ESPN Names 50 Best Soccer Player Ahead of World Cup
Rooney or Torres? Ronaldo or Messi? The debate over who truly is the world's best soccer player has gone on for hours in many bars and on many soccer fields across the world. Ahead of this summer's 2010 World Cup in South Africa, ESPN has released its list of the current 50 best players in the world. While their number 1 and 2, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively, are pretty unanimous picks around the world, some of their other rankings are sure to raise more than a few eyebrows.
Which players' stock will rise and whose will fall on soccer's biggest stage? The world cup is the ultimate opportunity for a player to make a name for himself in front of millions of fans, so only time will tell.
Who are your top 5 players in the world? Drop us a comment here with your top 5 in order to vote your favorites as the best of the best!
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March 3rd, 2010 - 16:59
#1 Messi #2 CR #3 Steven Gerrard #4 Wayne Rooney #5 Xavi #6 Inestia #7 Essien
#8 – #50 who cares? no Arsenal players or Fat Frank
March 16th, 2010 - 06:41
Rooney deserve the world player
March 23rd, 2010 - 12:59
1.messi,2.ronaldo,3.rooney,4.torres,5.iniesta,6.xavi,7.fabregas,8.kaka,9.danni alves,10.maicon
March 23rd, 2010 - 13:04
man utd fan lets see after world cup in my home country(RSA) who takes the cake.remember world football player goes to the winning country.Argentina – Messi,
Portugal – Ronaldo,England – rooney,Spain – Iniesta or Fabregas
April 4th, 2010 - 04:27
1.messi,2.ronaldo,3.torres,4.rooney or fabregas,5.arshavin,6.iniesta,7.kaka,8.ibrabhvich,9.tevez,10.casilles
May 15th, 2010 - 10:43
5 BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD
1. LIONEL MESSI
2. XAVI HERNANDEZ
3. WAYNE ROONEY
4. CRISTIANO RONALDO
5. DAVID VILLA
5 BEST PLAYERS IN THE 2010 WORLD CUP
1. DIDIER DROGBA (IVORY COAST)
2. WAYNE ROONEY (ENGLAND)
3. DAVID VILLA (SPAIN)
4. LANDON DONAVAN (USA)
5. LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA)
May 26th, 2010 - 07:03
1. messi, 2. cr, 3 gerrard and lampard, 4. kaka, 5.tores and drogba,
May 31st, 2010 - 11:56
1. Messi 2. Robben 3. Ronaldo 4. Xavi 5. Julio Cesar
June 15th, 2010 - 05:16
1.Rooney 2.Messi 3. C. Ronaldo 4. Kaka 5. Hernandez
June 15th, 2010 - 06:22
1. lionel messi 2. cristiano ronaldo 3. wayne rooney 4. kaka 5. xavi 6. didier drogba 7. andres iniesta 8. fernando torres 9. steven gerrard 10. michael essein 11. david villa 12. franck ribery 13. samuel eto’o 14.luis fabiano 15. iker casillas 16. csec fabregas 17. gianluigi buffon 18. dani alves 19. nemanja vidic 20. wesley sneijder 21. maicon 22. frank lampard 23. andrea pirlo 24. carlos teves 25. robin van persie 26. gonzalo higuain 27. deigo forlan 28.thierry henry 29. sergio aguero 30. michael ballack 31. julio ceasar 32. arjen robben 33.gerard pique 34. miroslav klose 35. lucio 36. javier mascherano 37. john terry 38. david silva 39. carles puyol 40. nicolas anelka 41. ashley cole 42. patrice evra 43. marek hamsik 44. karim benzema 45. yoann gourcuff 46. daniele de rossi 47. phillip lahm 48. yaya toure 49. giorgio chiellini 50. landon donovan
sorry 4 any spelling mistakes.
July 8th, 2010 - 12:14
1.CR 2.Messi 3.Ronaldinho 4.Rooney
July 14th, 2010 - 13:52
Messi!!!!!
Villa
Forlan
don’t care
don’t care
August 19th, 2010 - 12:31
messi is the best