FIFA World Cup Dream Team
The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team. Diego Maradona of Argentina received the most votes. More than one-and-a-half million fans worldwide voted in the poll, conducted by the official FIFA website, www.FIFAworldcup.com, with Maradona receiving 111,035 votes. Brazil's Pelé, who played for three World Cup-winning teams, won 107,539 votes and Zinedine Zidane, who scored twice for France in their 1998 triumph, came in third with 80,527.
It is an eleven-member side divided as one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders, and three forwards.
| Player | Career playing position | National side Years represented |
| Lev Yashin | Goalkeeper | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 |
| Paolo Maldini | Left-back and central defender | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 |
| Franz Beckenbauer | Central defender | 1966, 1970, 1974 |
| Roberto Carlos | Left-back defender | 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| Roberto Baggio | Second striker, or as an attacking midfielder | 1990, 1994, 1998 |
| Zinedine Zidane | Attacking midfielder | 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| Michel Platini | Advanced midfield playmaker | 1978, 1982, 1986 |
| Diego Maradona | Attacking midfielder or as a second striker | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 |
| Romário | Striker | 1990, 1994 |
| Johan Cruyff | Forward or attacking midfielder | 1974 |
| Pelé | Forward or attacking midfielder | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 |