The first part of all Individual International and National Honours won by Azzurri players and officials throughout the years
History:
INDIVIDUAL HONOURS 1
Since the Italian National Team is among the very few National Teams who almost won all the major competitions and trophies that football can offer, both World and European, it is logically that the azzurri players and officials who achieved this success are bestowed with the major individual awards and honours. The first page of Individual Honours concentrates on International Honours, namely the FIFA annual, all-time and World Cup awards - FIFA Order of Merit, FIFA Centennial Order of Merit, FIFA Honourary Member, FIFA Presidential Award, FIFA Fair Play Award, FIFA Puskas Award, International Hall of Champions, The Best FIFA Men's Player, FIFA World Cup - Adidas Golden Ball, FIFA World Cup - Adidas Golden Glove Award, FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award, FIFA World Cup - Adidas Golden Shoe, FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball, FIFA Ballon D'Or, The Best FIFA Football Coach and The Best FIFA Goalkeeper; together with the oldest individual international award in Europe, France Football's Ballon D'Or - European Player of the Year.
FIFA ORDER OF MERIT
THE HIGHEST HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA
Holder -Regarded as a great achiever in the world of football.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Eligibility - Every person in the world of football including those
not directly involved. This honour is even awarded
posthumously, that is, after a person had died.
Award Objective and Structure - This award is given to anyone
who is considered to have made a significant contribution towards the world of football in general. It is awarded by the FIFA annual General Conference after a call for nominations.
First Time Awarded - 1984.
Holders -
PLAYERS:1984 - Beckenbauer (Germany), Charlton B. (England), Pele
Material - Gold circular medal with FIFA logo and two crossed palms in relief on the front face, clasped with a gold ring to a blue velvet ribbon with gold lining.
Diameter - Collar circa 6 cm and Neck circa 2.5 cm
Dressed - The Collar Decoration dressed around the neck hanging on the chest and the Neck Decoration dressed around the neck like a tie.
FIFA HONORARY MEMBER
THE HIGHEST HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA PRIOR TO THE 1980's
Holder -Regarded as a great achiever in the world of football.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Eligibility - Every person who in the past was an official of a
national association member of FIFA, in particular those who
worked directly with FIFA.
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy was awarded for this award.
Award Objective and Structure - This honour was given to any football official who was considered to have made a significant contribution towards the world of football. A very rare honour that was generally given when the person was about to retire.
Period of Award - From FIFA's foundation until the 1980's when the FIFA Order of Merit was established.
FIFA HONORARY MEMBER
Giovanni
MAURO
1954
FIFA PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA
Holder -Regarded as a great achiever in the world of football.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Eligibility - Every person, institution, organisation and entity is
eligible including those who are not directly involved in football.
Award Objective and Structure - This award was given every year in the annual FIFA World Player Gala by FIFA President Joseph (Sepp) Blatter (1998 - 2015) to those who in the past year he considered to have made a significant contribution towards the world of football in general.
First Time Awarded - 2001
Last Time Awarded - 2014
Editions until Today - 14
History - This award was given to eleven individuals, two associations and one community: 2001 Marvin Lee (Trinidad & Tobago), 2002 Paraminder Nagra (England), 2003 Iraqi Football Community, 2004 Football Association of Haiti, 2005 Anders Frisk (Sweden), 2006 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy), 2007 Pele (Brazil), 2008 Women's Association Football, 2009 Queen Rania (Jordan), 2010 Archbishop Tutu (South Africa), 2011 Alex Ferguson (Scotland), 2012 Franz Beckenbauer (Germany), 2013 Jacques Rogge (Belgium), 2014 Hiroshi Kagawa (Japan).
FIFA PRESIDENTIAL AWARD HOLDER
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Presidential Award Trophy.
Material - Gold body with a Glass sphere in the middle.
Base Diameter: circa 18cm.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to the FIFA World Cup Most Entertaining Team
"an exceptional player, a capable official and, above all, as a wonderful man. As a FIFA coaching instructor for almost ten years and a member of the FIFA Football Committee since 1998, he left his mark not only on his own club, Inter Milan, but also on Italian, European and world football through his technical knowledge and human qualities. We have all lost a true friend in Giacinto and we will never forget him."
FIFA President Joseph (Sepp) Blatter
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL HALL OF CHAMPIONS
THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ALL-TIME HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE LIST FOR PLAYERS AND MANAGERS.
Winners -Regarded as one of the all-time best Players and Managers in the world.
Organisers - IFHOC (International Football Hall
of Champions) and FIFA (Federation
Internationale de Football Association).
Participating Countries - All football Players and
Managers members of FIFA from its inception
in 1904 until today.
THE PLATE
Award Objective and Structure - The Hall of Champions was created to celebrate the lives and careers of the great figures of football and through its inductees, to promote not only the values of excellence and achievement, but also those of sportsmanship and fairplay. Therefore the eligibility for the Hall of Champions was based on both sporting success and a consistent contribution to the positive image of the game of football. In order to lead the IFHOC, a Steering Committee was established, made up of 11 members, 4 from FIFA, 4 from ISEC (International Sports & Entertainment Concepts, Inc.) and 3 rotating members from various occupations and endeavors, each having, in some significant way, something to do with the sport of football or the IFHOC. In order to select the inductees, the Selectors Committee was created, made up of 26 international football journalists and executives from more than 16 different countries from all over the world, picked by the Steering Committee for their unique knowledge and commitment to the game.
Prospective inductee nominations were made to the Steering Committee and only those candidates who received more than 75% of the Selectors Committee vote were accepted as inductees of the International Football Hall of Champions.
First Edition - 1997
Last Edition - 2000
Total Editions - 4
History - Twenty-two different Players were inducted by the IFHOC: 1997 - Andrade (Uruguay), 1998 - Beckenbauer (West Germany), Charlton B. (England), Cruyff J. (Netherlands), Di Stefano (Argentina / Spain), Eusebio (Portugal), Matthews (England), Pele (Brazil), Platini (France), Puskas (Hungary / Spain), Yashin (U.S.S.R.), 1999 - Fontaine (France), Garrincha (Brazil), Moore
Name - International Football Hall of Champions Inductee Plate.
Material - Silver plate with engraved IFHOC logo and inscription.
Diameter - Circa 40 cm
History - The plate was given to all inductees of the International Football Hall of Champions.
Categories - The International Football Hall of Champions inducted eight different categories: Players, Managers / Coaches, Referees, Pioneers / Founders / Organisers / Club Owners, Clubs, National Teams / Federations, Sports Media and 'For the Good of the Game'.
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL
HALL OF CHAMPIONS INDUCTEE
PLAYERS
B. (England), Muller G. (West Germany), Zoff (Italy), 2000 - Best (Northern Ireland), Didi (Brazil), Meazza (Italy), Van Basten (Netherlands), Zico (Brazil), Maradona (Argentina). Twelve different Officials were inducteed by the IFHOC: Four Managers - 1997 Matt Busby (Scotland), 1998 Rinus Michels (Netherlands), 1999 Bill Shankly (Scotland), 2000 Vittorio Pozzo (Italy); Two Referees - 1997 Jack Taylor (England), 1998 Michel Vautrot (France); Two Pioneers - 1998 Jules Rimet (France), 1999 João Havelange (Brazil); Two from the Sports Media - 1999 Jacques Ferran (France), 2000 Jacques Goddet (France); Two from 'For The Good Of The Game' - 1998 Horst Dassler (Germany), 2000 Fernand Sastre (France).
Dino
ZOFF
1999
"Italy's most capped player (at the time), captained Italy to the 1982 World Cup victory in Spain, set a record by playing twelve international games (1143 minutes) without conceding a single goal, European Nations Championship winner in 1968, won the UEFA Cup in 1977, the Italian League championship six times and the domestic Cup once with Juventus, runner-up to the European Footballer of the Year in 1973, managerial career includes the Italian National Team, Italian Olympic team, Juventus and Lazio, UEFA Cup winner 1990 as manager of Juventus and served as club president of Lazio"
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
2000
Posthumous
"He was Italy's most prolific goal scorer in the 1930's, scored 33 goals in 53 international appearances, 269 goals in 440 Italian Serie A games and a total 355 goals at the senior level, he also excelled in "defense-splitting" passes, won the World Cup twice in 1934 and 1938, playing a crucial role in Italy's success, was captain of the victorious 1938 World Cup team, made his Serie A debut in 1927 at age 17, scored twice on his international debut, against Switzerland in February 1930 and the San Siro stadium in Milan was renamed Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in his honor"
Vittorio
POZZO
2000
Posthumous
"Pioneer in football history and the greatest ever Italian coach who contributed in football tactical development by evolving the 'Metodo' formation, managed one of the most glorious and successful pre-World War II National Teams, World Champion in 1934 and 1938, Olympic Football Gold Medalist in 1936, winner of two Coppa Internazionale in 1930 and 1935, he lead the Italian National team in their first ever competitive match, first European Coach to win a World Cup, first Coach to win a World Cup away from home, only coach ever to win two World Cups, only coach to win both World Cup and Olympic Gold Medal, only coach to be World and Olympic Champion at the same time, managed the Italian National team for more than 19 years without earning any money, served as General Secretary of the Italian Football Federation, founder of Torino FC and a great sport journalist"
MANAGERS
THE BEST FIFA MEN'S PLAYER
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A PLAYER CAN WIN.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in the World for the past year.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Participating Players - All football Players members of FIFA.
Award Objective and Structure - The Best FIFA Men's Player
award (formerly FIFA World Player of the Year) is a football
award given annually to the male player who is thought to be
THE TROPHY
the best in the world, based on votes by Journalists, National Coaches, National Captains and the On-line General Public, each having 25% of the total vote. A shortlist of 23 players will be announced by FIFA two months prior to the award ceremony, reduced to three players circa a month later according to the votes obtained by each candidate. These three players will again compete for the final winner by the same voting system. From 1991 to 2009 the award was known as the 'FIFA World Player of the Year Award' and for the six editions between 2010 and 2015 this award was amalgamated with the 'Ballon d'Or - European World Player of the Year' award organised by 'France Football' to become 'FIFA Ballon d'Or'. The winner of these awards were selected by the votes of National Coaches, National Captains and representatives of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers). Each voter had three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the winners were classified according to the total number of points based on the positional voting system. This system is a single-winner election method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. The positional voting count determines the winner of the award by giving each candidate a certain number of points corresponding to the position in which he is ranked by each voter. Once all votes had been counted the candidate with the most points was declared the winner. Because it sometimes elects broadly acceptable candidates, rather than those preferred by the majority, this system was often described as a consensus-based voting system, rather than a majoritarian one. Previous to 2004 only the National Coaches used to vote and from 2004 onwards the winner started to be selected from a shortlist of 28 players presented by FIFA circa six weeks prior to the award ceremony. In the 2009 edition, the list of 28 shortlisted players was reduced to 5 nominations in the last two weeks before the award ceremony and only these 5 nominated players were eligible for the final vote.
First Edition - 1991
Total Editions - 23
History - Fifteen different Players won this award, eight of which won it ten times whilst playing with Italian clubs: Three times Ronaldo (Brazil - 1996, 1997 Inter, 2002 Inter), Zidane (France - 1998, 2000 Juventus, 2003), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2008, 2016, 2017); Two times Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2004, 2005), Messi (Argentina - 2009, 2019); One time Matthaus (West Germany - 1991 Inter), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1992 Milan), Roberto Baggio (Italy - 1993 Juventus), Romario (Brazil - 1994), Weah (Liberia - 1995 Milan), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999), Figo (Portugal - 2001), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy - 2006 Juventus / Real Madrid), Kaka (Brazil - 2007 Milan) and Modric (Croatia - 2018).
Name - FIFA World Player of the Year Trophy.
Material - Golden ball on tripod stand. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 60 cm
Used - 14 Editions, from 1991 until 2004
Note - This trophy was also awarded to the Female FIFA World Player of the Year award winner from 2001 until 2004
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA WORLD
PLAYER OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA MEN'S PLAYER
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus &
Real Madrid)
2006
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
2006
Posthumous
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - FIFA WORLD
PLAYER OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA MEN'S PLAYER
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1995
THIRD PLACE - FIFA WORLD
PLAYER OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA MEN'S PLAYER
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1994
FIFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA MEN'S PLAYER
- OTHER AZZURRI IN LOWER POSITIONS
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
1991 - 6th Place
1994 - 9th Place
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Sampdoria)
1991 - 9th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994 - 5th Place
1996 - 7th Place
2003 - 9th Place
2004 - 21st Place
2005 - 9th Place
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus & Milan)
1995 - 5th Place
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma & Chelsea)
1995 - 11th Place
1997 - 17th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1996 - 17th Place
1997 - 6th Pace
2001 - 21st Place
Christian
VIERI
(Inter)
1999 - 5th Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio & Milan)
2000 - 8th Place
2001 - 25th Place
2005 - 28th Place
2006 - 25th Place
2007 - 27th Place
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2000 - 10th Place
2001 - 10th Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2004 - 21st Place
2005 - 30th Place
2006 - 8th Place
2007 - 10th Place
2008 - 22nd Place
2009 - Shorlisted
2016 - 8th Place
2017 - 4th Place
Gennaro Ivan
GATTUSO
(Milan)
2006 - 20th Place
2007 - 22nd Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
2007 - 7th Place
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Real Madrid)
2007 - 9th Place
FIFA WORLD CUP - ADIDAS GOLDEN BALL
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A PLAYER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD CUP.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in one World Cup edition.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association) and Adidas AG.
Participating Players - All football Players who
played in the FIFA World Cup.
