IFFHS' Century Elections (original) (raw)

The IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) has been organizing elections for the "Football Player of the Century" for various countries and continents, and separate elections for the "Goal 'Keeper of the Century". Apparently elections were based on polls of journalists and former players, but no specific details are known.

Players above the dotted lines in the continental elections were eligible for the worldwide elections.

Players whose country is given in italics were (implicitly) chosen as the best of their country.

World Elections

World - Player of the Century

1."Pelé" (Brazil) 1705 (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 2.Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) 1303 3.Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) 1228 4.Alfredo di Stéfano (Argentina) 1215 5.Diego Armando Maradona (Argentina) 1214 6.Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 810 7.Michel Platini (France) 722 8.Garrincha (Brazil) 624 (Manoel dos Santos Garrincha) 9.Eusébio (Portugal) 544 (Eusébio Ferreira da Silva) 10.Robert Charlton (England) 508 11.Stanley Matthews (England) 368 12.Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 315 13.Gerd M�ller (Germany) 265 14.Zico (Brazil) 207 15.Lothar Matth�us (Germany) 202 16.George Best (N. Ireland) 187 17.Juan Alberto Schiaffino(Uruguay) 158 18.Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) 119 19.Valdir Pereira Didi (Brazil) 116 Gianni Rivera (Italy) 116 21.Giuseppe Meazza (Italy) 108 22.Matthias Sindelar (Austria) 106 23 Fritz Walter (Germany) 103 24.Robert Moore (England) 98 25.José Manuel Moreno (Argentina) 96 26.Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 85 27.George Weah (Liberia) 79 28.Roger Milla (Cameroon) 78 29.José Leonardo Andrade (Uruguay) 74 30.Just Fontaine (France) 73 Francisco Gento (Spain) 73 32.Ladislao Kubala (Spain) 71 33.Franco Baresi (Italy) 70 34.Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 63 35.Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany) 59 36.Omar Sivori (Argentina) 56 37.Elias Figueroa (Chile) 55 38.Kevin Keegan (England) 53 39.Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 52 40.Héctor Scarone (Uruguay) 51 41.Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) 46 42.Giacchinto Facchetti (Italy) 44 43.Raymond Kopa (France) 41 Alessandro Mazzola (Italy) 41 45.Uwe Seeler (Germany) 40 46.Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 36 47.Zizinho (Brazil) 35 48.Teófilo Cubillas (Peru) 34 49.Arsenio Erico (Paraguay) 30 50.Denis Law (Scotland) 29

World - Keeper of the Century

1.Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 1002 2.Gordon Banks (England) 717 3.Dino Zoff (Italy) 661 4.Sepp Maier (Germany) 456 5.Ricardo Zamora (Spain) 443 6.José Luis Félix Chilavert(Paraguay) 373 7.Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 291 8.Peter Shilton (England) 196 9.František Plánicka (Czechoslovakia) 194 10.Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (Argentina) 192 11.Gilmar dos Santos Neves(Brazil) 160 12.Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay) 144 13.Patrick Jennings (N. Ireland) 132 14.Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Argentina) 121 15.Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) 105 16.Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium) 95 17.Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union) 89 18.Gyula Grosics (Hungary) 87 19.Thomas Ravelli (Sweden) 66 20.Walter Zenga (Italy) 62

Keepers that figured between places 21 and 50 include: Jorge Campos (Mexico) Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) Ren� Higuita (Colombia) Mohammed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia) Andreas K�pke (Germany)

