FourFourTwo is an association football magazine published by British company 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. Future acquired the magazine from Haymarket Media Group in 2018. Haymarket previously acquired Future's earlier football magazine Total Football in 2001 in exchange of subscriber list and the rights to the masthead of its defunct internet magazine The Net, Haymarket later absorbed Total Football into FourFourTwo.
In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.
Rankings and awards 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. At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards. In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best Asian players in world football was announced. They have also produced a top 50 of players from the Football League.
+YearPlayerClub2007 Kaká Milan2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United2009 Lionel Messi Barcelona2010 Lionel Messi Barcelona2011 Lionel Messi Barcelona2012 Lionel Messi Barcelona2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2015 Lionel Messi Barcelona2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2017 Lionel Messi Barcelona2018 Lionel Messi Barcelona2019 Lionel Messi Barcelona2020 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich2021 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich2022 Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund Manchester City2023 Erling Haaland Manchester City2024 Rodri Manchester City2025 Lamine Yamal Barcelona
Other rankings In April 2022, FourFourTwo ranked the best footballers of the 21st century. Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1. In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.
Other editions Dutch edition – first published in November 2018 by F&L MediaWereldberoemd Voetbalmagazine FourFourTwo Komt Naar Nederland, fnl.nl, 9 October 2018
See also
World Soccer The Guardian Onze Mondial European Sports Magazines
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