The UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll is the popular name for an online poll conducted in 2004 by UEFA as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, celebrating the best European footballers from the fifty previous years. The poll, available on UEFA's website, asked respondents to pick their ten favorite players from each of the five previous decades, from a shortlist of 250 players. Over 150,000 people responded, producing over seven million votes. Zinedine Zidane topped the poll narrowly from Franz Beckenbauer. Italian players featured most frequently with ten nominations, edging out German players with eight nominations.
Full results PlayerNationVotes 1Zinedine Zidane123,5822Franz Beckenbauer122,5693Johan Cruyff119,3324Marco Van Basten117,9875Dino Zoff114,5296Alfredo Di Stéfano107,4357Eusébio 103,9378Lev Yashin101,8629Michel Platini99,38010Paolo Maldini95,49711Ferenc Puskás94,36112Paolo Rossi91,19413Ruud Gullit91,00114Bobby Charlton89,92115Lothar Matthäus86,79816Karl-Heinz Rummenigge86,64917Franco Baresi83,80018Gerd Müller82,66819George Best79,03620Kevin Keegan78,84021Frank Rijkaard71,33322David Beckham71,29923Bobby Moore70,88424Roberto Baggio68,23925Michael Laudrup67,48426Ronald Koeman66,66127Peter Schmeichel66,46328Gheorghe Hagi62,38329Sepp Maier62,37530Oliver Kahn58,15131Luís Figo58,07832Raúl56,88033Berti Vogts55,39834Johan Neeskens54,79635Gianni Rivera53,87436José Antonio Camacho53,87337Marco Tardelli53,73238Just Fontaine53,61239Peter Shilton50,84140Bernd Schuster50,24741Raymond Kopa49,50442Eric Cantona48,43643Stanley Matthews47,91544Ruud van Nistelrooy47,39845Valentin Ivanov46,02246Gary Lineker44,78747Alessandro Nesta44,66748José Santamaría43,69049Alessandro Del Piero43,22750Alessandro Costacurta42,511
See also FIFA 100 UEFA Jubilee Awards UEFA Club Football Awards
External links UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll Media Release UEFA Awards