who is the most celebrated footballer in 2002?
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Brazilian stricker Ronaldo
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Ronaldinho is the best player in the world.  He got the player of the year award for 2004 and 2005 and he might get it for this year too.  In 2004, Henry got second place and Shevchenko got third.  In 2005, Lampard got second and Eto'o got third.
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The best football player in the world is ME :D\nNR.2 in the list is Ronaldinho\nNR.3 is Andryev Shevcenko
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At this day and age, Ronaldinho (barcelona,) but if you mean ever, there's no question at all that it's Pele. Actually, i think Pele is the most prized athlete period- in the history of any sport ever!!
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Diego Armando Maradona. The single reason why Argentina won the WC in 86 and why Napoli won 2 Serie A titles and  Coppa UEFA. None of these would have been possible without him. Pele won because of other greats on the Brazilian team made his job alot easier.
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Ronaldinho. 2004 and 2005\nSee in\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year
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right now its Ronaldinho\nbefore that it was Eric Cantona\nand before that Maradona\nand then it was George Best\nbut Pele was the first true great
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Pele!! He was amazing!
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Pele was the one.\nafter him Ronaldinho, them Maradona and who the hell was Wayne Rooney?
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current-Thierry Henry\nall time-Diego Maradona
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Thierry Daniel Henry \nHenry has consistently featured among the top FA Premier League's scorers (in 2006 he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in five consecutive seasons) and he claimed the "Golden Boot" (most goals scored) in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.\n\ntotal 245 total goals, 31 goals in his internat'l carrer
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Ronaldihino from Brazil....best player...belongs to best team for ever ....thumps up!!!
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I never saw Pele play but I watched Maradona in WC'86 and even though I'm an Englishmen, his performance was the greatest ever in my opinion.\nI would rate him above Pele for that reason alone. However my favorite player was Michel Platini of France.
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I don´t know,\n\nI have a hunch it was Ronaldo in 1994 in the United States, even though he didn´t play one single match.  He was 17 at the time.  But Pelé could also be the record holder, because in 1958, in Brazil´s first championhip run, he was a starter and won the world cup in Sweden against the hosts, when he wa also 17.
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Maradona with Hi's gold hand!!!\nI love this guy.Was the best player in the world
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Oliver Kahn . . . \n\nIn 2002, he won the Adidas Golden Ball for best player and the Yashin Award for top goalkeeper of the 2002 World Cup, after allowing only two of the seven national sides to score against him: the Republic of Ireland and the ultimate champions Brazil. Despite being beaten only three times overall, he was widely blamed for losing the final after allowing Brazilian striker Ronaldoto score the first goal. He also starred for his country at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004.
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Pele.  For being a great sportsman and a gentlemen to boot!  A credit to the game!