Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

UEFA CLUB FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

Best Goalkeeper

Best Defender

Best Midfielder

Best Forward

Coach(es) of the Year

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