There is nothing like a bit of nostalgia on a Saturday morning, and FourFourTwo have given us a perfect dose of that with their countdown of the best 50 players of the noughties.
There are some absolute ballers in this countdown; domestically, the decade which started with stars of Manchester United and Arsenal going head-to-head for Premier League dominance, before Roman Abramovich injected his millions to give Chelsea a seat at the top.
In Europe, we were dazzled by the two most recent AC Milan Champions League winning teams, and the excitement of Real Madrid's Galácticos was in full swing. It was an era where footballers became global megastars, and obscene transfer fees became the norm.
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With a number of incredible world-class talents to choose from in an unforgettable decade, it is a thankless task to rank 50 players and provoke the inevitable backlash from football fans. But FourFourTwo never shirks away from this kind of task, and it is hard to argue too much against their current top 10.
Among these, includes the two modern-day GOATS in Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Messi's heir-apparent at Barcelona, Ronaldhino takes his place on top spot.
The 2005 Ballon d'Or winner won titles in Spain and Italy, as well as the World Cup and Copa América for Brazil. His iconic cheesy grin and outrageous skills will live in the hearts of every football fan, and rightly takes a place at the top of this illustrious list.
The full top 50 can be viewed below.
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1. Ronaldinho
2. Zinedine Zidane
3. Kaka
4. Thierry Henry
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5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Xavi
7. Ronaldo
8. Andres Iniesta
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9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
10. Lionel Messi
11. Wayne Rooney
12. Steven Gerrard
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13. Samuel Eto'o
14. Frank Lampard
15. Raul
16. Rio Ferdinand
17. Fernando Torres
18. Paul Scholes
19. John Terry
20. Andriy Shevchenko
21. Ashley Cole
22. Claude Makelele
23. Alessandro Nesta
24. Rivaldo
25. Iker Casillas
26. David Beckham
27. Andrea Pirlo
28. Carles Puyol
29. Didier Drogba
30. Francesco Totti
31. Luis Figo
32. Paolo Maldini
33. David Villa
34. Patrick Vieira
35. Pavel Nedved
36. Nemanja Vidic
37. Ruud van Nistelrooy
38. Fabio Cannavaro
39. Oliver Kahn
40. Ryan Giggs
41. Roberto Carlos
42. Michael Ballack
43. Cafu
44. Xabi Alonso
45. Gianluigi Buffon
46. Javier Zanetti
47. Edwin van der Sar
48. Henrik Larsson
49. Juan Roman Riquelme
50. Petr Cech
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