Top 50 Premier League Players of All Time

[Sumudica by Night]

Top 50 Premier League Players of All Time

The BPF Top 50 feature is back for 2015, and this time we are counting down the greatest players to have graced the Premier League since it was established in 1992.

 

Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Southampton)

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)

Paul Scholes (Manchester United)

Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)

Roy Keane (Manchester United, Nottingham Forest)

Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)

Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa, Manchester City, Manchester United)

Frank Lampard (Chelsea, Manchester City, West Ham United)

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Eric Cantona (Manchester United)

Tony Adams (Arsenal)

John Terry (Chelsea)

Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)

Wayne Rooney (Everton, Manchester United)

Matthew Le Tissier (Southampton)

David Beckham (Manchester United)

Robert Pires (Arsenal, Aston Villa)

Petr Cech (Arsenal, Chelsea)

Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United, Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United)

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

Robbie Fowler (Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City)

Yaya Toure (Manchester City)

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)

Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea)

Gary Neville (Manchester United)

David Seaman (Arsenal, Manchester City)

David Silva (Manchester City)

Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)

Claude Makelele (Chelsea)

Andrew Cole (Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Sunderland)

Paul McGrath (Aston Villa)

Sol Campbell (Arsenal, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur)

Jaap Stam (Manchester United)

Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal, Chelsea)

Denis Irwin (Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)

Gary Speed (Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Leeds United, Newcastle United)

Carlos Tevez (Manchester City, Manchester United, West Ham United)

Marc Overmars (Arsenal)

Fernando Torres (Chelsea, Liverpool)

Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)

Michael Owen (Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Stoke City)

Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)

Ian Wright (Arsenal)

Edwin van der Saar (Fulham, Manchester United)

 

 

50. Edwin van der Sar

Fulham, Manchester United

 

After becoming the first ever non-Italian to guard the posts for the Old Lady, Van der Sar left Juventus after only two seasons following the club record transfer of Gigi Buffon.

 

For a Champions League winner who had played 400 club matches at the highest European level, proving his worth elsewhere wasn’t the talking point here. It was all about the play time and hence the Dutchman joined newly promoted English side Fulham.

 

Given his physique and incredible reflexes, it didn’t take Van der Sar much time to settle in the Premier League. In his very first season he helped The Cottagers secure top flight status. This was followed by Fulham’s success in 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

 

At 34, Van der Sar was showing no signs of aging and his performances were getting better every match day. In his final season at The Cottage, he famously saved two penalties in a game against Villa to earn his side a vital point.

 

Following four successful seasons with Fulham in terms of playing time, Sir Alex Ferguson signed Van der Sar for a mere £2 million (perhaps the greatest bargain of the last decade).

 

Manchester United never found the perfect replacement to fill in the shoes of Peter Schmeichel but Van der Sar proved to be an absolute steal for the Red Devils, and his arrival stabilised United’s defensive line.

 

During the 2008/09 season, he kept 21 clean sheets, equaling the record of Petr Cech. One of his most remarkable moments in England came next season when he saved three consecutive penalties in United Community Shield shootout victory over Chelsea.

 

The Dutchman won four Premier League titles during his six-year stay at the club. He was named in Premier League’s Team of the Season three times in 2006/07, 2008/09 and 2010/11. In 2009 he was also named the Best European Goalkeeper.

 

The defining moment of his career arrived on that famous rainy Champions League night in Moscow, when Van der Sar teased Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka to place the penalty to his left. Anelka didn’t and Van der Sar diving to his right saved his penalty.

 

He wasn’t all about winning titles, and broke several records including going 1,311 minutes without conceding a club goal during the 2008/09 season. He also became the first non-British 40-year-old player to play in England.

 

When Van der Sar retired, he was the only goalkeeper to have kept 50 clean sheets in the Champions League.

 

 

Hamza Babar

 

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Editado 3 Fevereiro 2016 por Sumudica by Night

[Enzo Dios Perez]

Van der Saar em 50? :lol:

Eu colocava-o em 47.

[Refutador]

Van der Saar em 50? :lol:

Eu colocava-o em 47.

:mrgreen:

 

Van der Sar :heart:

[Sumudica by Night]

A lista já está completa no site, para quem for curioso, mas vou colocando um por dia ou assim, para dar espaço à discussão.

[Grillo]

#1 Le God

#2 Bergkamp

#3 Cantona

 

Se não for isso é uma lista de m*rda

[Guest trz]

não quero spoilers crl

[Oblivion]

1. Henry

2. Resto

[SAS_Robben]

Já vi a lista e tive uma surpresa muito agradável no nº3 :heart:

[Swarley]

1. Henry

2. Resto

:arrow:

[kareca]

Bom tópico.

 

Nunca curti o Van der Saar não sei porque.

[Enzo Dios Perez]

Nunca curti o Van der Saar não sei porque.

 

Jogou no Manchester United.

[kareca]

Bem visto :o

[Su1]

Bom tópico.

 

Nunca curti o Van der Saar não sei porque.

sdds Van der Quack :mrgreen: mas também nunca fui grande fã dele.

[Shark]

Meh está ali um no top 10 que não o colocava

[Swarley]

A lista já está completa no site, para quem for curioso, mas vou colocando um por dia ou assim, para dar espaço à discussão.

Bom tópico, btw.

 

Se fosse a ti punha 2/3 por dia. Para os 5 melhores ou assim, deixava mais tempo.

[kareca]

sdds Van der Quack :mrgreen: mas também nunca fui grande fã dele.

 

ahah, pois era. Nem me lembrava :lol:

[Bashir]

E o Ginola?

[Danskin]

Já eu nunca percebi porque é que demorou tanto tempo a chegar a um clube de topo.

[Che]

Roy Keane no top 10 do all time. O Rinaudo passou ao lado duma grande carreira, apesar de também de ser all time best do Sporting.

[Swarley]

Roy Keane no top 10 do all time. O Rinaudo passou ao lado duma grande carreira, apesar de também de ser all time best do Sporting.

Spoiler.

[Eden Hazard]

Também acho que é preferível postar mais jogadores de uma vez só do que apenas um a um. Se não isto cai no esquecimento num instante...

[Grillo]

Já eu nunca percebi porque é que demorou tanto tempo a chegar a um clube de topo.

O Ajax ainda era um clube de topo quando ele lá esteve

[Danskin]

O Ajax ainda era um clube de topo quando ele lá esteve

Certo, mas quando esteve em Inglaterra demorou ainda a dar o salto do Fulham. Já se sabia que era guarda-redes para mais e ainda assim, passou lá 4 épocas.

[kareca]

E é o 2º guarda-redes com mais títulos no futebol mundial

[Texas Chili Parlour]

Demorou a dar o salto? Ele quando saiu do Ajax foi para a Juve, só saiu porque deve ter chegado nessa altura o Buffon