The 50 Greatest Footballers Of The 1990s Have Been Named And Ranked

Legendary Argentine Diego Maradona has beaten fierce competition from Peter Schmeichel to be named the best footballer of the 1990s.

Maradona, 59, left Barcelona in 1984 to move to Napoli and spent six years at the Italian side as he won two Serie A titles and a UEFA Cup.

And fans over at Ranker have cast their votes and put the World Cup-winning Argentine at the top of the pile.

Maradona secured the popular vote -- at the time of this writing -- as he amassed 4,268 upvotes and only received 1,606 downvotes.

Schmeichel, 56, was widely revered as one of the best goalkeepers of the 1990s and played an instrumental part in Manchester United's treble-winning season.

The Danish legend finished behind Maradona in second place, while Roberto Baggio and Alessandro Del Piero came third and fourth respectively.

Posted below are the top 50 footballers of the 1990s, according to the fans.

50. Ruud van Nistelrooy

49. Dwight Yorke

48. Andy Cole

47. Didier Deschamps

46. Thomas Ravelli

45. Karel Poborsky

44. Kennet Andersson

43. Roy Keane

42. Jose Luis Chilavert

41. Stefan Effenberg

40. Rudi Voller

39. Ronald Koeman

38. Thomas Habler

37. Mixu Paatelainen

36. Carlos Valderrama

35. Tomas Brolin

34. Laurent Blanc

33. Oliver Bierhoff

32. Abedi Pele

31. Kari Laukkanen

30. Antti Sumiala

29. Edgar Davids

28. Antti Pohja

27. Jari Rantanen

26. Andreas Brehme

25. Lilian Thuram

24. Paul Gascoigne

23. Gary Lineker

22. Rivaldo

21. Oliver Kahn

20. Romario

19. Lothar Matthaus

18. Gheorghe Hagi

17. Alan Shearer

16. Eric Cantona

15. Paul Scholes

14. Raul

13. Gabriel Batistuta

12. Roberto Carlos

11. Ryan Giggs

10. Ronaldo

9. Luis Figo

8. Pavel Nedved

7. Thierry Henry

6. Zinedine Zidane

5. Dennis Bergkamp

4. Alessandro Del Piero

3. Roberto Baggio

2. Peter Schmeichel

1. Diego Maradona

You can view the complete rankings, which features more than 100 footballers, over at Ranker.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Alessandro Del Piero, Football News, Football, Ronaldo, Dennis Bergkamp, Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Peter Schmeichel, Luis Figo, thierry henry

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