2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time.[1] He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinédine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting.

The female FIFA soccer player of the year was Marta.[2]

Results

Men

Rank Player Points Team
1 Fabio Cannavaro 498 Real Madrid
Juventus
2 Zinedine Zidane 454 Real Madrid
3 Ronaldinho 380 Barcelona
4 Thierry Henry 317 Arsenal
5 Samuel Eto'o 300 Barcelona
6 Didier Drogba 150 Chelsea
7 Kaká 139 Milan
8 Gianluigi Buffon 118 Juventus
9 Andrea Pirlo 86 Milan
10 Cristiano Ronaldo 69 Manchester United
11 Michael Ballack 53 Chelsea
Bayern Munich
12 Steven Gerrard 48 Liverpool
13 Miroslav Klose 46 Werder Bremen
14 Frank Lampard 31 Chelsea
15 Deco 25 Barcelona
16 Luís Figo 20 Internazionale
17 Juan Román Riquelme 16 Villarreal
Franck Ribéry 16 Marseille
Wayne Rooney 16 Manchester United
20 Gennaro Gattuso 15 Milan
21 Andriy Shevchenko 14 Chelsea
Milan
22 Patrick Vieira 13 Internazionale
Juventus
Michael Essien 13 Chelsea
24 Petr Čech 11 Chelsea
25 Alessandro Nesta 9 Milan
26 Lilian Thuram 8 Barcelona
Juventus
27 Jens Lehmann 6 Arsenal
28 Philipp Lahm 3 Bayern Munich
29 Rafael Márquez 2 Barcelona
Adriano 2 Internazionale
30 Ricardo Quaresma 1 FC Porto

Women

Rank Player Club Points
1 Marta Umeå IK 475
2 Kristine Lilly 388
3 Renate Lingor FFC Frankfurt 305
4 Abby Wambach 182
5 Kelly Smith Arsenal L.F.C. 157
6 Silke Rottenberg FCR Duisburg
FFC Frankfurt
154
7 Han Duan 116
8 Ma Xiaoxu 99
9 Malin Moström Umeå IK 87
10 Lotta Schelin Göteborg FC 82
11 Cynthia Uwak FC United 81
12 Ri Kum-Suk 4.25 SC 64
13 Ingvild Stensland Kolbotn 54
14 Laura Georges 48
15 Christine Sinclair Vancouver Whitecaps 39
16 Mónica Ocampo F.C. Indiana 34
17 Sandrine Soubeyrand FCF Juvisy 31
18 Laura Kalmari Djurgårdens IF 24
19 Cheryl Salisbury 12
20 Cathrine Paaske Sørensen Brøndby IF 11

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cannavaro discusses highs and lows - Michael Cockerill - Football Australia 2013". 2013-12-16. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  2. ^ "Modric & Marta win Fifa best player awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-06-15.