Appendix

Here are my eleven best soccer players, as well as my second team, selected from each of the eleven chapters and conclusion of The World through Soccer:

First Team

1. Gianluigi Buffon—Italy

2. Elias Figueroa—Chile

3. Paolo Maldini—Italy

4. José Leandro Andrade—Uruguay

5. Zinedine Zidane—France

6. Igor Netto—USSR

7. Cristiano Ronaldo—Portugal

8. Steven Gerrard—England

9. Hugo Sánchez—Mexico

10. Pelé—Brazil

11. Dragan Džajić—Yugoslavia

Second Team

1. José Luis Félix Chilavert—Paraguay

2. Djalma Santos—Brazil

3. Salvador Mariona—El Salvador

4. Francesc “Cesc” Fàbregas Soler—Spain

5. Franz Beckenbauer—Germany

6. John Terry—England

7. David Beckham—England

8. Xavi—Spain

9. Roger Milla—Cameroon

10. Diego Maradona—Argentina

11. Neymar—Brazil