Best European Goalkeeper

Best European Goalkeeper

List of Winners

* 1990- Italy - Walter Zenga
* 1991- Germany - Bodo Illgner
* 1992- Denmark - Peter Schmeichel
* 1993- Denmark - Peter Schmeichel
* 1994- Sweden - Thomas Ravelli
* 1995- Hollands- Edwin van der Sar
* 1996- Germany - Andreas Köpke
* 1997- Germany - Jens Lehmann
* 1998- Denmark - Peter Schmeichel
* 1999- Germany - Oliver Kahn
* 2000- France - Fabien Barthez
* 2001- Germany - Oliver Kahn
* 2002- Germany - Oliver Kahn
* 2003- Italy - Gianluigi Buffon
* 2004- Portugal - Vítor Baía
* 2005- Czech Rep - Petr Cech
* 2006- Germany - Jens Lehmann
* 2007- Czech Rep - Petr Cech
* 2008- Spain - Iker Casillas
* 2009- Hollands - Edwin van der Sar

BBC AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

BBC African Footballer of the Year

Winners

2008 - Mohamed Abou trika - Al-Ahly
2007 - Emmanuel Adebayor - Arsenal
2006 - Michael Essien - Chelsea
2005 - Mohamed Barakat - Al-Ahly
2004 - Jay-Jay Okocha - Bolton
2003 - Jay-Jay Okocha - Bolton
2002 - El Hadji Diouf - Lens / Flag of England Liverpool
2001 - Samuel Kuffour - Bayern Munich
2000 - Patrick Mboma - Cagliari / Parma
1999 - Nwankwo Kanu FC Arsenal
1998 - ? ? -
1997 - Emmanuel Amuneke - Sporting CP / FC Barcelona
1996 - ? ? -
1995 - ? ? -
1994 - ? ? -
1993 - Kalusha Bwalya - PSV Eindhoven
1992 - Abédi Pelé - Olympique de Marseille

CAF AWARDS

CAF Young Player of the Year

2008 - Salomon Kalou - Côte d'Ivoire - Chelsea F.C.
2007 - Clifford Mulenga - Zambia - pretoria University FC
2006 - Taye Taiwo - Nigeria - Olympique Marseille
2005 - John Obi Mikel - Nigeria - NorwayLyn Oslo
2004 - Obafemi Martins - Nigeria - Inter Milan
2003 - Obafemi Martins - Nigeria - Inter Milan
2002 - Mido - Egypt - AFC Ajax
2001 - Pedro Mantorras - Angola - Benfica



CAF Coach of the Year


2008 - Egypt Hassan Shehata - Egypt
2007 - Nigeria Yemi Tella - Nigeria U17
2006 - Portugal Manuel José - Al Ahly
2005 - Nigeria Stephen Keshi - Togo
2004 - Nigeria Okey Emordi - Enyimba
2003 - Nigeria Kadiri Ikhana - Enyimba
2002 - France Bruno Metsu - Senegal
2001 - Bruno Metsu - Senegal

African Inter-Club Team of the Year


2008 - Al-Ahly - Egypt
2007 - Etoile du Sahel - Tunisia
2006 - Al-Ahly - Egypt
2005 - Al-Ahly - Egypt
2004 - Enyimba - Nigeria
2003 - Enyimba - Nigeria
2002 - Zamalek - Egypt
2001 Kaizer Chiefs South Africa

African Inter-Club National Team of the Year

Year National Team
2008 - Egypt
2007 - Cote D'Ivoire
2006 - Ghana
2005 - Cote D'Ivoire
2004 - Tunisia

World Soccer (magazine) Football Award Winner

World Player of the Year

* 2008 - Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United (48%)

* 2007 - Brazil - Kaká, Milan (52%)

* 2006 - Italy- Fabio Cannavaro, Juventus & Real Madrid (40%)

* 2005 - Brazil- Ronaldinho, Barcelona (39%)

* 2004 - Brazil- Ronaldinho, Barcelona (29%)

* 2003 - Czech- Republic Pavel Nedvěd, Juventus (36%)

