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2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

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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[edit]

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

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

v t e The Best FIFA Men's Player
FIFA World Player of the Year	1991: Matthäus 1992: Van Basten 1993: Baggio 1994: Romário 1995: Weah 1996: Ronaldo 1997: Ronaldo 1998: Zidane 1999: Rivaldo 2000: Zidane 2001: Figo 2002: Ronaldo 2003: Zidane 2004: Ronaldinho 2005: Ronaldinho 2006: Cannavaro 2007: Kaká 2008: C. Ronaldo 2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or	2010: Messi 2011: Messi 2012: Messi 2013: C. Ronaldo 2014: C. Ronaldo 2015: Messi
The Best FIFA Men's Player	2016: C. Ronaldo 2017: C. Ronaldo 2018: Modrić 2019: Messi 2020: Lewandowski 2021: Lewandowski 2022: Messi 2023: Messi
See also: Ballon d'Or

v t e International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline
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Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional ASEAN AFF-EAFF Central East South West Intercontinental Arab
Europe	UEFA – Euro U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League Intercontinental CONMEBOL–UEFA
North & Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League
Oceania	OFC – Men's Nations Cup U-19 U-16/U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15 Intercontinental CONMEBOL–UEFA
Non-FIFA	CONIFA – CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup ODEBO – Bolivarian Games ODESUR – South American Games World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA)
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See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football