FIFA's Greatest Living Players

Pele's controversial selection.

ARGENTINA: G Batistuta, H Crespo, M Kempes, D Maradona, D Passarella, J Saviola, O Sivori, A di Stefano, J Sebastian Veron, J Zanetti.

BELGIUM: J Ceulemans, F van der Elst, J-M Pfaff.

BRAZIL: Carlos Alberto, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Falcao, Junior, Pele, Rivaldo, Rivelino, Romario, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Djalma, Santos, Milton, Santos, Socrates, Zico.

BULGARIA: H Stoichkov.

CAMEROON: R Milla.

CHILE: P Figueroa, I Zamorano.

COLOMBIA: C Valderrama.

CROATIA: D Suker.

CZECH REPUBLIC (and former Czechoslovakia): J Masopost, P Nedved.

DENMARK: B Laudrup, M Laudrup, P Schmeichel.

ENGLAND: G Banks, D Beckham, B Charlton, K Keegan, G Lineker, M Owen, A Shearer.

FRANCE: E Cantona, M Desailly, D Deschamps, J Fontaine, T Henry, R Kopa, J-P Papin, R Pires, M Platini, L Thuram, M Tresor, D Trezeguet, P Vieira, Z Zidane.

GERMANY (and former West Germany): M Ballack; F Beckenbauer; P Breitner; O Kahn; J Klinsmann; S Maier; L Matthaus; G Muller; K-H Rummenigge; U Seeler.

GHANA: A Pele

HOLLAND: M van Basten, D Bergkamp, J Cruyff, E Davids, R Gullit, W van de Kerkhof, R van de Kerkhof, P Kluivert, J Neeskens, R van Nistelrooy, R Rensenbrink, F Rijkaard, C Seedorf.

HUNGARY: F Puskas.

IRELAND: R Keane.

ITALY: R Baggio, F Baresi, G Bergomi, G Boniperti, G Buffon, G Facchetti, P Maldini, A del Piero, A Nesta, G Rivera, P Rossi, F Totti, C Vieri, Dino Zoff.

JAPAN: H Nakata

LIBERIA: G Weah.

MEXICO: H Sanchez.

NIGERIA: J-J Okocha.

NORTHERN IRELAND: G Best.

PARAGUAY: Romerito.

PERU: T Cubillas.

POLAND: Z Boniek.

PORTUGAL: Rui Costa, Eusebio, L Figo

ROMANIA: G Hagi.

RUSSIA: R Dassaiev.

SCOTLAND: K Dalglish.

SENEGAL: El Hadji Diouf.

SPAIN: E Butragueno, Luis Enrique, Raul.

SOUTH KOREA: Hong Myung-bo

TURKEY: Emre Belozoglu, R Recber

UKRAINE: A Shevchenko.

URUGUAY: E Francescoli.

USA: Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm.