FIFA World Player of the Year - Revision history

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	\| most_awards = {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[~~wassim~~ ~~Leandre~~]]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]]<br>(3 awards each)		\| most_awards = {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]]<br>(3 awards each)
	\| website = {{URL\|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html\|fifa.com}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html\|fifa.com}}
	\| related = [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]<br>[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]		\| related = [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]<br>[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]

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	\| most_awards = {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[~~Zinedine~~ ~~Zidane~~]]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]]<br>(3 awards each)		\| most_awards = {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[wassim Leandre]]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]]<br>(3 awards each)
	\| website = {{URL\|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html\|fifa.com}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html\|fifa.com}}
	\| related = [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]<br>[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]		\| related = [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]<br>[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]

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	The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 \|publisher=FIFA \|date=12 January 2016 \|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112195927/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 12, 2016 \|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system\|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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131049/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>		The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 \|publisher=FIFA \|date=12 January 2016 \|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112195927/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 12, 2016 \|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system\|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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131049/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

	==FIFA ~~Men’s~~ World Player of the Year==		==FIFA World Player of the Year==
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	\| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg		\| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg

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	The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 \|publisher=FIFA \|date=12 January 2016 \|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112195927/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 12, 2016 \|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system\|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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131049/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>		The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 \|publisher=FIFA \|date=12 January 2016 \|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112195927/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 12, 2016 \|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system\|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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131049/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

	==FIFA World Player of the Year==		==FIFA Men’s World Player of the Year==
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	\| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg		\| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg

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	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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 \|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-20#post-38809916 \|access-date=2023-02-13 \|website=BigSoccer Forum \|language=en-US}}</ref>		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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 \|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-20#post-38809916 \|access-date=2023-02-13 \|website=BigSoccer Forum \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	===Wins by ~~players~~===		===Wins by player===
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	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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 \|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-20#post-38809916 \|access-date=2023-02-13 \|website=BigSoccer Forum \|language=en-US}}</ref>		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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 \|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-20#post-38809916 \|access-date=2023-02-13 \|website=BigSoccer Forum \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	===Wins by ~~player~~===		===Wins by players===
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	\|style="text-align:left"\| {{nowrap\|2 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year\|1997]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year\|2002]])}}		\|style="text-align:left"\| {{nowrap\|2 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year\|1997]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year\|2002]])}}
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		⚫	!scope="row"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]]
		⚫	\|style="text-align:left"\| 3 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year\|1996]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year\|1997]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year\|2002]])
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	!scope="row"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]		!scope="row"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]

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	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]].		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.<ref name="FIFA Awards">{{cite web\|title=FACTSheet FIFA awards\|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf\|publisher=[[FIFA]]\|access-date=19 January 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122103135/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf\|archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html \|title=FIFA Awards \|website=RSSSF.com \|accessdate=1 April 2013 \|archive-date=23 October 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023121239/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> The youngest winner was [[~~Ricardo Herrera~~ (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]], who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was [[Fabio Cannavaro]], who won aged 33 in 2006.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9396646.stm \|title=Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football \|website=BBC Sport \|accessdate=17 November 2013 \|archive-date=19 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819034235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9396646.stm \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 \|title=Cannavaro discusses highs and lows \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084627/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 \|archivedate=16 December 2013 \|publisher=Football Federation Australia \|accessdate=18 November 2013 }}</ref> 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 [[Ballon d'Or\|France Football Ballon d'Or]] awards.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The FIFA Ballon d'Or is born \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html \|accessdate=12 January 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708133238/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html \|archive-date=8 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=FIFA Ballon d'Or World Player of the Year: Award History \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html \|accessdate=12 January 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105093022/http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html \|archive-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] and [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]] awards.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The birth of The Best FIFA Football Awards\|url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105050641/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=November 5, 2016\|work=FIFA.com\|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>		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.<ref name="FIFA Awards">{{cite web\|title=FACTSheet FIFA awards\|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf\|publisher=[[FIFA]]\|access-date=19 January 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122103135/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf\|archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html \|title=FIFA Awards \|website=RSSSF.com \|accessdate=1 April 2013 \|archive-date=23 October 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023121239/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> The youngest winner was [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]], who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was [[Fabio Cannavaro]], who won aged 33 in 2006.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9396646.stm \|title=Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football \|website=BBC Sport \|accessdate=17 November 2013 \|archive-date=19 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819034235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9396646.stm \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 \|title=Cannavaro discusses highs and lows \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084627/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 \|archivedate=16 December 2013 \|publisher=Football Federation Australia \|accessdate=18 November 2013 }}</ref> 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 [[Ballon d'Or\|France Football Ballon d'Or]] awards.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The FIFA Ballon d'Or is born \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html \|accessdate=12 January 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708133238/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html \|archive-date=8 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=FIFA Ballon d'Or World Player of the Year: Award History \|website=FIFA.com \|url=http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html \|accessdate=12 January 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105093022/http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html \|archive-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] and [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]] awards.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The birth of The Best FIFA Football Awards\|url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105050641/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=November 5, 2016\|work=FIFA.com\|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

	Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. [[Marta (footballer)\|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 (association football)\|goalkeeper]] of either sex to win.		Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. [[Marta (footballer)\|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 (association football)\|goalkeeper]] of either sex to win.