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".
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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. |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.WorldSoccer.com |
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.
Writers/Correspondents
Award winners
Player of the Year all-time winsBy player |
Player Wins by country
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Young Player of the Year
- 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)[12]
- 2011 – Neymar, Santos & Brazil (29.2%)[7]
World Team of the Year
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Referee of the Year
- 2005 – Pierluigi Collina (31%)
- 2006 – Horacio Elizondo (39%)
Greatest XI of all time
(Published July, 2013)[15]
- Goalkeeper: Lev Yashin
- Defenders: [[[Paolo Maldini]], Franz Beckenbauer, Roberto Carlos]
- Midfielders: [[[Diego Maradona]], Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruijff, Alfredo Di Stéfano]
- Forwards: [[[Lionel Messi], [Pelé]], Cristiano Ronaldo]
Greatest managers of all time
The list is based on votes of 73 experts around the world. Every expert could choose five managers whom they found as the greatest.
(Published July, 2013)[16][17]
| 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 | Josep 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% | |
| - | Bela Guttmann | 9 | - | |
| - | Ernst Happel | 9 | - | |
| - | Mario 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 | - | |
| - | Luis Felipe Scolari | 2 | - | |
| - | Jock Stein | 2 | - | |
| - | Gusztáv Sebes | 2 | - |
The rest of managers got only 1 vote (1,37%):
- Luis Aragones
- Leo Beenhakker
- Rafael Benitez
- Marcelo Bielsa
- Bob Bradley
- Matt Busby
- Jack Charlton
- Kazimierz Gorski
- Jupp Heynckes
- Gerard Houllier
- Tomislav Ivic
- Ștefan Kovács
- Udo Lattek
- Hugo Meisl
- Otto Rehhagel
- Carlos Alberto Parreira
- Antoni Piechniczek
- Nereo Rocco
- Árpád Weisz
- Arsene Wenger
- Walter Winterbottom
The Greatest Players of the 20th century
(Published December 1999)[18]
References
- ^ "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 "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.
- ^ a b c "Xavi voted World Soccer Player of the Year" (Press release). World Soccer. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "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.