Recipient Year Nationality Notes Franz Beckenbauer* 1984, 2004 Germany Centennial Award in 2004 Bobby Charlton 1984 England Pelé 1984, 2004 Brazil Centennial Award in 2004 Dino Zoff 1984 Italy Lev Yashin 1988 Soviet Union Antonio Carbajal 1992 Mexico Stanley Matthews 1992 England Francisco Varallo 1994 Argentina Alfredo Di Stefano 1994 Argentina Fritz Walter 1994 Germany Ferenc Puskás 1994 Hungary Eusébio 1994 Portugal Just Fontaine 1994 France Gunn Nyborg 1994 Norway Obdulio Varela 1994 Uruguay Zico[2] 1996 Brazil Bobby Moore 1996 England Salif Keita 1996 Mali Michelle Akers 1998 United States Larbi Benbarek 1998 Morocco Gilmar 1998 Brazil Gerd Müller 1998 Germany Ivan Toplak 2000 Slovenia David Kipiani 2002 Georgia Pradip Kumar Banerjee 2004 India Centennial Award in 2004 Lee Ramoon 2004 Cayman Islands Paolo Maldini 2008 Italy Bobby Robson 2009 England Johan Cruijff* 2010 Netherlands Steve Sumner 2010 New Zealand Centennial Award in 2004 Alcides Ghiggia 2010 Uruguay