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After winning a replayed KNVB Cup final against Sparta Rotterdam by a score of 2–1, Ajax won in Europe for the first time. On 2 June 1971, in London, Ajax won the European Cup by defeating Panathinaikos 2–0. [11] He signed a seven-year contract at Ajax. At the end of the season, he was named the Dutch and European Footballer of the Year for ...
The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [1] [2] [3] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty, and it closely
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of All Time: 2006–2022 [82] World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 [83] Dongqiudi Player of the Year: 2019, [84] 2021, [85] 2022 [86] Best Player of All Time by Voetbal International: 2017 [87] [88] Best Player of All Time by 90min: 2023 [89] Best Player of All Time by Radio Times: 2023 [90] Best ...
Youngest footballer in an international match: 14 years and 2 days – Lucas Knecht, Northern Mariana Islands v Guam, 2008 East Asian Football Championship, 1 April 2007 [96] [97] [note 30] Youngest footballer in first division: 12 years and 362 days – Mauricio Baldivieso , Aurora v La Paz , 2009 Bolivian Primera División , 19 July 2009 ...
In 2000, IFFHS declared Pelé as the "World's Best and successful Top Division Goal Scorer of all time" with 541 goals in 560 games and honoured him with a trophy. [ 275 ] [ 276 ] The tables below record every goal Pelé scored in official club competitions for Santos FC and all matches and goals for the New York Cosmos.
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.
Supa Strikas was founded by Andrew Smith, Oliver Power, Lee Hartman, and Alex Kramer [2] [3] Supa Strikas was originally created by a South African company but that relationship only lasted a few months. After it was bought by a South-African company, it became, like all successful comics, an exercise in making money out of fandomRoy of the Rovers.
He is often seen as being one of the most innovative and influential football managers of all time. He was the first to experiment with players' nutrition, and invented the 4-4-2 formation , along with the notion of pressing , which, in the words of Jonathan Wilson "may be seen as the birth of modern football". [ 4 ]