This article is about the men's player of the year award from 1991–2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001–2015. For the men's player of the year award from 2010–2015, 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, parallels 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of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d'Or awards.[5][6] Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Player awards.[7]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]
^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.
References
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^"FIFA Awards". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^"Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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This article is about the men s player of the year award from 1991 2009 and the women s player of the year award from 2001 2015 For the men s player of the year award from 2010 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 parallels 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 Ronaldo left and Zinedine Zidane right each won the award three times Year Rank Player Team Points1991 1st Lothar Matthaus Inter Milan 1282nd Jean Pierre Papin Marseille 1133rd Gary Lineker Tottenham Hotspur 401992 1st Marco van Basten Milan 1662nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona 883rd Thomas Hassler Roma 611993 1st Roberto Baggio Juventus 1522nd Romario note 1 Barcelona 843rd Dennis Bergkamp note 2 Inter Milan 581994 1st Romario Barcelona 3462nd Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona 1003rd Roberto Baggio Juventus 801995 1st George Weah note 3 Milan 1702nd Paolo Maldini Milan 803rd Jurgen Klinsmann note 4 Bayern Munich 581996 1st Ronaldo note 5 Barcelona 3292nd George Weah Milan 1403rd Alan Shearer note 6 Newcastle United 1231997 1st Ronaldo note 7 Inter Milan 4802nd Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 853rd Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal 62 Zinedine Zidane Juventus1998 1st Zinedine Zidane Juventus 5182nd Ronaldo Inter Milan 1643rd Davor Suker Real Madrid 1081999 1st Rivaldo Barcelona 5432nd David Beckham Manchester United 1943rd Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina 792000 1st Zinedine Zidane Juventus 3702nd Luis Figo note 8 Real Madrid 3293rd Rivaldo Barcelona 2632001 1st Luis Figo Real Madrid 2502nd David Beckham Manchester United 2383rd Raul Real Madrid 962002 1st Ronaldo note 9 Real Madrid 3872nd Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich 1713rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 1482003 1st Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 2642nd Thierry Henry Arsenal 2003rd Ronaldo Real Madrid 1762004 1st Ronaldinho Barcelona 6202nd Thierry Henry Arsenal 5523rd Andriy Shevchenko Milan 2532005 1st Ronaldinho Barcelona 9562nd Frank Lampard Chelsea 3063rd Samuel Eto o Barcelona 1902006 1st Fabio Cannavaro note 10 Real Madrid 4982nd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 4543rd Ronaldinho Barcelona 3802007 1st Kaka Milan 1 0472nd Lionel Messi Barcelona 5043rd Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 4262008 1st Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 9352nd Lionel Messi Barcelona 6783rd Fernando Torres Liverpool 2032009 1st Lionel Messi Barcelona 1 0732nd Cristiano Ronaldo note 11 Real Madrid 3523rd Xavi 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 Wins by player Edit Player Winner Runner up Third place Zinedine Zidane 3 1998 2000 2003 1 2006 2 1997 2002 Ronaldo 3 1996 1997 2002 1 1998 1 2003 Ronaldinho 2 2004 2005 1 2006 Lionel Messi 1 2009 2 2007 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo 1 2008 1 2009 1 2007 Luis Figo 1 2001 1 2000 Romario 1 1994 1 1993 George Weah 1 1995 1 1996 Roberto Baggio 1 1993 1 1994 Rivaldo 1 1999 1 2000 Lothar Matthaus 1 1991 Marco van Basten 1 1992 Fabio Cannavaro 1 2006 