List of The Best FIFA Men's Player o the Year
Hemant Singh
Sep 24, 2019 16:37 IST
Football is considered as the most favourite sport in the world. FIFA world cup football is one of the most happening events in the world. In the same way The Best FIFA Football Awards are also considered as the most prestigious award for this sport.
Lionel Messi has been selected for the prestigious Best FIFA Men's Player o the Year Award 2019 for the record 6th time. Let’s read this article to know full detail of The Best FIFA Football Awards.
About The Best FIFA Football Awards
The Best FIFA Football Awards were started in 1991. It is presented by the sport's governing body, FIFA annually. This award was continued as the Best FIFA Football Awards till 2009 but men's award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015.
From 2016 onwards this award once again rebranded as 'The Best FIFA Men's Player' by the FIFA.
List of The Best FIFA Men's Player o the Year is;
| Player |
Country |
Year |
| 1. Lothar Matthäus |
Germany |
1991 |
| 2. Marco van Basten |
Netherlands |
1992 |
| 3. Roberto Baggio |
Italy |
1993 |
| 4. Romário |
Brazil |
1994 |
| 5. George Weah |
Liberia |
1995 |
| 6. Ronaldo |
Brazil |
1996 |
| 7. Ronaldo |
Brazil |
1997 |
| 8. Zinedine Zidane |
France |
1998 |
| 9. Rivaldo |
Brazil |
1999 |
| 10. Zinedine Zidane |
France |
2000 |
| 11. Luís Figo |
Portugal |
2001 |
| 12. Oliver Kahn |
Germany |
2002 |
| 13. Zinedine Zidane |
France |
2003 |
| 14. Ronaldinho |
Brazil |
2004 |
| 15.Ronaldinho |
Brazil |
2005 |
| 16. Fabio Cannavaro |
Italy |
2006 |
| 17. Kaká |
Brazil |
2007 |
| 18. Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2008 |
| 19. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2009 |
| FIFA Ballon d'Or |
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| 20. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2010 |
| 21. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2011 |
| 22. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2012 |
| 23. Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2013 |
| 24. Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2014 |
| 25. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2015 |
| The Best FIFA Men's Player |
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| 26. Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2016 |
| 27. Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
2017 |
| 28. Luka Mordic |
Croatia |
2018 |
| 29. Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
2019 |
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Now let us have a look on the some interesting facts about the Best FIFA Football Awards;
1. Ronaldo, the youngest recipient of the Best FIFA Football Awards at the age of 20.
2. Marta Vieira da Silva, the youngest women recipient of this award aged 20, she won it five times.
3. Lionel Messi (Argentina) has won the Best FIFA Football Awards in 2019, he won it 6th time.
4. There are 5 Brazilian players have won 8 the Best FIFA Football Awards so far.
5. Barcelona is the most successful club whose 5 players have won 6 the Best FIFA Football Awards so far.
So this was the complete list of the Best FIFA Football Awards so far. This list is very important for the written and interview of different competitive exams.
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