |
22 | Busquets | 107 |
23 | Netto | 100 |
24 | Gerrard | 94 |
25 | Seedorf | 90 |
26 | Pirri | 88 |
27 | Gascoigne | 84 |
28 | Stielike | 80 |
29 | Bremner | 77 |
30 | Lampard | 69 |
31 | Goncalves | 62 |
32 | Kante | 61 |
33 | Ballack | 52 |
34 | Effenberg | 49 |
35 | Lerby | 42 |
36 | Zito | 41 |
37 | Essien | 39 |
38 | Vidal | 39 |
39 | Szymaniak | 34 |
40 | Deschamps | 33 |
41 | Mackay | 30 |
42 | Dunga | 23 |
43 | Toure | 20 |
44 | Benetti | 19 |
45 | Rossi | 17 |
46 | Mendieta | 15 |
47 | Mauro Silva | 11 |
48 | Mascherano | 9 |
49 | Cambiasso | 8 |
50 | Bonhof | 7 |
51 | Cajkovski | 5 |
52 | Pluskal | 5 |
53 | Luis Fernandez | 4 |
54 | Meszöly | 4 |
55 | Clodoaldo | 3 |
56 | Hierro | 2 |
57 | Jansen | 2 |
58 | Carrick | 1 |
Post your list of 30 best box-to-box and defensive midfielders of all-time. I'll close the thread on the 8th of September (unless we decide to extend the vote).
Note: since we're obviously facing a problem with individual categorisation, we've decided to highlight the debatable players that should or shouldn't be eligible for this list
Eligible:
Matthäus
Rijkaard
Desailly
Voronin
Robson
Keane
Vieira
Breitner
Neeskens
Redondo
Tardelli
Gerrard
Tigana
Varela
Bremner
Davids
Souness
Zito
Stielike
Ballack
Lampard
Lerby
Bonhof
Goncalves
Mascherano
Deschamps
Makelele
Edwards
Schweinsteiger
Pirri
Rossi
Szymaniak
Haan
Essien
Mackay
Netto
Ardiles
Simeone
Fernandez
Cambiasso
Effenberg
Seedorf
L. Enrique
Mendieta
Busquets
Cerezo
Toure
Gascoigne
Coluna
NB: This is not a complete list - if you think of someone, you can specify his category in the main thread.
Non-eligible:
Paulo Roberto Falcão
Guardiola
Pirlo
Xabi Alonso
Ocwirk
Bozsik
Masopust
Scholes
Deco
Modric
Overath
Van Hanegem
Schuster
Note: all discussion goes to this thread - http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/
Note: you can post less than 30 names, but not more
The list should be posted in the required format:
30.
NB: After careful consideration, only players that had played at least a season after the 1950 WC are eligible.
Note: since we're obviously facing a problem with individual categorisation, we've decided to highlight the debatable players that should or shouldn't be eligible for this list
Eligible:
Matthäus
Rijkaard
Desailly
Voronin
Robson
Keane
Vieira
Breitner
Neeskens
Redondo
Tardelli
Gerrard
Tigana
Varela
Bremner
Davids
Souness
Zito
Stielike
Ballack
Lampard
Lerby
Bonhof
Goncalves
Mascherano
Deschamps
Makelele
Edwards
Schweinsteiger
Pirri
Rossi
Szymaniak
Haan
Essien
Mackay
Netto
Ardiles
Simeone
Fernandez
Cambiasso
Effenberg
Seedorf
L. Enrique
Mendieta
Busquets
Cerezo
Toure
Gascoigne
Coluna
NB: This is not a complete list - if you think of someone, you can specify his category in the main thread.
Non-eligible:
Paulo Roberto Falcão
Guardiola
Pirlo
Xabi Alonso
Ocwirk
Bozsik
Masopust
Scholes
Deco
Modric
Overath
Van Hanegem
Schuster
Note: all discussion goes to this thread - http://www.redcafe.net/threads/redcafes-top-20-by-position.448431/
Note: you can post less than 30 names, but not more
The list should be posted in the required format:
- J. O'Shea
- P. Jones
30.
NB: After careful consideration, only players that had played at least a season after the 1950 WC are eligible.
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