FIFA World Player of the Year
Also known as FIFA Player of the Year
association football award
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The FIFA World Player of the Year is an award given annually to recognize the best male professional soccer player in the world. It matters because it's one of the sport's most prestigious honors, reflecting the highest level of achievement and performance in international football.
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- 1991-00-00
- start time
- 1991-00-00
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- FIFA World Player of the Year
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2009-00-00
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The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.
Originally a single award for the world's best men's player, parallel awards for men and women were awarded from 2001 to 2009. The men's award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015. After 2015 both men's and women's awards became part of The Best FIFA Football Awards.
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