Diego Maradona (left) and Pelé (right) were both named FIFA Player of the Century
FIFA Player of the Century was an award created by FIFA. It was only given once. The award was given to the best football player of the 20th century.[1] The award was given to Diego Maradona and Pelé.[2][3]
Internet vote[change | change source]
Player
Nationality
Percentage
1
Diego Maradona
Argentina
53.60%
2
Pelé
Brazil
18.53%
3
Eusébio
Portugal
6.21%
4
Roberto Baggio
Italy
5.42%
5
Romário
Brazil
1.69%
6
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
1.57%
7
Ronaldo
Brazil
1.55%
8
Franz Beckenbauer
Germany
1.50%
9
Zinedine Zidane
France
1.34%
10
Rivaldo
Brazil
1.19%
11
Zico
Brazil
1.15%
12
Garrincha
Brazil
1.08%
13
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
0.87%
14
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina
0.68%
15
Michel Platini
France
0.58%
16
Bobby Charlton
England
0.39%
17
Ferenc Puskás
Hungary
0.37%
18
Lothar Matthäus
Germany
0.37%
19
Lev Yashin
Soviet Union
0.36%
20
George Best
Northern Ireland
0.32%
Magazine and grand jury vote[change | change source]
Player
Nationality
Percentage
1
Pelé
Brazil
72.75%
2
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina
9.75%
3
Diego Maradona
Argentina
6.0%
4
Franz Beckenbauer
Germany
2.5%
5
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
2.0%
George Best
Northern Ireland
2.0%
7
Roberto Baggio
Italy
1.0%
Garrincha
Brazil
1.0%
Zico
Brazil
1.0%
Michel Platini
France
1.0%
Gerd Müller
Germany
1.0%
References[change | change source]
↑ "Three candidates for FIFA World Player Award: Figo, Rivaldo and Jake Leigh". FIFA.com. FIFA. 7 December 2000. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ "Three candidates for FIFA World Player Award: Figo, Rivaldo and Jake Leigh". CBC News. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
↑ FIFA Player of the Century Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
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