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# Player Club League / Nation Nationality Natural Position Age Rating
1 Miguel Angel Nadal FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish CD 29 88
2 Laurent Blanc FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇫🇷 French SW 30 86
3 Fernando Couto FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇵🇹 Portuguese CD 26 86
4 Dieter Eilts Werder Bremen 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 31 85
5 Paolo Maldini AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian LB 28 85
6 Marcel Desailly AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇫🇷 French DM 27 84
7 Franco Baresi AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 36 84
8 Marcio Santos Spare 🇧🇷 Brazilian CD 26 84
9 Richard Gough Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 34 83
10 Danny Isaac EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 24 83
11 Julian Glover EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English LWB 22 83
12 Moreno Torricelli Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 26 82
13 Joao Silva Pinto Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese CD 34 82
14 Danny Blind Ajax 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch CD 34 82
15 Fredy Rincon Spare 🇨🇴 Colombian AM 29 82
16 Gary Pallister Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 31 81
17 Thomas Schneider VfB Stuttgart 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 23 81
18 Lorenzo Minotti Cagliari 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 29 81
19 Paul Ince Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English DM 28 81
20 Paolo Montero Iglesias Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇺🇾 Uruguayan CD 24 81
21 Michael Reiziger AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇳🇱 Dutch RB 23 81
22 Jan Suchoparek Strasbourg 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇨🇿 Czech CD 26 81
23 Enrique Quique Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish CD 31 81
24 Trifon Ivanov Rapid Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇬 Bulgarian CD 31 81
25 Robert Prosinecki Spare 🇭🇷 Croatian DM 27 81
26 Matthew Price EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RWB 24 81
27 Tony Adams Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 29 80
28 Colin Hendry Blackburn Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 30 80
29 Roy Keane Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇪 Irish AM 24 80
30 Luigi Apolloni Parma 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 29 80
31 Dos Santos Aldair Roma 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇧🇷 Brazilian CD 30 80
32 Gordon Petric Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🇭🇷 Croatian CD 26 80
33 Aloisio Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇧🇷 Brazilian CD 32 80
34 Zlatko Zahovic Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal Yugoslavian LM 25 80
35 Gheorghe Popescu FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇷🇴 Romanian DM 28 80
36 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish DM 28 80
37 Darren King EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 23 80
38 Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German SW 28 79
39 Frank Verlaat VfB Stuttgart 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇳🇱 Dutch CD 28 79
40 Massimo Paganin Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 26 79
41 Alessandro Orlando Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 26 79
42 Alessandro Costacurta AC Milan 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 30 79
43 Joubert Beto Napoli 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇧🇷 Brazilian DM 21 79
44 Stefano Pioli Padova 🇮🇹 Italian Serie B 🇮🇹 Italian CD 30 79
45 Gary Smith Rennes 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 25 79
46 Barjuan Sergi FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish LB 24 79
47 Winston Bogarde Ajax 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Dutch LB 25 79
48 Tomas Galasek Banik Ostrava 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Czech CD 23 79
49 Jes Hogh Fenerbache 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇩🇰 Danish CD 30 79
50 John Mathieu EA All Stars 🇺🇸 American CD 26 79
51 Stig-Inge Bjornbye Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇳🇴 Norwegian LWB 26 78
52 Oliver Kreuzer Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 30 78
53 Jürgen Kohler Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 30 78
54 Antonio Benarrivo Parma 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 27 78
55 Paolo Tramezzani Piacenza 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 25 78
56 Jorge Costa Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese CD 24 78
57 Lula Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇧🇷 Brazilian CD 30 78
58 Da Silva Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇧🇷 Brazilian LB 23 78
59 Javier Aguado Real Zaragoza 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish CD 28 78
60 Jose Maria Bakero Spare 🇪🇸 Spanish DM 33 78
61 Patrick Vieira Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇫🇷 French DM 20 77
62 Gary Neville Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English RB 21 77
63 Sol Campbell Tottenham Hotspur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 21 77
64 Mario Basler Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German DM 27 77
65 Markus Babbel Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 23 77
66 Julio Cesar Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇧🇷 Brazilian CD 33 77
67 Thomas Ritter Karlsruher SC 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 28 77
68 Alessio Pieroni Cagliari 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 20 77
69 Giuseppe Bergomi Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian LB 32 77
70 Jocelyn Angloma Internazionale 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇫🇷 French RB 30 77
71 Ciro Ferrara Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian RB 29 77
72 Gianluca Pessotto Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian LB 25 77
73 Emanuele Pesaresi Sampdoria 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian LB 19 77
74 Jean-Luc Sassus Lyon 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French CD 24 77
75 Jean-Christophe Devaux Lyon 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French CD 21 77
76 John Collins Monaco 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish LM 28 77
77 Bruno N'gotty Paris Saint-Germain 🇫🇷 French Division 1 🇫🇷 French CD 25 77
78 David McPherson Heart of Midlothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 32 77
79 Craig Levein Heart of Midlothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 31 77
80 Alex McLeish Motherwell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 37 77
81 Alex Cleland Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish CD 25 77
82 Joachim Björklund Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Premier League 🇸🇪 Swedish CD 25 77
83 Rui Barros Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹 Portuguese RM 30 77
84 Fernandez Abelardo FC Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish CD 26 77
85 Paco Deportivo La Coruña 🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 Spanish CD 26 77
86 Christian Panucci Real Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain 🇮🇹 Italian RB 23 77
87 Nicos Timotheou APOEL Nicosia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Cypriot CD 25 77
88 Rune Bratseth Rosenborg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇳🇴 Norwegian CD 35 77
89 Burh Kaymak Spare 🇹🇷 Turkish CD 22 77
90 Alexei Mikhailichenko Spare 🇺🇦 Ukranian DM 33 77
91 Rob Charlish EA All Stars 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh DM 20 77
92 Martin Keown Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 30 76
93 Gareth Southgate Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 25 76
94 Franck Leboeuf Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇫🇷 French SW 28 76
95 Mark Wright Liverpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English CD 32 76
96 Dennis Irwin Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🇮🇪 Irish RB 30 76
97 Robert Lee Newcastle United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English AM 30 76
98 Thomas Helmer Bayern München 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 31 76
99 Jens Nowotny Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga 1 🇩🇪 German CD 22 76
100 Mark Juliano Juventus 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A 🇮🇹 Italian CD 22 76