FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012
- Player of the year: Lionel MESSI (ARG)
- Player of the year: Abby WAMBACH (USA)
- FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year: DEL BOSQUE Vicente (ESP)
- FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year: Pia SUNDHAGE (SWE)
- FIFA Presidential award: Franz Beckenbauer
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Uzbekistan
- Puskas Awards: Miroslav STOCH (SVK)
FIFA.com was there when Lionel Messi and Abby Wambach were named FIFA Men's and Women's Players of the Year for 2012 at the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala in Zurich. Here’s our round-up of the glamorous event.
FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011
- Player of the year: Lionel MESSI (ARG)
- Player of the year: Homare SAWA (JPN)
- FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year: Pep GUARDIOLA (ESP)
- FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year: Norio SASAKI (JPN)
- FIFA Presidential award: Sir Alex Ferguson
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Japanese Football Association
- Puskas Awards: NEYMAR (BRA)
The eyes of the football world turned to Zurich on Monday, as Lionel Messi and Homare Sawa were unveiled as the top male and female footballers of 2011 at the annual FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala.
FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010
- Player of the year: Lionel MESSI (ARG)
- Player of the year: MARTA (BRA)
- FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year: Jose MOURINHO (POR)
- FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year: Silvia NEID (GER)
- FIFA Presidential award: Desmond Tutu
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Haiti’s U-17 women’s national team
- Puskas Awards: Hamit ALTINTOP (TUR)
Amid much fanfare at the Zurich Kongresshaus, Barcelona's Lionel Messi was named FIFA Ballon d’Or winner for 2010 on Monday, while Marta scooped the women's honours.
FIFA World Player GALA 2009
- Player of the year: Lionel MESSI (ARG)
- Player of the year: MARTA (BRA)
- FIFA Presidential award: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Bobby ROBSON (ENG)
- FIFA Development Award: Chinese Football Association
- Puskas Awards: CRISTIANO RONALDO (POR)
Lionel Messi and Marta were crowned world football's king and queen of 2009. Join FIFA.com for a look back at the star-studded Gala in Zurich.
FIFA World Player GALA 2008
- Player of the year: CRISTIANO RONALDO (POR)
- Player of the year: MARTA (BRA)
- FIFA Presidential award: Women's Football
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Armenia
- FIFA Development Award: Palestine
Portugal and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo was named World Player of the year for 2008, with Marta scooping the women's prize.
FIFA World Player GALA 2007
- Player of the year: KAKA (BRA)
- Player of the year: MARTA (BRA)
- FIFA Presidential award: PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (BRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: FC Barcelona
- Best Mover of the Year: Mozambique
The Zurich Opera House was the setting for a magical night as the FIFA World Player Gala 2007 came to town on 17 December.
FIFA World Player GALA 2006
- Player of the year: Fabio CANNAVARO (ITA)
- Player of the year: MARTA (BRA)
- FIFA Presidential award: Giacinto FACCHETTI (ITA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil,
- Spain
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Italy
Fabio Cannavaro and Marta were named the FIFA World Players of 2006 in Zurich on Monday evening, following a poll of national coaches and captains around the world.
FIFA World Player GALA 2005
- Player of the year: RONALDINHO (BRA)
- Player of the year: Birgit PRINZ (GER)
- FIFA Presidential award: FRISK Anders (SWE)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: football community of Iquitos (Peru)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Ghana
- FIFA Interactive World Player: Chris Bullard
The FIFA World Player Gala 2005 has reached its verdict; Ronaldinho and Birgit Prinz have been recognised for the second consecutive year.
FIFA World Player GALA 2004
- Player of the year: RONALDINHO (BRA)
- Player of the year: Birgit PRINZ (GER)
- FIFA Presidential award: Haiti
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Confederaçao Brasileira de Futebol
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: China PR
- FIFA Interactive World Player: Thiago Carrico de Azevedo
The votes have been counted and the identities of the FIFA World Player and FIFA Women's World Player 2004 are now known. Ronaldinho carries off the men's award while Birgit Prinz takes her second women's title in succession.
