UEFA Golden Players

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "o Rei" ("the King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time as well as Benfica's best player ever. He was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer, accumulating 733 goals in 745 matches. Eusébio was the first ever player to win European Golden Boot, World Cup Golden Boot and UCL Golden Boot. In the UEFA Champions League, he ranks second for the all-ti

Hungarian association football player (1927–2006)

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)

Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)

Bulgarian footballer

Danish association football player and coach

Italian association football player and manager

Romanian association football player and manager

Ukrainian footballer, coach, and politician

Croatian footballer

Edward Henrik Larsson is a Swedish professional football coach and former player who played 106 times for the Swedish national team. A striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Helsingborg IF where in his first campaign he helped the club win promotion to Allsvenskan after 24 seasons. He moved to Feyenoord in November 1993, staying for four years before leaving in 1997 to join Scottish Premiership club Celtic and enjoying great success there. During his time in the Dutch Eredivisie, he won two KNVB Cups with Feyenoord. He later played for Barcelona, earning the Spanish title twice and the Champions League before returning to Helsingborg. He had a loan spell at Manchester United, with whom he won the English Premier League in 2006–07, and retired in 2009.

French football player and manager (1933-2023)

Turkish association football player (born 1971)

Finnish footballer

English association football player (1941–1993)

Scottish footballer (1940–2025)

German association football player (1920–2002)

Soviet and Belarusian association football player

Czech footballer (1931-2015)

Serbian footballer

Welsh association football player (1931-2004)

Northern Irish footballer

Polish footballer

Macedonian footballer (born 1965)

Estonian footballer and coach (born 1972)

Bosnian footballer

Belgian footballer and manager

Austrian football player and coach

Swiss footballer

Israeli footballer and manager

Norwegian association football player

Soviet footballer (1946-1997)

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Slovak footballer (1935–2011)

Sammarinese footballer

Cypriot footballer

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Armenian footballer (born 1955)

Slovenian footballer

Irish soccer player and manager

Albanian association football player (1939–2010)

Georgian footballer (born 1943)

Lithuanian footballer

Icelandic footballer

Luxembourgian footballer (1940–2016)

Latvian footballer and football manager (born 1955)

Soviet footballer

Greek former footballer born in the Soviet Union

Maltese footballer

Kazakhstani and Ukrainian footballer (born 1963)

Liechtenstein footballer (1958–2014)

Faroese footballer

Kazakh footballer (1938–2007)