The 30 Greatest Goalkeepers of All TimeRicardo Zamora Spain 1920 - 34 ( Espanyol / Real Madrid ) Frantisek Planicka Czech 1920 s / 30 s ( Slavia Prague ) Gianpiero Combi Italy 1930 s ( Juventus ) Gyula Grosics Hungary 1950 s ( Honved ) Harry Gregg Ireland 1950 s ( Man Utd ) Amadeo Carrizo Argentina 1950 s ( River Plate ) Bert Trautmann Germany 1950 s ( Man City ) Vladimir Beara Yugoslavia 1950 s ( H . Split / P . Belgrade ) Lev Yashin USSR 1954 - 70 ( Dynamo Moscow ) Gilmar Brazil 1950 s / 60 s ( Corinthians / Santos ) Gordon Banks England 1963 - 72 ( Leicester / Stoke ) Pat Jennings NI 1964 - 86 ( Tottenham / Arsenal ) Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Uru 1966 - 74 ( Penarol / At , Mineiro ) Dino Zoff Italy 1970 - 82 ( Naopli / Juventus ) Peter Shilton Eng 1970 - 90 ( Stoke / Notts Forest / So ' ton ) Sepp Maier Germany 1970 s ( Bayern Munich ) Jan Tomaszewski Poland 1970 s ( Lodz ) Ubaldo Fillol Argentina 1974 - 82 ( River Plate ) Michel Preud ' homme Bel 1980 - 94 ( Mechelen / Benfica ) Rinat Dasayev USSR 1980 s ( Spartak Moscow ) Harald Schumacher Germany 1980 s ( Cologne ) Neville Southall Wal 1980 s / 90 s ( Everton ) Jean - Marie Pfaff Bel 1982 - 86 ( Beveren / B . Munich ) Peter Schmeichel Den 1990 s ( Brondby / Man Utd ) Jose Luis Chilavert Paraguay 1990 s ( Velez Sarsfield ) Edwin Van der Sar Neths 1990 s / 2000 s ( Ajax / Man Utd ) The 20 Greates Right - Backs of All TimeRodriguez Andrade Uruguay 1950 - 54 ( Penarol ) Orvar Bergmark Sweden 1950 s ( Orbero / Roma ) Jimmy Armfield England 1950 s / 60 s ( Blackpool ) , Djalma Santos Brazil 1954 - 62 ( Palmeiras ) Tommy Gemmell Scotland 1960 s / 70 s ( Celtic / Notts Forest ) Tarcisio Burgnich Italy 1963 - 74 ( Inter ) Carlos Alberto Brazil 1970 s ( Santos / Fluminense ) Berti Vogts Germany 1970 s ( Borussia MonchengladbachWim Suurbier Holland 1970 s ( Ajax ) Danny McGrain Scotland 1974 - 82 ( Celtic ) Manfred Kaltz Germany 1975 - 83 ( Hamburg ) Manuel Amoros France 1980 s ( Monaco / Marseille ) Jorginho Brazil 1987 - 96 ( Flamengo / B . Leverkusen / B . Munich ) Cafu Brazil 1990 s ( Sao Paulo / Roma / Milan ) Lilian Thuram France 1990 s / 00 s ( Monaco / Parma / Juventus ) Javier Zanetti Argentina 1990 s / 2000 s ( Inter ) Gianluca Zambrotta Italy 2000 s ( Juverntus / Barcelona ) Sergio Ramos Spain 2000 s ( Sevilla / Real Madrid ) The 20 Greatest Left - Backs of All TimeEddie Hapgood England 1930 s ( Arsenal ) Johnny Carey Ireland 1940 s ( Man Utd ) Nilton Santos Brazil 1954 - 62 ( Botafogo ) Silvio Marzolini Argentina 1960 s ( Boca Juniors ) Karl - Heinz Schnellinger Germany 1962 - 70 ( Cologne / Milan ) Giacinto Facchetti Italy 1966 - 74 ( Inter ) Ruud Krol Holland 1970 s ( Ajax ) Emlyn Hughes England 1970 s ( Liverpool ) Alberto Tarantini Argentina 1974 - 82 ( Boca Jrs / Toulouse ) Paul Breitner Germany 1974 - 82 ( Bayern Munich / Real Madrid ) Antonio Cabrini Italy 1978 - 86 ( Juventus ) Jose Antonio Camacho Spain 1980 s ( Real Madrid ) Andreas Brehme Germany 1980 s / 90 s ( Kaiserslauten / Inter ) Robert Jarni Croatia 1990 s ( Hajduk Split / Real Betis ) Frank De Boer Netherlands 1990 s ( Ajax / Barcelona ) Roberto Carlos Brazil 1990 s / 00 s ( Palmeiras / Real Madrid ) Bixente Lizarazu France 1990 s / 00 s ( Bordeaux / B . Munich ) Paolo Maldini Italy 1980 s / 90 s / 00 s ( AC MIlan ) The 30 Greatest ' Stopper ' Centre - backs of All TimeJose Nasazzi Uruguay 1923 - 37 ( Nacional ) Milutin Ivkovic Yugoslavia 1925 - 34 ( Belgrade ) Jacinto Quincoces Spain 1928 - 36 ( R . Madrid ) Eraldo Monzeglio Italy 1930 - 38 ( Bologna ) Severino Minelli Switz 1930 - 43 ( Grasshoppers ) Pietro Rava Italy 1935 - 46 ( Juventus ) Alfredo Foni Italy 1936 - 42 ( Juventus ) Erik Nilsson Sweden 1938 - 52 ( Malmo ) Neil Franklin England 1946 - 50 ( Stoke ) Schubert Gambetta Uruguay 1941 - 52 ( Nacional ) Billy Wright England 1939 - 59 ( Wolves ) Ernst Happel Austria 1947 - 58 ( R . Vienna ) Santamaria Uru / Spain 1952 - 62 ( Nacional / R . Madrid ) Billy NcNeill Scotland 1961 - 72 ( Celtic ) Claudio Gentile Italy 1975 - 84 ( Juventus ) Karl - Heinz Forster Germany 1978 - 86 ( Stuttgart / Marseille ) Oscar Ruggeri Argentina 1983 - 94 ( R . Plate / R . Madrid ) Tony Adams England 1987 - 2000 ( Arsenal ) Ciro Ferrara Italy 1987 - 02 ( Napoli / Juventus ) Alessandro Costacurta Italy 1991 - 98 ( AC Milan ) Jurgen Kohler Germany 1986 - 98 ( Juventus / B . Dortmund ) Marcel Desailly France 1993 - 04 ( AC Milan / Chelsea ) Miguel Angel Nadal Spain 1991 - 02 ( Mallorca / Barcelona ) Fabio Cannavaro Italy 1997 - 10 ( Parma / Juventus / R . Madrid ) Carlos Gamarra Paraguay 1993 - 2006 ( At . Madrid / Corinthinans / ...) Sol Campbell England 2000 s 1996 - 07 ( Tottenham / Arsenal ) Jaap Stam Neths 2000 s ( PSV / Man Utd / Lazio / Milan ) 1996 - 04 The 30 Greatest Sweepers and Ball - Playing Centre - backs of All TimeThe 20 Greatest Ball - Playing Centre - backsVirginio Rosetta Italy 1920 - 34 ( Juventus ) Luigi Allemandi Italy 1925 - 36 ( Ambrosiana ) Domingos da Guia Bra 1930 s ( Flamego ) Paul Janes Ger 1930 s 1932 - 42 ( Dusseldorf ) Bobby Moore Eng 1962 - 73 ( West Ham ) Elias Figueroa Chile 1964 - 82 ( Penarol / Imternacional ) Hector Chumpitaz Peru 1965 - 81 ( U . Deportes ) Daniel Passarella Argentina 1974 - 86 ( River Plate / Fiorentina ) Alan Hansen Sco 1977 - 91 ( Liverpool ) Marius Tresor Fra 1971 - 83 ( Marseille ) Giuseppi Bergomi Italy 1982 - 98 ( Inter ) Paul McGrath Ireland 1985 - 97 ( Man Utd / Aston Villa ) Gheorge Popescu Romania 1988 - 03 ( PSV / Barca / Galatasary ) Fernando Hierro Spain 1989 - 02 ( Real Madrid ) Alessandro Nesta Italy 1996 - 06 ( Lazio / Milan ) Laurent Blanc France 1989 - 00 ( Montpelier / Marseille / Inter ) Roberto Ayala Argentina 1994 - 07 ( River Plate / Napoli / Valencia ) The 10 Greatest Sweepers of All TimeVelibor Vasovic Yugoslavia 1961 - 66 ( P . Belgrade / Ajax ) Willi Schulz Germany 1959 - 70 ( Schalke / Hamburg ) Jan Popluhar Czech ( Slovak ) 1958 - 67 ( S . Bratislava / Brno ) Albert Shesternyov USSR 1961 - 71 ( CSKA Moscow ) Franz Beckenbauer Germany 1965 - 77 ( Bayern Munich ) Gaetano Scirea Italy 1975 - 86 ( Juventus ) Ronald Koeman Neths 1983 - 94 ( PSV / Barcelona ) Franco Baresi Italy 1977 - 97 ( AC Milan ) Matthias Sammer Germany / E . Germany 1986 - 97 ( B . Dortmund )