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The Guardian 100 Best Male Footballers in the World is a list of the current best male footballers published annually by the British newspaper The Guardian. 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.
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 ...
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.
Fastest goals in association football; List of men's footballers with 1,000 or more official appearances; List of footballers with 500 or more goals; List of players with the most goals in an association football game; List of most expensive association football transfers; Lists of hat-tricks; Progression of association football caps record
Player 1 Pelé: 2 Diego Maradona: 3 Johan Cruyff: 4 Franz Beckenbauer: 5 Michel Platini: 6 Alfredo Di Stéfano: 7 Ferenc Puskás: 8 George Best: 9 Marco van Basten: 10 Eusébio: 11 Lev Yashin: 12 Bobby Charlton: 13 Ronaldo: 14 Bobby Moore: 15 Gerd Müller: 16 Roberto Baggio: 17 Stanley Matthews: 18 Zico: 19 Franco Baresi: 20 Garrincha: 21 Paolo ...
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.
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, [2] along with being considered one of the most talented to play.
Zico retired from professional football during the 1994 season but received an invitation to play beach soccer, winning the Beach Soccer World Cup 1995. Scoring 12 goals, he was the top scorer and was named the best player of the tournament.