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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1997
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 | Samuel Eto'o | FW | 62 |
| 2 | Diego Forlan | FW | 136 |
| 3 | Xavi | MF | 169 |
| 4 | Julio Cesar Soares | GK | 209 |
| 5 | Junichi Inamoto | MF | 388 |
| 6 | Edison Mendez | MF | 397 |
| 7 | Tim Howard | GK | 418 |
| 8 | Lucio | DF | 466 |
| 9 | Ricardo Carvalho | DF | 526 |
| 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 550 |
| 11 | Hatem Trabelsi | DF | 579 |
| 12 | Nelson Cuevas | FW | 614 |
| 13 | Simao Sabrosa | MF | 652 |
| 14 | Dirk Kuyt | FW | 687 |
| 15 | Gerardo Torrado | MF | 688 |
| 16 | Roque Santa Cruz | FW | 689 |
| 17 | Alexander Frei | FW | 929 |
| 18 | Aldo Bobadilla | GK | 1043 |
| 19 | Noel Valladares | GK | 1044 |
| 20 | Siyabonga Nomvethe | FW | 1045 |
| 21 | Anthony Seric | DF | 1235 |
| 22 | Carlos Bonet | DF | 1236 |
| 23 | Gilberto Silva | MF | 1237 |
| 24 | Angelos Charisteas | FW | 1358 |
| 25 | Marcos Senna | MF | 1359 |
| 26 | Nihat Kahveci | FW | 1360 |
| 27 | Luis Garcia | MF | 1377 |
| 28 | Robbie Keane | FW | 1483 |
| 29 | Cacau Barreto | FW | 1759 |
| 30 | Enrique Vera | MF | 1760 |
| 31 | Fabian Carini | GK | 1761 |
| 32 | Mark Paston | GK | 1762 |
| 33 | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | DF | 1763 |
| 34 | Alessandro Santos | MF | 2428 |
| 35 | Carlos Marchena | DF | 2429 |
| 36 | Christian Poulsen | MF | 2430 |
| 37 | Erik Edman | DF | 2431 |
| 38 | Giovanny Espinoza | DF | 2432 |
| 39 | Jesper Christiansen | GK | 2433 |
| 40 | John Utaka | FW | 2434 |
| 41 | Jurica Vranjes | MF | 2435 |
| 42 | Ludovic Magnin | DF | 2436 |
| 43 | Moussa N'Diaye | MF | 2437 |
| 44 | Paulo Ferreira | DF | 2438 |
| 45 | Rabiu Afolabi | DF | 2439 |
| 46 | Ricardo Cabanas | MF | 2440 |
| 47 | Salomon Olembe | MF | 2441 |
| 48 | Sung-Yong Choi | DF | 2442 |
| 49 | Frederic Kanoute | FW | 3032 |
| 50 | Vicente Rodriguez | MF | 3033 |
| 51 | Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi | DF | 4812 |
| 52 | Alejandro Lembo | DF | 4813 |
| 53 | Aleksander Seliga | GK | 4814 |
| 54 | Ali Zitouni | FW | 4815 |
| 55 | Andre Macanga | MF | 4816 |
| 56 | Andres Scotti | DF | 4817 |
| 57 | Andriy Nesmachniy | DF | 4818 |
| 58 | Andriy Voronin | FW | 4819 |
| 59 | Andy Barron | MF | 4820 |
| 60 | Andy Williams | MF | 4821 |
| 61 | Arkadiusz Glowacki | DF | 4822 |
| 62 | Aurtis Whitley | MF | 4823 |
| 63 | Carlos Castro | DF | 4824 |
| 64 | Christian Lara | MF | 4825 |
| 65 | Christian Wilhelmsson | MF | 4826 |
| 66 | Christoph Spycher | DF | 4827 |
| 67 | Cyd Gray | DF | 4828 |
| 68 | Daisuke Ichikawa | DF | 4829 |
| 69 | Daniel Quaye | DF | 4830 |
| 70 | Danilo Turcios | MF | 4831 |
| 71 | Dare Nibombe | DF | 4832 |
| 72 | David Suazo | FW | 4833 |
| 73 | Dean Sewell | DF | 4834 |
| 74 | Donovan Ricketts | GK | 4835 |
| 75 | Ebrahim Mirzapour | GK | 4836 |
| 76 | Edwin Villafuerte | GK | 4837 |
| 77 | Gabriel Milito | DF | 4838 |
| 78 | Goran Gavrancic | DF | 4839 |
| 79 | Gustavo Munua | GK | 4840 |
| 80 | Habib Beye | DF | 4841 |
| 81 | Ifeanyi Udeze | DF | 4842 |
| 82 | Igor Duljaj | MF | 4843 |
| 83 | Ivan Klasnic | FW | 4844 |
| 84 | Jean-Alain Boumsong | DF | 4845 |
| 85 | Joel Epalle | MF | 4846 |
| 86 | Johan Elmander | FW | 4847 |
| 87 | Jorge Andrade | DF | 4848 |
| 88 | Joseph Elanga | DF | 4849 |
| 89 | Josue Anunciado | MF | 4850 |
| 90 | Kanga Akale | MF | 4851 |
| 91 | Kew Jaliens | DF | 4852 |
| 92 | Kossi Agassa | GK | 4853 |
| 93 | Kuami Agboh | MF | 4854 |
| 94 | Leo Bertos | MF | 4855 |
| 95 | Louis Saha | FW | 4856 |
| 96 | Lounes Gaouaoui | GK | 4857 |
| 97 | Mariano Pernia | DF | 4858 |
| 98 | Marko Babic | MF | 4859 |
| 99 | Martin Jiranek | DF | 4860 |
| 100 | Matej Mavric | DF | 4861 |
| 101 | Mehdi Nafti | MF | 4862 |
| 102 | Mineiro da Silva | MF | 4863 |
| 103 | Moeneeb Josephs | GK | 4864 |
| 104 | Neicer Reasco | DF | 4865 |
| 105 | Ognjen Koroman | MF | 4866 |
| 106 | Pablo Contreras | DF | 4867 |
| 107 | Pavel Mares | DF | 4868 |
| 108 | Peter Madsen | FW | 4869 |
| 109 | Philippe Christanval | DF | 4870 |
| 110 | Piotr Giza | MF | 4871 |
| 111 | Pius Ikedia | MF | 4872 |
| 112 | Rachid Rokki | FW | 4873 |
| 113 | Radoslav Kovac | DF | 4874 |
| 114 | Ricardo Gardner | MF | 4875 |
| 115 | Richmond Forson | DF | 4876 |
| 116 | Sakis Prittas | MF | 4877 |
| 117 | Sammy Adjei | GK | 4878 |
| 118 | Sebastien Squillaci | DF | 4879 |
| 119 | Simone Barone | MF | 4880 |
| 120 | Soren Larsen | FW | 4881 |
| 121 | Suad Filekovic | DF | 4882 |
| 122 | Tim de Cler | DF | 4883 |
| 123 | Vyacheslav Sviderskyi | DF | 4884 |
| 124 | Yazid Mansouri | MF | 4885 |
| 125 | Zdenek Grygera | DF | 4886 |
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