Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส

Aitana Bonmati reviews a successful year for her at a team and individual level including what's next for Spain's national team after Rubiales scandal. (1:12)

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Nov 3, 2023, 08:25 AM ET

Football's most prestigious individual prize, the Ballon d'Or, will be co-organised by UEFA from next year, giving the European governing body a global event that traditionally out-ranks FIFA's own world awards.

The deal comes seven years after a previous partnership between the French organisers of the award and world governing body FIFA ended.

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From 2024, the Ballon d'Or awards and ceremony will be co-organised by UEFA and Groupe Amaury, which publishes France Football and L'Equipe.

France Football magazine created the Ballon d'Or, which was first awarded in 1956 to England winger Stanley Matthews. For six seasons from 2010 the award was known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or, and ceremonies were held in the world governing body's home city Zurich.

FIFA has run its own Best Awards since 2016 and previously had an annual world player of the year award since 1991.

The latest edition of the Ballon d'Or was held Monday in Paris with two World Cup winners taking the awards as best player: Lionel Messi won the men's prize for the eighth time and Aitana Bonmatí took home her first women's award.

"UEFA will contribute its football expertise, market the global commercial rights and organize the annual awards gala," it said in a statement.

The relaunch will add new awards for the best coaches in men's and women's soccer.

"Together, UEFA and Groupe Amaury aim to enhance the stature and global reach of the awards while fostering a sense of unity and collaboration within the football community," UEFA said.

The deal will also see UEFA scrap its own player of the year awards, which have traditionally been handed out in August, although it will hand out a player of the season award for each of its club competitions, such as the Champions League and Europa League.

Meanwhile, Messi and Inter Miami will play an exhibition match on Nov. 10 to celebrate him winning his eighth Ballon d'Or.

The team will play fellow Major League Soccer club New York City FC. Both teams missed the MLS playoffs, which started last month.

The trophy will be presented to the crowd before the match, with that ceremony also set to include remarks by MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas, the team said.

Messi returned to South Florida early Tuesday after the Ballon d'Or announcement and was at a training session with the club that morning, which was a clear indicator that Inter Miami was still looking to add a match even though its MLS season is over.

The FIFA World Player of the Year award is given annually to the football player who is voted as the best in the world. Here are all the award winners since 1991. Since 2004 the voting process is based on a shortlist of 35 players produced by FIFA, from which team captains, national team managers and select journalists vote for the winner.

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Statue of Cristiano Ronaldo in the harbour of his hometown Funchal, Madeira

From 2010 until 2015, the FIFA player of the year award was merged with the Ballon d'Or and called the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Compare this list to the player of the year according to World Soccer magazine, and also the female player of the year.

Including the FIFA Ballon d'Or (years 2010-2015), Lionel Messi has won the award seven times, with Cristiano Ronaldo having won it five times.

The 2016 and 2017 winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year winner was Cristiano Ronaldo, who also won the Ballon d'Or for the same periods. In 2018 he failed to win the hat-trick, polling second behind Croatian Luka Modrić. In 2022, Messi won the award for the 7th time.



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This article is about the men's player of the year award from 1991 to 2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001 to 2015. For the men's player of the year award from 2010 to 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.

FIFA World Player of the Year

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส

Ronaldo, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.

Presented byFIFAFirst awarded1991Last awarded2009Most awards

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo (3 awards each)Websitefifa.comRelatedFIFA Ballon d'Or The Best FIFA Men's Player FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส

Marta, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it five times.

Presented byFIFAFirst awarded2001Last awarded2015Most awards

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Marta (5 awards)Websitefifa.comRelatedThe 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.

Originally a single award for the world's best men's player, parallel 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. 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. 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. Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Player awards.

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.

Voting and selection process[edit]

The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA. 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.

FIFA World Player of the Year[edit]

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส

Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส

Year Rank Player Team Points 1991 1st

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Lothar Matthäus
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Inter Milan 128 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Jean-Pierre Papin
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Marseille 113 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Gary Lineker
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Tottenham Hotspur40 1992 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Marco van Basten
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 166 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Hristo Stoichkov
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 88 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Thomas Häßler
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Roma 61 1993 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Roberto Baggio
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Juventus 152 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Romário
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 84 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Dennis Bergkamp
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Inter Milan 58 1994 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Romário
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 346 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Hristo Stoichkov
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 100 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Roberto Baggio
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Juventus 80 1995 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
George Weah
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 170 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Paolo Maldini
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 80 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Jürgen Klinsmann
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Bayern Munich 58 1996 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 329 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
George Weah
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 140 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Alan Shearer
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Newcastle United 123 1997 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Inter Milan 480 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Roberto Carlos
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Real Madrid 85 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Dennis Bergkamp
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Arsenal 62
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Juventus 1998 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Juventus 518 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Inter Milan 164 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Davor Šuker
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 108 1999 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Rivaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 543 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
David Beckham
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Manchester United 194 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Gabriel Batistuta
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Fiorentina 79 2000 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Juventus 370 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Luís Figo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 329 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Rivaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 263 2001 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Luís Figo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 250 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
David Beckham
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Manchester United 238 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Raúl
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 96 2002 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 387 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Oliver Kahn
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Bayern Munich 171 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 148 2003 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 264 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Thierry Henry
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Arsenal 200 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 176 2004 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldinho
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 620 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Thierry Henry
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Arsenal 552 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Andriy Shevchenko
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 253 2005 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldinho
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 956 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Frank Lampard
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Chelsea 306 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Samuel Eto'o
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 190 2006 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Fabio Cannavaro
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 498 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Zinedine Zidane
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 454 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Ronaldinho
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 380 2007 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Kaká
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Milan 1,047 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Lionel Messi
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 504 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Cristiano Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Manchester United 426 2008 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Cristiano Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Manchester United 935 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Lionel Messi
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 678 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Fernando Torres
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Liverpool 203 2009 1st
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Lionel Messi
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 1,073 2nd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Cristiano Ronaldo
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Real Madrid 352 3rd
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Xavi
Fifa world player of the year 1991โลธาร ม ทเธอ ส
Barcelona 196

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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.

A single article from the Portuguese magazine A Bola reporting about the 1992 award mentions the former award winners Lothar Matthäus in 1991, but also Diego Maradona in 1990. There is no other evidence of the award being presented by FIFA prior to 1991.