World Soccer (magazine)

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, Sid Lowe and Tim Vickery. World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Magazines (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.

The magazine marked its 50th anniversary in 2010 with a series of articles looking back on the past 50 years in international soccer.

Contents

Writers/Correspondents

Award winners

World Player of the Year

World Manager of the Year

Players' All-time ranking

Player Wins
1 Ronaldo 3
2 Michel Platini 2
2 Ruud Gullit 2
2 Marco van Basten 2
2 Ronaldinho 2
2 Lionel Messi 2
6 Paolo Rossi 1
6 Zico 1
6 Diego Maradona 1
6 Lothar Matthäus 1
6 Jean-Pierre Papin 1
6 Roberto Baggio 1
6 Paolo Maldini 1
6 Gianluca Vialli 1
6 Zinedine Zidane 1
6 Rivaldo 1
6 Luís Figo 1
6 Michael Owen 1
6 Pavel Nedvěd 1
6 Fabio Cannavaro 1
6 Kaká 1
6 Cristiano Ronaldo 1
6 Xavi 1

By country

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

Young Player of the Year

Referee of the Year

World Team of the Year

The Greatest Players of the 20th Century

(Published December 1999)[8]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d World Soccer. 15 December 2011. http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-2011-the-results. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Xavi voted World Soccer Player of the Year" (Press release). World Soccer. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110104222529/http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/xavi_voted_world_soccer_player_of_the_year_news_304509.html. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Messi voted World Soccer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 10 December 2009. http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/messi-voted-world-soccer-player-of-the-year. Retrieved 7 October 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-world-soccer-award. Retrieved 7 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "WORLD SOCCER AWARDS: Previous Winners". World Soccer. http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/archive.php. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 
  6. ^ "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 12 December 2008. 
  7. ^ "Kaka wins World Player of the Year award". World Soccer. http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2008.php. Retrieved 12 December 2008. 
  8. ^ World Soccer Players of the Century

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