after it became apparent that it favoured Diego Maradona after a reported cyber-blitz by Maradona fans, FIFA then appointed a "Family of Football" committee of FIFA members to decide the winner of the award together with the votes of the readers of the FIFA magazine. The committee chose Pelé. Since Maradona was winning the Internet poll, however, it was decided he and Pelé should share the award. Campeonato Paulista Top Scorer: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973 FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1958 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1958 France Football's Ballon d'Or: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970 – Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners) South American Championship Best Player: 1959 South American Championship Top Scorer: 1959 Gol de Placa: 1961 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer: 1961, 1963, 1964 Intercontinental Cup Top Scorer: 1962, 1963 Torneio Rio-São Paulo Top Scorer: 1963 Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1965 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 1970 Bola de Prata: 1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player): 1970 South American Footballer of the Year: 1973 Included in the North American Soccer League (NASL) All-Star team: 1975, 1976, 1977 NASL Top Assist Provider: 1976 NASL Most Valuable Player: 1976 Number 10 retired by the New York Cosmos as a recognition to his contribution to the club: 1977 Elected Citizen of the World, by the United Nations: 1977 International Peace Award: 1978 Sports Champion of the Century, by L'Équipe: 1981 FIFA Order of Merit: 1984 Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1992 Elected Goodwill Ambassador, by UNESCO: 1993 Winner of France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990: 1994 Marca Leyenda: 1997 World Team of the 20th Century: 1998 Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Ballon d'Or Winners: 1999 TIME: One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century: 1999 Greatest Player of the 20th Century, by World Soccer: 1999 Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999 Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999 World Player of the Century, by the IFFHS: 2000 South American player of the century, by the IFFHS: 2000 FIFA Player of the Century: 2000 Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2000 FIFA Centennial Award: 2004 FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers: 2004 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: 2005 Elected best Brazilian player of the century, by the IFFHS: