FIFA World Player Gala


FIFA World Player Gala was an association football award show presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, throughout 1991–2009.
The first awarding ceremony was held on 8 December 1991 in Zürich, Switzerland. The award show was superseded first by the FIFA Ballon d'Or during 2010-15, and since 2016 by The Best FIFA Football Awards. FIFA consider the three historic versions of its gala show as subversions of the same event, and thus celebrated its 30 years anniversary in 2021. FIFA's historical statistics also list the awards in one overall list, comprising the records of all three gala show versions.

Awards by year

1991 awards

1992 awards

1993 awards

1994 awards

1995 awards

1996 awards

  • World Player of the year: RONALDO
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: George WEAH
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: South Africa

1997 awards

  • World Player of the year: RONALDO
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Irish spectators of the World Cup preliminary match versus Belgium, Jozef Zovinec, Julie FOUDY
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Yugoslavia

1998 awards

  • World Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE
  • 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

1999 awards

  • World Player of the year: RIVALDO
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: New Zealand’s football community
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Slovenia

2000 awards

  • World Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Lucas RADEBE
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Netherlands
  • Best Mover of the Year: Nigeria

2001 awards

  • World Player of the year: LUIS FIGO
  • Women's World Player of the Year: Mia HAMM
  • FIFA Presidential award: Marvin Lee
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Honduras
  • Best Mover of the Year: Costa Rica

2002 awards

  • World Player of the year: RONALDO
  • Women's World Player of the Year: Mia HAMM
  • FIFA Presidential award: Parminder Nagra
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Football communities of Japan and Korea Republic
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Senegal

2003 awards

  • World Player of the year: Zinedine ZIDANE
  • Women's World Player of the Year: Birgit PRINZ
  • FIFA Presidential award: The Iraqi Football Community
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Fans of Glasgow Celtic FC
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Bahrain

2004 awards

  • World Player of the year: RONALDINHO
  • Women's World Player of the Year: Birgit PRINZ
  • 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

2005 awards

  • World Player of the year: RONALDINHO
  • Women's World Player of the Year: Birgit PRINZ
  • FIFA Presidential award: FRISK Anders
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: football community of Iquitos
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Ghana
  • FIFA Interactive World Player: Chris Bullard

2006 awards

  • World Player of the year: Fabio CANNAVARO
  • Women's World Player of the Year: MARTA
  • FIFA Presidential award: Giacinto FACCHETTI
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil, Spain
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Italy
  • FIFA Interactive World Player: Andries Smit

2007 awards

  • World Player of the year: KAKA
  • Women's World Player of the year: MARTA
  • FIFA Presidential award: PELÉ
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: FC Barcelona
  • Best Mover of the Year: Mozambique
  • FIFA Interactive World Player: Alfonso Ramos

2008 awards

2009 awards

Awards by name

Official awards given at the annual FIFA World Player Gala :