Award Objective and Structure - The FIFA World
Cup Adidas Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup final tournament. The Player is selected from a shortlist of ten players drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner is voted for by official representatives of the media.
First Edition - 1930
First Edition with Trophy - 1982
Editions until Today - 21
Editions with Trophy until today - 10
History - This award started to be organised and awarded in the 1982 FIFA World Cup edition. In the previous ten editions (from 1930 until 1978) no Best Player was awarded at the end of each edition. In the mid-2000s FIFA decided to assign a winner, runner-up and third place Best Player for each of the first ten editions. The selection was made after research in contemporary media reports, viewing of contemporary footage by the FIFA Technical Committee and an internet survey. Twenty-one different players won this award: Nasazzi (Uruguay - 1930), Meazza (Italy - 1934), Leonidas (Brazil - 1938), Zizinho (Brazil - 1950), Puskas (Hungary - 1954), Didi (Brazil - 1958), Garrincha (Brazil - 1962), Charlton B. (England - 1966), Pele (Brazil - 1970), Cruijff J. (Netherlands - 1974), Kempes (Argentina - 1978), Rossi P. (Italy - 1982), Maradona (Argentina - 1986), Schillaci (Italy - 1990), Romario (Brazil - 1994), Ronaldo (Brazil - 1998), Kahn (Germany - 2002), Zidane (France - 2006), Forlan (Uruguay - 2010), Messi (Argentina - 2014) and Modric (Croatia -2018).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Adidas Golden Ball Trophy.
Material - Engraved gold ball on three gold columns fixed on a round three-tired wooden base on which the names of the winners are engraved together with the flag of his nation on small golden name-plates.
Height - circa 45 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy for four years until the next edition. No one will ever take the trophy forever, no matter how many times he wins it
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA WORLD CUP
ADIDAS GOLDEN BALL
Giuseppe
MEAZZA
(Inter)
Italy 1934
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Player of the Year Trophy.
Designer - Pentagram Design Inc. (British)
Material - Gold plate with engraved player and a Glass ball in the center. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - 32.5 cm
Weight - 6.35 kg
Used - 5 Editions, from 2005 till 2009
Note - This trophy is also awarded to the Female FIFA World Player of the Year award winner since 2005
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Adidas Golden Ball Trophy.
Material - Engraved Gold ball with black Adidas logos on a gold column fixed on a black base on which the name of the winner is engraved on a gold plate. The material is changed to Silver for the Runner-up and Bronze for the third place.
Height - circa 30 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever
Used - 5 Editions, from 1982 until 1998. This trophy was also awarded to all FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winners in the Under 20, Under 17 and female categories.
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Adidas Golden Ball Trophy.
Material - Engraved gold ball on a gold column made of three strips fixed on a golden base. The material is changed to Silver for the Runner-up and Bronze for the third place.
Height - circa 50 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever
Used - 5 Editions, from 2002 until 2018. This trophy is also awarded to Best Player of the FIFA Confederations Cup and all FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winners in the Under 20, Under 17 and male and female categories.
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus)
Italy 1990
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - FIFA WORLD CUP
ADIDAS GOLDEN BALL
Silvio
PIOLA
(Lazio)
France 1938
Paolo
ROSSI
(Vicenza)
Argentina 1978
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
USA 1994
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus)
Germany 2006
THIRD PLACE - FIFA
WORLD CUP ADIDAS GOLDEN BALL
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
Germany 2006
FIFA WORLD CUP - ADIDAS GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A GOALKEEPER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD CUP AND THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Goalkeeper in one World Cup edition.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association) and Adidas AG.
Participating Players - All football Goalkeepers who
played in the FIFA World Cup.
Award Objective and Structure - The FIFA World Cup
Adidas Golden Glove award is presented to the best goalkeeper at each FIFA World Cup final tournament. The winner is selected by the FIFA Technical Study Group based on the performance throughout the final tournament of each World Cup edition.
First Edition - 1930
First Edition with Trophy - 1994
Editions until Today - 21
Editions with Trophy until today - 7
History - This award started to be organised and awarded in the 1994 FIFA World Cup Edition. In the previous fourteen editions (from 1930 until 1990) no award was awarded for Best Goalkeeper at the end of each edition. In view of the fact that since the first edition journalists selected what was called a 'Dream Team' made up of the best players of the tournament, it was decided that the goalkeeper of each 'Dream Team' will be considered the Best Goalkeeper of that particular edition of the World Cup. Twenty-one different goalkeepers won this award: Ballesteros (Uruguay - 1930), Zamora (Spain - 1934), Planicka (Czechoslovakia - 1938), Maspoli (Uruguay - 1950), Grosics (Hungary -1954), Gregg (Northern Ireland - 1958), Schrojf (Czechoslovakia - 1962), Banks (England - 1966), Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay - 1970), Tomaszewski (Poland - 1974), Fillol (Argentina - 1978), Zoff (Italia - 1982), Schumacher (West Germany 1986), Goycoechea (Argentina - 1990), Preud'homme (Belgium - 1994), Barthez (France - 1998), Kahn (Germany - 2002), Buffon G. (Italy - 2006), Casillas (Spain - 2010), Neuer (Germany - 2014) and Courtois (Belgium - 2018).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Cup Lev Yashin Award Trophy, named in honour of the USSR goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1929-1990) considered the greatest goalkeeper in football history.
Material - Bronze sculpture of a goalkeeper making a high save wearing the traditional pre-WW2 cap.
Height - circa 50 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Used - 4 Editions, from 1994 until 2006.
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA WORLD
CUP BEST YOUNG PLAYER
Antonio
CABRINI
(Juventus)
Argentina 1978
FIFA WORLD CUP
BEST YOUNG PLAYER AWARD
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A YOUNG PLAYER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD CUP AND THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Young Player in one World Cup edition.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association) and a changing sponsor.
Participating Players - All football Players who played in the
FIFA World Cup and has 21 years of age or less.
Award Objective and Structure - The FIFA World Cup Gillette Best Young Player award is presented to the best under 21 player (at the start of that calendar year) at each FIFA World Cup finals tournament. The winner is selected by the FIFA Technical Study Group after a survey on the FIFA official World Cup website which lasts throughout the whole final tournament of each World Cup edition.
First Edition - 1958
First Edition with Trophy - 2006
Editions until Today - 16
Editions with Trophy until today - 4
History - This award started to be organised and awarded in the 2006 FIFA World Cup edition. In the previous seventeen editions (from 1930 until 2002) no award was awarded for Best Young Player at the end of each World Cup edition. In the mid-2000s FIFA decided to assign a Best Young Player for each of the previous twelve editions. The selection was made after research in contemporary media reports, viewing of contemporary footage by the FIFA Technical Committee and an internet survey. Sixteen different players won this award: Pele (Brazil - 1958), Florian Albert (Hungary - 1962), Beckenbauer (West Germany - 1966), Cubillas (Peru - 1970), Zmuda (Poland - 1974), Cabrini (Italy - 1978), Amoros (France - 1982), Scifo (Belgium - 1986), Prosinecki (Yugoslavia - 1990), Overmars (Netherlands - 1994), Owen (England - 1998), Donovan (USA - 2002), Podolski (Germany - 2006), Muller T. (Germany - 2010), Pogba (France - 2014) and Mbappe (France -2018).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Cup Gillette Best Young Player Trophy
Sponsor -
Material - Silver globe in the shape of a football on a column in the shape of a cloth, all on top of a semi-circular base on which the details of the trophy are engraved.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - 1 Edition - 2006
Winner - Winner keeps trophy forever.
FIFA WORLD CUP - ADIDAS GOLDEN SHOE
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A SCORER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD CUP.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Scorer in one World Cup edition.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association) and Adidas AG.
Participating Players - All football Players who
played in the FIFA World Cup.
Award Objective and Structure - The FIFA World
Cup Adidas Golden Shoe award is presented to the top goalscorer of each FIFA World Cup final tournament. Since the 2006 edition, if there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, the tie-breaker goes to the player who (as decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group) has contributed the most assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.
First Edition - 1930
First Edition with Trophy - 1978
Editions until Today - 21
Editions with Trophy until today - 11
History - A total of twenty-seven different players won this award: Stabile (Argentina - 1930), Nejedly (Czechoslovakia - 1934), Leonidas (Brazil - 1938), Ademir (Brazil - 1950), Kocsis (Hungary - 1954), Fontaine (France - 1958), Florian Albert (Hungary - 1962), Ivanov (USSR - 1962), Jerkovic (Yugoslavia - 1962), Leonel Sanchez (Chile - 1962), Vava (Brazil - 1962), Garrincha (Brazil - 1962), Eusebio (Portugal - 1966), Muller G. (West Germany - 1970), Lato (Poland - 1974), Kempes (Argentina - 1978), Rossi P. (Italy - 1982), Lineker (England - 1986), Schillaci (Italy - 1990), Salenko (Russia - 1994), Stoichkov (Bulgaria - 1994), Suker (Croatia - 1998), Ronaldo (Brazil - 2002), Klose (Germany - 2006), Muller T. (Germany - 2010), James Rodriguez (Columbia - 2014) and Kane H. (England - 2018).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Adidas Golden Shoe Trophy (known also as Golden Boot).
Material - Engraved golden shoe with the three Adidas strips on three gold columns fixed on a round three-tired wooden base on which the names of the winners are engraved together with the flag of his nation on golden name-plates.
Height - circa 45 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy for four years until the next edition. No one will ever take the trophy forever, no matter how many times he wins it
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA WORLD CUP
ADIDAS GOLDEN SHOE
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
Spain 1982
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Adidas Golden Ball Trophy (known also as Golden Boot).
Material - Engraved golden shoe with black Adidas strips on a gold column fixed on a black marble base on which the name of the winner is engraved on a gold plate. The material is changed to Silver for the Runner-up and Bronze for the third place.
Height - circa 30 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever
Used - 14 Editions, from 1966 until 2018. The Silver and Bronze Shoe Trophies have been awarded for the last 9 Editions, from 1982 until 2014.
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus)
Italy 1990
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - FIFA WORLD CUP
ADIDAS GOLDEN SHOE
Angelo
SCHIAVIO
(Bologna)
Italy 1934
(Joint award)
Christian
VIERI
(Atletico Madrid)
France 1998
(Joint Award)
THIRD PLACE - FIFA
WORLD CUP ADIDAS GOLDEN SHOE
Silvio
PIOLA
(Lazio)
France 1938
(Joint Award)
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
USA 1994
(Joint Award)
BALLON D'OR - EUROPEAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A PLAYER CAN WIN IN EUROPE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in Europe for the past year.
Organisers - The French bi-weekly magazine
France Football.
Participating Players - From 1956 until 1994 only
European Players were eligible. In 1995 the
rules were changed to allow non-European
players to be eligible as long as they play with European Clubs, however a preliminary list of 50 players started to be established by France Football Magazine from which the journalists had to vote. This rule was again upgraded in 2007 to allow participation of all players in the world from all clubs in the world. Still, the award kept the unofficial title of 'European Player of the Year'. From 2008 the list of nominated players by France Football was reduced to 30.
Award Objective and Structure - France Football magazine awards this honour to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. 53 Europe based journalists (one from each UEFA member country, vote for their top five players and points are awarded to each journalist personal classification: 5 points for first place, 4 points for second, 3 points for third, 2 points for fourth and 1 point for fifth. These points are added up and the winner is the player with the highest total of points. Since 2007, with the change of the non-European players and clubs eligibility rule, the number of voting journalists was increased to 96 with the inclusion of 43 non-Europe based journalists coming from countries who have qualified at least once for the World Cup. For the six editions between 2010 and 2015 this award was amalgamated with the 'FIFA World Player of the Year' award organised by 'FIFA' to become 'FIFA Ballon d'Or'.
First Edition - 1956
Total Editions - 58
History - Fourty-four different Players won this award, fifteen of which won it twenty times whilst playing with Italian clubs: Three times Cruyff J. (Netherlands - 1971, 1973, 1974), Platini (France - 1983 Juventus, 1984 Juventus, 1985 Juventus), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1988 Milan, 1989 Milan, 1992 Milan), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2008, 2016, 2017); Two times Di Stefano (Spain/Argentina - 1957, 1959), Beckenbauer (West Germany - 1972, 1976), Keegan (England - 1978, 1979), Rummenigge K. H. (West Germany - 1980, 1981), Ronaldo (Brazil - 1997 Inter, 2002 Inter), Messi (Argentina - 2009, 2019); One time Matthews (England - 1956), Kopa (France - 1958), Suarez (Spain - 1960), Sivori (Italy/Argentina - 1961 Juventus), Masopust (Czechoslovakia - 1962), Yashin (USSR - 1963), Law (Scotland - 1964), Eusebio (Portugal - 1965), Charlton B. (England - 1966), Florian Albert (Hungary - 1967), Best (Northern Ireland - 1968), Rivera (Italy - 1969 Milan), Muller G. (West Germany - 1970), Blokhin (USSR - 1975), Simonsen (Denmark - 1977), Rossi (Italy - 1982 Juventus), Belanov (USSR - 1986), Gullit (Netherlands - 1987 Milan), Matthaus (Germany - 1990 Inter), Papin (France - 1991), Baggio R. (Italy - 1993 Juventus), Stoichkov (Bulgaria - 1994), Weah (Liberia - 1995 Milan), Sammer (Germany - 1996), Zidane (France - 1998 Juventus), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999), Figo (Portugal - 2000), Owen (England - 2001), Nedved (Czech Republic - 2003 Juventus), Shevchenko (Ukraine - 2004 Milan), Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2005), Cannavaro F. (Italy - 2006 Juventus), Kaka (Brazil - 2007 Milan), Modric (Croatia - 2018).
THE TROPHY
Name - Ballon d'Or, known as The Golden Ball.
Material - Gold sphere on a wooden rectangular base with a gold name plate.
Height - circa 15 cm
Used - 27 Editions, from 1956 until 1982.
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
WINNERS (1st Place) - BALLON D'OR
EUROPEAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Omar E.
SIVORI
(Juventus)
1961
Gianni
RIVERA
(Milan)
1969
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - BALLON D'OR
EUROPEAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Gianni
RIVERA
(Milan)
1963
THIRD PLACE - BALLON D'OR
EUROPEAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994
2003
BALLON D'OR, EUROPEAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- OTHER AZZURRI IN LOWER POSITIONS
Miguel
MONTUORI
(Fiorentina)
1956 - 13th Place
Juan A.
SCHIAFFINO
(Milan)
1956 - 13th Place
1957 - 14th Place
Bruno
NICOLE'
(Juventus)
1958 - 19th Place
Giampiero
BONIPERTI
(Juventus)
1958 - 25th Place
Omar E.
SIVORI
(Juventus)
1960 - 9th Place
1962 - 11th Place
1963 - 12th Place
1964 - 19th Place
Gianni
RIVERA
(Milan)
1962 - 6th Place
1964 - 9th Place
1965 - 7th Place
1967 - 16th Place
1968 - 9th Place
1970 -10th Place
1972 - 18th Place
1973 - 8th Place
Ezio
PASCUTTI
(Bologna)
1962 - 25th Place
Giovanni
TRAPATTONI
(Milan)
1963 - 8th Place
Jose
ALTAFINI
(Milan & Juventus)
1963 - 11th Place
1964 - 16th Place
1974 - 15th Place
Cesare
MALDINI
(Milan)
1963 - 17th Place
THE TROPHY
Name - Ballon d'Or, known as The Golden Ball.
Material - Gold sphere, engraved like a football on a rough golden ground that serves as a base.
Height - circa 30 cm
Used - since 1983.
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
1982
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus / Real Madrid)
2006
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
(Inter)
1965
Alessandro
MAZZOLA
(Inter)
1971
Luigi
RIVA
(Cagliari)
1969
Dino
ZOFF
(Juventus)
1973
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
1989
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus
1990
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1994
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2006
Luigi
RIVA
(Cagliari)
1970
Antonio V.
ANGELILLO
(Inter)
1960 - 23rd Place
Mario
CORSO
(Inter)
1964 - 7th Place
1965 - 15th Place
1966 - 11th Place
Giacinto
FACCHETTI
(Inter)
1964 - 19th Place
1967 - 20th Place
1968 - 5th Place
1970 - 18th Place
1971 - 13th Place
1973 - 12th Place
1975 - 27th Place
Alessandro
MAZZOLA
(Inter)
1964 - 19th Place
1965 - 8th Place
1966 - 14th Place
1967 - 10th Place
1968 - 17th Place
1970 - 8th Place
1972 - 15th Place
1973 - 14th Place
Luigi
RIVA
(Cagliari)
1967 - 13th Place
1968 - 6th Place
Angelo
DOMENGHINI
(Inter & Cagliari)
1968 - 24th Place
1970 - 14th Place
Pierino
PRATI
(Milan)
1969 - 8th Place
Angelo B.
SORMANI
(Milan)
1969 - 15th Place
Giorgio
CHINAGLIA
(Lazio)
1972 - 18th Place
Dino
ZOFF
(Juventus)
1975 - 14th Place
1976 - 26th Place
1980 - 11th Place
1981 - 6th Place
1982 - 8th Place
Franco
CAUSIO
(Juventus)
1976 - 12th Place
1977 - 13th Place
1978 - 21st Place
1979 - 21st Place
Roberto
BETTEGA
(Juventus)
1976 - 15th Place
1977 - 4th Place
1978 - 4th Place
Giancarlo
ANTOGNONI
(Fiorentina)
1977 - 26th Place
1980 - 27th Place
1981 - 21st Place
1982 - 11th Place
Paolo
ROSSI
(Vicenza, Perugia
& Juventus)
1978 - 5th Place
1979 - 6th Place
1983 - 23rd Place
Antonio
CABRINI
(Juventus)
1978 - 13th Place
1983 - 23rd Place
1984 - 14th Place
Francesco
GRAZIANI
(Torino)
1980 - 15th Place
Alessandro
ALTOBELLI
(Inter)
1980 - 27th Place
1986 - 10th Place
1987 - 30th Place
Bruno
CONTI
(Roma)
1982 - 5th Place
1983 - 19th Place
Gaetano
SCIREA
(Juventus)
1982 - 12th Place
Marco
TARDELLI
(Juventus)
1982 - 15th Place
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Sampdoria & Juventus)
1987 - 8th Place
1988 - 7th Place
1989 - 23rd Place
1991 - 7th Place
1995 - 19th Place
1996 - Nomination
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
1988 - 8th Place
1990 - 5th Place
1992 - 20th Place
1993 - 6th Place
1994 - 11th Place
1995 - 21st Place
Walter
ZENGA
(Inter)
1988 - 17th Place
1990 - 12th Place
Roberto
MANCINI
(Sampdoria)
1988 - 20th Place
1991 - 19th Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1989 - 23rd Place
1992 - 14th Place
1993 - 7th Place
1995 - 7th Place
1996 - 21st Place
1999 - Nomination
2000 - 10th Place
2002 - Nomination
2004 - 28th Place
2005 - 6th Place
2007 - 18h Place
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus, Bologna, Inter & Brescia)
1990 - 8th Place
1995 - 23rd Place
1998 - Nomination
2001 - 25th Place
Gianluca
PAGLIUCA
(Sampdoria & Inter)
1991 - 21st Place
1997 - Nomination
1998 - Nomination
Dino
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993 - 21st Place
1995 - Nomination
Giuseppe
SIGNORI
(Lazio)
1993 - 21st Place
1994 - 17th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1995 - 4th Place
1996 - 4th Place
1997 - 19th Place
1998 - 16th Place
2001 - Nomination
2002 - 10th Place
2003 - 13th Place
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma & Chelsea)
1995 - 6th Place
1997 - 15th Place
1999 - Nomination
Fabrizio
RAVANELLI
(Juventus & Middlesbrough)
1995 - 12th Place
1996 - 16th Place
Christian
VIERI
(Atletico Madrid, Lazio & Inter)
1997 - 10th Place
1998 - 26th Place
1999 - 7th Place
2002 - Nomination
2003 - Nomination
Angelo
PERUZZI
(Juventus)
1997 - 29th Place
Ciro
FERRARA
(Juventus)
1997 - 33rd Place
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio & Milan)
2000 - 5th Place
2001 - 14th Place
2003 - 13th Place
2004 - Nomination
Francesco
TOLDO
(Fiorentina & Inter)
2000 - 14th Place
2003 - 22nd Place
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2000 - 14th Place
2001 - 5th Place
2002 - Nomination
2003 - 18th Place
2004 - Nomination
2007 - 10th Place
Marco
SIMONE
(Milan)
2000 - Nomination
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Atalanta, Juventus & Milan)
1997 - Nomination
1998 - Nomination
1999 - Nomination
2000 - Nomination
2002 - 24th Place
2003 - 22nd Place
2007 - 16th Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Parma & Juventus)
1999 - Nomination
2001 - Nomination
2003 - 9th Place
2004 - 17th Place
2005 - 19th Place
2007 - 19th Place
2008 - 18th Place
2016 - 9th Place
2017 - 4th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
2004 - Nominaton
2005 - Nomination
2006 - 9th Place
2007 - 5th Place
Gennaro I.