World - Female Player of the Century

1.Mia Hamm (USA) 443 2.Michelle Akers (USA) 411 3.Heidi Mohr (Germany) 250 4.Carolina Morace (Italy) 230 5.Sissi (Brazil) 212 6.Linda Medalen (Norway) 181 7.Liu Ailing (China) 165 8.Kristine Lilly (USA) 160 9.Heidi St�re (Norway) 141 10.Pia Sundhage (Sweden) 129 11.Joulie Foudy (USA) 117 12.Gao Hong (China) 100 13.Silvia Neid (Germany) 83 14.Joy Fawcett (USA) 82 15.Elisabetta Vignotto (Italy) 77 16.Helge Riise (Norway) 76 17.Bettina Wiegmann (Germany) 73 18.Sun Qing-Mei (China) 63 19.Pretinha (Brazil) 46 20.Martina Voss (Germany) 39 21.Gro Espeseth (Norway) 32 Lena Videkull (Sweden) 32 23.Ann Kristin Aar�nes (Norway) 29 24.Charmaine Hooper (Canada) 27 Gunn Nyborg (Norway) 27 26.Carin Gabarra-Jennings (USA) 25 Fan Yunjie (China) 25 28.Anette B�rjesson (Sweden) 24 29.Doris Fitschen (Germany) 23 30.Alicia Vargas (Mexico) 22 31.Roseli (Brazil) 21 32.Elisabeth Leidinge (Sweden) 20 33.Birthe Hegstadt (Norway) 18

Continental Elections

Africa - Player of the Century

1.George Weah (Liberia) 95 2.Roger Milla (Cameroon) 77 3.Abedi Ayew "Pelé" (Ghana) 72 4.Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria) 56 5.Rabah Madjer (Algeria) 51 6.Théophile Abega (Cameroon) 39 7.Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) 38

8.François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon) 37 9.Ahmed Faras (Morocco) 35 10.Finidi George (Nigeria) 32 11.Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia) 31 Mahmoud El-Khatib (Egypt) 31 13.Japhet N'Doram (Chad) 30 14.Youssouf Fofana (Ivory Coast) 29 15.Abdel Aziz Bouderbala (Morocco) 28 Tarek Dhiab (Tunisia) 28 17.Rachidi Yekini (Nigeria) 27 18.Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria) 26 19.Labri Ben Barek (Morocco) 22 Ali Bencheikh (Algeria) 22 Segun Odegbami (Nigeria) 22 Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt) 22 23.Tahar Abou-Zeid (Egypt) 21 24.Petit Sorry (Guinea) 20 Anthony Yeboah (Ghana) 20 26.Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria) 19 Tshimemu Bwanga (Congo-Kinshasa) 19 28.Ali Abugreisma (Egypt) 18 Papa Camara (Guinea) 18 30.Mohamed Timoumi (Morocco) 17 31.Karim Abdul Razak (Ghana) 16 Chérif Souleymane (Guinea) 16 33.Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) 15 34.Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria) 14 Jean Manga Onguene (Cameroon) 14 Bengaly Sylla (Guinea) 14 37.Magdi Abdelghani (Egypt) 13 Opoku (N'Ti) Afriye (Ghana) 13 39.Etefe Kakoto (Congo-Kinshasa) 12 Robert Mensah (Ghana) 12 Hany Ramzy (Egypt) 12 42.Cheik Mohamed Keita (Guinea) 11 Hacène Lalmas (Algeria) 11 44.Adolf Armah (Ghana) 10 Salah Assao (Algeria) 10 Mark Fish (South Africa) 10 Salif Keita (Mali) 10 Serge-Alain Magui (Ivory Coast) 10 Paul Moukila (Congo-Brazzavl.) 10 Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria) 10 Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana) 10

Africa - Keeper of the Century

1.Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon) 39 2.Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon) 30 3.Sadok Attouga (Tunisia) 26 4.Badou Zaki (Morocco) 24 5.Mwemba Kazadi (Congo-Kinshasa) 19

6.Jacques Songo'o (Cameroon) 13 7.Bruce Grobbelaar (Zimbabwe) 11 8.Ahmed Shoubeir (Egypt) 10 9.Alain Gouaméné (Ivory Coast) 9 10.Peter Rufai (Nigeria) 6

Asia - Player of the Century

1.Bum-Kun Cha (South Korea) 112 2.Joo-Sung Kim (South Korea) 93 3.Abdullah Majed (Saudi Arabia) 87 4.Kazuyoshi Miura (Japan) 71

