FIFA Female Player of the Century

This article is about FIFA Female Player of the Century. For FIFA Male Player of the Century, see FIFA Player of the Century.

FIFA Female Player of the Century was a one-off award created by the global governing body FIFA to decide the greatest football female player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. American player Michelle Akers and Chinese player Sun Wen were joint winners of the award.[1] Michelle Akers won the award based on votes from FIFA officials, journalists and coaches, while Sun Wen won the award based on the Internet poll. [2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ FIFA.com (1 December 2000). "Sun Wen and Michelle Akers on top". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Classic Players". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. ^ FIFA.com (25 November 2010). "Who is the greatest women's footballer of all time?". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ^ Lewis, Michael (3 August 2016). "The 20 greatest female football players of all time". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  5. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Classic Players". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.