GATTUSO
(Milan)
2006 - 14th Place
2007 - 19th Place
Luca
TONI
(Fiorentina & Bayern Munich)
2006 - 20th Place
2007 - Nomination
2008 - Nomination
Gian Luca
ZAMBROTTA
(Juventus & Barcellona)
2003 - Nomination
2006 - 20th Place
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Parma & Real Madrid)
1998 - Nomination
2005 - Nomination
2007 - 24th Place
Enrico
CHIESA
(Sampdoria & Parma)
1996 - Nomination
1997 - Nomination
Damiano
TOMMASI
(Roma)
2001 - 18th Place
Mauro G.
CAMORANESI
(Juventus)
2005 - Nomination
Fabio
GROSSO
(Palermo & Inter)
2006 - Nomination
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Cup Hyundai Best Young Player Trophy
Sponsor -
Manuf./Design - Fattorini (UK)
Material - Solid Steel globe in the shape of a football on a spiral, representing Football (rings of play), Africa (hand bangles) and Hyundai (Car spring), all on top of a Hyundai Logo base on which the details of the trophy are engraved.
Height - 31 cm Weight - 6.7 Kg
Used - 2 Editions - 2010 to 2014
Winner - Winner keeps trophy forever.
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Cup Adidas Golden Glove Award Trophy.
Material - Gold sculpture of a goalkeeper glove with an engrave logo of Adidas on a white semi-opaque acrylic base.
Height - circa 35 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Used - 3 Editions, 2010 to 2018. This trophy is also awarded to all FIFA World Cup Adidas Golden Glove winners in the Under 20, Under 17 and female categories.
FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA
Holder -Regarded as a great sportsman in the world of football.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association).
Eligibility - Every player, association, official, fan and
any person directly involved in football.
Award Objective and Structure - This award is given every year in the annual FIFA World Player Gala to anyone who in the past year has performed a great deed of sportsmanship. Sometimes this award was given to more than one entity.
First Time Awarded - 1987.
Editions until Today - 32 - The Award was not awarded in 1994.
History - This award was given to forty-two different entities - twelve fans / football communities, fourteen players / coaches, twelve federations / associations, four national team / club: 1987 - Fans of Dundee United (Scotland), 1988 - Frank Ordenewitz (West Germany player), 1988 - Spectators of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Football Tournament, 1989 - Fans of Trinidad & Tobago, 1990 - Gary Lineker (England player), 1991 - Royal Spanish Football Federation, 1991 - Jorginho (Brazil player), 1992 - Belgian Football Association, 1993 - Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary player), 1993 - Football Association of Zambia, 1995 - Jacques Glassmann (France player), 1996 - George Weah (Liberia player), 1997 - Fans of Republic of Ireland, 1997 - Joseph Zovinec,
FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD HOLDER
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Fair Play Trophy.
Material - Bronze replica of the FIFA Fair Play logo showing the figure of a player with a ball, standing on a cylindrical base.
Height: circa 45cm.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to all the FIFA Fair Play winners in every football tournament organised by FIFA.
NON-AZZURRO ITALIAN
"a special act of good sportsmanship." FIFA
16 December 2000 - Everton vs West Ham United 1-1
Di Canio shunned a goal scoring opportunity and instead caught the ball with his hands from a cross with the goal empty, as the opponent's goalkeeper was lying injured on the ground after he twisted his knee attempting a clearance on the edge of the box.
Paolo
DI CANIO
(West Ham United)
2001
(Slovakia amateur player), 1997 - Julie Foudy (USA player), 1998 - United States Soccer Federation, 1998 - Football Federation of Iran, 1998 - Irish Football Federation (Northern Ireland), 1999 - New Zealand Football community, 2000 - Lucas Radebe (South Africa player), 2001 - Paolo Di Canio (Italy player), 2002 - Football communities of Japan and South Korea, 2003 - Fans of Celtic (Scotland), 2004 - Brazilian Football Confederation, 2005 - Community of Iquitos (Peru), 2006 - Fans of the 2006 World Cup (Germany), 2007 - Barcelona (Spain Football Club), 2008 - Turkish Football Federation, 2008 - Football Federation of Armenia, 2009 - Bobby Robson (England Official), 2010 - Haiti Under 17 Women's National Team, 2011 - Japan Football Association, 2012 - Uzbekistan Football Association, 2013 - Afghanistan Football Association, 2014 - FIFA Tournaments Volunteers, 2015 - Football Organisations Supporting Refugees, 2016 - Atlético Nacional (Colombia Football Club), 2017 - Francis Koné (Togo player), 2018 - Lennart Thy (German player), 2019 - Leeds United & Marcelo Bielsa (English Footbal Club and their Argentine Coach).
FIFA BALLON D'OR
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A PLAYER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in the World for the past year.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation
Internationale de Football Association)
and the French bi-weekly magazine
France Football.
Participating Players - All football
players who had played Professional football in the previous year.
Award Objective and Structure - FIFA and France Football magazine awards this honour to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. This award is the result of the amalgamation of the previous awards: FIFA World Player of the Year organised by FIFA and the Ballon D'Or (European Player of the Year) organised by France Football Magazine. As a result, the voting structure of both awards were also joint, and thus the final vote is cast both by the National Teams Coaches and Captains (as previously was done for the FIFA World Player of the Year) and by Journalists from all over the World (as previously was done for the France Football's Ballon D'Or). A list of 50 candidate players is compiled by experts from the FIFA Football Commission and France Football Magazine which is reduced to 23 shortlisted players some weeks later. These eligible shortlisted players receives the votes as described above. The three players who finish in the top three positions are than listed as nominees for the final award, with the winner being announced in the annual FIFA Gala organised each year.
First Edition - 2010
Last Edition - 2015
Total Editions - 6
History - Two players have won this award: four times Messi (Argentina - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015); two time Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2013, 2014).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Ballon d'Or, known as The Golden Ball.
Material - Gold sphere, engraved like a football on a rough golden ground that serves as a base, with the FIFA logo engraved on the front.
Height - circa 30 cm
Used - 6 Editions. Used for 28 Editions, from 1983 until 2009 and since 2016, as the France Football Magazine Ballon D'Or - European Player of the Year award.
