FIFA World Player

O FIFA World Player of the Year (Xogador mundial do ano) é un premio futbolístico outorgado anualmente ós xogadores e xogadoras considerados coma os mellores do mundo, segundo os votos dos adestradores e os capitáns das seleccións nacionais.

Nominación e Proceso de selección

Following criticism from some sections of the media over questionable nominations in previous years, in 2004 FIFA drew up a shortlist of 35 men and 21 women from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from FIFPro (the worldwide representative organization for professional players) could vote [1].

Another criticism brought up against the men's nominations is that no player in activity outside of Europe has ever been nominated for the award. Although players from several nationalities, of three continents, have been nominated and won the award, they were all playing for European clubs at the time of their nomination or victory. It has been suggested that players active even in the more prestigious Leagues in Latin America (such as the Argentine, the Brazilian or the Mexican Leagues), are generally overlooked for the award. Others have noted that because of the money involved almost all of the world's best players play in European leagues by the time they mature as players.

La Liga players have won the men's award 5 years running.

Fabio Cannavaro, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho have been named on the three-man shortlist for the 2006 World Player of the Year award for men. [2] The shortlist for the women's World Player of the Year award consists of Kristine Lilly (USA), Renate Lingor (Modelo:Wnft) and Marta (Modelo:Wnft).

The final decision will be made on Monday December 18th in Zurich.

Gañadores

List of male winners

Ano	Posto	Xogador	Nacionalidade	Clube	Posición
2005 Details	1st	Ronaldinho	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Midfield
	2nd	Frank Lampard	Inglaterra	Chelsea	Midfield
	3rd	Samuel Eto'o	Camerún	FC Barcelona	Striker
2004 Details	1st	Ronaldinho	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Midfield
	2nd	Thierry Henry	Francia	Arsenal	Striker
	3rd	Andriy Shevchenko	Ucraína	A.C. Milan	Striker
2003 Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Francia	Real Madrid	Midfield
	2nd	Thierry Henry	Francia	Arsenal	Striker
	3rd	Ronaldo	Brasil	Real Madrid	Striker
2002 Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brasil	Real Madrid	Striker
	2nd	Oliver Kahn	Alemaña	Bayern Munich	Goalkeeper
	3rd	Zinedine Zidane	Francia	Real Madrid	Midfield
2001 Details	1st	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid	Midfield
	2nd	David Beckham	Inglaterra	Manchester United	Midfield
	3rd	Raúl	España	Real Madrid	Striker
2000 Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Francia	Juventus F.C.	Midfield
	2nd	Luís Figo	Portugal	FC Barcelona Real Madrid	Midfield
	3rd	Rivaldo	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Midfield
1999 Details	1st	Rivaldo	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Midfield
	2nd	David Beckham	Inglaterra	Manchester United	Midfield
	3rd	Gabriel Batistuta	Arxentina	AC Fiorentina	Striker
1998 Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Francia	Juventus F.C.	Midfield
	2nd	Ronaldo	Brasil	F.C. Internazionale	Striker
	3rd	Davor Šuker	Croacia	Real Madrid	Striker
1997 Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Striker
	2nd	Roberto Carlos	Brasil	Real Madrid	Defender
	3rd (tie)	Dennis Bergkamp	Países Baixos	Arsenal	Striker
		Zinedine Zidane	Francia	Juventus F.C.	Midfield
1996 Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Striker
	2nd	George Weah	Liberia	A.C. Milan	Striker
	3rd	Alan Shearer	Inglaterra	Blackburn Newcastle United	Striker
1995 Details	1st	George Weah	Liberia	A.C. Milan	Striker
	2nd	Paolo Maldini	Italia	A.C. Milan	Defender
	3rd	Jürgen Klinsmann	Alemaña	Tottenham Hotspur Bayern Munich	Striker
1994 Details	1st	Romário	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Striker
	2nd	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona	Striker
	3rd	Roberto Baggio	Italia	Juventus F.C.	Striker
1993 Details	1st	Roberto Baggio	Italia	Juventus F.C.	Striker
	2nd	Romário	Brasil	FC Barcelona	Striker
	3rd	Dennis Bergkamp	Países Baixos	Ajax Amsterdam F.C. Internazionale	Striker
1992 Details	1st	Marco van Basten	Países Baixos	A.C. Milan	Striker
	2nd	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona	Striker
	3rd	Thomas Häßler	Alemaña	AS Roma	Midfield
1991 Details	1st	Lothar Matthäus	Alemaña	F.C. Internazionale	Midfield
	2nd	Jean-Pierre Papin	Francia	Olympique Marseille	Striker
	3rd	Gary Lineker	Inglaterra	Tottenham Hotspur	Striker

