This article is about the men's player of the year award from 1991 to 2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001 to 2015. For the men's player of the year award from 2010 to 2015, see FIFA Ballon d'Or. For the men's award since 2016, see The Best FIFA Men's Player. For the women's award since 2016, see The Best FIFA Women's Player.
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.
FIFA World Player of the Year
Ronaldo, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.
Originally a single award for the world's best men's player, parallel awards for men and women were awarded from 2001 to 2009. The men's award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015. After 2015 both men's and women's awards became part of The Best FIFA Football Awards.
During the men's era, Brazilian players won 8 out of 19 years, compared to three wins – the second most – for French players. In terms of individual players, Brazil again led with five, followed by Italy and Portugal with two each.[1][2] The youngest winner was Ronaldo, who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was Fabio Cannavaro, who won aged 33 in 2006.[3][4] Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the FIFA Ballon d'Or, following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d'Or awards.[5][6] Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Player awards.[7]
Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. Marta, the youngest recipient at age 20 in 2006, has won five successive awards, the most of any player. Birgit Prinz won three times in a row and Mia Hamm won twice in a row. The oldest winner is Nadine Angerer, who was 35 when she won in 2013; she is also the only goalkeeper of either sex to win.
The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.[8] In a voting system based on positional voting, each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points. Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years, FIFA has since 2004 provided shortlists from which its voters can select their choices.[9]
A single article from the Portuguese magazine A Bola reporting about the 1992 award mentions the former award winners Lothar Matthäus in 1991, but also Diego Maradona in 1990. There is no other evidence of the award being presented by FIFA prior to 1991.[10]
^Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993.
^Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from Ajax midway through 1993.
^Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995.
^Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.
^Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.
^Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996.
^Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997.
^Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.
^Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002.
^Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.
^Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.
^Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008.
^Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009.
^Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009.
^Marta was signed by Western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011.
^Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1. FFC Frankfurt midway through 2013.
^Marta was signed by FC Rosengård from Tyresö FF midway through 2014.
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This article is about the men s player of the year award from 1991 to 2009 and the women s player of the year award from 2001 to 2015 For the men s player of the year award from 2010 to 2015 see FIFA Ballon d Or For the men s award since 2016 see The Best FIFA Men s Player For the women s award since 2016 see The Best FIFA Women s Player The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport s governing body FIFA between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year FIFA World Player of the YearRonaldo the youngest recipient of the award aged 20 won it three times Presented byFIFAFirst awarded1991Last awarded2009Most awardsZinedine Zidane Ronaldo 3 awards each Websitefifa comRelatedFIFA Ballon d OrThe Best FIFA Men s PlayerFIFA Women s World Player of the YearMarta the youngest recipient of the award aged 20 won it five times Presented byFIFAFirst awarded2001Last awarded2015Most awardsMarta 5 awards Websitefifa comRelatedThe Best FIFA Women s PlayerOriginally a single award for the world s best men s player parallel awards for men and women were awarded from 2001 to 2009 The men s award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d Or in 2010 while the women s award remained until 2015 After 2015 both men s and women s awards became part of The Best FIFA Football Awards During the men s era Brazilian players won 8 out of 19 years compared to three wins the second most for French players In terms of individual players Brazil again led with five followed by Italy and Portugal with two each 1 2 The youngest winner was Ronaldo who won at 20 years old in 1996 and the oldest winner was Fabio Cannavaro who won aged 33 in 2006 3 4 Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane each won the award three times while Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years From 2010 to 