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL COACH
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A COACH CAN WIN IN THE WORLD.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Coach in the World for the past year.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Coaches who had led a
Professional football team, both National and Club, in the previous
year.
Award Objective and Structure - FIFA awards this honour to the football coach who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The editions between 2010 and 2015 were organised together with the French bi-weekly magazine France Football and was known as the FIFA Coach of the Year. A list of 15 candidate coaches is compiled by the FIFA’s Technical and Development Committee, which is reduced to 10 shortlisted coaches some weeks later. Votes are cast by the National Teams Coaches and Captains, Journalists and On-line General Public from all over the World, all having 25% of the total vote. The three Coaches who finish in the top three positions are than listed as nominees for the final award, with the winner being announced in the annual FIFA Gala organised each year.
First Edition - 2010
Total Editions - 10
History - Ten different coaches have won this award: Mourinho (Portugal - 2010 Inter), Guardiola (Spain - 2011), Del Bosque (Spain - 2012), Heynckes (Germany - 2013), Low (Germany - 2014), Enrique (Spain - 2015), Ranieri (Italy - 2016), Zidane (France - 2017), Deschamps (France - 2018), Klopp (Germany - 2019).
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Coach of the Year Trophy.
Material - Gold letter C with a crystal sphere inside engraved as a football, all on a silver cube base.
Height - circa 30 cm
Used - 6 Editions, from 2010 to 2015.
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
FIFA COACH OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL COACH - ITALIANS IN LOWER POSITIONS
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
(Chelsea, Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid & Bayern Munich)
2010 - Shortlisted
2013 - 7th Place
2015 - Shortlisted
2017 - 7th Place
FIFA CENTENNIAL ORDER OF MERIT
A ONE-OFF PRESTGIOUS HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA
Holder -Regarded as a great achiever in the world of football.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association).
Eligibility - Every person, institution, organisation
and entity who was involved in the world of
football in the 100 years between 1904 and 2004,
including those who were not directly involved.
Award Objective and Structure - In 2004, to celebrate the first centenary (100 years) since its foundation, FIFA decorated with this honour one person from each member association who had given extraordinary service to the game of football in that country. Each holder was nominated by each National Association. Besides, FIFA awarded also this decoration to 16 different entities / individuals representing ten different categories (one for each decade of its existence), 6 to a person nominated by each Continental Confederation and 7 to the National Associations who were the founding members of FIFA.
Only Year Awarded - 2004.
Holders -
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS NOMINATIONS:Italy - Franchi A.
ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (AFC) NOMINATION:
Velappan P. (Malaysia)
AFRICAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (CAF) NOMINATION:
Fahmy M. (Egypt)
CONFEDERATION OF NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (CONCACAF) NOMINATION:
Warner J.A. (Trinidad & Tobago)
SOUTH AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (CONMEBOL)
NOMINATION: Leoz N. (Paraguay)
OCEANIA FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (OFC) NOMINATION:
Dempsey C. (New Zealand)
UNION OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS (UEFA) NOMINATION:
Johansson L. (Sweden)
FIFA FOUNDING MEMBERS ASSOCIATIONS:
Belgium, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
TEN CATEGORIES (One per decade of FIFA):
1. PLAYERS / FOOTBALL PERSONALITY: Pele (Brazil - Player of the
Century), Beckenbauer F. (Germany - Winner of the FIFA World
Cup both as player and Coach)
2. FIFA WORLD CUP: Rimet J. (France - Inventor of the FIFA World Cup),
Uruguay (Host of the first World Cup edition, 1930)
Even though he played with the Italian National team, the Italo-Uruguayan Oriundo Ghiggia was not regarded as an Italian for this honour and featured only as a player of Uruguay. Strangly enough, Alfredo Di Stefano was listed as both Argentine and Spanish player, Ferenc Puskas was listed as both Hungarian and Spanish player and Larbi Ben Barek was listed as both Moroccan and French player.
3. LAWS OF THE GAME: International Football Association Board
(Custodians of the Game)
4. CLUBS: Sheffield FC (England - OIdest Football Club in the World),
Real Madrid CF (Founding Member of FIFA)
5. FIFA MANAGEMENT: Havelange J. (Brazil - Led FIFA as President into
Modern Era)
6. OTHER SPORTING ORGANISATIONS: International Olympic Committee
(IOC - Organizers of the Olympic Football Tournament, the oldest
world football tournament)
7. DEVELOPMENT: African Football (Produced countless gifted footballers
against all odds)
8. ECONOMIC PARTNERS: Adidas (Germany) and Coca-Cola (USA), (both
long-time football partners and promoters)
9. FANS: Fans of Korea and Japan (On behalf of all football fans in the
World)
10. MEDIA / TELEVISION: Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive
(AIPS, France) and Television (Link between football and the
public all over the World)
FIFA BALLON D'OR -
ITALIANS IN LOWER POSITIONS
Antonio
DI NATALE
(Udinese)
2011 - Candidate
Massimiliano
ALLEGRI
(Milan & Juventus)
2011 - Candidate
2015 - Shortlisted
2018 - 11th Place
Roberto
MANCINI
(Manchester City)
2011 - Candidate
2012 - 8th Place
Mario B.
BALOTELLI
(Manchester City)
2012 - 23rd Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2012 - 16th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Juventus & New York City)
2012 - 7th Place
2013 - 10th Place
2015 - Candidate
Roberto
DI MATTEO
(Chelsea)
2012 - 4th Place
Cesare
PRANDELLI
(Italy National Team)
2012 - 7th Place
FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP - GOLDEN BALL
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A PLAYER CAN WIN IN THE CONFEDERATIONS CUP.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in one Confederations Cup edition.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Participating Players - All football Players who played in the
FIFA Confederations Cup.
Award Objective and Structure - The FIFA Golden Ball award is
presented to the best player at each FIFA Confederations Cup final tournament. The Player is selected from a shortlist of six players drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner is voted for by official representatives of the media and the fans.
First Edition - 1997
First Edition with Trophy - 2003
Editions until Today - 8
Editions with Trophy until today - 5
History - This award started to be organised and awarded in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup edition when FIFA took over the organisation of the Competition. Eight different players won this award: Denilson (Brazil - 1997), Ronaldinho (Brazil - 1999), Pires (France - 2001), Henry T. (France - 2003), Adriano (Brazil - 2005), Kaka (Brazil - 2009), Neymar (Brazil - 2013) and Draxler (Germany - 2017).
Andrea
PIRLO
(Juventus)
Brazil 2013
Shortlisted
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Golden Ball Trophy.
Material - Engraved gold ball on a gold column made of three strips fixed on a golden base. The material is changed to Silver for the Runner-up and Bronze for the third place.
Height - circa 50 cm
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever
Used - 5 Editions, from 2003 until 2017. This trophy is also awarded to all FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winners in the Senior, Under 20, Under 17 male and female categories.
FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP GOLDEN BALL
- AZZURRI PLAYERS
Antonio
CONTE
(Juventus & Chelsea)
2013 - 10th Place
2014 - 8th Place
FIFA PUSKAS AWARD
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS HONOUR AWARDED BY FIFA
Holder -Regarded as the scorer of the most beautiful goal in the world.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association).
Eligibility - Every player who played in the top world football
that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - This award is given every year in the annual FIFA World Player Gala in order to award the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant and "most beautiful" goal of the year. This award is in honor of Ferenc Puskás, the Hungarian Striker widely considered the most powerful and prolific forward of the 20th century. The goal is selected through an internet vote on the FIFA web site from a list of ten goals nominated by the FIFA Technical team. The three most voted goals will again compete against each other in another internet vote for the final winner. The four criterias used for the selection are: 1. It should be a beautiful goal, 2. The importance of the match should be taken into account, 3. The goal should not be the result of luck, mistakes or a deflection, and 4. the goal should support fair play.
First Time Awarded - 2009.
Editions until Today - 11.
History - This award was given to eleven different players: 2009 - Ronaldo C. (Portugal - Manchester United, England), 2010 - Altintop (Turkey - Turkey), 2011 - Neymar (Brazil - Santos, Brazil), 2012 - Stoch (Slovakia - Fenerbache, Turkey),
FIFA PUSKAS AWARD ITALIAN NOMINEES
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Puskas Award Trophy.
Material - Silver curved base with engraved titles holding a rectangular crystal having a glass football on one side.
Height: circa 15cm.
Width: circa 40cm.
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Antonio
DI NATALE
(Udinese)
2013 - Nominee
Serie A 2012/13 - 7 April 2013
Udinese vs Chievo Verona: 3-1
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - FIFA COACH OF THE
YEAR / THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL COACH
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
(Real Madrid)
2014
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA Order of Merit Trophy.
Material - Black wooden body with two gold roundels at the top having the FIFA coat-of-arms. A gold relief image of two players playing football and a small gold label with an engraved inscription are fixed to the front of the body.
Height: circa 25cm.
THE MEDALS & BADGE
Name - FIFA Centennial Order of Merit.
Material, Medal - Gold circular medal with a thick shinning border on both sides. On the Obverse side the FIFA coat-of-arms in the center and the words '100 Years 1904-2004' engraved underneath and the full name of FIFA above. The words 'FIFA Centenniale' are written at the top and 'Order of Merit' at the bottom on both sides and on the Reverse side the words 'In recognition of your dedication to football' is written in the centre.
Material, Badge - Gold circular badge having the same details as the front of the medal, however the words 'Order of Merit' are engraved on a rectangular strip at the bottom of the badge.
Dimentions - Medals diameter circa 6 cm, Badge width circa 3 cm.
Note - Two Medals were awarded: one just the medal in a silk and felt box and the other hanging from a blue silk ribbon with a golden strip in the middle.
Dressed - The ribboned medal to be dressed on the left-hand side of the chest during official events, whilst the badge to be dressed on the left hand side of the shoulder lapel during formal events.
Giorgio
CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
2015 - Candidate
THIRD PLACE - FIFA
PUSKAS AWARD
Alessandro
FLORENZI
(Roma)
2015 - 3rd Place
UEFA Champions League 2015/16
16 September 2015
Roma vs Barcelona: 1-1
Fabio
CAPELLO
(England National Team)
2011 - Candidate
THE TROPHY
Name - The Best FIFA Men's Player Trophy.
Designer - Ana Barbic Katicic (Croatian)
Manufacturer:Adon Production AG (Switzerland)
Material - Platinum coated inspired by the iconic World Cup Trophy with carbon at the base and a ball at the top. It also has the logo of 'The Best' and 'FIFA' in polished surface.
Height - 31 cm
Weight - 6.4 kg
Used - 4 Editions - since 2016
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to The Best FIFA Female Player, Male and Female Coach and Goalkeeper award winners.
THE TROPHY
Name - The Best FIFA Football Coach Trophy.
Designer - Ana Barbic Katicic (Croatian)
Manufacturer:Adon Production AG (Switzerland)
Material - Platinum coated inspired by the iconic World Cup Trophy with carbon at the base and a ball at the top. It also has the logo of 'The Best' and 'FIFA' in polished surface.
Height - 31 cm
Weight - 6.4 kg
Used - 4 Editions - since 2016
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to The Best FIFA Male and Female Players ,Female Coach and Goalkeeper award winners.
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA COACH OF THE
YEAR / THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL COACH
Claudio
RANIERI
(Leicester City)
2016
NON-AZZURRO ITALIANS
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
Spain 1982
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
2017 - 22nd Place
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
2017 - 21st Place
Antonio
CONTE
(Chelsea)
2017
THIRD PLACE - FIFA COACH OF THE
YEAR / THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL COACH
NON-AZZURRO ITALIANS
Massimiliano
ALLEGRI
(Juventus)
2017
THE BEST FIFA GOALKEEPER
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A GOALKEEPER CAN WIN IN THE WORLD.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Goalkeeper in the World for the past year.
Organisers - FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Goalkeepers who had played
Professional football, both National and Club, in the previous year.
Award Objective and Structure - FIFA awards this honour to the football goalkeepr who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. A list of 15 candidate goalkeepers is compiled by the FIFA’s Technical and Development Committee. Votes are cast by the National Teams Coaches and Captains, Journalists and On-line General Public from all over the World, all having 25% of the total vote. The three Goalkeepers who finish in the top three positions are than listed as nominees for the final award, with the winner being announced in the annual FIFA Gala organised each year.
First Edition - 2017
Total Editions - 3
History - Three Goalkeepers have won this award: Buffon G. (Italy - 2017), Courtois (Belgium - 2018), Alisson (Brazil - 2019).
FIFA GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA GOALKEEPER - ITALIANS IN LOWER POSITIONS
THE TROPHY
Name - The Best FIFA Football Goalkeeper Trophy.
Designer - Ana Barbic Katicic (Croatian)
Manufacturer:Adon Production AG (Switzerland)
Material - Platinum coated inspired by the iconic World Cup Trophy with carbon at the base and a ball at the top. It also has the logo of 'The Best' and 'FIFA' in polished surface.
Height - 31 cm
Weight - 6.4 kg
Used - 3 Editions - since 2017
Winner - The winner of each edition keeps the trophy forever.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to The Best FIFA Male and Female Players and Male and Female Coaches award winners.
WINNERS (1st Place) - FIFA GOALKEEPER
OF THE YEAR / THE BEST FIFA GOALKEEPERS
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juverntus)
2017
Gianluigi
DONNARUMMA
(Milan)
2017 - 9th Place
THE TROPHY
Name - FIFA World Cup Young Player Trophy
Material - Solid Steel globe in the shape of a football with dark steel patches, set on a curved column, all on a square base on which the FIFA logo is engraved.
PLAYERS:
