 Cover of November 2024 issue, 30th anniversary issue | |
| Editor | James Andrew |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation (June–Dec 2015) | 27,068 monthly circulation for 2022 |
| First issue | 1994 |
| Company | Future |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Paddington, England |
| Language | |
| Website | fourfourtwo |
| ISSN | 1355-0276 |
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.[4]
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.[5][6] At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards.[7] In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best Asian players in world football was announced.[8] They have also produced a top 50 of players from the Football League.[9]
| Year | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Kaká[6]
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 Milan
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| 2008 |  Cristiano Ronaldo
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 Manchester United
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| 2009 |  Lionel Messi
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 Barcelona
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| 2010 | Lionel Messi
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Barcelona
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| 2011 | Lionel Messi
|
Barcelona
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| 2012 | Lionel Messi
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Barcelona
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| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo[10]
|
Real Madrid
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| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Real Madrid
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| 2015 | Lionel Messi[11]
|
Barcelona
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| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Real Madrid
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| 2017 | Lionel Messi[12]
|
Barcelona
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| 2018 | Lionel Messi[13]
|
Barcelona
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| 2019 | Lionel Messi[14]
|
Barcelona
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| 2020 |  Robert Lewandowski[15]
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 Bayern Munich
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| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski[16]
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Bayern Munich
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| 2022 |  Erling Haaland
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Borussia Dortmund Manchester City
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| 2023 | Erling Haaland
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Manchester City
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| 2024 | Rodri[17]
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Manchester City
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In April 2022, FourFourTwo ranked the best footballers of the 21st century. Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1.[18] In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.[19]
Despite high sales for sector, closed and rights swap deal made with Future in 2001 involving Total Football.
The Net had led the sector in the last set of ABCs with a circulation over 51,000, but the collapse of the dotcom market and increased competition brought it down. Haymarket sold subscriber list and masthead usage rights to Future, who merged it with .Net. In return for swap deal on Total Football.
FourFourTwo Player of the year | |
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