1aThierry Henry (FRA)
1997 Panini Foot.
Arsenal’s all-time leading scorer with 228 goals in just 8 seasons, Frenchman Thierry Henry was one of the best players of his generation. He led the Gunners to two league titles and two FA Cups. Henry also won two La Liga titles with Barcelona and one Ligue 1 title with AS Monaco. He was capped 123 times for France.
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1bZlatan Ibrahimovic
2000 Panini Sweden.
If you want to win a league championship, add Zlatan Ibrahimović to your roster. Between 2001 and 2014, Ibrahimović’s teams have won 11 out of 12 league titles (the two with Juventus were revoked due to the Calciopoli scandal). Ibrahimović has scored 326 goals in 602 league matches and 51 goals in 101 appearances for the Swedish national team.
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1cRonaldinho (BRA)
1999 Panini Brasileiro.
Ronaldinho won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in both 2004 and 2005 as he led Barcelona to consecutive La Liga titles. Ronaldinho was a member of the 2002 Brazilian national team that won the World Cup. In all, he was capped 97 times by Brazil.
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1dAndrei Shevchenko (UKR)
1999 Panini.
The sixth-highest goal scorer in all European competitions, Andriy Shevchenko was a prolific striker in the 1990s. After finishing third in Ballon d'Or voting for 1999 and 2000, Shevchenko won the award outright in 2004.
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1eKaká (BRA)
2002 Panini Campeonato Brasileiro.
The 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year winner, Kaká won one Serie A title with AC Milan and one Li Liga title with Real Madrid. With Milan, he finished as the top scorer in the 200607 Champions League campaign with ten goals. Kaká has been capped 89 times by Brazil and was a member of the national team that won the 2002 World Cup.
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1fXavi Hernández (SPA)
1998 Mundicromo Las Fichas.
Considered one of the greatest playmakers of his generation, Xavi has won seven La Liga titles to date with Barcelona. With great vision and ball control, he has embodied Barcelona’s “tiki-taka” style of play. Xavi has been capped more than 130 times by Spain and has helped his country win the Euro Cup in 2008 and 2012 and the World Cup in 2010.
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1gPatrick Vieira (FRA)
1995 Panini Premium.
French midfielder Patrick Vieira had an incredibly successful club career in England and Italy winning seven league titles with Arsenal, Inter Milan and Juventus. In the 2003-04 season he helped Arsenal become the first English team in more than a century to go through the entire league season unbeaten. Capped 107 times for France, Vieira played on the national team s that won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 Euro Cup.
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1hRoberto Carlos (BRA)
1993 Campeonato Brasileiro.
Considered one of the best left backs in history, Roberto Carlos was a member of the Brazilian national team in three World Cups, helping the team finish runner-up in 1998 and win the tournament in 2002. In all, he was capped 126 times. Playing for Real Madrid, Carlos won four La Liga titles and won Champions League three times.
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1iAlessandro Nesta (ITA)
1995 Panini Calciatori.
Four-time Serie A Defender-of-the-Year, Alessandro Nesta won three Serie A league titles with AC Milan and Lazio and finished second on four occasions. He was a key member of the Italian national side that won the 2006 World Cup. Nesta is best known for his artistic tackles and tight marking on opponents.
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1jJohn Terry (ENG)
2001 Wizard of the Coast.
Currently Chelsea's captain, John Terry has led his club to three English league titles and five FA Cup victories. He was named UEFA Club Defender of the Year in 2005, 2008 and 2009. To date, Terry was won 78 caps for England.
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1kGianluigi Buffon (ITA)
1995 Panini Calciatori.
One of the greatest goalkeepers of all-time, Gianluigi Buffon holds the records both for most clean sheets in Serie A and for the Italian national team. He is the only goalkeeper to win the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award, which he won in 2003. Buffon has won 7 Serie A league titles with Juventus. Buffon has participated in an international record five World Cups He was instrumental in Italy winning the 2006 World Cup and received the Yashin Award as best goalkeeper in the tournament.
