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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.