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In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
The FIFA 100 is a list compiled by Brazilian professional footballer Pelé featuring his choices of the "greatest living footballers" at the time of its release. The list was unveiled on 4 March 2004 during a gala ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London, England, as part of the celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de ...
All-time top player appearances [43] Rank Player Team(s) Matches Tournaments 1 Lionel Messi Argentina: 26 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) 2 Lothar Matthäus West Germany /Germany 25 5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) 3 Miroslav Klose Germany: 24 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) 4 Paolo Maldini Italy: 23 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) 5 Cristiano Ronaldo ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
The players that came closest to this tally were Kocsis in 1954 (eleven goals), Müller in 1970 (ten goals), and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966 (nine goals). The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers ...
Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid is awarded as the Best Men's FIFA Player during the FIFA Football Awards 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. ... This time Rodri ended up second to ...
Player to win top scorer awards in most continents: 3 – Isidro Lángara, 1930–1948 [note 39] Player to win top scorer awards in most first tier national leagues: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [141] [note 40] Most domestic top scorer awards: 15 – Romário, 1985–2009 [142] [note 41] [note 42]
Franz Beckenbauer, elected Best European Player for the 1956–1990 period On 24 April 1990, before the 1990 FIFA World Cup , IFFHS gave out an award for the best European player taking into consideration players who were voted in the shortlist of the France Football 's Ballon d'Or from 1956 until 1989.