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List of footballers

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This is a list of the 600 best-known footballers, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#NameAge
1
Lionel MessiArgentine association football player (born 1987)
39
2
Cristiano RonaldoPortuguese association football player (born 1985)
41
3
Albert CamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
1913–1960
4
Niels BohrDanish physicist (1885–1962)
1885–1962
5
PeléBrazilian footballer (1940–2022)
1940–2022
6
Diego MaradonaArgentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
1960–2020
7
NeymarBrazilian footballer (born 1992)
34
8
Zinedine ZidaneFrench association football player and coach
54
9
Sean ConneryScottish actor (1930–2020)
1930–2020
10
David BeckhamEnglish footballer (born 1975)
51
11
Kylian MbappéFrench footballer (born 1998)
27
12
Johan CruyffDutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)
1947–2016
13
Francesco TottiItalian association football player
born 1976
14
RonaldoBrazilian association football player (born 1976)
50
15
Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedish association football player (born 1981)
45
16
Viktor OrbánPrime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–2026) (born 1963)
63
17
Franz BeckenbauerGerman sports official and association football player (1945–2024)
1945–2024
18
Luis SuárezUruguayan association football player
39
19
RonaldinhoBrazilian associaton fooball player (born 1980)
46
20
Alex FergusonScottish association football manager and former player
84
21
Luka ModrićCroatian footballer (born 1985)
41
22
Gianluigi BuffonFormer Italian footballer (born 1978)
48
23
José MourinhoPortuguese association football manager and former player
63
24
Karim BenzemaFrench footballer (born 1987)
38
25
Mesut ÖzilTurkish-German association football player
38
26
Andrés IniestaSpanish footballer and manager
42
27
Elie WieselRomanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928–2016)
1928–2016
28
Robert LewandowskiPolish association football player (born 1988)
38
29
Mohamed SalahEgyptian association football player (born 1992)
born 1992
30
Frank LampardEnglish association football player and manager
48
31
Michel PlatiniFrench football player, manager and executive (born 1955)
71
32
Thierry HenryFrench association football player and manager
49
33
Miroslav KloseGerman professional football manager and former player
48
34
Wayne RooneyEnglish footballer and manager
41
35
Antoine GriezmannFrench footballer (born 1991)
35
36
Iker CasillasSpanish association football player
45
37
KakáBrazilian association football player (born 1982)
44
38
Lamine YamalSpanish association football player (born 2007)
19
39
Erling HaalandNorwegian footballer (born 2000)
26
40
Manuel NeuerGerman association football player (born 1986)
40
41
Harry KaneEnglish association football player (born 1993)
33
42
Robin van PersieDutch association football player and manager
43
43
Jason StathamEnglish actor (born 1967)
59
44
Steven GerrardEnglish association football player and manager (born 1980)
born 1980
45
Xavi HernándezSpanish footballer and manager
46
46
EusébioPortuguese footballer (1942–2014)
1942–2014
47
Pep GuardiolaSpanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
55
48
Ferenc PuskásHungarian association football player (1927–2006)
1927–2006
49
Gareth BaleWelsh association football player
37
50
George WeahPresident of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 (born 1966)
60
51
Thomas MüllerGerman association football player
37
52
Arjen RobbenDutch association football player (born 1984)
42
53
Eden HazardBelgian footballer (born 1991)
35
54
Kevin De BruyneBelgian association football player (born 1991)
35
55
Paul PogbaFrench footballer (born 1993)
33
56
Didier DrogbaIvorian and French association football player
48
57
Gerard PiquéSpanish association football player (born 1987)
39
58
Mario BalotelliItalian association football player
36
59
Sadio ManéSenegalese footballer (born 1992)
34
60
Fernando TorresSpanish footballer and manager (born 1984)
42
61
Gerd MüllerGerman footballer (1945–2021)
1945–2021
62
James RodríguezColombian association football player
35
63
Roberto BaggioItalian association football player (born 1967)
59
64
Samuel Eto'oCameroonian association football player
45
65
Sergio RamosSpanish association football player (born 1986)
40
66
Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)
1926–2014
67
Javier MileiEconomist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
56
68
Lukas PodolskiGerman association football player (born 1985)
41
69
Sergio AgüeroArgentine association football player
38
70
Carlo AncelottiItalian football player and manager
67
71
Franck RibéryFrench footballer (born 1983)
43
72
Gary LinekerEnglish football pundit and former player
65
73
Marco van BastenDutch association football player and manager (born 1964)
62
74
Olivier GiroudFrench footballer (born 1986)
40
75
Romelu LukakuBelgian footballer (born 1993)
33
76
Andriy ShevchenkoUkrainian association football player
50
77
George BestNorthern Irish footballer (1946–2005)
1946–2005
78
Jürgen KloppGerman association football manager (born 1967)
59
79
Lev YashinPlayer for U.S.S.R (1929–1990)
1929–1990
80
Marcus RashfordEnglish footballer (born 1997)
29
81
Ryan GiggsWelsh association football player and coach
52
82
Thibaut CourtoisBelgian association football player (born 1992)
34
83
Alessandro Del PieroItalian association football player
51
84
Diego ForlánUruguayan association football player and manager (born 1979)
47
85
Julio IglesiasSpanish singer and lawyer (born 1943)
83
86
Ousmane DembéléFrench footballer (born 1997)
29
87
Philipp LahmGerman association football player
42
88
Xabi AlonsoSpanish football manager and player
44
89
Andrea PirloItalian association football player and manager
47
90
Ahmad ibn BillahPresident of Algeria from 1963 to 1965
1916–2012
91
Ángel Di MaríaArgentine footballer (born 1988)
38
92
Cesc FàbregasSpanish professional footballer player and manager
39
93
David VillaSpanish footballer
44
94
Edinson CavaniUruguayan association football player
39
95
Toni KroosGerman former football player
36
96
Daniel AlvesBrazilian footballer
43
97
Fabio CannavaroItalian association football player and manager
53
98
Hugo LlorisFrench footballer (born 1986)
39
99
Joao GrimaldoPeruvian association football player
23
100
Roberto CarlosBrazilian footballer
53