2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane for a record-equalling third time. It was the award's 13th edition. Mia Hamm won the women's award. The gala was hosted at the Messe in Basel, on December 15, 2003. 142 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 100 for the women's. The ceremony's theme was the Match Against Poverty that was played the previous day between the Ronaldo and Zidane Xi (3-4) at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel in front of 30,000 spectators. Birgit Prinz won the women's award.

Results

Men

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Rank Player Club(s) Country Points
1 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid France 264
2 Thierry Henry Arsenal France 186
3 Ronaldo Real Madrid Brazil 176
4 Pavel Nedvěd Juventus Czech Republic 158
5 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil 105
6 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United Netherlands 86
7 David Beckham Manchester United
Real Madrid		 England 74
8 Raúl Real Madrid Spain 39
9 Paolo Maldini Milan Italy 37
10 Andrei Shevchenko Milan Ukraine 26

Women

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Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Birgit Prinz Carolina Courage
FFC Frankfurt		 268
2 Mia Hamm Washington Freedom 133
3 Hanna Ljungberg Umeå IK 84
4 Victoria Svensson Djurgårdens IF 82
5 Maren Meinert Boston Breakers 69
6 Bettina Wiegmann FFC Brauweiler 49
7 Malin Moström Umeå IK 23
8= Katia Levante 14
8= Renate Lingor FFC Frankfurt 14
10= Marta Umeå IK 13
10= Silke Rottenberg FFC Brauweiler
FCR Duisburg		 13
12 Marinette Pichon Philadelphia Charge
Saint-Memmie Olympique		 11
13 Charmaine Hooper Atlanta Beat 10

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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