2015 the equivalent men s award was the FIFA Ballon d Or following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d Or awards 5 6 Since 2016 the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men s Player and The Best FIFA Women s Player awards 7 Eight women s footballers three Germans three Americans one Brazilian and one Japanese have won the award Marta the youngest recipient at age 20 in 2006 has won five successive awards the most of any player Birgit Prinz won three times in a row and Mia Hamm won twice in a row The oldest winner is Nadine Angerer who was 35 when she won in 2013 she is also the only goalkeeper of either sex to win Contents 1 Voting and selection process 2 FIFA World Player of the Year 2 1 Wins by player 2 2 Wins by country 2 3 Wins by club 3 FIFA Women s World Player of the Year 3 1 Wins by player 3 2 Wins by country 3 3 Wins by club 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesVoting and selection process editThe winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA 8 In a voting system based on positional voting each voter is allotted three votes worth five points three points and one point and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years FIFA has since 2004 provided shortlists from which its voters can select their choices 9 FIFA World Player of the Year edit nbsp nbsp Ronaldo left and Zinedine Zidane right each won the award three times Year Rank Player Team Points1991 1st nbsp Lothar Matthaus nbsp Inter Milan 1282nd nbsp Jean Pierre Papin nbsp Marseille 1133rd nbsp Gary Lineker nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 401992 1st nbsp Marco van Basten nbsp Milan 1662nd nbsp Hristo Stoichkov nbsp Barcelona 883rd nbsp Thomas Hassler nbsp Roma 611993 1st nbsp Roberto Baggio nbsp Juventus 1522nd nbsp Romario note 1 nbsp Barcelona 843rd nbsp Dennis Bergkamp note 2 nbsp Inter Milan 581994 1st nbsp Romario nbsp Barcelona 3462nd nbsp Hristo Stoichkov nbsp Barcelona 1003rd nbsp Roberto Baggio nbsp Juventus 801995 1st nbsp George Weah note 3 nbsp Milan 1702nd nbsp Paolo Maldini nbsp Milan 803rd nbsp Jurgen Klinsmann note 4 nbsp Bayern Munich 581996 1st nbsp Ronaldo note 5 nbsp Barcelona 3292nd nbsp George Weah nbsp Milan 1403rd nbsp Alan Shearer note 6 nbsp Newcastle United 1231997 1st nbsp Ronaldo note 7 nbsp Inter Milan 4802nd nbsp Roberto Carlos nbsp Real Madrid 853rd nbsp Dennis Bergkamp nbsp Arsenal 62 nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus1998 1st nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus 5182nd nbsp Ronaldo nbsp Inter Milan 1643rd nbsp Davor Suker nbsp Real Madrid 1081999 1st nbsp Rivaldo nbsp Barcelona 5432nd nbsp David Beckham nbsp Manchester United 1943rd nbsp Gabriel Batistuta nbsp Fiorentina 792000 1st nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus 3702nd nbsp Luis Figo note 8 nbsp Real Madrid 3293rd nbsp Rivaldo nbsp Barcelona 2632001 1st nbsp Luis Figo nbsp Real Madrid 2502nd nbsp David Beckham nbsp Manchester United 2383rd nbsp Raul nbsp Real Madrid 962002 1st nbsp Ronaldo note 9 nbsp Real Madrid 3872nd nbsp Oliver Kahn nbsp Bayern Munich 1713rd nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Real Madrid 1482003 1st nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Real Madrid 2642nd nbsp Thierry Henry nbsp Arsenal 2003rd nbsp Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 1762004 1st nbsp Ronaldinho nbsp Barcelona 6202nd nbsp Thierry Henry nbsp Arsenal 5523rd nbsp Andriy Shevchenko nbsp Milan 2532005 1st nbsp Ronaldinho nbsp Barcelona 9562nd nbsp Frank Lampard nbsp Chelsea 3063rd nbsp Samuel Eto o nbsp Barcelona 1902006 1st nbsp Fabio Cannavaro note 10 nbsp Real Madrid 4982nd nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Real Madrid 4543rd nbsp Ronaldinho nbsp Barcelona 3802007 1st nbsp Kaka nbsp Milan 1 0472nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 5043rd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Manchester United 4262008 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Manchester United 9352nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 6783rd nbsp Fernando Torres nbsp Liverpool 2032009 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 1 0732nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo note 11 nbsp Real Madrid 3523rd nbsp Xavi nbsp Barcelona 196Source 1 From 2010 to 2015 the award was merged with the Ballon d Or to become the FIFA Ballon d Or in a six year partnership with France Football In 2016 FIFA rebranded the award as The Best FIFA Men s Player A single article from the Portuguese magazine A Bola reporting about the 1992 award mentions the former award winners Lothar Matthaus in 1991 but also Diego Maradona in 1990 There is no other evidence of the award being presented by FIFA prior to 1991 10 Wins by player edit Player Winner Runner up Third place nbsp Zinedine Zidane 3 1998 2000 2003 1 2006 2 1997 2002 nbsp Ronaldo 3 1996 1997 2002 1 1998 1 2003 nbsp Ronaldinho 2 2004 2005 1 2006 nbsp Lionel Messi 1 2009 2 2007 2008 nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo 1 2008 1 2009 1 2007 nbsp Luis Figo 1 2001 1 2000 nbsp Romario 1 1994 1 1993 nbsp George Weah 1 1995 1 1996 nbsp Roberto Baggio 1 1993 1 1994 nbsp Rivaldo 1 1999 1 2000 nbsp Lothar Matthaus 1 1991 nbsp Marco van Basten 1 1992 nbsp