FIFA World Player GALA 2003
- Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA)
- Player of the year: Birgit PRINZ (GER)
- FIFA Presidential award: The Iraqi Football Community
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Fans of Glasgow Celtic FC (SCO)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Bahrain
A veritable who's who of world football came together in Basle on Monday for the 13th end-of-year FIFA World Player awards ceremony, crowning another glittering year of drama and triumph on the world's football pitches.
FIFA World Player GALA 2002
- Player of the year: RONALDO (BRA)
- Player of the year: Mia HAMM (USA)
- FIFA Presidential award: Parminder Nagra (ENG)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Football communities of Japan and Korea Republic
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Senegal
Ronaldo and Mia Hamm have been crowned king and queen of football at a star-studded FIFA World Player of the Year 2002 Gala in Madrid this evening.
FIFA World Player GALA 2001
- Player of the year: LUIS FIGO (POR)
- Player of the year: Mia HAMM (USA)
- FIFA Presidential award: Marvin Lee (TRI)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Honduras
- Best Mover of the Year: Costa Rica
Portugal’s Luis Figo, second last year, has gone one better and been crowned the best men’s player on the planet, while Mia Hamm of USA has become the maiden FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year.
FIFA World Player GALA 2000
- Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Lucas RADEBE (RSA)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Netherlands
- Best Mover of the Year: Nigeria
Zinedine Zidane has become only the second player to be crowned FIFA World Player of the Year twice, following up his triumph in 1998 to add to his winner's medal from UEFA EURO 2000.
FIFA World Player GALA 1999
- Player of the year: RIVALDO (BRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: New Zealand’s football community
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Slovenia
Barcelona supremo Rivaldo became the third Brazilian in the FIFA World Player of the Year's short history to be crowned with the title, lighting up the stage in Brussels in front of all the biggest names in the game.
FIFA World Player GALA 1998
- Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: The national associations of Iran, the USA and Northern Ireland
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Croatia
Zinedine Zidane got the better of Ronaldo for the second time in a year as the Frenchman beat the Brazilian to be crowned FIFA World Player of the Year 1998 having bested him in the FIFA World Cup™ final.
FIFA World Player GALA 1997
- Player of the year: RONALDO (BRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Irish spectators of the World Cup preliminary match versus Belgium,
- Jozef Zovinec (Slovak amateur player),
- Julie FOUDY (USA)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Yugoslavia
At the home of Mickey Mouse and Goofy, Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos were the stars at the seventh FIFA World Player of Gala in Disneyland Paris.
FIFA World Player GALA 1996
- Player of the year: RONALDO (BRA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: George WEAH (LBR)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: South Africa
FIFA invited the football world to its annual Gala Evening, this year in Lisbon, and the guests responded willingly to applaud the world's outstanding trio of strikers and an exceptional sportsman.
FIFA World Player GALA 1995
- Player of the year: George WEAH (LBR)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Jacques Glassmann (FRA)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Jamaica
The FIFA World Player of the Year Gala in Milan on 8 January 1995 proved to be a great football party, with George Weah, Paolo Maldini and Jurgen Klinsmann the three prizewinners.
FIFA World Player GALA 1994
- Player of the year: ROMÁRIO (Romário de Souza Faria) (BRA)
- Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
- Best Mover of the Year: Croatia
The Brazilian striker, Romario, has been chosen as FIFA World Player of the Year by the national coaches of FIFA's member associations with a total of 346 points.
FIFA World Player GALA 1993
- Player of the year: Roberto BAGGIO (ITA)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Nandor Hidgekuti, (individual award) (HUM),
- Football Association of Zambia
- Top Team of the Year Award: Germany
- Best Mover of the Year: Colombia
FIFA's World Player of the Year for 1993 is Roberto Baggio. The schemer in the Italian national team was awarded 152 points by national coaches from all around the world.
FIFA World Player GALA 1992
- Player of the year: Marco VAN BASTEN (NED)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association
The name of the FIFA World Player of the Year 1992 is Marco Van Basten. The 28-year-old AC Milan and Netherlands striker was presented with the Golden Football prize at a gala event in Estoril near Lisbon.
FIFA World Player GALA 1991
- Player of the year: Lothar MATTHAEUS (GER)
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish FA)
The inaugural FIFA Player of the Year award went to German midfielder Lothar Matthaus, with Jean-Pierre Papin and Gary Lineker second and third in the standings.