* 2002 - Brazil- Ronaldo, Internazionale & Real Madrid (26%)

* 2001 - England - Michael Owen, Liverpool (31%)

* 2000 - Portugal- Luís Figo, Barcelona & Real Madrid (26%)

* 1999 - Brazil- Rivaldo, Barcelona (42%)

* 1998 - France - Zinédine Zidane, Juventus (23%)

* 1997 - Brazil- Ronaldo, Barcelona & Internazionale (27%)

* 1996 - Brazil- Ronaldo, Barcelona (17%)

* 1995 - Italy- Gianluca Vialli, Juventus (18%)

* 1994 - Italy- Paolo Maldini, Milan (27%)

* 1993 - Italy -Roberto Baggio, Juventus (14%)

* 1992 - Netherland- Marco van Basten, Milan (19%)

* 1991 - France- Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille (25%)

* 1990 - Germany- Lothar Matthäus, Internazionale (22%)

* 1989 - Netherland- Ruud Gullit, Milan (24%)

* 1988 - Netherlands- Marco van Basten, Milan (43%)

* 1987 - Netherlands- Ruud Gullit, Milan (39%)

* 1986 - Argentina- Diego Maradona, Napoli (36%)

* 1985 - France- Michel Platini, Juventus (21%)

* 1984 - France- Michel Platini, Juventus (54%)

* 1983 - Brazil- Zico, Udinese (28%)

* 1982 - Italy- Paolo Rossi, Juventus (23%)



World Manager of the Year

* 2008 - Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (38%)

* 2007 - Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (56%)

* 2006 - Italy Marcello Lippi, Italy (36%)

* 2005 - Portugal José Mourinho, Chelsea (34%)

* 2004 - Portugal José Mourinho, Porto & Chelsea (36%)

* 2003 - Italy Carlo Ancelotti, Milan (20%)

* 2002 - Netherlands Guus Hiddink, South Korea & PSV (28%)

* 2001 - France Gérard Houllier, Liverpool (28%)

* 2000 - Italy Dino Zoff, Italy (18%)

* 1999 - Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (60%)

* 1998 - France Arsène Wenger, Arsenal (28%)

* 1997 - Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld, Borussia Dortmund (17%)

* 1996 - Germany Berti Vogts, Germany (28%)

* 1995 - Netherlands Louis van Gaal, Ajax (42%)

* 1994 - Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazil (17%)

* 1993 - Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United (21%)

* 1992 - Denmark Richard Møller-Nielsen, Denmark (28%)

* 1991 - France Michel Platini, France (42%)

* 1990 - Germany Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany & Marseille (53%)

* 1989 - Arrigo Sacchi, Milan (42%)

* 1988 - Netherlands Rinus Michels, Netherlands & Bayer Leverkusen (48%)

* 1987 - Netherlands Johan Cruijff, Ajax (25%)

* 1986 - Belgium Guy Thys, Belgium (15%)

* 1985 - England Terry Venables, Barcelona (30%)

* 1984 - France Michel Hidalgo, France (30%)

* 1983 - Germany Sepp Piontek, Denmark (29%)

* 1982 - Italy Enzo Bearzot, Italy (49%)


Young Player of the Year

* 2008 - Argentina Lionel Messi, Barcelona & Argentina (44%)

* 2007 - Argentina Lionel Messi, Barcelona (34%)

* 2006 - Argentina Lionel Messi, Barcelona (36%)

* 2005 - Brazil Robinho, Santos (30%)

Referee of the Year

* 2006 - Flag of Argentina Horacio Elizondo (39%)

* 2005 - Flag of Italy Pierluigi Collina (31%)

World Team of the Year

* 2008 - Spain Spain (41%)[1]

* 2007 - Iraq Iraq (22%)[2]

* 2006 - Spain Barcelona (42%)

* 2005 - England Liverpool (27%)

* 2004 - Greece (25%)

* 2003 - Italy Milan (23%)

* 2002 - Brazil (24%)

* 2001 - England Liverpool (26%)

* 2000 - France (33%)

* 1999 - England Manchester United (61%)

* 1998 - France (35%)

* 1997 - Germany Borussia Dortmund (20%)

* 1996 - Nigeria (31%)

* 1995 - Netherlands Ajax (50%)

* 1994 - Italy Milan (33%)

* 1993 - Italy Parma (24%)

* 1992 - Denmark (37%)

* 1991 - France (20%)

* 1990 - West Germany (28%)

* 1989 - Italy Milan (51%)

* 1988 - Netherlands (43%)

* 1987 - Portugal Porto (38%)

* 1986 - Argentina (15%)

* 1985 - England Everton (42%)

* 1984 - France (45%)

* 1983 - Germany Hamburg (29%)

* 1982 - Brazil (30%)

FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The FIFA World Player of the Year is an association football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. In a voting system based on positional voting, 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 male award has been criticized for focusing mainly on players from the UEFA Champions League and largely ignoring players from the South American Copa Libertadores, which has produced more world club champions than Europe. The international leagues of the remaining confederations are also completely ignored.

The award started in 1991 for men and 2001 for women. Since the award's inception, European-based Brazilian players have dominated the male awards, having won 8 out of 18 editions of the prize, far ahead of the top second country France, which has won it 3 times.

The award's youngest winner, male or female, is Ronaldo, who won at the age of 20 in 1996. He won it again in 1997 and 2002. Birgit Prinz and Marta are the only players to win three times in a row, while Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Mia Hamm have won twice in a row. Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Prinz, and Marta are the only three-time winners. The oldest winner is Fabio Cannavaro who won in 2006 at age 33. The oldest female winner is Hamm, who won in 2002 at age 30, and the youngest female winner is Marta, who won in 2006 at age 20 (seven months older than Ronaldo in 1996)


Winners

List of male winners
Year Player Nation Club
1991
1st Lothar Matthäus Germany Internazionale
2nd Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille
3rd Gary Lineker England Tottenham Hotspur

1992
1st Marco van Basten Netherlands Italy Milan
2nd Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria Spain Barcelona
3rd Thomas Häßler Germany Italy Roma

1993
1st Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus
2nd Romário Brazil Barcelona
3rd Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands

1994
1st Romário Brazil Barcelona
2nd Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria Barcelona
3rd Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus

1995
1st George Weah Liberia Milan
2nd Paolo Maldini Italy Milan
3rd Jürgen Klinsmann Germany Bayern Munich


1996
1st Ronaldo Brazil Barcelona
2nd George Weah Liberia Milan
3rd Alan Shearer England Newcastle United

1997
1st Ronaldo Brazil Internazionale
2nd Roberto Carlos Brazil Real Madrid
3rd (tie) Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands Arsenal
Zinedine Zidane France Juventus

1998
1st Zinedine Zidane France Juventus
2nd Ronaldo Brazil Internazionale
3rd Davor Šuker Croatia Real Madrid

1999
1st Rivaldo Brazil Flag of Spain Barcelona
2nd David Beckham England Flag of England Manchester United
3rd Gabriel Batistuta Argentina Flag of Italy Fiorentina

2000
1st Zinedine Zidane France Juventus
2nd Luís Figo Portugal Real Madrid
3rd Rivaldo Brazil Barcelona

2001
1st Luís Figo Portugal Real Madrid
2nd David Beckham England Manchester United
3rd Raúl Spain Real Madrid

2002
1st Ronaldo Brazil Real Madrid
2nd Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich
3rd Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid

2003
1st Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid
2nd Thierry Henry France Arsenal
3rd Ronaldo Brazil Real Madrid

2004
1st Ronaldinho Brazil Barcelona
2nd Thierry Henry France Arsenal
3rd Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Milan

2005
1st Ronaldinho Brazil Barcelona
2nd Frank Lampard England Chelsea
3rd Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Barcelona

2006
1st Fabio Cannavaro Spain Real Madrid
2nd Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid
3rd Ronaldinho Brazil Barcelona

2007
1st Kaká Brazil Milan
2nd Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
3rd Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United

2008
1st Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United
2nd Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
3rd Fernando Torres Spain Liverpool