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1lManager: José Mourinho (POR)
1996 Panini.
José Mourinho’s teams won six top-flight league titles during the 2000s, two Serie A titles with Inter Milan, two English League titles with Chelsea and two Portuguese League titles with Porto. He also won La Liga with Real Madrid in 2012. In the early 1990s, Mourinho worked as an interpreter for legendary English manager Bobby Robson at Porto and Barcelona. Between February 2002 and April 2011, Mourinho went 150 home league matches unbeaten with Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid.
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2aRuud Van Nistelrooy (NED)
1998 Panini Voetbal.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy both won league titles and was also the top league scorer in three different top-flight European leagues: Eredivisie (PSV Eindhoven), Premier League (Manchester United) and La Liga (Real Madrid). In all, he scored 249 goals in 449 league matches.
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2bRaúl (SPA)
1994 Mundicromo.
Raúl spent 16 seasons with Real Madrid, he is the club’s all-time top scorer with 323 goals, won six La Liga titles and three Champions League titles. He is the third highest Champions League scorer after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He was capped 102 times by Spain.
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2cDavid Villa
2004 Mundicromo.
David Villa was a prolific striker in the 2000s, enjoying club success in Spain as well as with the national side. He earned the Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup in which Spain won the tournament. The first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals, he retired from the national team with 59 goals in 98 matches and as Spain’s all-time national team scorer.
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2dSamuel Eto’o (CAM)
1998 Mundicromo.
Samuel Eto’o is one of the most decorated African players of all-time having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. Eto’o won three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues with Barcelona. He scored 108 goals in five seasons with the club. After Barcelona and Inter Milan essentially swapped Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimović, Eto’o won a Serie A title and Champions League in his first year with his new club. He became the first player ever to win the treble (domestic title, domestic cup and Champions League) in consecutive seasons and interestingly he accomplished this feat playing for two different teams.
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2eDavid Beckham
1995 LCD Publishing.
Renowned for his range of passing, crossing ability, and bending free-kicks, David Beckham is the first English player to win league titles in four different countries. He won six Premier League titles with Manchester United. He as capped 115 times by England. It’s only a shame this quality player never became very famous.
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2fPavel Nedvěd (CZE)
1995 Papyro.
Winner of the 2003 Ballon d'Or, Pavel Nedvěd won three Serie A titles with Lazio and Juventus. He was capped 91 times by the Czech Republic.
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2gClaude Makélélé (FRA)
2002 Panini.
Winner of six league titles in England, Spain and France, Claude Makélélé has been credited with redefining the defensive midfield role in English football, especially during the 2004-05 season when Chelsea won the title with 95 points. In homage to Makélélé, many fans and pundits alike have dubbed the defensive midfield position as the “Makélélé Role.”
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2hSteven Gerrard (ENG)
1999 Futera.
Midfielder Steven Gerrard has spent 16 seasons with Liverpool, winning Champions League in 2005 as well as two FA Cups and three League Cups. He finished third in the 2005 Ballon d'Or voting. Gerrard is the third-most capped player in the history of the English national team.
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2iFabio Cannavaro (ITA)
1993 Panini Calciatori.
The most-capped player in the history of the Italian national team, Fabio Cannavaro is only the third defensive player in history to win the Ballon d'Or. After spending the majority of his career in Italy, he won consecutive La Liga titles with Real Madrid in 2007 and 2008. Cannavaro was a key member of the 2006 Italian team that won the World Cup.
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2jJavier Zanetti (ARG)
1995 Panini.
Playing for Inter Milan for most of his career, Argentine defender Javier Zanetti won five Serie A titles and four Coppa Italia titles with the club. With 145 appearances, he holds the record as Argentina’s most-capped player.
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2kIker Casillas (SPA)
1999 Mundicromo.
Winner of the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper for five consecutive years, Iker Casillas has played his entire career with Real Madrid. He has won five La Liga titles and three Champions League titles with the club. Capped 160 times for the Spanish national team, Casillas won both Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
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2lManager: Marcelo Lippi (ITA)
1970 Panini.
Marcelo Lippi is considered one of the greatest managers ever, winning prestigious international competitions both with clubs and national teams. He led Juventus to three consecutive Champions League finals, winning one, and five Serie A titles. He has won 3 Chinese League titles. Lippi managed Italy when it won the 2006 World Cup.
