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Scottish football's top 50 players in last 40 years

The votes are in and the top 50 has been decided by over 150,000 supporters

By Ned BarrPublished 13 days ago 3 min read
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Star players: Gascoigne, Larsson, Laudrup and Van Dijk all make the list

The votes are in and over 150,000 people have given their opinion on who are the top footballers to play in Scotland over the last 40 years.

Supporters from Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee United, Dundee, Kilmarnock and Motherwell are among those who have let us now their votes along with football fans from all over the world with no link to Scottish football.

Many great players have played in the country since 1994, including top stars, players at the start of their careers, players at the end of their careers, World Cup champions, Champions League winners and top class internationals.

50. Claudio Cannigia (Rangers FC, Dundee FC)

49. Rudi Skacel (Hearts FC)

48. Bobo Balde (Celtic FC)

47. Ian Durrant (Rangers FC, Kilmarnock FC)

46. Dado Prso

45. Scott Sinclair

44. Alfredo Morelos

43. Jota

42. Odsonne Edouard

41. Johann Mjallby

40. James Forrest

39. Mikel Arteta (Rangers FC)

38. Mark Viduka

37. Neil McCann

36. James Tavernier

35. Moussa Dembele

34. Alan Thompson

33. Tom Rogic

32. John Collins

31. Kieran Tierney

30. Steven Davis

29. Richard Gough

28. Rino Gattusso

27. Victor Wanyama

26. Mark Hately

25. Pierre Van Hooijdonk

24. John Hartson

23. Callum McGregor

22. John McGinn (Hibernian, St Mirren)

21. Neil Lennon (Celtic FC)

20. Paul Lambert (Celtic FC, Motherwell FC)

19. Arthur Numan (Rangers FC)

18. Barry Ferguson (Rangers FC)

17. Scott Brown (Celtic FC)

16. Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic FC)

15. Stillian Petrov (Celtic FC)

14. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic FC)

13. Jorge Albertz (Rangers FC)

12. Chris Sutton (Celtic FC)

11. Ronald De Boer (Rangers FC)

10. Andy Robertson (Dundee United FC)

9. Giovanni Van Bronkhorst (Rangers FC)

8. Paolo Di Canio (Celtic FC)

7. Paul McStay (Celtic FC)

6. Ally McCoist (Rangers FC, Kilmarnock FC)

5. Lubo Moravcik (Celtic FC)

4. Virgil Van Dijk (Celtic FC)

3. Paul Gascoigne (Rangers FC)

2. Brian Laudrup (Rangers FC)

The silky Dane joined Rangers from AC Milan and helped them win 9 league titles in a row.

His dynamic wing play thrilled football fans in Scotland for four years between 1994 and 1998 before leaving to join Chelsea.

He truly made his name on the international scene after playing a starring role when Denmark shocked Europe to win Euro 1992 in Sweden.

He scored 40 goals in 100 appearances for Rangers, winning three league titles, a Scottish Cup and a Scottish League Cup.

1. Henrik Larsson (Celtic FC)

The Celtic icon, known by the green half of Glasgow as the "king of kings", scored 242 goals in 315 games during seven golden years at the Hoops.

A truly generational talent he was signed from Feyenoord for £650,000 in 1997 and went on to help Celtic put a stop to Rangers' ten-in-a-row bid in his first season.

One of only three men to score over 100 goals and also assist over 100 he will go down in Celtic folklore as a club legend.

He is the all-time top-scorer in the UEFA Cup/Europa League and helped Martin O'Neill's side reach the final in 2003 where he scored two in the final in an extra-time defeat to Porto

After leaving Glasgow he cemented his place as a legend of the game by helping Barcelona win two league titles and a Champions League when he assisted both goals in their final win over Arsenal.

In the twiglight of his career he joined Manchester United and helped them win the English Premier League.

He scored 40 goals in 105 caps for Sweden and has a World Cup bronze medal after finishing third in USA 1994.

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  • Alex H Mittelman 13 days ago

    That’s awesome! Voting is so awesome!

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