Kaka 1 2007 Wins by country Edit Country Players Total Brazil 5 8 Italy 2 2 Portugal 2 2 France 1 3 Germany 1 1 Netherlands 1 1 Liberia 1 1 Argentina 1 1Wins by club Edit Club Players Total Barcelona 5 6 Real Madrid 4 4 Milan 3 3 Juventus 2 3 Inter Milan 2 2 Manchester United 1 1FIFA Women s World Player of the Year EditYear Rank Player Team Points2001 1st Mia Hamm Washington Freedom 1542nd Sun Wen Atlanta Beat 793rd Tiffeny Milbrett New York Power 472002 1st Mia Hamm Washington Freedom 1612nd Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt Carolina Courage 963rd Sun Wen Atlanta Beat Shanghai SVA 582003 1st Birgit Prinz Carolina Courage 1 FFC Frankfurt 2682nd Mia Hamm Washington Freedom 1333rd Hanna Ljungberg Umea IK 842004 1st Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 3762nd Mia Hamm Washington Freedom 2863rd Marta Santa Cruz Umea IK 2812005 1st Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 5132nd Marta Umea IK 4293rd Shannon Boxx Ajax America Women 2352006 1st Marta Umea IK 4752nd Kristine Lilly KIF Orebro DFF 3883rd Renate Lingor 1 FFC Frankfurt 3052007 1st Marta Umea IK 9882nd Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 5073rd Cristiane VfL Wolfsburg 1502008 1st Marta Umea IK 1 0022nd Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 3283rd Cristiane note 12 Corinthians 2752009 1st Marta note 13 Santos 8332nd Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 2903rd Kelly Smith note 14 Boston Breakers 2522010 1st Marta FC Gold Pride 38 20 2nd Birgit Prinz 1 FFC Frankfurt 15 18 3rd Fatmire Bajramaj 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam 9 96 2011 1st Homare Sawa INAC Kobe Leonessa 28 51 2nd Marta note 15 Western New York Flash 17 28 3rd Abby Wambach magicJack 13 26 2012 1st Abby Wambach Unattached 20 67 2nd Marta Tyreso FF 13 50 3rd Alex Morgan Seattle Sounders 10 87 2013 1st Nadine Angerer note 16 Brisbane Roar 18 85 2nd Abby Wambach Western New York Flash 15 02 3rd Marta Tyreso FF 14 02 2014 1st Nadine Kessler VfL Wolfsburg 17 52 2nd Marta note 17 FC Rosengard 14 16 3rd Abby Wambach Western New York Flash 13 33 2015 1st Carli Lloyd Houston Dash 35 28 2nd Celia Sasic 1 FFC Frankfurt 12 60 3rd Aya Miyama Okayama Yunogo Belle 9 88 Source 1 In 2016 FIFA created The Best FIFA Women s Player award instead Wins by player Edit Player 1st 2nd 3rd Marta 5 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 2005 2011 2012 2014 2 2004 2013 Birgit Prinz 3 2003 2004 2005 5 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 Mia Hamm 2 2001 2002 2 2003 2004 Abby Wambach 1 2012 1 2013 2 2011 2014 Homare Sawa 1 2011 Nadine Angerer 1 2013 Nadine Kessler 1 2014 Carli Lloyd 1 2015 Wins by country Edit Country Players Total Germany 3 5 Brazil 1 5 United States 3 4 Japan 1 1Wins by club Edit Club Players Total 1 FFC Frankfurt 1 3 Umea IK 1 3 Washington Freedom 1 2 Santos 1 1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 1 1 Brisbane Roar 1 1 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 Houston Dash 1 1See also Edit Women s association football portalList of sports awards honoring women Ballon d Or FIFA Ballon d Or The Best FIFA Football Awards FIFPro World11Notes 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 FACTSheet FIFA awards PDF FIFA Archived from the original PDF on 22 January 2016 Retrieved 19 January 2016 FIFA Awards RSSSF com Retrieved 1 April 2013 Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football BBC Sport Retrieved 17 November 2013 Cannavaro discusses highs and lows Football Federation Australia Archived from the original on 16 December 2013 Retrieved 18 November 2013 The FIFA Ballon d Or is born FIFA com Archived from the original on 8 July 2010 Retrieved 12 January 2016 FIFA Ballon d Or World Player of the Year Award History FIFA com Archived from the original on 5 November 2014 Retrieved 12 January 2016 The birth of The 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