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, 1974 World Cup Champion with West Germany Franz Beckenbauer received 81,442 and Zinedine Zidane who scored twice for France in their 1998 triumph, came in fourth 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). The uniqueness of this team is the lack of right-back.
3–4–3 formation
Player[1]
Career playing position
National side(s) Years represented
Votes
Lev Yashin
Goalkeeper
Soviet Union 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
24,587
Paolo Maldini
Left-back and central defender
Italy 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
58,523
Franz Beckenbauer
Central defender
West Germany 1966, 1970, 1974
81,442
Roberto Carlos
Left-back defender
Brazil 1998, 2002, 2006
58,200
Roberto Baggio
Second striker, or as an attacking midfielder
Italy 1990, 1994, 1998
55,625
Zinedine Zidane
Attacking midfielder
France 1998, 2002, 2006
80,527
Michel Platini
Advanced midfield playmaker
France 1978, 1982, 1986
53,783
Diego Maradona
Attacking midfielder or as a second striker
Argentina 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
111,035
Romário
Striker
Brazil 1990, 1994
29,480
Johan Cruyff
Forward or attacking midfielder
Netherlands 1974
53,645
Pelé
Forward or attacking midfielder
Brazil 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
107,539
^ abc"FIFA DREAM TEAM: Maradona voted top player". Express India. 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^Marcelo Leme de Arruda (24 July 2014). "World All-Time Teams". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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