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1284:Hatzipanagis
1060:Banishevskiy
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907:Pat Jennings
879:John Charles
863:Oleg Blokhin
780:Branko Oblak
764:Ján Popluhár
604:Johan Cruyff
588:Pavel Cebanu
443:Johnny Giles
379:Fritz Walter
347:Darko Pančev
56:Panajot Pano
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1256:Khurtsilava
920:George Best
846:Hakan Şükür
825:Switzerland
620:George Best
600:Netherlands
556:Louis Pilot
265:Bobby Moore
201:Davor Šuker
169:Safet Sušić
1880:Categories
1648:Di Stéfano
1410:Narbekovas
886:References
712:San Marino
700:Lev Yashin
552:Luxembourg
487:Kazakhstan
117:Azerbaijan
1676:Chapuisat
1116:Stoichkov
1088:Van Himst
1074:Aleinikov
1032:Oganesian
732:Denis Law
535:Lithuania
475:Dino Zoff
281:Mart Poom
1620:Popluhár
1522:Lubański
1508:Bratseth
1452:Busuttil
1382:Starkovs
1368:Kvochkin
1340:Spiegler
1242:Fontaine
1228:Litmanen
1158:Masopust
1046:Prohaska
776:Slovenia
760:Slovakia
728:Scotland
664:Portugal
181:Bulgaria
1718:Charles
1704:Blokhin
1662:Larsson
1536:Eusébio
1172:Laudrup
1144:Kaiafas
859:Ukraine
680:Romania
668:Eusébio
584:Moldova
423:Iceland
407:Hungary
375:Germany
359:Georgia
310:Finland
277:Estonia
261:England
245:Denmark
197:Croatia
149:Belgium
133:Belarus
101:Austria
85:Armenia
68:Andorra
52:Albania
1816:Awards
1606:Džajić
1578:Bonini
1564:Yashin
1480:Cruyff
1466:Cebanu
1438:Pančev
1396:Hasler
1298:Puskás
1270:Walter
842:Turkey
808:Sweden
696:Russia
648:Poland
632:Norway
503:Latvia
455:Israel
391:Greece
327:France
213:Cyprus
1690:Şükür
1634:Oblak
1424:Pilot
1326:Giles
1214:Løkin
1186:Moore
1130:Šuker
1102:Sušić
1018:Koldo
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792:Spain
568:Malta
471:Italy
72:Koldo
1550:Hagi
1494:Best
1354:Zoff
1200:Poom
1004:Pano
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1592:Law
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