FIFA World Player of the Year 1994

World Footballer of the Year 1994
Romário (pictured here as a politician)

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1994 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen in early 1995 as part of a gala organized by the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. It was the fourth award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award introduced by the FIFA World Cup in 1991 . The winner of the award was the Brazilian Romário .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by a vote among 83 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.	Romario	Brazil	FC Barcelona	346
2.	Christo Stoitschkow	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona	100
3.	Roberto Baggio	Italy	Juventus Turin	80
4th	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	Brescia Calcio / FC Barcelona	50
5.	Paolo Maldini	Italy	AC Milan	40
6th	Bebeto	Brazil	Deportivo La Coruña	16
7th	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Inter Milan	11
8th.	Carlos Dunga	Brazil	VfB Stuttgart	23
9.	Franco Baresi	Italy	AC Milan	7th
	Tomas Brolin	Sweden	AC Parma	7th
	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	AS Monaco / Tottenham Hotspur	7th
	Mauro Silva	Brazil	Deportivo La Coruña	7th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Romario: world champion and FIFA world footballer. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .