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The Top Ranked Soccer Players by Rookie Year-1980
Notes: This is a list of the greatest soccer players to start their pro career during the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Frank Rijkaard | MF | 89 |
| 2 | Gianluca Vialli | FW | 137 |
| 3 | Ronald Koeman | DF | 165 |
| 4 | John Barnes | MF | 340 |
| 5 | Dunga Bledorn | MF | 373 |
| 6 | Enzo Francescoli | MF | 529 |
| 7 | Peter Rufai | GK | 619 |
| 8 | Nasko Sirakov | FW | 662 |
| 9 | Branco | DF | 705 |
| 10 | Oscar Ruggeri | DF | 706 |
| 11 | Neville Southall | GK | 735 |
| 12 | Lajos Detari | MF | 835 |
| 13 | Gabelo Conejo | GK | 886 |
| 14 | Marius Lacatus | FW | 939 |
| 15 | Soon-Ho Choi | FW | 1105 |
| 16 | Wilmar Cabrera | FW | 1275 |
| 17 | John Sivebaek | DF | 1386 |
| 18 | Theo Snelders | GK | 1387 |
| 19 | Drazen Ladic | GK | 1488 |
| 20 | Pablo Larios | GK | 1489 |
| 21 | Erik Thorstvedt | GK | 1558 |
| 22 | Gabi Balint | FW | 1559 |
| 23 | Ahmed Shobair | GK | 1878 |
| 24 | Colin Clarke | FW | 1879 |
| 25 | Mark Wright (1963) | DF | 1880 |
| 26 | Pedro Monzon | DF | 1881 |
| 27 | Troels Rasmussen | GK | 1882 |
| 28 | Alemao de Brito | MF | 2691 |
| 29 | Andy Townsend | MF | 2692 |
| 30 | Bruno Bellone | MF | 2693 |
| 31 | Carlos Aguilera (1964) | FW | 2694 |
| 32 | Dany Verlinden | GK | 2695 |
| 33 | Gennadiy Litovchenko | MF | 2696 |
| 34 | Jan Wouters | MF | 2697 |
| 35 | Jose Mari Bakero | MF | 2698 |
| 36 | Richard Gough | DF | 2699 |
| 37 | Sergei Gorlukovich | DF | 2700 |
| 38 | Steve Hodge | MF | 2701 |
| 39 | Tony Cascarino | FW | 2702 |
| 40 | Trevor Steven | MF | 2703 |
| 41 | Guy Hellers | MF | 3064 |
| 42 | Mark Hughes | FW | 3065 |
| 43 | Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi | MF | 6003 |
| 44 | Abdulaziz Mohamed | FW | 6004 |
| 45 | Adrian Popescu | DF | 6005 |
| 46 | Ahmad Jassim | GK | 6006 |
| 47 | Alan McInally | FW | 6007 |
| 48 | Alberico Evani | MF | 6008 |
| 49 | Antonis Minou | GK | 6009 |
| 50 | Atanas Pashev | MF | 6010 |
| 51 | Bernard McNally | MF | 6011 |
| 52 | Carlos Mozer | DF | 6012 |
| 53 | Carlos Tapia | MF | 6013 |
| 54 | Dmitri Galiamin | DF | 6014 |
| 55 | Dragoljub Brnovic | MF | 6015 |
| 56 | Ernest Ebongue | FW | 6016 |
| 57 | Fahad Khamees | FW | 6017 |
| 58 | Fahrudin Omerovic | GK | 6018 |
| 59 | Felix Cruz | DF | 6019 |
| 60 | Fodil Megharia | DF | 6020 |
| 61 | Francisco Lopez | MF | 6021 |
| 62 | Frank McAvennie | FW | 6022 |
| 63 | Gennady Morozov | DF | 6023 |
| 64 | Georgi Georgiev (1963) | MF | 6024 |
| 65 | Georgi Yordanov | MF | 6025 |
| 66 | Gerald Vanenburg | MF | 6026 |
| 67 | Gerry Gray | MF | 6027 |
| 68 | Giuseppe Galderisi | FW | 6028 |
| 69 | Graeme Rutjes | DF | 6029 |
| 70 | Guillermo Ragazzone | FW | 6030 |
| 71 | Ian Stewart | FW | 6031 |
| 72 | Iliya Valov | GK | 6032 |
| 73 | Jaime Magalhaes | MF | 6033 |
| 74 | Jorge Battaglia | GK | 6034 |
| 75 | Jorge Borelli | DF | 6035 |
| 76 | Jose Carlos Chaves | DF | 6036 |
| 77 | Jose Luis Munguia | GK | 6037 |
| 78 | Jose Serrizuela | DF | 6038 |
| 79 | Jozsef Kiprich | FW | 6039 |
| 80 | Keith MacKay | MF | 6040 |
| 81 | Kent Nielsen | DF | 6041 |
| 82 | Larbi El Hadi | GK | 6042 |
| 83 | Laszlo Disztl | DF | 6043 |
| 84 | Ludek Miklosko | GK | 6044 |
| 85 | Luis Sobrinho | DF | 6045 |
| 86 | Maad Ibrahim | DF | 6046 |
| 87 | Mike Sweeney | MF | 6047 |
| 88 | Mircea Rednic | DF | 6048 |
| 89 | Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad | DF | 6049 |
| 90 | Mubarak Marzouq | DF | 6050 |
| 91 | Neil Webb | MF | 6051 |
| 92 | Nestor Clausen | DF | 6052 |
| 93 | Pasquale De Luca | MF | 6053 |
| 94 | Paul Ramsey | MF | 6054 |
| 95 | Per Frimann | MF | 6055 |
| 96 | Petar Petrov | DF | 6056 |
| 97 | Philippe Vercruysse | MF | 6057 |
| 98 | Ramon Hicks | FW | 6058 |
| 99 | Randy Ragan | MF | 6059 |
| 100 | Renato Gaucho | FW | 6060 |
| 101 | Salahdine Hmied | GK | 6061 |
| 102 | Santiago Ostolaza | MF | 6062 |
| 103 | Shaker Mahmoud | MF | 6063 |
| 104 | Stanislav Griga | FW | 6064 |
| 105 | Stefan Kuntz | FW | 6065 |
| 106 | Stefan Pettersson | FW | 6066 |
| 107 | Stewart McKimmie | DF | 6067 |
| 108 | Sven Andersson (1963) | GK | 6068 |
| 109 | Taher Abouzeid | MF | 6069 |
| 110 | Tomas Renones | DF | 6070 |
| 111 | Uwe Rahn | MF | 6071 |
| 112 | Valeri Broshin | MF | 6072 |
| 113 | Walter Casagrande | FW | 6073 |
| 114 | Wolfgang Knaller | GK | 6074 |
| 115 | Wynton Rufer | FW | 6075 |
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