Marca Leyenda

Marca Leyenda (Marca legend) is an award given by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the best sport professionals in history. Since its inception in 1997 over 40 people have received this award including Michael Jordan, Pelé, Sergey Bubka, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Lionel Messi and many others.

List of winners

Date	Winner	Sport
14 April 2011	ITA Fabio Capello	Football
16 December 2010	USA David Stern	Basketball
28 November 2010	ESP Fernando Alonso	F1
2 June 2010	USA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball
27 May 2010	ESP Edurne Pasaban	Mountaineering
16 March 2010	USA Muhammad Ali	Boxing
16 November 2009	ITA Paolo Maldini	Football
19 October 2009	BRA Kaká	Football
27 September 2009	ITA Luca Cordero di Montezemolo	Auto racing
31 August 2009	JAM Usain Bolt	Athletics
30 June 2009	ESP Federico Martín Bahamontes	Road bicycle racing
29 April 2009	ARG Lionel Messi	Football
3 March 2009	ESP Raúl González	Football
15 December 2008	ESP Rafael Nadal	Tennis
15 December 2008	ESP Juan Carlos I	Others
24 October 2008	ITA Valentino Rossi	Motorcycle sport
20 August 2008	USA Michael Phelps	Swimming
1 July 2008	ESP Luis Aragonés	Football
30 January 2008	FRA Zinedine Zidane	Football
5 December 2007	ESP Francisco Gento	Football
18 October 2007	SUI Roger Federer	Tennis
25 September 2006	ESP Pau Gasol	Basketball
7 July 2005	USA John McEnroe	Tennis
6 March 2005	UKR Sergey Bubka	Athletics
28 January 2005	ETH Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics
25 November 2004	ESP Manolo Santana	Tennis
18 October 2004	USA André Agassi	Tennis
4 March 2004	USA Lance Armstrong	Road bicycle racing
22 May 2002	CZE Martina Navratilova	Tennis
2 April 2002	USA Mark Spitz	Swimming
6 January 2002	USA Magic Johnson	Basketball
4 June 2001	ESP Juanito Oiarzabal	Mountaineering
1 March 2001	GER Michael Schumacher	Auto racing
26 July 2000	BEL Eddy Merckx	Road bicycle racing
7 May 2000	AUT Niki Lauda	Auto racing
26 December 1999	USA Carl Lewis	Athletics
11 November 1999	ESP Ángel Nieto	Motorcycle sport
5 October 1999	ARG Alfredo Di Stéfano	Football
1 October 1999	ARG Diego Armando Maradona	Football
21 September 1999	ESP Juan Antonio Samaranch	International Olympic Committee
21 June 1999	NED Johan Cruyff	Football
11 January 1999	ESP Seve Ballesteros	Golf
27 November 1998	USA Pete Sampras	Tennis
20 July 1998	ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Tennis
17 June 1998	ITA Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing
28 March 1998	ESP Carlos Sainz	Rallying
23 March 1998	ROM Nadia Comăneci	Artistic gymnastics
22 January 1998	ESP Manel Estiarte	Waterpolo
18 December 1997	RUS Gary Kasparov	Chess
11 December 1997	ESP Miguel Indurain	Road bicycle racing
27 November 1997	AUS Michael Doohan	Motorcycle sport
15 November 1997	BRA Pelé	Football
16 October 1997	USA Michael Jordan	Basketball

External links

• Marca - Official website (in Spanish)