Top 50 Influential Names in World Football (1-25)
Pos | Name | Country | Current Profile |
1 | Nasser Al-Khelaifi | Qatar | Chief-PSG , President-BeIN Media |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Juventus/Portugal National Team |
3 | Gianni Infantino | Switzerland | FIFA President |
4 | Jurgen Klopp | Germany | Liverpool Manager |
5 | Jorge Mendes | Portugal | Agent (Managed Top profiles) |
6 | Andrea Agnelli | Italy | Juventus Chief |
7 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona/Argentina National Team |
8 | Florentino Perez | Spain | Real Madrid President |
9 | Megan Rapinoe | USA | USA Women’s Soccer Team |
10 | LA Justice Suisse | ||
11 | B. Roberts | ||
12 | Pep Guardiola | Spain | Manchester City Manager |
13 | Aleksander Čeferin | Slovenia | UEFA President |
14 | Adidas-Nike | Sports Company | |
15 | Richard Masters | UK | Chief Executive- Premier League |
16 | Neymar Jr | Brazil | PSG/Brazil National Team |
17 | Mino Raiola | Italy | Agent (Managed Top profiles) |
18 | Zinedine Zidane | France | Real Madrid Manager |
19 | Xi Jinping | China | Head of State |
20 | Kylian Mbappe | France | PSG/France National Team |
21 | Mansour Al-Nahyan | UAE | Deputy Prime Minister, UAE; Chief-Manchester City |
22 | Christian Seifert | Germany | CEO, Deutsche Fußball Liga |
23 | Pini Zahavi | Israel | Agent (Managed Top profiles) |
24 | Wang | China | Real Estate developer |
25 | Andrew Wilson | Australia | Real Estate developer |
France Football referenced the work done by Nasser Al-Khelaifi to put Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the football-map in terms of visibility and marketability in recent years, with the club selling more than one million shirts in 2019, a far cry from only 44,000 shirt sales back in 2011 just before he took charge.