5.Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) 70 6.Said Al-Owairan (Saudi Arabia) 68 7.Ali Daei (Iran) 64 8.Khodadad Azizi (Iran) 59 9.Ahmed Rahdi (Iraq) 48 10.Karim Bagheri (Iran) 47 11.Soon-Ho Choi (South Korea) 33 12.Masami Ihara (Japan) 31 13.Pardip Kumar Banderjee (India) 27 14.Faisal Ali Ak-Dakhil (Kuwait) 23 Ali Parvin (Iran) 23 16.Zhi-Yi Fan (China) 22 Myung-Bo Hung (South Korea) 22 Yashuhiko Okudera (Japan) 22 19.Piyapong Pue-Oun (Thailand) 21 Hassan Rowshan (Iran) 21 21.Doo-Ik Pak (North Korea) 19 22.Avi Cohen (Israel) 17 23.Hae-Won Chung (South Korea) 16 Guangming Gu (China) 16 25.Hussain Saeed (Iraq) 15 Natipong Sritong-In (Thailand) 15 27.Fahad Al-Bishi (Saudi Arabia) 14 Sun-Hong Hwang (South Korea) 14 29.Ahmad Fandhi (Singapore) 13 30.Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) 12 Adnan Khamis Al-Taliyani(UAE) 12

Asia - Keeper of the Century

1.Mohammed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia) 54 2.Naser Hejazi (Iran) 18 3.In-Young Choi (South Korea) 15

4.Hui-Kang Zhang (China) 14 5.Yubin Fu (China) 8 Hamoud Sultan (Bahrain) 8 Peter Thangaraj (India) 8 8.Khaled Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) 7 Mohammed Wafah Saami (Qatar) 7 10.Chow Chee Keong (Malaysia) 6

Central and North America - Player of the Century

1.Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 107 2.Luis Funete (Mexico) 45 3.Carlos Hermosillo (Mexico) 42 4.Horacio Casarin (Mexico) 40 5.Raúl Cárdenas (Mexico) 39

6.William Gonsalves (USA) 33 7.Salvador Reyes (Mexico) 30 8.Julio César Dely Valdéz(Panama) 29 Bruce Wilson (Canada) 29 10.Jorge Alberto González (El Salvador) 24 11.José Mauricio Cienfuegos(El Salvador) 21 Eryc Wynalda (USA) 21 13.Walter Alfred Bahr (USA) 17 14.Jesús del Muro (Mexico) 15 15.Raúl Ignacio Díaz Arce (El Salvador) 14 Alejandro Morera (Costa Rica) 14 17.Mario López (Cuba) 13 18.Gustavo Peña (Mexico) 11 19.Marcelo Balboa (USA) 10 Robert Lenarduzzi (Canada) 10 Oscar "Conejo" Sánchez (Guatemala) 10 22.Benjamin Galindo (Mexico) 9 Ronald Gómez (Costa Rica) 9 Juan Carlos Plata (Guatemala) 9 Gilberto Yearwood (Honduras) 9 Dwight Yorke (Trinidad/Tobago) 9 27.Juan Carreño (Mexico) 8 Roger Gómez (Costa Rica) 8 José Rafael Meza (Costa Rica) 8 Nicolás Suazo (Honduras) 8 31.Jorge Roldán (Guatemala) 7 Luis Ernesto Tapia (Panama) 7

Central and North America - Keeper of the Century

1.Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) 52 2.Luis Gabelo Conejo (Costa Rica) 25 3.Kasey Keller (USA) 24 4.Jorge Campos (Mexico) 22

5.Henri Francillon (Haiti) 17 6.Raúl Estrada (Mexico) 9 7.James Kennaway (Canada) 7 8.Craig Forrest (Canada) 6 9.Ignacio Calderón (Mexico) 5 10.Manuel "Tamalón" Garay (El Salvador) 4

