IFFHS - MEN COUNTRIES BEST PLAYERS AND GOALKEEPERS OF THE XXth CENTURY
Posted on May 10, 2021 | History Statistics Category
Picture : Franz Beckenbauer was crowned as the Best German Player , the second Best in Europe and the third Best in the World of the XXth Century (1901-2000) ! He received also the Special IFFHS Award of the Universal Football Personality in 2007 for his successful career as Player, Coach and President !
IFFHS Men Best Players and Goalkeepers of the XXth Century (1901-2000) by COUNTRY
The list is based on the IFFHS Century Elections for each continent in the year 2000.
Country | Player of the Century | Keeper of the Century |
Algeria | Lakhdar Belloumi | - |
Argentina | Diego Armando Maradona | Amadeo Raúl Carrizo |
Australia | Frank Farina | Mark Bosnich |
Austria | Mathias Sindelar | Rudi Hiden |
Bahrain | - | Hamoud Sultan |
Belgium | Paul Van Himst | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
Brazil | Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" | Gilmar dos Santos Neves |
Bulgaria | Georgi Asparukhov | - |
Cameroon | Roger Milla | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
Canada | Bruce Wilson | James Kennaway |
Chad | Japhet N´Doram | - |
Chile | Elias Ricardo Figueroa | Sergio Livingstone |
China | Zhi-Yi Fan | Hui-Kang Zhang |
Colombia | Willington Ortiz | José René Higuita |
Congo-Brazzaville | Paul Moukila | - |
Congo-Kinshasa | Tshimemu Bwanga | Mwemba Kazadi |
Costa Rica | Alejandro Morera | Luis Gabelo Conejo |
Cuba | Mario López | - |
Czechoslovakia | Josef Bican | Frantisek Planicka |
Denmark | Michael Laudrup | Peter Schmeichel |
East Germany | - | Jurgen Croy |
Ecuador | Alberto Spencer | - |
Egypt | Mahmoud El-Khatib | Ahmed Shoubeir |
El Salvador | Jorge Alberto González | Manuel "Tamalón" Garay |
England | Robert "Bobby" Charlton | Gordon Banks |
France | Michel Platini | Bernard Lama |
Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | Sepp Maier |
Ghana | Abedi Ayew "Pelé" | - |
Guatemala | Oscar "Conejo" Sánchez | - |
Guinea | Petit Sorry | - |
Haiti | - | Henri Francillon |
Honduras | Gilberto Yearwood | - |
Hungary | Ferenc Puskas | Gyula Grosics |
India | Pardip Kumar Banderjee | Peter Thangaraj |
Iran | Ali Daei | Naser Hejazi |
Iraq | Ahmed Rahdi | - |
Ireland | Liam Brady | - |
Israel | Avi Cohen | - |
Italy | Gianni Rivera | Dino Zoff |
Ivory Coast | Laurent Pokou | Alain Gouaméné |
Japan | Kazuyoshi Miura | - |
Kuwait | Faisal Ali Ak-Dakil | Khaled Al-Fadhli |
Liberia | George Weah | - |
Malaysia | Moktar Dahari | Chow Chee Keong |
Mali | Selif Keita | - |
Mexico | Hugo Sánchez | Antonio Carbajal |
Morocco | Ahmed Faras | Badou Zaki |
Netherlands | Johan Cruyff | Hans van Breukelen |
New Caledonia | Christian Karembeu | - |
New Zealand | Wynton Rufer | Frank Van Hattum |
Nigeria | Finidi George | Peter Rufai |
North Korea | Doo-Ik Pak | - |
Northern Ireland | George Best | Pat Jennings |
Panama | Julio César Dely Valdez | - |
Paraguay | Arsenio Pastor Erico | José Luis Félix Chilavert |
Peru | Teófilo Cubillas | - |
Poland | Zbigniew Boniek | Jan Tomaszewski |
Portugal | Eusébio Ferreira da Silva | Alberto Costa Pereira |
Qatar | - | Mohammed Wafah Saami |
Romania | Gheorghe Hagi | - |
Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Majed | Mohammed Al-Deayea |
Scotland | Denis Law | Ronald Simpson |
Singapore | Ahmad Fandhi | - |
South Africa | Mark Fish | In-Young Choi |
South Korea | Bum-Kun Cha | - |
Soviet Union | Oleg Blokhin | Lev Yashin |
Spain | Alfredo di Stéfano | Ricardo Zamora |
Sweden | Gunnar Nordahl | Thomas Ravelli |
Switzerland | Severino Minelli | - |
Tahiti | Erroll Bennett | - |
Thailand | Piyapong Pue-Oun | - |
Trinidad-Tobago | Dwight Yorke | - |
Tunisia | Tarek Dhiab | Sadok Attouga |
UAE | Adnan Khamis Al-Taliyani | - |
Uruguay | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Ladislao Mazurkiewicz |
USA | William Gonsalves | Kasey Keller |
Wales | John Charles | Neville Southall |
Yugoslavia | Dragan Dzajic | Vladimir Beara |
Zambia | Kalusha Bwalya | - |
Zimbabwe | - | Bruce Grobbelaar |