2002 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo for a record-breaking third time. It was the award's 12th edition. Mia Hamm won the women's award. The gala was hosted at the Congress Centre in Madrid, on December 17, 2002. 147 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 77 for the women's. The ceremony theme was Real Madrid's Centenary Charity match against the World XI (3-3) that was played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in front of 55,000 spectators. ^[1]

Results

Men

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Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Ronaldo	Inter Milan   Real Madrid	Brazil	387
2	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	Germany	171
3	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	France	148
4	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid	Brazil	114
5	Rivaldo	Barcelona   Milan	Brazil	92
6	Raúl	Real Madrid	Spain	90
7	Michael Ballack	Bayer Leverkusen   Bayern Munich	Germany	82
8	David Beckham	Manchester United	England	51
9	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	France	38
10	Michael Owen	Liverpool	England	34

Women

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Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Mia Hamm	Washington Freedom	161
2	Birgit Prinz	FFC Frankfurt   Carolina Courage	96
3	Sun Wen	Atlanta Beat   Shanghai SVA	58
4	Tiffeny Milbrett	New York Power	45
5	Marinette Pichon	Saint-Memmie Olympique   Philadelphia Charge	42
6	Christine Sinclair	Vancouver Whitecaps	38
7	Steffi Jones	Washington Freedom	19
8	Hege Riise	Carolina Courage	17
9	Sissi	San Jose CyberRays	14
10	Bai Jie	Washington Freedom	13
11	Hanna Ljungberg	Umeå IK	11
12=	Kristine Lilly	Boston Breakers	10
12=	Katia	San Jose CyberRays	10

References

1. "2003 edition". teamstoendpoverty. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
2. "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.