2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time. He finished ahead of the retired Midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the last FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting.[1]

The female FIFA soccer player of the year was Marta.[2]

Results

Men

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RankPlayerPointsClub(s)
1 Fabio Cannavaro498 Real Madrid
2 Zinedine Zidane454 Real Madrid
3 Ronaldinho380 Barcelona
4 Thierry Henry317 Arsenal
5 Samuel Eto'o300 Barcelona
6 Didier Drogba150 Chelsea
7 Kaká139 Milan
8 Gianluigi Buffon118 Juventus
9 Andrea Pirlo86 Milan
10 Cristiano Ronaldo69 Manchester United

Women

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RankPlayerClub(s)Points
1 Marta Umeå IK475
2 Kristine Lilly388
3 Renate Lingor FFC Frankfurt305
4 Abby Wambach182
5 Kelly Smith Arsenal L.F.C.157
6 Silke Rottenberg FCR Duisburg
FFC Frankfurt		154
7 Han Duan116
8 Ma Xiaoxu99
9 Malin Moström Umeå IK87
10 Lotta Schelin Göteborg FC82

References
  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA Ballon d'Or - FIFA World Player GALA 2006 - FIFA Ballon d'Or - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  2. FIFA.com. "Marta blends speed and technique". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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