IFFHS HISTORY : SOUTH AMERICA – PLAYER OF THE CENTURY (1900-1999)
Posted on Oct 16, 2017 | IFFHS News Category
Pictures : Pelé the Genius, Carlos Bianchi who gives the Goalkeeper Century Trophy to Raul Carrizo.
Fantastic ranking in South America for The Player of the Century (1900-1999) ! Pelé won the title of The Player of The Century before Diego Maradona , Alfredo Di Stefano and Garrincha ! These 4 players were in the Top 8 of The World Player of the Century ! It confirm that Brazil and Argentina have dominated since long time the football in South America. Raul Carrizo (Argentina) won the title of The Goalkeeper of the Century in South America before Jose Luis Chilavert and Ubaldo Fillol.
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
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