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From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World. It is decided by a panel of experts from several nations. [1] [2] Argentine player Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award with 6 wins.
Raised in Huesca, [1] he is Valencia CF and the Spain national football team's most famous supporter and has become a national institution. He is easily recognized by his large beret, red number 12 jersey and his famous bass drum, "El bombo de España" (The drum of Spain), which he bangs throughout matches.
The top twenty are most likely accurate as no players before the mid-1980s amassed more than twenty or thirty caps. For example, Boris Bandov, the player active before 1980 with the highest number of caps, played 33 times between 1976 and 1983, while Perry Van der Beck played 23 times between 1979 and 1985. With the typical low scores of the ...
The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006, [2] while the most recent members of the "100 club" are Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who played their 100th match on 26 November 2024. [1] Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches. [3]
The South Carolina Football Coaches Association released its all-state teams. The teams were voted on by the SCFCA, and players had to be nominated by their coaches. Here is who made the teams ...
In 2022, Barcelona became the first club other than Lyon to have the most players selected in a single year and retained the top spot the following two years. The record for most players selected in a single year is 17, set by Barcelona in 2024. Clubs are counted when a player in the Top 100 played for that team in the same calendar year they ...
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.
Do-all senior star Scott Nixon of Sheldon High School tops 2022 All-Metro Team as The Sacramento Bee’s Player of the Year.