Nwankwo Kanu "Papilo"makes list of 48 top footballing legends in the world

Nigeria former international footballer  and former Arsenal skipper Nwankwo kanu has been named amount the 48 top footballing legends in the world by  the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).This list which is termed controversial by some bodies have list of footballers both dead and alive.

I am not surprised Nwakwo kanu made the list because he was really outstanding while he was in active football.The full list below,
Forward / Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (PELE) / Brazil Brazil
    Midfielder / Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico) / Brazil Brazil
    Midfielder / Manuel Francisco dos Santos (Garrincha) LATE / Brazil Brazil
    Forward / Ronaldo Luís Nazário De Lima (Ronaldo) / Brazil Brazil
    Defender, Sweeper / Franz Anton Beckenbauer (Beckenbauer) / Germany Germany
    Forward / GERD MÜLLER (Gerd) / Germany Germany
    Defender, Midfielder / Lothar Matthäus / Germany Germany
    Forward, Midfielder / Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Johan Cruyff) / Netherlands Netherlands
    Forward / Marco Van Basten (Marco) / Netherlands Netherlands
    Forward, Midfielder / Ruud Gullit OON / Netherlands Netherlands
    Forward, Midfielder / Bobby Charlton (Bobby) / United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Midfielder / David Robert Joseph Beckham (David Beckham) / United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Forward / STANLEY MATTHEWS LATE / United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Midfielder / Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Maradona) / Argentina Argentina
    Forward / Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé LATE / Argentina Argentina
    Forward / HAO HAIDONG / China China
    Defender / Sun Jihai / China China
    Forward / Mahmoud El-Khatib (Bibo) / Egypt Egypt
    Midfielder / Mohamed Aboutrika / Egypt Egypt
    Midfielder / Michel Platini / France France
    Midfielder / Zinedine Yazid Zidane (Zizou) / France France
    Goalkeeper / Antonio Carbajal (Tota) / Mexico Mexico
    Forward / Hugo Sánchez Márquez (Sánchez) / Mexico Mexico
    Forward / Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (Eusébio) / Portugal Portugal
    Midfielder / Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Luis Figo) / Portugal Portugal
    Goalkeeper / Dino Zoff / Italy Italy
    Forward, Midfielder / Roberto Baggio / Italy Italy
    Striker / Mustapha Rabah Madjer (Rabah Madjer) / Algeria Algeria
    Forward / Albert Roger Mooh Miller (Roger Milla) / Cameroon Cameroon
    Forward / Ferenc Puskás LATE / Hungary Hungary
    Forward / Baichung Bhutia (Bhutia) / India India
    Forward / Ali Daei / Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Midfielder / Hidetoshi Nakata / Japan Japan
    Striker / Cha Bum-kun (Tscha Bum) / South Korea Korea, Republic of
    Striker / Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara / Kuwait Kuwait
    Forward / George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (George Weah) / Liberia Liberia
    Forward / Wynton Alan Whai Rufer / New Zealand New Zealand
    Forward / Nwankwo Kanu / Nigeria Nigeria
    Goalkeeper /José Luis Félix Chilavert González (José Luis Chilavert) / Paraguay Paraguay
    Goalkeeper / Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Lev Yashin) LATE / Russia Russian Federation
    Forward / Majed Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mohammed (Majed Abdullah) / Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
    Forward / Francisco Gento Lopez (Paco) / Spain Spain
    Forward / Hakan Şükür / Turkey Turkey
    Forward / Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin / Ukraine Ukraine
    Inside forward / Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano (Pepe) LATE / Uruguay Uruguay
    Forward, Midfielder / Landon Timothy Donovan / USA United States
    Defender / Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe (Lucas Radebe) / South Africa South Africa
    Midfielder / Ryan Joseph Giggs (Ryan Giggs) / Wales Wales