The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1979 Help Keep the Site Ad Free By Supporting us at Patreon
AinsworthSports.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1979
Notes: This is a list of the greatest soccer players to start their pro career during the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Lothar Matthaus | MF | 16 |
| 2 | Ruud Gullit | MF | 18 |
| 3 | Andoni Zubizarreta | GK | 223 |
| 4 | Manuel Amoros | DF | 264 |
| 5 | Andreas Kopke | GK | 389 |
| 6 | Guido Buchwald | DF | 513 |
| 7 | Peter Beardsley | FW | 561 |
| 8 | Sergio Goycochea | GK | 575 |
| 9 | Jorge Burruchaga | MF | 620 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Bergomi | DF | 730 |
| 11 | Igor Belanov | MF | 778 |
| 12 | Daniele Massaro | FW | 1106 |
| 13 | Ivan Yaremchuk | MF | 1107 |
| 14 | John Aldridge | FW | 1108 |
| 15 | Ray Houghton | MF | 1109 |
| 16 | Vasyl Rats | MF | 1110 |
| 17 | Ally McCoist | FW | 1388 |
| 18 | Stelios Manolas | DF | 1389 |
| 19 | Julio Cesar da Silva | DF | 1436 |
| 20 | Davor Jozic | DF | 1560 |
| 21 | Eloy Olaya | FW | 1883 |
| 22 | Glenn Stromberg | MF | 1884 |
| 23 | Ivan Gudelj | MF | 1885 |
| 24 | Luis Flores | FW | 1886 |
| 25 | Manuel Negrete | MF | 1887 |
| 26 | Milan Luhovy | FW | 1888 |
| 27 | Mo Johnston | FW | 1889 |
| 28 | Wim Kieft | FW | 1890 |
| 29 | Aleksandr Borodyuk | MF | 2704 |
| 30 | Chendo | DF | 2705 |
| 31 | Danny Blind | DF | 2706 |
| 32 | Maurice Malpas | DF | 2707 |
| 33 | Mauro Galvao | DF | 2708 |
| 34 | Mustafa El Haddaoui | MF | 2709 |
| 35 | Sandor Sallai | DF | 2710 |
| 36 | Vadym Yevtushenko | MF | 2711 |
| 37 | Waldemar Matysik | MF | 2712 |
| 38 | Robby Langers | FW | 3066 |
| 39 | Adnan Al Talyani | FW | 6076 |
| 40 | Alexandre Guimaraes | MF | 6077 |
| 41 | Alvaro Monteiro | DF | 6078 |
| 42 | Basim Qasim | DF | 6079 |
| 43 | Benjamin Galindo | MF | 6080 |
| 44 | Bozhidar Iskrenov | MF | 6081 |
| 45 | Carlos Munoz (1959) | MF | 6082 |
| 46 | Charlie Nicholas | FW | 6083 |
| 47 | Daniel Revelez | DF | 6084 |
| 48 | Dario Rojas | GK | 6085 |
| 49 | Edevaldo | DF | 6086 |
| 50 | Eduardo Acevedo | DF | 6087 |
| 51 | Francisco Alcaraz | FW | 6088 |
| 52 | Franco Navarro | FW | 6089 |
| 53 | Gary A. Stevens | DF | 6090 |
| 54 | Gerald Messlender | DF | 6091 |
| 55 | Ghanim Oraibi | DF | 6092 |
| 56 | Gyorgy Bognar | MF | 6093 |
| 57 | Gyula Hajszan | MF | 6094 |
| 58 | Hans Pflugler | DF | 6095 |
| 59 | Ian Bridge | DF | 6096 |
| 60 | Ioan Andone | DF | 6097 |
| 61 | Ivan Pudar | GK | 6098 |
| 62 | Jan Furtok | FW | 6099 |
| 63 | Javier Aguirre | MF | 6100 |
| 64 | Jean-Franois De Sart | DF | 6101 |
| 65 | Jorge Amado Nunes | MF | 6102 |
| 66 | Jose Batista | DF | 6103 |
| 67 | Jose Manuel Ochotorena | GK | 6104 |
| 68 | Jose Milton Melgar | MF | 6105 |
| 69 | Joseph Enanga | MF | 6106 |
| 70 | Jozef Kukucka | DF | 6107 |
| 71 | Jozsef Nagy | MF | 6108 |
| 72 | Julius Bielik | DF | 6109 |
| 73 | Kang-Hee Choi | DF | 6110 |
| 74 | Karim Saddam | FW | 6111 |
| 75 | Kerry Dixon | FW | 6112 |
| 76 | Krzysztof Pawlak | DF | 6113 |
| 77 | Leo Van Der Elst | MF | 6114 |
| 78 | Luis Guevara Mora | GK | 6115 |
| 79 | Marvin Obando | DF | 6116 |
| 80 | Miguel Gutierrez | MF | 6117 |
| 81 | Mirsad Baljic | DF | 6118 |
| 82 | Mustapha El Biyaz | DF | 6119 |
| 83 | Nigel Worthington | DF | 6120 |
| 84 | Oscar Rojas | DF | 6121 |
| 85 | Philippe Vande Walle | GK | 6122 |
| 86 | Rafael Amador | DF | 6123 |
| 87 | Rui Aguas | FW | 6124 |
| 88 | Ryszard Komornicki | MF | 6125 |
| 89 | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | MF | 6126 |
| 90 | Stephen Keshi | DF | 6127 |
| 91 | Steve McMahon | MF | 6128 |
| 92 | Steve Nicol | DF | 6129 |
| 93 | Stjepan Deveric | FW | 6130 |
| 94 | Vasil Dragolov | FW | 6131 |
| 95 | Vladimir Kinier | DF | 6132 |
| 96 | Volodymyr Lyutyi | MF | 6133 |
| 97 | William Ayache | DF | 6134 |
| 98 | Wolfgang Rolff | MF | 6135 |
| 99 | Yong-Se Kim | FW | 6136 |
| 100 | Zoran Vulic | DF | 6137 |
[Home] [Updates] [Sports] [Upcoming/Recent Events] [Polls] [Contact Us] [Links] [Our Facebook Page] [Our Twitter Page]