Europe - Player of the Century

1.Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) 753 2.Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) 709 3.Alfredo di Stéfano (Spain) 708 4.Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 667 5.Michel Platini (France) 505 6.Eusébio (Portugal) 370 (Eusébio Ferreira da Silva) 7.Robert Charlton (England) 303 8.Stanley Matthews (England) 282 9.Gerhard Müller (Germany) 249 10.Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 240 11.George Best (N. Ireland) 193 12.Gianni Rivera (Italy) 113 13.Matthias Sindelar (Austria) 110 14.Fritz Walter (Germany) 105 15.Giuseppe Meazza (Italy) 90 16.Giacinto Facchetti (Italy) 79 17.Bobby Moore (England) 74 18.Raymond Kopa (France) 72 Uwe Seeler (Germany) 72 20.Franco Baresi (Italy) 66 21.Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) 63 22.Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union) 61 23.Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 54 24.Ladislao Kubala (Spain) 53 Michael Laudrup (Denmark) 53 Alessandro Mazzola (Italy) 53 27.Francisco Gento (Spain) 49 28.Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 47 29.Silvio Piola (Italy) 46 30.Kevin Keegan (England) 45 31.Ernst Ocwirk (Austria) 44 32.Lothar Matthäus (Germany) 43 33.József Bozsik (Hungary) 41 34.Just Fontaine (France) 40 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany) 40 36.Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 39 37.Denis Law (Scotland) 38 38.Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) 35 39.Paul Van Himst (Belgium) 28

40.Georgi Asparukhov (Bulgaria) 27 Paolo Rossi (Italy) 27 42.James Greaves (England) 26 Luigi Riva (Italy) 26 Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 26 45.Stephen Bloomer (England) 25 46.Zbigniew Boniek (Poland) 24 Kenneth Dalglish (Scotland) 24 Allan Simonsen (Denmark) 24 Eduard Streltsov (Soviet Union) 24 50.Gerhard Hanappi (Austria) 23 Luis Suárez (Spain) 23 52.William "Dixie" Dean (England) 22 53.Roberto Baggio (Italy) 21 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland) 21 Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) 21 56.Gheorghe Hagi (Romania 19 Gaetano Scirea (Italy) 19 58.Nils Liedholm (Sweden) 18 59.Gunnar Gren (Sweden) 17 60.Mário Coluna (Portugal) 16 Györgi Sárosi (Hungary) 16 62.Thomas Lawton (England) 15 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) 15 64.Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands) 14 Raymond Braine (Belgium) 14 66.Thomas Finney (England) 13 Gary Lineker (England) 13 James Edward McGrory (Scotland) 13 Herbert Prohaska (Austria) 13 70.Eric Cantona (France) 12 Karl Koller (Austria) 12 Paolo Maldini (Italy) 12 73.Liam Brady (Ireland) 11 Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary) 11 Anton Polster (Austria) 11 Jean Tigana (France) 11 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia) 11 Vivian John Woodward (England) 11 79.Ruud Krol (Netherlands) 10 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia) 10 81.Roberto Bettega (Italy) 9 Alex James (Scotland) 9 Karel Pesek "Káda" (Czechoslovakia) 9 84.Flórián Albert (Hungary) 8 Paul Breitner (Germany) 8 Emilio Butragueño (Spain) 8 John Charles (Wales) 8 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) 8 89.Wsjevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union) 7 Hugh Gallacher (Scotland) 7 Wlodzimierz Lubanski (Poland) 7 Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia) 7 93.Nicolae Dobrin (Romania) 6 Günter Netzer (Germany) 6 Ian Rush (Wales) 6 96.Jackey Carey (Ireland) 5 Richard Hofmann (Germany) 5 Severino Minelli (Switzerland) 5 Wolfgang Overath (Germany) 5 100.Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 4 Fritz Szepan (Germany) 4

Europe - Keeper of the Century

1.Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 498 2.Dino Zoff (Italy) 373 3.Gordon Banks (England) 360 4.Ricardo Zamora (Spain) 304 5.Sepp Maier (Germany) 263 6.František Plánicka (Czechoslovakia) 204 7.Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 148 8.Peter Shilton (England) 124 9.Gyula Grosics (Hungary) 117 10.Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium) 100 11.Patrick Jennings (N. Ireland) 76 12.Vladimir Beara (Yugoslavia) 72 13.Rudi Hiden (Austria) 63 14.Thomas Ravelli (Sweden) 59 15.Harald Schumacher (Germany) 51 16.Giampiero Combi (Italy) 49 Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union) 49 18.Jan Tomaszewski (Poland 44 19.Michel Preud'homme (Belgium) 41 20.Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands) 37 Andreas Köpke (Germany) 37 22.Ronnie Hellström (Sweden) 31 Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain) 31 24.Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) 21 Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia) 21 26.Walter Zeman (Austria) 19 27.Walter Zenga (Italy) 18 28.Frank Victor Swift (England) 17 29.Jürgen Croy (East Germany) 16 30.Angelo Peruzzi (Italy) 13 Neville Southall (Wales) 13

