FIFA Player of the Century
One-off award by FIFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about FIFA Player of the Century. For FIFA Female Player of the Century, see FIFA Female Player of the Century.
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.[1] Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award.[2][3]