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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 ...
The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1]
The FIFA 100 was named in 2004 as a part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of FIFA, the world governing body for football (soccer). It is a list of the 125 greatest living players at that time, as selected by Brazilian legend Pelé .
In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA.
A prolific forward, he is widely regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was the runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994 and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. [2]
Akers is regarded as one of the greatest female soccer players in history. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was named FIFA Female Player of the Century in 2002, an award she shared with China 's Sun Wen . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2004, Akers and Mia Hamm were the only two women named to the FIFA 100 , a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by ...
Beckenbauer was also voted in eighth place for the FIFA Player of the Century award, and was selected for the World Team of the 20th Century. [10] Ten German players were named in the FIFA 100, [11] a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by former footballer Pelé, and ten are in the FIFA Century Club, having earned 100 or more ...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, [2] Seeler was named one of FIFA's 100 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.