quarta-feira, 26 de dezembro de 2012

Os cem melhores do mundo

O The Guardian publicou a lista dos atuais 100 melhores jogadores de futebol do mundo. A seleção foi feita a partir da escolha de um conjunto de 11 jornalistas/colunistas entendidos da bola. Fiquei contente por ver nesta lista dois jogadores do FC Porto: James na posição 59 e João Moutinho na posição 76. E ainda dois que sairam há pouco tempo do Dragão: Falcao na sexta posição e Hulk... no lugar 83. Será este um efeito natural de quem escolheu (ou deixou o empresário escolher) um clube do pouco mediático campeonato russo? Ou apenas "esquecimento" dos ingleses? De notar a ausência desta lista de quaisquer jogadores da equipa daquele treinador que usa o cachecol nos jogos internacionais.

Aqui está a lista completa:

The world's top 100 best footballers

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No
Name
Position
Club
Nationality
Age at Dec 20 2012
1Lionel MessiForwardBarcelonaArgentina25
2Cristiano RonaldoForwardReal MadridPortugal27
3XaviMidfielderBarcelonaSpain32
4Andres IniestaMidfielderBarcelonaSpain28
5Zlatan IbrahimovicForwardPSGSweden31
6Radamel FalcaoForwardAtletico MadridColombia26
7Robin van PersieForwardMan UtdNetherlands29
8Andrea PirloMidfielderJuventusItaly33
9Yaya ToureMidfielderMan CityIvory Coast27
10Edinson CavaniForwardNapoliUruguay25
11Sergio AgueroForwardMan CityArgentina24
12Iker CasillasGoalkeeperReal MadridSpain31
13NeymarForwardSantosBrazil20
14Sergio BusquetsDefender/midfielderBarcelonaSpain24
15Xabi AlonsoMidfielderReal MadridSpain31
16Thiago SilvaDefenderPSGBrazil28
17Mesut OzilMidfielderReal MadridGermany24
18David SilvaMidfielder/forwardMan CitySpain26
19Bastian SchweinsteigerMidfielderBayern MunichGermany28
20Gianluigi BuffonGoalkeeperJuventusItaly34
21Luis SuarezForwardLiverpoolUruguay25
22Sergio RamosDefenderReal MadridSpain26
23Vincent KompanyDefenderMan CityBelgium26
24Gerard PiqueDefenderBarcelonaSpain25
25Philipp LahmDefenderBayern MunichGermany29
26WillianMidfielderShakhtar DonetskBrazil24
27Marco ReusForwardBorussia DortmundGermany23
28Franck RiberyMidfielderBayern MunichFrance29
29Manuel NeuerGoalkeeperBayern MunichGermany26
30Ashley ColeDefenderChelseaEngland32
31Wayne RooneyForwardMan UtdEngland27
32Juan MataMidfielderChelseaSpain24
33Thomas MullerForwardBayern MunichGermany23
34Mario GötzeMidfielder/forwardBorussia DortmundGermany20
35Karim BenzemaForwardReal MadridFrance24
36Cesc FabregasMidfielderBarcelonaSpain25
37OscarMidfielderChelseaBrazil21
38FernandinhoMidfielderShakhtar DonetskBrazil27
39Javier MascheranoDefender/midfielderBarcelonaArgentina28
40Gareth BaleDefenderTottenhamWales23
41Javier ZanettiDefender/midfielderInternazionaleArgentina39
42Daniele De RossiMidfielderRomaItaly29
43Dani AlvesDefenderBarcelonaBrazil29
44Petr CechGoalkeeperChelseaCzech Republic30
45Mats HummelsDefenderBorussia DortmundGermany24
46Carles PuyolDefenderBarcelonaSpain34
47Angel Di MariaMidfielderReal MadridArgentina24
48Carlos TevezForwardMan CityArgentina28
49Didier DrogbaForwardShanghai ShenhuaIvory Coast34
50Giorgio ChielliniDefenderJuventusItaly28
51MarceloDefenderReal MadridBrazil24
52Stephan El ShaarawyForwardMilanItaly20
53Toni KroosMidfielderBayern MunichGermany22
54Samuel Eto’oForwardAnzhi MakhachkalaCameroon31
55Jordi AlbaDefender/midfielderBarcelonaSpain23
56Mario GomezForwardBayern MunichGermany27
57Arturo VidalMidfielderJuventusChile25
58Eden HazardMidfielderChelseaBelgium21
59James RodriguezMidfielderPortoColombia21
60Marouane FellainiMidfielderEvertonBelgium25
61RamiresMidfielderChelseaBrazil25
62David VillaForwardBarcelonaSpain31
63Klaas Jan HuntelaarForwardSchalkeNetherlands29
64Nemanja VidicDefenderMan UtdSerbia31
65Joe HartGoalkeeperMan CityEngland25
66Arjen RobbenMidfielder/forwardBayern MunichNetherlands28
67Mario BalotelliForwardMan CityItaly22
68Mathieu ValbuenaMidfielderMarseilleFrance28
69Pierre-Emerick AubameyangForwardSt EtienneGabon23
70Robert LewandowskiForwardBorussia DortmundPoland24
71HernanesMidfielderLazioBrazil27
72PedroForwardBarcelonaSpain25
73Santi CazorlaMidfielderArsenalSpain28
74Christian EriksenMidfielderAjaxDenmark20
75Ezequiel LavezziForwardPSGArgentina27
76Joao MoutinhoMidfielderPortoPortugal26
77Mario MandžukićForwardBayern MunichCroatian26
78Patrice EvraDefenderMan UtdFrance31
79David LuizDefenderChelseaBrazil25
80Luka ModricMidfielderReal MadridCroatia27
81Victor WanyamaDefender/midfielderCelticKenya21
82Mapou Yanga-M'BiwaDefenderMontpelierFrance23
83HulkForwardZenit St PetersburgBrazil26
84Darijo SrnaMidfielderShakhtar DonetskCroatia30
85Emmanuel MayukaForwardSouthamptonZambia22
86John TerryDefenderChelseaEngland32
87Kwadwo AsamoahMidfielderJuventusGhana24
88Leonardo BonucciDefenderJuventusItaly25
89Javier PastoreMidfielderPSGArgentina23
90Henrikh MkhitaryanMidfielder/forwardShakhtar DonetskArmenia23
91Moussa DembeleMidfielderTottenhamBelgium25
92Hatem Ben ArfaMidfielder/forwardNewcastleFrance25
93Samir NasriMidfielderMan CityFrance25
94Shinji KagawaMidfielderMan UtdJapan23
95Wesley SneijderMidfielderInternazionaleNetherlands28
96PepeDefenderReal MadridPortugal29
97Marek HamsikMidfielderNapoliSlovakia25
98Javi MartinezDefender/midfielderBayern MunichSpain24
99Diego ForlanForwardInternacionalUruguay33
100PaulinhoMidfielderCorinthiansBrazil24