IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper Context triple: [Gianluigi Buffon, awardReceived, IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper]
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A.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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B.
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award
The MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing goalkeeper over the regular season.
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C.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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D.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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E.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper Target entity description: The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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A.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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B.
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award
The MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award is an annual Major League Soccer honor given to the league’s top-performing goalkeeper over the regular season.
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C.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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D.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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E.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sports award
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football award ⓘ individual award in association football ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| field | football history and statistics ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1987 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| givenFor | best goalkeeper in the world ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Association football trophies and awards
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Awards established in 1987 ⓘ Goalkeeper awards ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasOfficialAbbreviation | IFFHS ⓘ |
| hasRelatedAward |
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Decade
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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IFFHS World’s Best Woman Goalkeeper
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| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | English ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Gianluigi Buffon
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Iker Casillas ⓘ Jan Oblak ⓘ Manuel Neuer ⓘ Oliver Kahn ⓘ Peter Schmeichel ⓘ Thibaut Courtois ⓘ |
| organisedBy | International Federation of Football History & Statistics ⓘ |
| partOf | IFFHS World’s Best Player awards ⓘ |
| presentedBy | International Federation of Football History & Statistics ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | votes by IFFHS experts and journalists ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper Description of subject: The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
this entity surface form:
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
this entity surface form:
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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hasRelatedAward
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IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
IFFHS World’s Best Woman Goalkeeper
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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hasRelatedAward
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IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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hasRelatedAward
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IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
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this entity surface form:
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Decade