The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team.[1][2] Diego Maradona of Argentina received the most votes. More than one-and-a-half million fans worldwide voted in the poll, conducted by the official FIFA website, www.FIFAworldcup.com, with Maradona receiving 111,035 votes. Brazil's Pelé, who played for three World Cup-winning teams, won 107,539 votes, 1974 World Cup Champion with West Germany Franz Beckenbauer received 81,442 and Zinedine Zidane who scored twice for France in their 1998 triumph, came in fourth with 80,527.[1]
It is an eleven-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders, and three forwards (3–4–3 formation). The uniqueness of this team is the lack of right-back.
| Player[1] | Career playing position | National side(s) Years represented |
Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev Yashin | Goalkeeper |  Soviet Union1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 |
24,587 |
| Paolo Maldini | Left-back and central defender |  Italy1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 |
58,523 |
| Franz Beckenbauer | Central defender |  West Germany1966, 1970, 1974 |
81,442 |
| Roberto Carlos | Left-back defender |  Brazil1998, 2002, 2006 |
58,200 |
| Roberto Baggio | Second striker, or as an attacking midfielder | Italy 1990, 1994, 1998 |
55,625 |
| Zinedine Zidane | Attacking midfielder |  France1998, 2002, 2006 |
80,527 |
| Michel Platini | Advanced midfield playmaker | France 1978, 1982, 1986 |
53,783 |
| Diego Maradona | Attacking midfielder or as a second striker |  Argentina1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 |
111,035 |
| Romário | Striker | Brazil 1990, 1994 |
29,480 |
| Johan Cruyff | Forward or attacking midfielder |  Netherlands1974 |
53,645 |
| Pelé | Forward or attacking midfielder | Brazil 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 |
107,539 |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "FIFA DREAM TEAM: Maradona voted top player". Express India. 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Marcelo Leme de Arruda (24 July 2014). "World All-Time Teams". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2017.