Association football award
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the fun ‘s governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015. Coaches and captains of external teams and media representatives selected the actor they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year. in the first place a single award for the world ‘s best men ‘s musician, 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 separate of The Best FIFA Football Awards. During the men ‘s earned run average, 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 entirely players to win in consecutive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men ‘s prize was the FIFA Ballon d’Or, following a unify 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 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men ‘s Player and The Best FIFA Women ‘s Player awards.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 role at age 20 in 2006, has won five consecutive awards, the most of any player. Birgit Prinz won three times in a row and Mia Hamm won twice in a row. The oldest achiever is Nadine Angerer, who was 35 when she won in 2013 ; she is besides the only goalkeeper of either sex to win .

vote and selection process [edit ]

The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams vitamin a well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA. [ 8 ] In a vote system based on positional vote, each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one orient, and the three finalists are ordered based on full 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 ]

reservoir : [ 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 ]

Wins by area [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

1

Wins by club [edit ]

FIFA Women ‘s World Player of the class [edit ]

informant : [ 1 ] In 2016, FIFA created The Best FIFA Women ‘s Player award rather .

Wins by player [edit ]

Wins by state [edit ]

Country

Players

Total

 Germany

3

5

 Brazil

1

5

 United States

3

4

 Japan

1

1

Wins by clubhouse [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^ Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven center through 1993 .
  2. ^ Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from Ajax midway through 1993 .
  3. ^ Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995 .
  4. ^ Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995 .
  5. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996 .
  6. ^ Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996 .
  7. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997 .
  8. ^ Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona center through 2000.

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  9. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan halfway through 2002 .
  10. ^ Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus halfway through 2006 .
  11. ^ Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009 .
  12. ^ Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008 .
  13. ^ Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol center through 2009 .
  14. ^ Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009 .
  15. ^ Marta was signed by western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011 .
  16. ^ Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1. FFC Frankfurt halfway through 2013 .
  17. ^ Marta was signed by FC Rosengård from Tyresö FF midway through 2014 .

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