32.Enrico Albertosi (Italy) 12 David Seaman (England) 12 34.Samuel Hardy (England) 10 José Ángel Iríbar (Spain) 10 József Mlynarczyk (Poland) 10 Gianluca Pagliuca (Italy) 10 Alberto Costa Pereira (Portugal) 10 Hans Tilkowski (Germany) 10 40.Vítor Damas (Portugal) 9 Heinrich Stuhlfauth (Germany) 9 42.Yevgheni Rudakov (Soviet Union) 8 43.Luis Arconada (Spain) 7 Giuliano Sarti (Italy) 7 Anton Turek (Germany) 7 46.Bernard Lama (France) 6 47.Pierre Chayriguès (France) 5 Alexej Khomitch (Soviet Union) 5 Antoni Ramallets (Spain) 5 Ronald Simpson (Scotland) 5 Károly Zsák (Hungary) 5

Europe - Female Player of the Century

1.Heidi Mohr (Germany)

23.Vera Pauw (Netherlands)

Oceania - Player of the Century

1.Wynton Rufer (New Zealand) 62 2.Frank Farina (Australia) 41

3.Christian Karembeu (New Caledonia) 40 4.Joseph Marsto (Australia) 34 5.John Kosmina (Australia) 33 6.Alan Davidson (Australia) 22 7.Paul Okon (Australia) 17 Robert Slater (Australia) 17 9.Reginald Date (Australia) 14 10.Eddie Krncevic (Australia) 13 11.Paul Wade (Australia) 11 12.Craig Peter Johnston (Australia) 6 Stanley Lazaridis (Australia) 6 David Mitchell (Australia) 6 15.Kenneth Armstrong (New Zealand) 5 Erroll Bennett (Tahiti) 5 Brian Turner (New Zealand) 5 Jacques Arte "Zimako" (New Caledonia) 5 19.Pascal Vahirua (Tahiti) 4 Aurelio Vidmar (Australia) 4

Oceania - Keeper of the Century

1.Mark Bosnich (Australia) 53

2.Frank Van Hattum (New Zealand) 21 3.James McNabb (Australia) 14 4.Marc Schwarzer (Australia) 4 James Taylor (New Zealand) 4 6.Kevin Curtin (New Zealand) 3

South America - Player of the Century

1."Pelé" (Brazil) 220 (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 2.Diego Armando Maradona (Argentina) 193 3.Alfredo di Stéfano (Argentina) 161 4.Garrincha (Brazil) 142 (Manoel dos Santos Garrincha) 5.José Manuel Moreno (Argentina) 82 6.Juan Alberto Schiaffino(Uruguay) 52 7."Zico" (Brazil) 51 (Arthur Antunes Coimbra) 8.Arsenio Pastor Erico (Paraguay) 42 Elías Ricardo Figueroa (Chile) 42 10.Thomas Soãres "Zizinho"(Brazil) 40 11.Luis Alberto Cubilla (Uruguay) 25 12.Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina) 24 13.Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil) 21 "Tostão" (Brazil) 21 (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade) Obdulio Jacinto Varela (Uruguay) 21 16.Enrique Omar Sivori (Argentina) 19 17.Teófilo Cubillas (Peru) 17 Valdir Pereira Didi (Brazil) 17 Willington Ortiz (Colombia) 17 20.José Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) 16 Héctor Scarone (Uruguay) 16 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador) 16

23.Mario Alberto Kempes (Argentina) 15 24.Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay) 13 Leônidas da Silva (Brazil) 13 26.Angel Amadeo Labruna (Argentina) 12 José Nasazzi (Uruguay) 12 Nílton dos Santos (Brazil) 12 Ronaldo (Brazil) 12 (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima) 30.Romário de Souza Faria (Brazil) 11 31.Paulo Roberto Falcão (Brazil) 10 Roberto Rivelino (Brazil) 10 José Marcelo Salas (Chile) 10 34.Ademir da Guía (Brazil) 9 35.Héctor Chumpitaz (Peru) 8 Daniel Alberto Passarella(Argentina) 8 37.Luís Edmundo Pereira (Brazil) 7 Pedro Virgilio Rocha (Uruguay) 7 39.Carlos Alberto Valderrama(Colombia) 6 40.Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil) 5 Leonel Sánchez (Chile) 5 Iván Luis Zamorano (Chile) 5 43.Domingos Antônio da Guía(Brazil) 4 44.Ademir Marquez de Menezes(Brazil) 3 Pedro Cea (Uruguay) 3 Raimundo Orsi (Argentina) 3

