From Kocsis to Vieri
Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Results of UEFA's Jubilee poll to find the top 50 European players of the past 50 years will begin next week with Player No50 and working gradually towards Player No1, which will be announced in the spring.

  

Inter striker Christian Vieri  


Nearly 7,000,000 votes
A total of 134,796 people all over the world voted for their favourite 50 European players, ten from each decade of UEFA's existence, making the overall number of votes cast 6,739,800.

Close race
The top four players gained over 100,000 votes each, with less than 1,000 votes separating the top two. In the top 50, there are at least eight players from each decade, with every playing position and many different countries represented. Today we continue our look at some of the great players that just missed out.

Kocsis and Sivori
Player No90, with 25,125 votes, is Hungarian striker Sándor Kocsis, who has the impressive record of 75 goals in 68 internationals for his country and scored eleven times in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. The Argentinian-born Italy striker Omar Sivori came in at No89 with 25,277 votes. The 1961 European Footballer of the Year helped Juventus FC win three league titles.

Vieiri and Müller
An Italy striker of the present day, FC Internazionale's Christian Vieri, is next in line at No88, with 25,388 votes, followed by Hansi Müller, who starred for West Germany at the 1978 and 82 World Cups. He was No87 with 26,224 votes.

Antognoni and Preud'Homme
At No86, with 26,268 votes is AC Fiorentina idol Giancarlo Antognoni, the creative force behind Italy's 1982 World Cup triumph. One of the finest goalkeepers of the 1980s, Belgian international Michel Preud'Homme, came just ahead of Antognoni at No85 with 26,621 votes.

Mazzola and Rui Costa
Sandro Mazzola, a European champion with Inter and World Cup finalist with Italy in 1970, came in at No84 with 26,679 votes. At No83 is AC Milan and Portugal's Rui Costa, one of the modern game's best playmakers, with 26,679 votes.

Schiaffino and Gerets
No82 is Juan Alberto Schiaffino, a scorer in Uruguay's historic victory over Brazil in the 1950 World Cup who later starred for Italy, while at No81 came former Belgium defender Erik Gerets, who helped the Red Devils reach the 1980 UEFA European Championship final.

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