Premios por país

Table of winners categorised by the player's nationality (not the nationality of his club).

	País	Primeiro posto	Segundo posto	Terceiro posto
1	Brasil	7 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005)	3 (1993, 1997,1998)	2 (2000, 2003)
2	Francia	3 (1998, 2000, 2003)	3 (1991, 2003,2004)	2 (1997*, 2002)
3	Alemaña	1 (1991)	1 (2002)	2 (1992, 1995)
4	Italia	1 (1993)	1 (1995)	1 (1994)
5	Portugal	1 (2001)	1 (2000)	0
	Liberia	1 (1995)	1 (1996)	0
7	Países Baixos	1 (1992)	0	2 (1993, 1997*)
8	Inglaterra	0	3 (1999, 2001,2005)	2 (1991, 1996)
9	Bulgaria	0	2 (1992, 1994)	0
10	Croacia	0	0	1 (1998)
	Arxentina	0	0	1 (1999)
	Modelo:SPAf	0	0	1 (2001)
	Ucraína	0	0	1 (2004)
	Camerún	0	0	1 (2005)

• *Tied

List of female winners

Year	Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Position
2005 Details	1st	Birgit Prinz	Modelo:GERwf	1. FFC Frankfurt	Striker
	2nd	Marta	Modelo:BRAwf	Umeå IK	Midfield
	3rd	Shannon Boxx	Modelo:USAwf		Midfield
2004 Details	1st	Birgit Prinz	Modelo:GERwf	1. FFC Frankfurt	Striker
	2nd	Mia Hamm	Modelo:USAwf		Striker
	3rd	Marta	Modelo:BRAwf	Umeå IK	Midfield
2003 Details	1st	Birgit Prinz	Modelo:GERwf	1. FFC Frankfurt	Striker
	2nd	Mia Hamm	Modelo:USAwf	Washington Freedom	Striker
	3rd	Hanna Ljungberg	Modelo:SWEwf	Umeå IK	Striker
2002 Details	1st	Mia Hamm	Modelo:USAwf	Washington Freedom	Striker
	2nd	Birgit Prinz	Modelo:GERwf	1. FFC Frankfurt	Striker
	3rd	Sun Wen	Modelo:CHNwf	Atlanta Beat	Striker
2001 Details	1st	Mia Hamm	Modelo:USAwf	Washington Freedom	Striker
	2nd	Tiffeny Milbrett	Modelo:USAwf	New York Power	Striker
	3rd	Sun Wen	Modelo:CHNwf	Atlanta Beat	Striker

Premios por País

Table of winners categorised by the player's nationality (not the nationality of her club).

	Country	First place	Second place	Third place
1	Modelo:GERwf	3 (2003, 2004, 2005)	1 (2002)	0
2	Modelo:USAwf	2 (2001, 2002)	3 (2001, 2003, 2004)	1 (2005)
3	Modelo:BRAwf	0	1 (2005)	1 (2004)
4	Modelo:CHNwf	0	0	2 (2001, 2002)
5	Modelo:SWEwf	0	0	1 (2003)