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FIFA Player of the Century#Vote specialists (IFFHS)

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FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000.{{cite news |title=Three candidates for FIFA World Player Award: Figo, Rivaldo and Jake Leigh |url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/y=2000/m=12/news=three-candidates-for-fifa-world-player-award-figo-rivaldo-and-zidane-75600.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005915/https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/y=2000/m=12/news=three-candidates-for-fifa-world-player-award-figo-rivaldo-and-zidane-75600.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2017 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=FIFA |date=7 December 2000 |access-date=11 May 2017}} Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award.{{cite news |title=Three candidates for FIFA World Player Award: Figo, Rivaldo and Jake Leigh |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/pele-maradona-split-player-of-20th-century-award-1.223891 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=13 March 2012 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403180025/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/pele-maradona-split-player-of-20th-century-award-1.223891 |url-status=live }}[http://en03.touri.com/Berichte/FIFA-Spieler/MalePlayer.pdf FIFA Player of the Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005029/http://en03.touri.com/Berichte/FIFA-Spieler/MalePlayer.pdf |date=26 April}}[https://www.cbc.ca/sports/pele-maradona-split-player-of-20th-century-award-1.223891 Pele, Maradona split player of 20th century award (12/12/2000) - CBC]

Background

Since 1991, FIFA has had awards for FIFA World Player of the Year and they decided to bring in the year 2000 by conducting a public vote to decide the FIFA Player of the Century. This was to be decided by votes on their official website, their official magazine, and a grand jury. Maradona won the Internet-based poll by wide margins, garnering 53.6% of the votes against 18.53% for Pelé.{{cite news |title=Maradona's genius cannot eclipse English master |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2994491/Maradonas-genius-can |newspaper=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 December 2000 |access-date=11 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé.

As a result, FIFA decided to add a second poll and appointed a "Football Family" committee composed of football journalists, officials, and coaches (50%), and also a voting from the FIFA Magazine subscribers (50%) who voted Pelé the best player of the century with an overall 72.75% of the vote. Thus both were joint winners of the award.{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/12/11/pele_maradona | work=CNN | title=Pele, Maradona each win FIFA century awards after feud | access-date=1 April 2009 | archive-date=10 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610193527/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/12/11/pele_maradona/ | url-status=dead }}

Results

= FIFA Internet vote =

The results of FIFA's internet Poll were as follows:{{cite web |url=http://en03.touri.com/Berichte/FIFA-Spieler/MalePlayer.pdf |title=FIFA Player of the Century |access-date=30 November 2010 |work=touri.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005029/http://en03.touri.com/Berichte/FIFA-Spieler/MalePlayer.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} 27 players were voted.

