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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 ...
Players with at least 5 goals at FIFA World Cup tournaments [5] [7] [8] Rank Player Team Goals scored Matches played Goals per match [nb 1] Tournaments Notes 1 Miroslav Klose ♦ Germany: 16: 24 0.67 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 † list [10] 2 Ronaldo ♦ Brazil: 15 19 0.79 [1994] †, 1998, 2002 †, 2006 list [11] 3 Gerd Müller West Germany: 14 ...
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 system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 916 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [note 2] Most clubs goals: 781 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [1]
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.
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of November 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.