Following that season, he won the 1974 Danish Footballer of the Year award.

He won the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year on three occasions.

He won the Danish Footballer of the Year award a record four times.

In 1979 and 1983 he won the East German Footballer of the Year award.

In 1971, he won the African Footballer of the Year award.

He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.

He won the Finnish Footballer of the Year award in 1986.

Lüdi won the Swiss Footballer of the Year in 1981.

He has won the German Footballer of the Year award three times - in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

Vastić won the Austrian Footballer of the Year award in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2007.