The Best Footballer Born Every Year From 1970 – 2002

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A group of football fans compiled a list of the best footballer born every year from 1970 – 2002. Creating this list of top footballers was a challenge, with many football legends born in the same year. However, we selected the player most preferred by fans to make the cut. For each year, we’ve also included the closest runner-up at the bottom of the article. Check out the full list of iconic footballers and let us know—did we get it right, or would you suggest any changes?

1970’s

Year Player
1970 Cafu
1971 Jari Litmanen
1972 Zinedine Zidane
1973 Roberto Carlos
1974 Alessandro Del Piero
1975 David Beckham
1976 Ronaldo
1977 Thierry Henry
1978 Gianluigi Buffon
1979 Andrea Pirlo

1980’s

Year Player
1980 Xavi
1981 Iker Casillas
1982 Ricardo Kaká
1983 Philip Lahm
1984 Andrés Iniesta
1985 Cristiano Ronaldo
1986 Manuel Neuer
1987 Lionel Messi
1988 Robert Lewandowski
1989 Gareth Bale

1990’s

Year Player
1990 Toni Kroos
1991 Kevin De Bruyne
1992 Neymar
1993 Harry Kane
1994 Bruno Fernandes
1995 Ollie Watkins 
1996 Rodri
1997 Lautaro Martínez
1998 Kylian Mbappé
1999 Declan Rice

.2000’s

Year Player
2000 Erling Haaland
2001 Bukayo Saka 
2002 Nico Williams

 

Changes

Following are some of the arguable changes that can be made for the above list.

Year Change
1970 Shearer -> Cafu
1971 Larsson -> Litmanen
1973 Giggs -> Roberto Carlos
1974 Scholes -> Del Piero
1980 Xavi -> Ronaldinho
1981 Ibrahimović -> Casillas
1988 Sanchez -> Busquets
1990 De Gea -> Kroos
1994 Bruno Fernandes -> Bernardo Silva
1996 Rodri -> Coman
1999 Declan Rice -> Rafael Leao
2000 Haaland -> Vinicius Junior
2001 Bukayo Saka -> William Saliba
2002 Nico Williams -> Eduardo Camavinga

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