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3aCarles Puyol (SPA)
1999 Mundicromo.
Long-time Barcelona captain Carles Puyol played mainly as central back and right back. Between 2004 and 2012, he helped the club win 6 league titles and 2 Cops del Rey. Capped exactly 100 times, Puyol was a member of the Spanish national side that won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
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3cMaicon (BRA)
2004 Panini Foot.
Brazilian attacking fullback Maicon has won 4 Serie A titles with Inter Milan between 2006 and 2010. He was a member of the Brazilian national side that won the 2004 and 2007 Copas América and the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. To date, Maicon has been capped on 76 occasions.
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3dPaul Scholes (ENG)
1995 Merlin.
English midfielder Paul Scholes played his entire career for Manchester United with whom he won 11 Premiere League titles, 3 FA Cups and 2 Champions League titles. Considered one of the best midfielders of his generation, Scholes made 718 appearances for United and was capped 66 times by England.
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3eRobinho (BRA)
2001 Panini Campeonato Brasileiro.
Robinho won two Campeonato Brasileiro titles in 2002 and 2004 with Santos, the club’s first titles since Pelé was on the team. He won two La Liga titles with Real Madrid in 2007 and 2008 and a Serie A title with AC Milan in 2011. To date, Robinho has been capped 96 times by Brazil, scoring 27 goals
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3fWesley Sneijder (NED)
2003 Panini Voetbal.
Attacking midfielder Wesley Sneijder won Eredivisie in 2004 with Ajax, La Liga with Real Madrid in 2008 and both Serie A and Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010. Capped 114 times by the Netherlands, Sneijder was awarded the Silver Ball (second-best player) at the 2010 World Cup in which the Netherlands finished as runners-up.
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3gXabi Alonso (SPA)
2001 Panini.
Defensive midfielder Xabi Alonso has been successful in three of Europe’s top leagues, winning Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, La Liga in 2012 and Champions League in 2014 with Real Madrid and Bundesliga with Bayern Munich in 2015. He was named Spanish Player of the Year in 2003 and won the 2010 World Cup as a member of the Spanish national team.
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3hHernán Crespo (ARG)
1995 Upper Deck.
A prolific striker, Hernán Crespo scored more than 300 goals in his career. He is Argentina’s third-highest goalscorer with 35 career international goals. Crespo was the world’s most expensive player when Lazio bought him for €56 million in 2000. And He did not disappoint as the top scorer in Serie A for the 2000-01 season with 26 goals.
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3iGianluca Zambrotta (ITA)
1997 Panini.
Defender Gianluca Zambrotta helped his clubs win three Serie A titles and three Italian Cups. He was capped 98 times by the Italian national team, he played in three World Cups and was a member of the Italian side that won the 2006 World Cup.
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3jAndrea Pirlo
2006 Pianeta Calcio.
A deep-lying playmaker with great vision, ball control, and passing ability, Andrea Pirlo is one of the best midfielders of his generation. With AC Milan, he won 2 Serie A titles and 2 Champions League titles. With Juventus, he won 4 consecutive Serie A titles between 2011 and 2015. To date, Pirlo has been capped 113 times by Italy, was a member of the Italian national team that won the 2006 World Cup and was awarded the Bronze Ball (third-best player) in the tournament.
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3kDidier Drogba
2003 Panini Foot.
Chelsea’s fourth all-time scorer, Didier Drogba led the club to four Premier League titles. He cored 65 goals in 105 appearances for the Ivory Coast national side.
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3lFrancesco Totti
1994 Panini.
Widely considered Roma’s greatest ever player, Francesco Totti spent his entire career Roma, leading the club to one Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italia titles. Totti is the second-highest scorer of all time in Italian league history with 250 goals. He was twice named Serie A Footballer of the Year.
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3mDiego Forlan (URU)
2000 Futbol DS.
Uruguayan striker Diego Forlán twice won the Pichichi Trophy and twice won the European Golden Shoe for most goals in a season from the top league in any European country. At the 2010 World Cup, he was the joint top scorer with five goals and won the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best overall player.
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