FIFA World Player of the Year 1992

World Footballer of the Year 1992
Marco van Basten

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1992 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen in early 1993 at a gala organized by the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola in Estoril . It was the second award of the " World Footballer of the Year " award introduced by the FIFA World Cup in 1991 . The winner of the award was Marco van Basten from the Netherlands .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by voting among 71 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.	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	AC Milan	161
2.	Christo Stoitschkow	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona	88
3.	Thomas Häßler	Germany	AS Roma	61
4th	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Olympique Marseille / AC Milan	46
5.	Brian Laudrup	Denmark	FC Bayern Munich / Fiorentina	44
	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	Manchester United	44
7th	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Ajax Amsterdam	29
8th.	Frank Rijkaard	Netherlands	AC Milan	23
9.	Abedi Pelé	Ghana	Olympique Marseille	10
	Franco Baresi	Italy	AC Milan	10
	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Inter Milan / AS Monaco	10

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Van Basten before Stoichkov and Häßler. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .