FIFA World Player of the Year 1991

World footballer of the year 1991
Lothar Matthäus

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1991 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on December 8, 1991 as part of the draw for the qualifying groups for the 1994 World Cup in New York City . It was the first award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award, newly introduced by the world football association FIFA . The winner of the award was the German and last year's world champion Lothar Matthäus .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by a vote among 66 national coaches from around the world. They each named the three best footballers in their opinion, although none of the three were allowed to come from their own country. An entry in first place brought five points, a second place three points, the third place one point. Then the points were added.

Result (Top 10)

• Placement : the placement achieved by a player.
• Name : Name of the awarded player.
• Nationality : Nationality of the awarded player.
• Club : Club for which the player was active in the calendar year. If a player has changed clubs, the club who is leaving is named in first position.
• Votes : the total votes received from all countries.

placement	Surname	nationality	society	be right
1.	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	Inter Milan	128
2.	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille	113
3.	Gary Lineker	England	Tottenham Hotspur	40
4th	Robert Prosinečki	Yugoslavia	FK Red Star Belgrade / Real Madrid	38
5.	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	AC Milan	23
6th	Franco Baresi	Italy	AC Milan	12
7th	Iván Zamorano	Chile	Sevilla FC	10
8th.	Andreas Brehme	Germany	Inter Milan	9
9.	Gianluca Vialli	Italy	Sampdoria Genoa	8th
10.	Enzo Scifo	Belgium	AJ Auxerre / Turin FC	7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Matthew elected first FIFA world player. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .