The Top 50 Footballers Of The 2000s Have Been Revealed And Ranked

FourFourTwo have shared with a great dose of that with their list of the finest 50 players of the noughties.

Indigenously, the decade began with Manchester United and Arsenal stars competing head-to-head for Premier League supremacy, until Roman Abramovich inserted his millions to offer Chelsea a place at the top.

In Europe, we were charmed by the two subsequent AC Milan Champions League victorious teams, while Real Madrid's Galácticos were in full effect.

Football players became worldwide megastars during this period, and expensive transfer fees had become the standard.

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With so many fantastic world-class talents to pick from in a memorable decade, ranking 50 players and provoking the inevitable reaction from football supporters is a thankless endeavour. 

However FourFourTwo never shies away from a challenge like this, and it's difficult to dispute with their present top ten.

Amidst these are the two modern-day GOATS, Lionel Messi an Argentine hero and Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Legend, with Messi's heir-apparent at Barcelona, Ronaldhino, taking his place a top the list.

The 2005 Ballon d'Or champion won trophies in Spain and Italy, as well as Brazil's World Cup and Copa América. His legendary cheeky smile and fantastic talents will carry on in the hearts of single football fan, and he deserves to be at the top of the ranking list.

The complete list of the top 50 is available below.

1. Ronaldinho

2. Zinedine Zidane

3. Kaka

4. Thierry Henry

5. Cristiano Ronaldo

6. Xavi

7. Ronaldo

8. Andres Iniesta

9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

10. Lionel Messi

11. Wayne Rooney

12. Steven Gerrard

13. Samuel Eto'o

14. Frank Lampard

15. Raul

16. Rio Ferdinand

17. Fernando Torres

18. Paul Scholes

19. John Terry

20. Andriy Shevchenko

21. Ashley Cole

22. Claude Makelele

23. Alessandro Nesta

24. Rivaldo

25. Iker Casillas

26. David Beckham

30. Francesco Totti

31. Luis Figo

32. Paolo Maldini

33. David Villa

34. Patrick Vieira

35. Pavel Nedved

36. Nemanja Vidic

37. Ruud van Nistelrooy

38. Fabio Cannavaro

39. Oliver Kahn

40. Ryan Giggs

41. Roberto Carlos

42. Michael Ballack

43. Cafu

44. Xabi Alonso

45. Gianluigi Buffon

46. Javier Zanetti

47. Edwin van der Sar

48. Henrik Larsson

49. Juan Roman Riquelme

50. Petr Cech

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