Players, Teams And Managers Awards
FIFA World Player of the Year Award
 A Brief History Of FIFA World Player of the Year Award The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches of international teams. In a voting system based on a type of a Borda count, each coach gets three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the winners are ordered based on total number of points. The first award started in 1991. Following criticism from some sections of the media over questionable nominations in previous years in 2004 FIFA drew up a shortlist of 35, from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from FIFPro could vote. |
Previous Winners Of FIFA World Player of the Year Award Year 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Player 1st - Kaká 2nd - Lionel Messi 3rd - Cristiano Ronaldo 1st - Fabio Cannavaro 2nd - Zinedine Zidane 3rd - Ronaldinho 1st - Ronaldinho 2nd - Frank Lampard 3rd - Samuel Eto'o 1st - Ronaldinho 2nd - Thierry Henry 3rd - Andriy Shevchenko 1st - Zinedine Zidane 2nd - Thierry Henry 3rd - Ronaldo 1st - Ronaldo 2nd - Oliver Kahn 3rd - Zinedine Zidane 1st - Luis Figo 2nd - David Beckham 3rd - Raúl 1st - Zinedine Zidane 2nd - Luis Figo 3rd - Rivaldo 1st - Rivaldo 2nd - David Beckham 3rd - Gabriel Batistuta 1st - Zinedine Zidane 2nd - Ronaldo 3rd - Davor Suker 1st - Ronaldo 2nd - Roberto Carlos 3rd - Dennis Bergkamp 3rd - Zinedine Zidane 1st - Ronaldo 2nd - George Weah 3rd - Alan Shearer 1st - George Weah 2nd - Paolo Maldini 3rd - Jürgen Klinsmann 1st - Romario 2nd - Hristo Stoitchkov 3rd - Roberto Baggio 1st - Roberto Baggio 2nd - Romario 3rd - Dennis Bergkamp 1st - Marco van Basten 2nd - Hristo Stoitchkov 3rd - Thomas Hässler 1st - Lothar Matthäus 2nd - Jean-Pierre Papin 3rd - Gary Lineker Club AC Milan Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Real Madrid Real Madrid Real Madrid Real Madrid Barcelona Juventus Inter Milan Barcelona AC Milan Barcelona Juventus AC Milan Inter Milan Nationality Brazil Italy Brazil Brazil France Brazil Portugal France Brazil France Brazil Brazil Liberia Brazil Italy Holland Germany |