class="wikitable sortable"
scope=col| Rank

!scope=col| Player

!scope=col| Nationality

!scope=col| Percentage

1

!scope=row|Diego Maradona

| {{footyflag|Argentina}}

53.60%
2

!scope=row| Pelé

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

18.53%
3

!scope=row| Eusébio

| {{footyflag|Portugal}}

6.21%
4

!scope=row| Roberto Baggio

| {{footyflag|Italy}}

5.42%
5

!scope=row| Romário

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

1.69%
6

!scope=row| Marco van Basten

| {{footyflag|Netherlands}}

1.57%
7

!scope=row| Ronaldo

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

1.55%
8

!scope=row| Franz Beckenbauer

| {{footyflag|Germany}}

1.50%
9

!scope=row| Zinedine Zidane

| {{footyflag|France}}

1.34%
10

!scope=row| Rivaldo

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

1.19%
11

!scope=row| Zico

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

1.15%
12

!scope=row| Garrincha

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

1.08%
13

!scope=row| Johan Cruyff

| {{footyflag|Netherlands}}

0.87%
14

!scope=row| Alfredo Di Stéfano

| {{footyflag|Argentina}}
{{footyflag|Spain}}

0.68%
15

!scope=row| Michel Platini

| {{footyflag|France}}

0.58%
16

!scope=row| Bobby Charlton

|{{footyflag|England}}

0.39%
17

!scope=row| Ferenc Puskás

| {{footyflag|Hungary}}

0.37%
18

!scope=row| Lothar Matthäus

| {{footyflag|Germany}}

0.37%
19

!scope=row| Lev Yashin

| {{footyflag|Soviet Union}}

0.36%
20

!scope=row| George Best

| {{footyflag|Northern Ireland}}

0.32%
21

!scope=row| Dino Zoff

| {{footyflag|Italy}}

0.24%
22

!scope=row| Didi

| {{footyflag|Brazil}}

0.22%
23

!scope=row| Stanley Matthews

| {{footyflag|England}}

0.18%
24

!scope=row| George Weah

| {{footyflag|Liberia}}

0.18%
25

!scope=row| Bobby Moore

| {{footyflag|England}}

0.17%
26

!scope=row| Just Fontaine

| {{footyflag|France}}

0.13%
27

!scope=row| Gerd Muller

| {{footyflag|Germany}}

0.11%

= FIFA Magazine and Grand Jury vote =

This part of the award was decided by the FIFA Magazine readers vote and the FIFA Grand Jury. Both the FIFA Magazine and the Football Committe's results were multiplied by 50% for the overall percentages of the two separate procedures.

File:Pele by John Mathew Smith.jpg, was the overall winner (FIFA Magazine and Grand Jury vote).|250x250px]]

class="wikitable sortable"

!scope=col|Rank

!scope=col|Player

!scope=col|Nationality

!scope=col|Combined
Percentage

1

!scope=row|Pelé

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|72.75%

2

!scope=row|Alfredo Di Stéfano

|{{Flagu|Argentina}}
{{Flagu|Spain}}

|9.75%

3

!scope=row|Diego Maradona

|{{Flagu|Argentina}}

|6.0%

4

!scope=row|Franz Beckenbauer

|{{Flagu|Germany}}

|2.5%

rowspan=2|5

!scope=row|Johan Cruyff

|{{Flagu|Netherlands}}

|2.0%

scope=row|George Best

|{{Flagu|Northern Ireland}}

|2.0%

rowspan=5|7

!scope=row|Roberto Baggio

|{{Flagu|Italy}}

|1.0%

scope=row|Garrincha

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|1.0%

scope=row|Zico

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|1.0%

scope=row|Michel Platini

|{{Flagu|France}}

|1.0%

scope=row|Gerd Müller

|{{Flagu|Germany}}

|1.0%

== FIFA Committee ==

The Football Committee (or Grand Jury) consisted of a group of experts who voted for the best player and the results were multiplied by 50%. Only Pele and Alfredo Di Stéfano received votes.

class="wikitable sortable"

!scope=col|Rank

!scope=col|Player

!scope=col|Nationality

!scope=col|Percentage

1

!scope=row|Pelé

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|87.50%

2

!scope=row|Alfredo Di Stéfano

|{{Flagu|Argentina}}
{{Flagu|Spain}}

|12.50%

== FIFA Magazine==

The FIFA Magazine readers voted in a separate poll contributing 50% to the final result of the FIFA Magazine and Grand jury vote, with Pele as the winner.

class="wikitable sortable"

!scope=col|Rank

!scope=col|Player

!scope=col|Nationality

!scope=col|Percentage

1

!scope=row|Pelé

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|58%

2

!scope=row|Diego Maradona

|{{Flagu|Argentina}}

|12%

3

!scope=row|Alfredo Di Stéfano

|{{Flagu|Argentina}}
{{Flagu|Spain}}

|7.0%

4

!scope=row|Franz Beckenbauer

|{{Flagu|Germany}}

|5.0%

rowspan=2|5

!scope=row|Johan Cruyff

|{{Flagu|Netherlands}}

|4.0%

scope=row|George Best

|{{Flagu|Northern Ireland}}

|4.0%

rowspan=5|7

!scope=row|Roberto Baggio

|{{Flagu|Italy}}

|2.0%

scope=row|Garrincha

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|2.0%

scope=row|Zico

|{{Flagu|Brazil}}

|2.0%

scope=row|Michel Platini

|{{Flagu|France}}

|2.0%

scope=row|Gerd Müller

|{{Flagu|Germany}}

|2.0%

See also

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