2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

The World Player of the Year 2006 was awarded on 18 December 2006 at the Zurich Opera House. It was the 16th of the award was introduced in 1991 by the football body FIFA award " World Player of the Year." Winner of the award was the Italian Fabio Cannavaro.

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The winner was determined by a vote among 165 national team coaches and captains of 165 national team. Each of these named the three best footballers in their opinion, none of the three could come from their own country. One response to square one brought five points, second place three points, third place a point. Then the points were summed.

Result

  • Placement: the placement is achieved by a player.
  • Name: Name of the excellent player
  • Nationality: Nationality of the excellent player
  • Club: the club for which the player was active during the calendar year. If a player has changed the club, the transferring club is mentioned in the first position.
  • Votes: the total votes received all countries
Italy France Ronaldinho Brazil Thierry Henry Cameroon A.C. Milan Gianluigi Buffon Portugal Manchester United F.C. Steven Gerrard England Miroslav Klose Frank Lampard Argentina Villarreal CF Michael Essien Ghana Patrick Vieira Alessandro Nesta Lilian Thuram Jens Lehmann Philipp Lahm Adriano Leite Ribeiro
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