World Soccer (magazine)

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World Soccer
Editor Gavin Hamilton
Categories Sport
Frequency Monthly
Publisher IPC Media
Country  United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.worldsoccer.com

World Soccer is an English language football magazine published by IPC Media. It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville. World Soccer is a member of the ESM, an umbrella group of similar magazines printed in other languages. Other members include A Bola, Don Balón, Kicker, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sport Express. The members of this group elect a European "Team of the Month", and a European "Team of the Year".

Since 1982 World Soccer has also organised "Player of the Year", "Manager of the Year", and "Team of the Year" awards. In 2005 awards for the best "Young Player of the Year" and "Referee of the Year" were also introduced. In the December 1999 issue of World Soccer a readers poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published.

Contents

Award winners

World Player of the Year

World Manager of the Year

Players' All-time ranking

Player Wins
1 Flag of Brazil Ronaldo 3
2 Flag of France Michel Platini 2
2 Flag of the Netherlands Ruud Gullit 2
2 Flag of the Netherlands Marco van Basten 2
2 Flag of Brazil Ronaldinho 2
6 Flag of Italy Paolo Rossi 1
6 Flag of Brazil Zico 1
6 Flag of Argentina Diego Maradona 1
6 Flag of Germany Lothar Matthäus 1
6 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Papin 1
6 Flag of Italy Roberto Baggio 1
6 Flag of Italy Paolo Maldini 1
6 Flag of Italy Gianluca Vialli 1
6 Flag of France Zinédine Zidane 1
6 Flag of Brazil Rivaldo 1
6 Flag of Portugal Luís Figo 1
6 Flag of England Michael Owen 1
6 Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 1
6 Flag of Italy Fabio Cannavaro 1
6 Flag of Brazil Kaká 1
6 Flag of Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 1

By country

Country Wins
1  Brazil 8
2  Italy 5
3  France 4
4  Netherlands 4
5  Portugal 2
6  Argentina 1
7  Germany 1
8  Czech Republic 1
9  England 1

Young Player of the Year

Referee of the Year

World Team of the Year

The 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century

(Published December 1999)[3]

# Player
1 Flag of Brazil Pelé
2 Flag of Argentina Diego Maradona
3 Flag of the Netherlands Johan Cruijff
4 Flag of Germany Franz Beckenbauer
5 Flag of France Michel Platini
6 Flag of Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano
7 Flag of Hungary Ferenc Puskás
8 Flag of Northern Ireland George Best
9 Flag of the Netherlands Marco van Basten
10 Flag of Portugal Eusébio
11 Flag of the Soviet Union Lev Yashin
12 Flag of England Bobby Charlton
13 Flag of Brazil Ronaldo
14 Flag of England Bobby Moore
15 Flag of Germany Gerd Müller
16 Flag of Italy Roberto Baggio
17 Flag of England Stanley Matthews
18 Flag of Brazil Zico
19 Flag of Italy Franco Baresi
20 Flag of Brazil Garrincha
21 Flag of Italy Paolo Maldini
22 Flag of Scotland Kenny Dalglish
23 Flag of Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
24 Flag of France Éric Cantona
25 Flag of Romania Gheorghe Hagi
# Player
26 Flag of Brazil Romário
27 Flag of Brazil Jairzinho
28 Flag of France Zinédine Zidane
29 Flag of the Netherlands Ruud Gullit
30 Flag of Wales John Charles
31 Flag of Germany Lothar Matthäus
32 Flag of England Gordon Banks
33 Flag of Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
34 Flag of the Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp
35 Flag of Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
36 Flag of England Gary Lineker
37 Flag of Italy Giuseppe Meazza
38 Flag of Brazil Rivelino
39 Flag of Brazil Didi
40 Flag of Wales Ian Rush
41 Flag of Denmark Peter Schmeichel
42 Flag of Italy Paolo Rossi
43 Flag of Liberia George Weah
44 Flag of England Michael Owen
45 Flag of France Just Fontaine
46 Flag of England Duncan Edwards
47 Flag of Italy Dino Zoff
48 Flag of Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
49 Flag of England David Beckham
50 Flag of England Tom Finney
# Player
51 Flag of Brazil Rivaldo
52 Flag of Argentina Claudio Caniggia
53 Flag of Brazil Tostão
54 Flag of the Netherlands Frank Rijkaard
55 Flag of Paraguay José Luis Chilavert
56 Flag of England Kevin Keegan
57 Flag of England Paul Gascoigne
58 Flag of Cameroon Roger Milla
59 Flag of Denmark Michael Laudrup
60 Flag of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
61 Flag of France David Ginola
62 Flag of England Glenn Hoddle
63 Flag of Brazil Sócrates
64 Flag of Brazil Roberto Carlos
65 Flag of England Alan Shearer
66 Flag of Argentina Daniel Passarella
67 Flag of Croatia Davor Šuker
68 Flag of England Dixie Dean
69 Flag of Hungary Sándor Kocsis
70 Flag of Uruguay Juan Alberto Schiaffino
71 Flag of Italy Christian Vieri
72 Flag of Argentina Mario Kempes
73 Flag of the Netherlands Johan Neeskens
74 Flag of Italy Luigi Riva
75 Flag of Uruguay José Nasazzi
# Player
76 Flag of Germany Günter Netzer
77 Flag of Italy Alessandro Del Piero
78 Flag of Colombia Carlos Valderrama
79 Flag of Spain Ricardo Zamora
80 Flag of Uruguay Enzo Francescoli
81 Flag of the Netherlands Edgar Davids
82 Flag of Spain Francisco Gento
83 Flag of Scotland Jim Baxter
84 Flag of Brazil Falcão
85 Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs
86 Flag of Germany Sepp Maier
87 Flag of Poland Zbigniew Boniek
88 Flag of Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
89 Flag of Hungary György Sárosi
90 Flag of Italy Giacinto Facchetti
91 Flag of Scotland Alan Hansen
92 Flag of France Raymond Kopa
93 Flag of England Bryan Robson
94 Flag of Germany Matthias Sammer
95 Flag of HungaryFlag of Spain Ladislao Kubala
96 Flag of Wales Neville Southall
97 Flag of Brazil Gérson
98 Flag of Portugal Paulo Futre
99 Flag of Denmark Preben Elkjær
100 Flag of Brazil Bebeto

References

  1. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/Cristiano_Ronaldo_wins_World_Soccer_award_news_273801.html. Retrieved on 12 December 2008. 
  2. ^ "Kaka wins World Player of the Year award". World Soccer. http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2008.php. Retrieved on 12 December 2008. 
  3. ^ World Soccer Players of the Century

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