World Soccer (magazine)
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| Editor | Gavin Hamilton |
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| Categories | Sport |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 30,182 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1] Print and digital editions. |
| Publisher | IPC Media, Time Inc. |
| Year founded | 1960 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.WorldSoccer.com |
World Soccer is an English language football magazine published by IPC Media. The magazine was established in 1960.[2] 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.[3] In 2005 awards for the best "Young Player of the Year" and "Referee of the Year" were also introduced.[3] 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[edit]
- Malcolm Brodie
- Paul Gardner
- Brian Glanville
- Mark Gleeson
- Sid Lowe
- James Piotr Montague
- Tim Vickery
- Jonathan Wilson
Award winners[edit]
Player of the Year all-time wins[edit]By player[edit] |
Player Wins by country[edit]
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Young Player of the Year[edit]
- 2005 –
Robinho, Santos (30%) - 2006 –
Lionel Messi, Barcelona (36%) - 2007 – Lionel Messi, Barcelona (48%)
- 2008 – Lionel Messi, Barcelona & Argentina (44%)[5]
- 2009 – Sergio Agüero, Atlético Madrid & Argentina (45.1%)[6]
- 2010 –
Thomas Müller, Bayern Munich & Germany (45.8)[7] - 2011 – Neymar, Santos & Brazil (29.2%)[8]
World Team of the Year[edit]
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Referee of the Year[edit]
- 2005 –
Pierluigi Collina (31%) - 2006 – Horacio Elizondo (39%)
Greatest XI of all time[edit]
(Published July, 2013)[15]
- Goalkeeper: Lev Yashin
- Defenders: Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore
- Midfielders: Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff, Alfredo Di Stéfano
- Forwards: Pele,Lionel Messi
Greatest managers of all time[edit]
The list is based on votes of 73 experts around the world. Every expert could choose five managers whom they considered the greatest.
| Pos. | Nationality | Name | Votes | % of Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sir Alex Ferguson | 49 | 67.12% |
| 2 |  |
Rinus Michels | 46 | 63.01% |
| 3 |  |
José Mourinho | 21 | 28.77% |
| 4 |   |
Helenio Herrera | 19 | 26.03% |
| 5 |  |
Pep Guardiola | 18 | 24.66% |
| 6 |   |
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 15 | 20.55% |
| 7 |  |
Arrigo Sacchi | 14 | 19.18% |
| 8 |  |
Bob Paisley | 12 | 16.44% |
| 9 | |
Herbert Chapman | 9 | 12.32% |
| - |  |
Béla Guttmann | 9 | - |
| - |  |
Ernst Happel | 9 | - |
| - |  |
Mário Zagallo | 9 | - |
| 13 | |
Vicente del Bosque | 8 | 10.96% |
| - | |
Marcello Lippi | 8 | - |
| - | |
Vittorio Pozzo | 8 | - |
| - | |
Telê Santana | 8 | - |
| 17 | |
Brian Clough | 7 | 9.59% |
| 18 |  |
Ottmar Hitzfeld | 6 | 8.22% |
| 19 | |
Sepp Herberger | 5 | 6.85% |
| - | |
Bill Shankly | 5 | - |
| - | |
Giovanni Trapattoni | 5 | - |
| 22 | |
César Luis Menotti | 4 | 5.48% |
| 23 | |
Enzo Bearzot | 3 | 4.11% |
| - | |
Fabio Capello | 3 | - |
| - | |
Jimmy Hogan | 3 | - |
| - | |
Helmut Schön | 3 | - |
| - | |
Hennes Weisweiler | 3 | - |
| 28 | |
Franz Beckenbauer | 2 | 2.74% |
| - | |
Carlos Bilardo | 2 | - |
| - | |
Johan Cruyff | 2 | - |
| - | |
Vicente Feola | 2 | - |
| - | |
Alf Ramsey | 2 | - |
| - | |
Luiz Felipe Scolari | 2 | - |
| - | |
Jock Stein | 2 | - |
| - | |
Gusztáv Sebes | 2 | - |
The following managers only received one vote (1.37%):
Luis Aragonés
Leo Beenhakker- Rafael Benítez
- Marcelo Bielsa
Bob Bradley
Matt Busby
Jack Charlton
Kazimierz Górski- Jupp Heynckes
Gérard Houllier
Tomislav Ivić
Ștefan Kovács- Udo Lattek
Hugo Meisl- Otto Rehhagel
- Carlos Alberto Parreira
- Antoni Piechniczek
- Nereo Rocco
Árpád Weisz- Arsène Wenger
- Walter Winterbottom
The Greatest Players of the 20th century[edit]
(Published December 1999)[18]
References[edit]
- ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: World Soccer". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Stewart Coggin. "Top 5 Soccer Magazines". About Sports. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b "World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners". World Soccer. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners". World Soccer. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Messi voted World Soccer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Xavi voted World Soceer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 16 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Lionel Messi voted World Soccer's Player of the Year". World Soccer. 15 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Lionel Messi wins World Soccer Player of the Year award!". World Soccer. 14 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Cristiano Ronaldo is World Soccer's Player of the Year 2013". World Soccer. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Cristiano Ronaldo voted World Soccer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "World Soccer Awards: Messi leads the way as Barcelona sweep the board". World Soccer. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "2007 World Soccer Awards: Kaka wins World Player of the Year award". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "The Greatest XI".
- ^ "The Greatest Manager of all time".
- ^ "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted".
- ^ "England Player Honours – World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. England Football Online. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
