AC Milan and Real Madrid dominate FourFourTwo’s list of top 25 players from last 25 years | OneFootball

Six former AC Milan players dominate FourFourTwo’s list of the 25 best players of the past 25 years.

Four Italian players make the rankings with Gigi Buffon in 25th, Fabio Cannnavaro in 12th spot, former Rossoneri playmaker Roberto Baggio in 10th and ex-Milan captain Paolo Maldini one place above.

Messi beats Ronaldo to top spot with Zinedine Zidane in third. Another two former Milan players come after the top three in Ronaldo Nazario and Ronaldinho fifth, with Thierry Henry, Xavi and Iniesta making up the rest of the top 10.

Kakà comes in 14th place, just ahead of Serie A icons Luis Figo and Batistuta who are in 16th and 17th respectively.

The complete ranking is below, as provided by MilanNews…

1st – Lionel Messi 2nd – Cristiano Ronaldo 3rd – Zinedine Zidane 4th – Luiz Nazario Ronaldo 5th – Ronaldinho 6th – Thierry Henry 7th – Xavi 8th – Iniesta 9th – Paolo Maldini 10th – Roberto Baggio 11th – Rivaldo 12th – Fabio Cannavaro 13th – Ryan Giggs 14th – Ricardo Kakà 15th – Wayne Rooney 16th – Luis Figo 17th – Gabriel Omar Batistuta 18th – Eric Cantona 19th – Luka Modric 20th – Sergio Busquets 21st – Raul 22 ° – Paul Scholes 23 ° – Romario 24 ° – Sergio Ramos 25 ° – Gigi Buffon