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*FourFourTwo*
2018 Awards Issue cover
Editor	James Andrew
Frequency	Monthly
Total circulation (June-Dec 2015)	27,068 monthly circulation for 2022
First issue	1994
Company	Future
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	Paddington
Language	Languages English Bulgarian Korean Portuguese Swedish Turkish Indonesian Thai
Website	fourfourtwo.com
ISSN	1355-0276

FourFourTwo is a football magazine published by Future. Issued monthly, it published its 300th edition in May 2019. It takes its name from the football formation of the same name, 4-4-2.

In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.^[1]

Rankings and awards

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Argentine Lionel Messi has won the award a record 8 times, 4 of which in consecutive years (2009–12).^[2]

FourFourTwo has a number of annual rankings and awards. In 2007, the magazine put together its first FFT100, their list of the 100 best footballers in the world.^[3]^[4] At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards.^[5] In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best Asian players in world football was announced.^[6] They have also produced a top 50 of players from the Football League.^[7]

Best Football Player in the World
Year	Player	Club
2007	Kaká^[4]	Milan
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
2009	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2010	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2011	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2012	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2013	Cristiano Ronaldo^[8]	Real Madrid
2014	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2015	Lionel Messi^[9]	Barcelona
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2017	Lionel Messi^[10]	Barcelona
2018	Lionel Messi^[11]	Barcelona
2019	Lionel Messi^[2]	Barcelona
2020	Robert Lewandowski^[12]	Bayern Munich
2021	Robert Lewandowski^[13]	Bayern Munich
2022	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund Manchester City
2023	Erling Haaland	Manchester City

Wins by Player
Player	Wins
Lionel Messi	8
Cristiano Ronaldo	4
Erling Haaland	2
Robert Lewandowski	2
Kaká	1

Win by Clubs
Clubs	Wins
FC Barcelona	8
Real Madrid	3
Bayern Munich	2
Manchester City	2
AC Milan	1
Manchester United	1
Borussia Dortmund	1

Other rankings

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In April 2022, FourFourTwo magazine ranked the best footballers of the 21st century. Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1.^[14] In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.^[15]

Other editions

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Dutch edition - First published in November 2018, by F&L Media^[16]

References

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^ "Swindon clinch sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

^ ^a ^b "The 100 Best Football Players in the World 2019: full list revealed". fourfourtwo.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ "100 Best Players in the World". FourFourTwo. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

^ ^a ^b "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Soccer Players List « mCalcio.com". Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "FFT announce Stats Zone Awards 2014/15". FourFourTwo. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

^ "The FourFourTwo 50 Best Asian Players 2015". FourFourTwo. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

^ "Ritchie takes top spot in Football League Top 50". FourFourTwo. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

^ Brewin, Joe (28 November 2013). "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Players in the World 2013: 10-1". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ Horncastle, James (4 December 2015). "FourFourTwo's Best 100 Football Players in the World 2015 No.1: Lionel Messi". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ "FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.1, Lionel Messi". fourfourtwo.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ Murray, Andrew (21 December 2018). "FFT100 2018: No.1, Lionel Messi (Barcelona)". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ "Robert Lewandowski voted Player of the Year in FourFourTwo Awards". fourfourtwo.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

^ Pope, Conor (31 December 2021). "Ranked! The 50 best players in the world, 2021". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

^ White, Alasdair Mackenzie Contributions from Mark; Pope, Conor; published, Greg Lea (8 April 2022). "Ranked! The 100 best players of the 21st Century". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

^ White, Mark; et al. (Warrington, Declan; Haugstad, Thore; Stafford-Bloor, Seb; Spurling, Jon; Murray, Andrew; Yokhin, Michael; Hess, Alex; Reid, Alex; Alves, Marcus) (5 September 2023). "Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

^ Wereldberoemd Voetbalmagazine FourFourTwo Komt Naar Nederland, fnl.nl, 9 October 2018