Following is the list of the "FIFA 100" greatest living footballers as nominated by Pele. The list was compiled to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of FIFA and actually contains 125 names:
ARGENTINA
Daniel Passarella
Diego Maradona
Gabriel Batistuta
Hernan Crespo
Javier Saviola
Javier Zanetti
Juan Sebastian Veron
Mario Kempes
Omar Sivori
BELGIUM
Franky van der Elst
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jan Cuelemans
BRAZIL
Carlos Alberto
Djalma Santos
Falcao
Nilton Santos
Junior
Pele
Rivaldo
Rivelino
Roberto Carlos
Romario
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
Socrates
Zico
BULGARIA
Hristo Stoichkov
Roger Milla
CHILE
Pablo Figueroa
Ivan Zamorano
COLOMBIA
Carlos Valderrama
CROATIA
Davor Suker
CZECH REPUBLIC
Josef Masopust
Pavel Nedved
Brian Laudrup
Michael Laudrup
Peter Schmeichel
ENGLAND
Alan Shearer
Bobby Charlton
David Beckham
Gary Lineker
Gordon Banks
Kevin Keegan
Michael Owen
FRANCE
David Trezeguet
Didier Deschamps
Eric Cantona
Jean-Pierre Papin
Lilian Thuram
Marcel Desailly
Marius Tresor
Michel Platini
Patrick Vieira
Raymond Kopa
Robert Pires
Thierry Henry
Zinedine Zidane
GERMANY
Franz Beckenbauer
Gerd Mueller
Jurgen Klinsmann
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Lothar Matthaeus
Michael Ballack
Oliver Kahn
Paul Breitner
Sepp Maier
Uwe Seeler
GHANA
Abedi Pele
HUNGARY
Ferenc Puskas
IRELAND
Roy Keane
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Nesta
Christian Vieri
Dino Zoff
Francesco Totti
Franco Baresi
Giampiero Boniperti
Giacinto Fachetti
Gianluca Buffon
Gianni Rivera
Giuseppe Bergomi
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Baggio
JAPAN
Hidetoshi Nakata
LIBERIA
George Weah
MEXICO
Hugo Sanchez
NETHERLANDS
Clarence Seedorf
Dennis Bergkamp
Edgar Davids
Johan Neeskens
Johan Cruyff
Marco van Basten
Patrick Kluivert
Rene van de Kerkhof
Rob Rensenbrink
Ruud Gullit
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Willie van de Kerkhof
NIGERIA
Jay-Jay Okocha
NORTHERN IRELAND
George Best
PARAGUAY
Romerito
PERU
Teofilo Cubillas
Zbigniew Boniek
PORTUGAL
Eusebio
Luis Figo
Rui Costa
ROMANIA
Gheorghe Hagi
RUSSIA
Rinat Disayev
SCOTLAND
Kenny Dalglish
SENEGAL
El Hadji Diouf
SOUTH KOREA
Hong Myung-Bo
SPAIN
Emilio Butragueno
Luis Enrique
Raul
TURKEY
Rustu Recber
UKRAINE
Andriy Shevchenko
URUGUAY
Enzo Francescoli
UNITED STATES (women)
Michelle Akers
Mia Hamm