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.[1] He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting. There were 165 coaches and 165 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 330 votes.[2]
The Women FIFA World Player of the Year was Marta, who won it for the first time. On the women's side, 147 coaches and 149 captains were selected for the voting process, totaling 296 votes.
Results
Men
| Rank[3][4][5][2] | 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Cristiano Ronaldo | 69 | Manchester United |
| 11 |  Michael Ballack | 53 | Chelsea Bayern Munich |
| 12 | Steven Gerrard | 48 | Liverpool |
| 13 | Miroslav Klose | 46 | Werder Bremen |
| 14 | Frank Lampard | 31 | Chelsea |
| 15 | Deco | 25 | Barcelona |
| 16 | Luís Figo | 20 | Internazionale |
| 17 |  Juan Román Riquelme | 16 | Villarreal |
| Franck Ribéry | 16 | Marseille | |
| Wayne Rooney | 16 | Manchester United | |
| 20 | Gennaro Gattuso | 15 | Milan |
| 21 |  Andriy Shevchenko | 14 | Chelsea Milan |
| 22 | Patrick Vieira | 13 | Internazionale Juventus |
 Michael Essien | 13 | Chelsea | |
| 24 |  Petr Čech | 11 | Chelsea |
| 25 | Alessandro Nesta | 9 | Milan |
| 26 | Lilian Thuram | 8 | Barcelona Juventus |
| 27 | Jens Lehmann | 6 | Arsenal |
| 28 | Philipp Lahm | 3 | Bayern Munich |
| 29 | Adriano | 2 | Internazionale |
| 30 | Tomáš Rosický | 0 | Arsenal
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Women
| Rank[2] | 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 | Dalian Shide | 99 |
| 9 | Malin Moström | Umeå IK | 87 |
| 10 | Lotta Schelin | Göteborg FC | 82 |
| 11 |  Cynthia Uwak |  FC United | 81 |
| 12 |  Ri Kum-Suk | 4.25 SC | 64 |
| 13 |  Ingvild Stensland | Kolbotn | 54 |
| 14 | Laura Georges | 48 | |
| 15 | .svg.png){kind=small} Christine Sinclair | Vancouver Whitecaps | 39 |
| 16 |  Mónica Ocampo | F.C. Indiana | 34 |
| 17 | Sandrine Soubeyrand | FCF Juvisy | 31 |
| 18 | Laura Kalmari | Djurgårdens IF | 24 |
| 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Cheryl Salisbury | 12 | |
| 20 |  Cathrine Paaske Sørensen | Brøndby IF | 11 |
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References
- ↑ "Cannavaro discusses highs and lows - Michael Cockerill - Football Australia 2013". 2013-12-16. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- 1 2 3 "FIFA Awards". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ FIFA. "FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
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