Andriy Shevchenko is in the top 10 best players in Eastern Europe in history

British magazine FourFourTwo has published its version of the ranking of the best Eastern European footballers in history.

Andriy Shevchenko with the «Golden Ball» at the monument to Valeriy Lobanovsky in Kiev

A total of 33 footballers are included in this list. The first place in the rating went to Hungarian Ferenc Puskás. The second was former USSR national team goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and another Hungarian - Sándor Kocsis closed the top three.

The representatives of Dynamo Kyiv also found a place in this rating, each of whom is the owner of the Golden Ball. Andriy Shevchenko is listed on the 7th place, Oleg Blokhin - on the 15th, and Igor Belanov - on the 28th.

Best Eastern European players in history according to FourFourTwo

1. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
2. Lev Yashin (USSR)
3. Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
4. Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
5. Laszlo Kubala (Hungary)
6. Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
7. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
8. Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
9. Florian Albert (Hungary)
10. Jozsef Bozic (Hungary)
...
15. Oleg Blokhin (Ukraine)
...
28. Igor Belanov (Ukraine).