deco is part of an elite group of players to have won the champions league twice   with jose mourinho's porto in 2004 and with barcelona in 2006 the portuguese also played in europe's elite club competition with chelsea, playing a total of 103 matches in europe and scoring 19 goals looking back over his career, the playmaker here selects his dream team of leading players to have graced the champions league deco scores for porto against monaco in the 2004 champions league final in gelsenkirchen  deco (centre) then lifted the champions league with barcelona two years later  the portuguese star celebrates with didier drogba during his time at chelsea  goalkeeper  manuel neuer  when i was playing in europe he was not so well known, but he has turned into the best i have ever seen his performances for both germany and bayern are exceptional manuel neuer makes a penalty save from cristiano ronaldo in the 2012 champions league semi final  defenders  carles puyol  was such a leader for barcelona that is not to take anything away from his ability as a defender, but he was as important in the dressing room as he was on the field barcelona legend carles puyol lifts the european cup after their win over man united in the 2009 final  john terry  very similar to how puyol was for barcelona, john was the leader of chelsea and is still doing it now when he does decide to retire, he will be so hard for chelsea to replace john terry lifts the famous trophy after chelsea's win over bayern munich in 2012  ricardo carvalho  one of my best moments is winning the champions league with him, then it was great to play with him again all those years later at chelsea without doubt he is the classiest defender i have ever played with ricardo carvalho carries pedro mendes after porto's triumph in the 2004 champions league final  midfield  diego simeone  diego simeone was a really tough competitor; he would always let you know he was there he wasn’t just tough though, he had a really excellent range of passing diego simeone guided atletico madrid to the champions league final last season  paul scholes  it is not coincidence so many professionals talk so highly of paul scholes of course he is one of the best midfield players of my champions league, but also i think you can call him one of the best midfield players in the history of the game paul scholes won the european cup for the second time when man united beat chelsea in 2008  xavi  at the peak of barcelona he was at the centre of everything that was good about barcelona maybe the other players got more headlines, but xavi was the catalyst for it all xavi takes on manchester united's ryan giggs during the 2011 final at wembley  zinedine zidane  the one player of my generation i wish i could have played with just a fantastic player in every single way zinedine zidane scores his famous volley as real madrid beat bayer leverkusen in the 2002 final  attack  lionel messi  messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn’t work hard, but you can’t teach what he can do him and ronaldo are actually i think very different, but at the moment they are the two best in the world lionel messi lifts the trophy for the third time after barcelona's 2011 win over manchester united  cristiano ronaldo  what a lot of people don’t see is just how hard ronaldo has worked to get where he is, he is the ultimate professional of course he has natural ability, but not many people know how hard he has worked to be voted the best player in the world cristiano ronaldo celebrates after scoring for real madrid in last season's champions league final  ronaldinho  i always remember when we (barcelona) would go two or three goals up, and ronny would start to enjoy himself he done things that you just think are not possible with a football, he is the best i have ever played with ronaldinho celebrates scoring for barcelona in a 2006 champions league tie with werder bremen  former chelsea midfielder deco has selected his champions league xi 
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