South America - Keeper of the Century

1.Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (Argentina) 68 2.José Luis Félix Chilavert(Paraguay) 57 3.Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Argentina) 53 4.Gilmar dos Santos Neves(Brazil) 47 5.Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay) 46 6.Roque Gaston Máspoli (Uruguay) 26 7.Hugo Orlando Gatti (Argentina) 20 8.José René Higuíta (Colombia) 18 9.Sergio Livingstone (Chile) 15 10.Émerson Leão (Brazil) 13 11.Barbosa Moacir Nascimento(Brazil) 11 12.Roberto Antonio Rojas (Chile) 6 Rodolfo Rodríguez (Uruguay) 6

14.Américo Tesorieri (Argentina) 5 15.Manga Aílton Corrêa Arruda(Brazil) 4 Andrés Mazali (Uruguay) 4 Antonio Roma (Argentina) 4

Countrywise Elections

Winners' List for all Countries

Major Countries

Argentina - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1.Diego Armando Maradona 193 2.Alfredo di Stéfano 161 3.José Manuel Moreno 82 4.Adolfo Pedernera 24 5.Enrique Omar Sivori 19 6.Mario Alberto Kempes 15 7.Angel Amadeo Labruna 12 8.Daniel Passarella 8 9.Raimundo Orsi 3 10.Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri 1

Argentina - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1.Amadeo Raúl Carrizo 68 2.Ubaldo Matildo Fillol 53 3.Hugo Orlando Gatti 20 4.Américo Tesorieri 5 5.Antonio Roma 4

Austria - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Matthias Sindelar 110 2.Ernst Ocwirk 44 3.Gerhard Hanappi 23 4.Herbert Prohaska 13 5.Karl Koller 12 6.Toni Polster 11 7.Ernst Happel 3 8.Hans Krankl 2

Austria - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Rudi Hiden 63 2.Walter Zeman 19 3.Michael Konsel 3

Belgium - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Paul Van Himst 28 2.Raymond Braine 14 3.Eric Gerets 3 4.Jan Ceulemans 2 Jozef Mermans 2

Belgium - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Jean-Marie Pfaff 100 2.Michel Preud'homme 41 3.Jean De Bie 3

Brazil - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1."Pelé" 220 (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 2.Garrincha 142 (Manoel dos Santos Garrincha) 3."Zico" 51 (Arthur Antunes Coimbra) 4.Thomas Soãres "Zizinho" 40 5.Arthur Friedenreich 21 "Tostão" 21 (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade) 7.Valdir Pereira Didi 17 8.Leônidas da Silva 13 9.Nílton dos Santos 12 Ronaldo 12 (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima) 11.Romário de Souza Faria 11 12.Paulo Roberto Falcão 10 Roberto Rivelino 10 14.Ademir da Guía 9 15.Luís Edmundo Pereira 7 16.Carlos Alberto Torres 5 17.Domingos Antônio da Guía 4 18.Ademir 3 (Ademir Marquez de Menezes) 19."Bebeto" 2 (Jorge Roberto Gama de Oliveira) "Jairzinho" 2 (Jair Ventura Filho)

Brazil - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1.Gilmar dos Santos Neves 47 2.Émerson Leão 13 3.Barbosa 11 (Barbosa Moacir Nascimento) 4.Manga 4 (Manga Aílton Corrêa Arruda)

England - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Bobby Charlton 303 2.Stanley Matthews 282 3.Bobby Moore 74 4.Kevin Keegan 45 5.James Greaves 26 6.Stephen Bloomer 25 7.William "Dixie" Dean 22 8.Thomas Lawton 15 9.Thomas Finney 13 Gary Lineker 13 11.Vivian John Woodward 11

England - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Gordon Banks 360 2.Peter Shilton 124 3.Frank Victor Swift 17 4.David Seaman 12 5.Samuel Hardy 10 6.Harry Hibbs 3

France - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Michel Platini 505 2.Raymond Kopa 72 3.Just Fontaine 40 4.Eric Cantona 12 5.Jean Tigana 11 6.Robert Jonquet 2

France - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Bernard Lama 6 2.Pierre Chayriguès 5 3.Julien Darui 4 4.Fabien Barthez 3

Germany - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Franz Beckenbauer 709 2.Gerd Müller 249 3.Fritz Walter 105 4.Uwe Seeler 72 5.Lothar Matthäus 43 6.Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 40 7.Paul Breitner 8 8.Günter Netzer 6 9.Richard Hofmann 5 Wolfgang Overath 5 11.Fritz Szepan 4 12.Andreas Brehme 2 Bernd Schuster 2 14.Andreas Möller 1 Rudi Völler 1

Germany - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Sepp Maier 263 2.Harald Schumacher 51 3.Andreas Köpke 37 4.Jürgen Croy 15 5.Hans Tilkowsky 10 6.Heiner Stuhlfauth 9 7.Toni Turek 7 8.Bodo Illgner 4 9.Hans Jakob 3 10.Uli Stein 2

Hungary - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Ferenc Puskás 667 2.Sándor Kocsis 54 3.József Bozsik 41 4.Imre Schlosser 26 5.Györgi Sárosi 16 6.Nándor Hidegkuti 11 7.Flórián Albert 8 8.Györgi Orth 2

Hungary - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Gyula Grosics 117 2.Károly Zsák 5

Italy - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Gianni Rivera 113 2.Giuseppe Meazza 90 3.Giacinto Facchetti 79 4.Franco Baresi 66 5.Sandro Mazzola 53 6.Silvio Piola 46 7.Paolo Rossi 27 8.Luigi Riva 26 9.Roberto Baggio 21 10.Gaetano Scirea 19 11.Paolo Maldini 12 12.Roberto Bettega 9 13.Giampiero Boniperti 3

Italy - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Dino Zoff 373 2.Giampiero Combi 49 3.Walter Zenga 18 4.Angelo Peruzzi 13 5.Enrico Albertosi 12 6.Gianluca Pagliuca 10 7.Giulano Sarti 7 8.Lorenzo Buffon 3

Netherlands - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Johan Cruijff 753 2.Marco van Basten 240 3.Ruud Gullit 63 4.Dennis Bergkamp 14 5.Ruud Krol 10 6.Ronald Koeman 8 7.Frank Rijkaard 3 8.Faas Wilkes 2

Netherlands - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Hans van Breukelen 37 2.Edwin van der Sar 21 3.Eddy Pieters Graafland 3

Spain - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Alfredo di Stéfano 708 2.Ferenc Puskás 667 3.Ladislao Kubala 53 4.Francisco Gento 49 5.Luis Suárez 23 6.Emilio Butragueño 8 7.Miguel González "Michel" 3 8.Amancio Amaro 2 Telmo "Zarra" 2

Spain - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the European election.

1.Ricardo Zamora 304 2.Andoni Zubizarreta 31 3.José Ángel Iríbar 10 4.Luis Arconada 7 5.Antoni Ramallets 5 6.Francisco Buyo 3

Uruguay - Player of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1.Juan Alberto Schiaffino 52 2.Luis Alberto Cubilla 25 3.Obdulio Jacinto Varela 21 4.José Leandro Andrade 16 Héctor Scarone 16 6.Enzo Francescoli 13 7.José Nasazzi 12 8.Pedro Virgilio Rocha 7 9.Pedro Cea 3 10.Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia 2

Uruguay - Keeper of the Century

Simply chosen as a sublist of the South American election.

1.Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 46 2.Roque Gaston Máspoli 26 3.Rodolfo Rodríguez 6 4.Andrés Mazali 4

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Sources: [IFF 99], [gue], [spz], various teletext services

Thanks to Vlad Doob for providing the worldwide elections and to Fayçal Boutenzar for a correction

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 26 Jun 2023

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