List of female winners

Year Place Player Nationality Club

2001
1st Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom
2nd Tiffeny Milbrett United States New York Power
3rd Sun Wen China PR Atlanta Beat

2002
1st Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom
2nd Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
3rd Sun Wen China PR Atlanta Beat

2003
1st Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
2nd Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom
3rd Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Umeå IK

2004
1st Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
2nd Mia Hamm United States W. Freedom retired
3rd Marta Brazil Umeå IK

2005
1st Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
2nd Marta Brazil Umeå IK
3rd Shannon Boxx United States

2006
1st Marta Brazil Umeå IK
2nd Kristine Lilly United States KIF Örebro DFF
3rd Renate Lingor Germany FFC Frankfurt

2007
1st Marta Brazil Umeå IK
2nd Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
3rd Cristiane Brazil VfL Wolfsburg

2008
1st Marta Brazil Umeå IK
2nd Birgit Prinz Germany Frankfurt
3rd Cristiane Brazil Linköpings/Corinthians

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

UEFA CLUB FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

Best Goalkeeper

• 1997-98 Peter Schmeichel ( Manchester United)
• 1998-99 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 1999-00 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2000-01 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2001-02 Oliver Kahn ( Bayern Munich)
• 2002-03 Gianluigi Buffon ( Juventus)
• 2003-04 Vítor Baía ( Porto)
• 2004-05 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2005-06 Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal)
• 2006-07 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2007-08 Petr Čech ( Chelsea)
• 2008-09 Edwin van der Sar ( Manchester United)

Best Defender

• 1997-98 Fernando Hierro ( Real Madrid)
• 1998-99 Jaap Stam ( Manchester United)
• 1999-00 Jaap Stam ( Manchester United)
• 2000-01 Roberto Ayala ( Valencia)
• 2001-02 Roberto Carlos ( Real Madrid)
• 2002-03 Roberto Carlos ( Real Madrid)
• 2003-04 Ricardo Carvalho ( Porto)
• 2004-05 John Terry ( Chelsea)
• 2005-06 Carles Puyol ( Barcelona)
• 2006-07 Paolo Maldini ( Milan)
• 2007-08 John Terry ( Chelsea)
• 2008-09 John Terry ( Chelsea)

Best Midfielder

• 1997-98 Zinédine Zidane ( Juventus)
• 1998-99 David Beckham ( Manchester United)
• 1999-00 Gaizka Mendieta ( Valencia)
• 2000-01 Gaizka Mendieta ( Valencia)
• 2001-02 Michael Ballack ( Bayer Leverkusen)
• 2002-03 Pavel Nedvěd ( Juventus)
• 2003-04 Deco ( Porto)
• 2004-05 Kaká ( Milan)
• 2005-06 Deco ( Barcelona)
• 2006-07 Clarence Seedorf ( Milan)
• 2007-08 Frank Lampard ( Chelsea)
• 2008-09 Xavi Hernández ( Barcelona)

Best Forward

• 1997-98 Ronaldo (Internazionale)
• 1998-99 Andriy Shevchenko ( Dynamo Kyiv)
• 1999-00 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2000-01 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2001-02 Raúl ( Real Madrid)
• 2002-03 Ruud van Nistelrooy ( Manchester United)
• 2003-04 Fernando Morientes ( AS Monaco)
• 2004-05 Ronaldinho ( Barcelona)
• 2005-06 Samuel Eto'o ( Barcelona)
• 2006-07 Kaká ( Milan)
• 2007-08 Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
• 2008-09 Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)

Coach(es) of the Year

Year		Coach		Club
1997–98		Marcello Lippi		Juventus
1998–99		Alex Ferguson		Manchester United
1999–2000		Héctor Cúper		Valencia
2000–01		Ottmar Hitzfeld		Bayern Munich
2001–02		Vicente del Bosque		Real Madrid
2002–03		Carlo Ancelotti José Mourinho		Milan Porto
2003–04		José Mourinho Rafael Benítez		Porto Valencia
2004–05		Rafael Benítez Valery Gazzaev		Liverpool CSKA Moscow
2005–06		Frank Rijkaard Juande Ramos		Barcelona Sevilla