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FIFA organised a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "Best Young Player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. [97] With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé , who finished ahead of the Peruvian Teófilo Cubillas , the best young player at Mexico 1970 , and England's Michael ...
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their ...
Best player at the South American Championship: 1923, 1935; FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1930 [9] France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990, 56th: 1994 [10] IFFHS South American Footballer of the Century, 26th: 1999 [11] World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time, 75th: 1999 [12] RSSSF Uruguay All-Time Team: 1999 [13]
Despite not being at his peak he managed to be one of Uruguay's best players as they won the 1930 World Cup. At the end of the tournament he was selected in the All-Star team. [9] [19] [20] In 1994, he was selected by France Football as number ten in their World Cup Top-100. [21] A plaque was placed at the Estadio Centenario in honour of his ...
FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974. [1] World Cup winning players are among a selected few who are officially allowed to touch the FIFA World Cup Trophy with bare hands, the group also including managers who have won the competition, heads of state, and FIFA ...
Top goalscorers at each FIFA World Cup final tournament [126] [127] [128] World Cup Player Team Goals scored Matches played Golden Boot Other FIFA Awards; Uruguay 1930: Guillermo Stábile Argentina: 8 4 Silver Ball Italy 1934: Oldřich Nejedlý Czechoslovakia: 5 4 Bronze Ball France 1938: Leônidas Brazil: 7 4 Golden Ball Brazil 1950: Ademir ...
A two-time gold medalist in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, [1] Petrone also won the 1930 FIFA World Cup with Uruguay. He was 19 years and 1 month old when he received the 1924 gold medal and the tournament top-goalscorer award, still remaining to this day the youngest ever football gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Games.
On 30 July 1930, the first ever World Cup final took place, between Argentina and Uruguay. At half time Argentina led 2–1, Stábile having scored the second goal. However, they went on to lose 4–2. Despite losing the final, Stábile made history, becoming the top scorer in the first ever FIFA World Cup, with his tally of 8 goals in 4 games ...