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	FIFA World Player of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The FIFA World Player of the Year is a 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.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year (364 words)

	Sports: The world is watching
		He was runnerup for FIFA world player of the year in 2003 and 2004 after helping Arsenal to an unprecedented 49-game league unbeaten streak, FA Cup championships in 2003 and 2005 and the Premier League title in 2004.
		Lampard was named the Premiership's player of the year in 2005 by the Football Writers' Association and has led Chelsea to the league title the past two seasons.
		Lampard finished second to Ronaldinho in last year's FIFA world player of the year voting, and England will rely heavily on him because star scorer Wayne Rooney broke his foot April 29 and is questionable for the World Cup.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/06/04/news_pf/Sports/The_world_is_watching.shtml (1134 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Ronaldinho wins FIFA World Player of the Year
		Shevchenko, named European player of the year last week, was the leading scorer in Italy's Serie A last season when his AC Milan side won the title.
		FIFA named Brazil as the top team for 2004, having retained first place in the governing body's world rankings from last year, and fighting off challenges from European champion Greece, Argentina, France, Spain.
		FIFA's best mover of the year was China, which rose 32 places in the world rankings, to 54th, despite losing the final of the Asian Cup to neighbor Japan.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20041220-1130-eu-spt-soc-fifa-worldplayer.html (488 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ronaldinho wins FIFA World Player of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Henry was runner-up for the second year in a row; countryman Zinedine Zidane won in 2003.
		Shevchenko, voted European player of the year last week, was the leading scorer in Italy's Serie A last season when his AC Milan won the title.
		FIFA chose Brazil as the top team in 2004 for having retained first place in the world rankings.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2004-12-20-fifa-poy_x.htm (443 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Ronaldo wins world player award for third time - Tuesday December 17, 2002 07:06 PM
		Three players from the English premier league were also in the top 10 -- last year's runner-up David Beckham (eighth 51 points), France striker Thierry Henry (ninth, 38 points) and 2001 European Player of the Year Michael Owen (10th, 34 points).
		In a fairy-tale ending to three years of injury-plagued misery Ronaldo confirmed his rebirth as a player with a stellar performance on the world's greatest footballing stage in South Korea and Japan.
		It may also be an indication of the rigors of the footballing calendar, that a semi-fit player emerging from three years of career-threatening injury was able to outshine a host of exhausted professionals who arrived at the tournament with up to 60 games under their belts in 12 months.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/12/17/fifa_honors (3026 words)

	2002 FIFA World Cup
		FIFA's World Player of the Year for 2001, Figo isn't really a scorer, but he's one of the best at setting them up.
		In 2000 he became the most expensive player in the world when he transferred from FC Barcelona to Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid for $56 million (US), a figure that was only topped by Zinedine Zidane's transfer to the same team last year.
		It's the same corps of players who won the world under-21 championship in 1989 and 1991.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/soccer/playerprofile_figo.html (432 words)

	FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 - Ronaldo, Hamm scoop top player awards - by La Cancha-News On World Cup 2006 - ...
		FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 Gala in Madrid this evening.
		The “Fenomenom”, who struck eight goals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, was the number one for 59 of the 148 national team coaches who voted, and received three times first place nomination more than Zidane (18) and Kahn (16).
		Along with the FIFA trophy for this year’s best player, Ronaldo also received the adidas Silver Ball for being selected as the second-best player of the 2002 FIFA World Cup as well as the giant adidas Golden Shoe for top goalscorer in the competition.
	www.lacancha.com /news_121702.html (521 words)

	Fifa's player of the year
		Zurich, Switzerland - Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry are the three finalists for Fifa's World Player of the Year award.
		Soccer's world governing body on Wednesday also announced the three finalist for the women's award - Mia Hamm, Hanna Ljungberg and Birgit Prinz.
		Fifa said 142 coaches of men's national teams and 100 women's national team coaches participated in the voting.
	www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1451234,00.html (258 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Becks in running for World Player of the Year
		Each coach was asked to name their top three players, with five points awarded for a first-place nomination, three points for second place and one point for third.
		FIFA, who know the winner, will reveal the result at their World Player Gala on December 17 in Zurich.
		Capello: Totti is Euro player of the year
	www.soccernet.com /global/news/2001/1115/20011115worldplayer.html (319 words)

	CNN.com - FIFA set to unveil player of year - Dec. 15, 2003
		Ronaldo is in contention for a record fourth World Player of the Year award.
		The latest winner of FIFA's World Player of the Year award, the most prestigious individual honor in football, will be revealed at a gala on Monday.
		FIFA will also make presentations to Brazil as the Top Team of the Year, and to Bahrain as the Best Mover of the Year following their jump from 105 to 64 in the world rankings.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/football/12/15/fifa.preview (312 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| News \| Lampard in running for world player prize
		Lampard was named England's Footballer of the Year as Chelsea won the league last season and last weekend broke the record for consecutive appearances in the Premiership with match No160.
		A Spanish-based player has won the award for the last four years and it has never been won by a player from the Premiership.
		The world player award will be announced at a gala ceremony in Zurich on December 19.
	football.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/0,1563,1654408,00.html (213 words)

	Fifa World Player Of The Year - [Sunday Herald]
		Real Madrid have two players in the final three for the award Ð Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, who are in contention with Bayern goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, but the mind boggles at how Fifa's powerbrokers decided to host the ceremony in the Spanish capital, on the very date of Real Madrid's centenary.
		Unlike the episode two years ago, when an all-time poll was rigged to reward both Pele and Diego Maradona, the World Player does at least carry some legitimacy.
		In the 11 years that the competition has been running, still no goalkeeper has won the Fifa World Player of the Year, and it seems unlikely in the extreme that Kahn is about to reverse that trend on Wednesday.
	www.sundayherald.com /30055 (1364 words)

	Foire d'Opinions Haitiennes - FIFA World Player of the Year; Hamm, Ljungberg or Prinz? — Henry, Ronaldo or Zidane? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Foire d'Opinions Haitiennes - FIFA World Player of the Year; Hamm, Ljungberg or Prinz?
		FIFA World Player of the Year; Hamm, Ljungberg or Prinz?
		SUMMARY: The identities of the FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year are slowly but surely being revealed.
	www.haitiwebs.com /haitianforums/showthread.php?p=14884 (143 words)

	Ronaldinho named World Player of the Year
		Newly crowned European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan and Ukraine was third on 253.
		It was the second successive year that Henry finished as runner-up in the poll based on the verdict of 157 international coaches and, for the first time this year, 145 national team captains.
		Last year's European Footballer of the Year Pavel Nedved of the Czech Republic was fifth.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/dec/21ronal.htm (424 words)

	Mia Hamm named FIFA World Player of the Year
		Hamm and Brazil World Cup hero Ronaldo were crowned the king and queen of soccer tonight among soccer royalty at the FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 Gala event in Madrid, Spain.
		Although out for the first half of the year while recovering from knee surgery, Hamm made a dynamic comeback to the national team and posted impressive numbers for her limited time on the field.
		Ronaldo, who scored eight goals at the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, was the number one choice for 59 of the 148 national team coaches who voted, and received three times the amount of first place nominations of Zidane (18) and Kahn (16).
	www.mysoccer.com /ussf2/mia1217.phtml (466 words)

	FIFA World Player of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		FIFA World player of the year is the highest honor for the soccer player during that year.
		The method of choosing the FIFA world player of the year is through voting and the most votes get is the winner.
		German: Matthaeus is the first player gets the FIFA world player of the year, he will be on the book forever.
	electron.cs.uwindsor.ca /~wanb (435 words)

	FIFA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		FIFA has a 50% representation on its board (four representatives); the other four are provided by the football associations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, in recognition of the unique contribution to the creation and history of the game of the nations now comprising the United Kingdom.
		FIFA awards, each year, the title of FIFA World Player of the Year to the most prestigious player of the year, as part of its annual awards ceremony which also recognises team and international football achievements.
		FIFA announced in April 2004 that it is expecting to earn $144 million profit on $1.64 billion in revenue between 2003 and 2006 (the 4 year cycle including the 2006 World Cup).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FIFA (1792 words)

	FIFA World Player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ronaldo and Mia Hamm have been crowned king and queen of football at a star-studded FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 Gala in Madrid this evening.
		Since shaking the footballing world to its very core at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, Senegal can no longer be described as one of the game’s minnows.
		The winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 spoke exclusively to FIFA.com about his fantastic summer and those glorious goals.
	www.fifa.com /events/playergala/index_E_2002.html (329 words)

	FIFA player of the year, Ronaldo third - soccer24-7.com Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A year ago few thought it was possible, apart from Ronaldo himself and Brazilian coach Luis Felipe Scolari, that the striker would recover his fitness and form after three injury-stricken years and score eight goals on the road to Brazil winning the World Cup.
		With Madrid he went on to score in the Intercontinental Cup, or world club championship, earlier this month in a 2-0 victory over Paraguay's Olimpia as he returned to the scene of his World Cup triumph in the Japanese city of Yokohama.
		His fame spread all over the world on the wings of lavish praise and bold headlines but the teenager from Brazil was suddenly feeling the heat of the public spotlight in a way he could never have imagined just 18 months previously.
	www.soccer24-7.com /forum/showthread.php?t=9479 (871 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Soccer: Zidane named FIFA World Player of the Year
		The world's most expensive player, Real Madrid's £37million Portuguese ace Luis Figo, and the 1999 winner Rivaldo, Barcelona's brilliant Brazilian, had to settle for the minor places.
		While Brazil's international side, with their record four World Cup triumphs, might consider themselves overlooked, there was really only one contender on the club scene anywhere in the world.
		In the seven matches that count most on the FIFA World Rankings, Holland gained the highest point average - despite losing in the semi-finals on home turf as France clinched Euro 2000 success.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/1212/zidanez.html (617 words)

	Players Network: Live Like a Player!
		She has established herself as perhaps the top defensive midfielder in the world and earned a high honor in May of 2004, captaining the FIFA Women's World All-Star Team to a victory over Germany in Paris, France.
		Last year she finished seventh in the voting for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.
		She started all nine matches the USA played this year, and in 2004 was named MVP of the prestigious Algarve Cup in Portugal after the USA defeated Norway, 4-1, in the championship game.
	www.playersnetwork.com /articles/sports/soccer.html (420 words)

	Women In Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mia Hamm was named the FIFA World Women's Player of the Year today at the FIFA World Player Gala 2001 in Zurich, Switzerland.
		In 1999, for the tournament to be universally known as the Women's World Cup after being called a world championship in the two previous tournaments, was a big step.
		Sun Wen is one of the greatest players that has ever played the game in terms of her creativity and ability to score any kind of goal.
	www.womensoccer.com /refs/wsports/wis-fifamia_17dec01.html (320 words)

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