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| FIFA invited every national coach to vote for their World Player of the Year, plus a second and third choice; 150 responded. First-place choices were awarded five points each, runners-up three points and third places one point. | ||||||||||||||
| Player | Points | |||||||||||||
| 1 Zinedine Zidane 2 Luis Figo 3 Rivaldo 4 Gabriel Batistuta 5 Andrii Shevchenko 6 David Beckham 7 Thierry Henry 8 Alessandro Nesta 9 Patrick Kluivert 10 Francesco Totti Raul Gonzalez 12 Romario Edgar Davids 14 Roberto Carlos 15 Juan Sebastian Veron Gaizka Mendieta 17 Fabien Barthez 18 Fernando Redondo Marcel Desailly Patrick Mboma 21 Pablo Aimar Paulo Wanchope Francesco Toldo Nwankwo Nanu Pavel Nedved 26 Alvaro Recoba Didier Deschamps Oscar Cordoba Ivan Zamorano Alessandro Del Piero Hernan Medford Ali Daei 33 Joao Pinto Bente Nordby Dennis Berkamp Fernando Hierro Andy Cole Jaffet Soto Sami Al-Jaber Roy Keane Russell Latapy |
370 329 263 57 48 41 35 23 22 14 14 13 13 12 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
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