2005 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession,[1] also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting.[2]

Results

Men

Rank Name Team Country Points
1 Ronaldinho Barcelona Brazil 956
2 Frank Lampard Chelsea England 306
3 Samuel Eto'o Barcelona Cameroon 190
4 Thierry Henry Arsenal France 172
5 Adriano Inter Milan Brazil 170
6 Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukraine 153
7 Steven Gerrard Liverpool F.C. England 131
8 Kaká Milan Brazil 101
9 Paolo Maldini Milan Italy 76
10 Didier Drogba Chelsea Ivory Coast 56
11 Michael Ballack Bayern Munich Germany 64
12 Ronaldo Real Madrid Brazil 63
13 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid France 55
14 Zlatan Ibrahimović Juventus Sweden 36
15 Deco Barcelona Portugal 24
16 Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal Argentina 20
17 Robinho Santos
Real Madrid		 Brazil 19
18 David Beckham Real Madrid England 17
18= Wayne Rooney Manchester United England 17
20 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Portugal 13
21 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United Netherlands 11
21= Michael Essien Lyon
Chelsea		 Ghana 11
23 Raúl Real Madrid Spain 8
23= Pavel Nedvěd Juventus Czech Republic 8
25 Arjen Robben Chelsea Netherlands 5
26 Cafu Milan Brazil 3
26= Jay-Jay Okocha Bolton Wanderers Nigeria 3
26= Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil 3
26= Alessandro Nesta Milan Italy 3
30 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Italy 1

Women

Rank Player Club Points
1 Birgit Prinz FFC Frankfurt 513
2 Marta Umeå IK 429
3 Shannon Boxx Ajax Los Angeles 235
4 Hanna Ljungberg Umeå IK 206
5 Renate Lingor FFC Frankfurt 170
6 Maribel Domínguez Atlanta Beat
FC Barcelona		 115
7 Solveig Gulbrandsen Kolbotn 97
7 Sandra Minnert SC Bad Neuenahr 97
9 Christie Welsh Lyon
New Jersey Wildcats		 78
10 Kelly Smith Arsenal L.F.C. 60
11 Malin Moström Umeå IK N/A
12 Laura Georges Lyon N/A
13 Perpetua Nkwocha Sunnanå SK N/A

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Awards, World Player of the Year Top 10". rsssf. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Ronaldinho named World Player of the Year again". China Daily. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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