2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time. He finished ahead of the retired Midfielder Zinédine 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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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

Women

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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

References

↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Ballon d'Or - FIFA World Player GALA 2006 - FIFA Ballon d'Or - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ FIFA.com. "Marta blends speed and technique". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

FIFA World Player of the Year

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International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

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