FIFA World Cup Dream Team

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 and Zinedine Zidane, who scored twice for France in their 1998 triumph, came in third 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).

3–4–3 formation Player[1] | Career playing position  | National side(s)
Years represented

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Lev Yashin | Goalkeeper  |  Soviet Union
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
Paolo Maldini | Left-back and central defender  |  Italy
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
Franz Beckenbauer | Central defender  |  West Germany
1966, 1970, 1974
Roberto Carlos | Left-back defender  |  Brazil
1998, 2002, 2006
Roberto Baggio | Second striker, or as an attacking midfielder  |  Italy
1990, 1994, 1998
Zinedine Zidane | Attacking midfielder  |  France
1998, 2002, 2006
Michel Platini | Advanced midfield playmaker  |  France
1978, 1982, 1986
Diego Maradona | Attacking midfielder or as a second striker  |  Argentina
1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
Romário | Striker  |  Brazil
1990, 1994
Johan Cruyff | Forward or attacking midfielder  |  Netherlands
1974
Pelé | Forward or attacking midfielder  |  Brazil
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

## See also[edit]

* FIFA 100
* World Team of the 20th Century

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Marcelo Leme de Arruda (24 July 2014). "World All-Time Teams". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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