IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Century for many countries

This list is based on the IFFHS' Century Elections for each continent.

Country Player of the Century Keeper of the Century
Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi -
Argentina Diego Armando Maradona Amadeo Raúl Carrizo
Australia Frank Farina Mark Bosnich
Austria Mathias Sindelar Rudi Hiden
Bahrain - Hamoud Sultan
Belgium Paul Van Himst Jean-Marie Pfaff
Brazil Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" Gilmar dos Santos Neves
Bulgaria Georgi Asparukhov -
Cameroon Roger Milla Joseph-Antoine Bell
Canada Bruce Wilson James Kennaway
Chad Japhet N´Doram -
Chile Elias Ricardo Figueroa Sergio Livingstone
China Zhi-Yi Fan Hui-Kang Zhang
Colombia Willington Ortiz José René Higuita
Congo-Brazzaville Paul Moukila -
Congo-Kinshasa
(former Zaire)
Tshimemu Bwanga Mwemba Kazadi
Costa Rica Alejandro Morera Luis Gabelo Conejo
Cuba Mario López -
Czechoslovakia Josef Bican Frantisek Planicka
Denmark Michael Laudrup Peter Schmeichel
East Germany - Jurgen Croy
Ecuador Alberto Spencer -
Egypt Mahmoud El-Khatib Ahmed Shoubeir
El Salvador Jorge Alberto González Manuel "Tamalón" Garay
England Robert "Bobby" Charlton Gordon Banks
France Michel Platini Bernard Lama
Germany Franz Beckenbauer Sepp Maier
Ghana Abedi Ayew "Pelé" -
Guatemala Oscar "Conejo" Sánchez -
Guinea Petit Sorry -
Haiti - Henri Francillon
Honduras Gilberto Yearwood -
Hungary Ferenc Puskas Gyula Grosics
India Pardip Kumar Banderjee Peter Thangaraj
Iran Ali Daei Naser Hejazi
Iraq Ahmed Rahdi -
Ireland Liam Brady -
Israel Avi Cohen -
Italy Gianni Rivera Dino Zoff
Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou Alain Gouaméné
Japan Kazuyoshi Miura -
Kuwait Faisal Ali Ak-Dakil Khaled Al-Fadhli
Liberia George Weah -
Malaysia Moktar Dahari Chow Chee Keong
Mali Selif Keita -
Mexico Hugo Sánchez Antonio Carbajal
Morocco Ahmed Faras Badou Zaki
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Hans van Breukelen
New Caledonia Christian Karembeu -
New Zealand Wynton Rufer Frank Van Hattum
Nigeria Finidi George Peter Rufai
North Korea Doo-Ik Pak -
Northern Ireland George Best Pat Jennings
Panama Julio César Dely Valdez -
Paraguay Arsenio Pastor Erico José Luis Félix Chilavert
Peru Teófilo Cubillas -
Poland Zbigniew Boniek Jan Tomaszewski
Portugal Eusébio Ferreira da Silva Alberto Costa Pereira
Qatar - Mohammed Wafah Saami
Romania Gheorghe Hagi -
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Majed Mohammed Al-Deayea
Scotland Denis Law Ronald Simpson
Singapore Ahmad Fandhi -
South Africa Mark Fish In-Young Choi
South Korea Bum-Kun Cha -
Soviet Union Oleg Blokhin Lev Yashin
Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Ricardo Zamora
Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Thomas Ravelli
Switzerland Severino Minelli -
Tahiti Erroll Bennett -
Thailand Piyapong Pue-Oun -
Trinidad-Tobago Dwight Yorke -
Tunisia Tarek Dhiab Sadok Attouga
UAE Adnan Khamis Al-Taliyani -
Uruguay Juan Alberto Schiaffino Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
USA William Gonsalves Kasey Keller
Wales John Charles Neville Southall
Yugoslavia Dragan Dzajic Vladimir Beara
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya -
Zimbabwe - Bruce Grobbelaar

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Author: Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@ime.usp.br)
Last updated: 21 Jan 2000

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