Fabio Cannavaro 1 2006 nbsp Kaka 1 2007 Wins by country edit Country Players Total nbsp Brazil 5 8 nbsp Italy 2 2 nbsp Portugal 2 2 nbsp France 1 3 nbsp Germany 1 1 nbsp Netherlands 1 1 nbsp Liberia 1 1 nbsp Argentina 1 1Wins by club edit Club Players Total nbsp Barcelona 5 6 nbsp Real Madrid 4 4 nbsp Milan 3 3 nbsp Juventus 2 3 nbsp Inter Milan 2 2 nbsp Manchester United 1 1FIFA Women s World Player of the Year editYear Rank Player Team Points2001 1st nbsp Mia Hamm nbsp Washington Freedom 1542nd nbsp Sun Wen nbsp Atlanta Beat 793rd nbsp Tiffeny Milbrett nbsp New York Power 472002 1st nbsp Mia Hamm nbsp Washington Freedom 1612nd nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt nbsp Carolina Courage 963rd nbsp Sun Wen nbsp Atlanta Beat nbsp Shanghai SVA 582003 1st nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp Carolina Courage nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 2682nd nbsp Mia Hamm nbsp Washington Freedom 1333rd nbsp Hanna Ljungberg nbsp Umea IK 842004 1st nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 3762nd nbsp Mia Hamm nbsp Washington Freedom 2863rd nbsp Marta nbsp Santa Cruz nbsp Umea IK 2812005 1st nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 5132nd nbsp Marta nbsp Umea IK 4293rd nbsp Shannon Boxx nbsp Ajax America Women 2352006 1st nbsp Marta nbsp Umea IK 4752nd nbsp Kristine Lilly nbsp KIF Orebro DFF 3883rd nbsp Renate Lingor nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 3052007 1st nbsp Marta nbsp Umea IK 9882nd nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 5073rd nbsp Cristiane nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 1502008 1st nbsp Marta nbsp Umea IK 1 0022nd nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 3283rd nbsp Cristiane note 12 nbsp Corinthians 2752009 1st nbsp Marta note 13 nbsp Santos 8332nd nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 2903rd nbsp Kelly Smith note 14 nbsp Boston Breakers 2522010 1st nbsp Marta nbsp FC Gold Pride 38 20 2nd nbsp Birgit Prinz nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 15 18 3rd nbsp Fatmire Bajramaj nbsp 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam 9 96 2011 1st nbsp Homare Sawa nbsp INAC Kobe Leonessa 28 51 2nd nbsp Marta note 15 nbsp Western New York Flash 17 28 3rd nbsp Abby Wambach nbsp magicJack 13 26 2012 1st nbsp Abby Wambach Unattached 20 67 2nd nbsp Marta nbsp Tyreso FF 13 50 3rd nbsp Alex Morgan nbsp Seattle Sounders 10 87 2013 1st nbsp Nadine Angerer note 16 nbsp Brisbane Roar 18 85 2nd nbsp Abby Wambach nbsp Western New York Flash 15 02 3rd nbsp Marta nbsp Tyreso FF 14 02 2014 1st nbsp Nadine Kessler nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 17 52 2nd nbsp Marta note 17 nbsp FC Rosengard 14 16 3rd nbsp Abby Wambach nbsp Western New York Flash 13 33 2015 1st nbsp Carli Lloyd nbsp Houston Dash 35 28 2nd nbsp Celia Sasic nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 12 60 3rd nbsp Aya Miyama nbsp Okayama Yunogo Belle 9 88 nbsp Birgit Prinz won the award three times Source 1 In 2016 FIFA created The Best FIFA Women s Player award instead Wins by player edit Player 1st 2nd 3rd nbsp Marta 5 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 2005 2011 2012 2014 2 2004 2013 nbsp Birgit Prinz 3 2003 2004 2005 5 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 nbsp Mia Hamm 2 2001 2002 2 2003 2004 nbsp Abby Wambach 1 2012 1 2013 2 2011 2014 nbsp Homare Sawa 1 2011 nbsp Nadine Angerer 1 2013 nbsp Nadine Kessler 1 2014 nbsp Carli Lloyd 1 2015 Wins by country edit Country Players Total nbsp Germany 3 5 nbsp Brazil 1 5 nbsp United States 3 4 nbsp Japan 1 1Wins by club edit Club Players Total nbsp 1 FFC Frankfurt 1 3 nbsp Umea IK 1 3 nbsp Washington Freedom 1 2 nbsp Santos 1 1 nbsp INAC Kobe Leonessa 1 1 nbsp Brisbane Roar 1 1 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 nbsp Houston Dash 1 1See also edit nbsp Women s association football portalList of sports awards honoring women Ballon d Or FIFA Ballon d Or The Best FIFA Football Awards FIFA 70th anniversary retrospective awards FIFPRO World 11Notes edit Romario was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993 Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from Ajax midway through 1993 Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint Germain midway through 1995 Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995 Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996 Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996 Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997 Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000 Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002 Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006 Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009 Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linkopings F C midway through 2008 Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009 Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009 Marta was signed by Western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011 Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1 FFC Frankfurt midway through 2013 Marta was signed by FC Rosengard from Tyreso FF midway through 2014 References edit a b c 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