FIFA World Player of the Year 1995

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1995 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on January 8, 1996 at a gala organized by the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport on the occasion of its 100th anniversary in the Teatro Nazionale in Milan . It was the fifth award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award introduced by the FIFA World Cup in 1991 . The winner of the award was the Liberian George Weah .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by voting among 95 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.	George Weah	Liberia	Paris Saint-Germain / AC Milan	170
2.	Paolo Maldini	Italy	AC Milan	80
3.	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Tottenham Hotspur / FC Bayern Munich	58
4th	Romario	Brazil	FC Barcelona / CR Flamengo	50
5.	Roberto Baggio	Italy	Juventus Turin / AC Milan	49
6th	Christo Stoitschkow	Bulgaria	FC Barcelona / AC Parma	37
7th	Iván Zamorano	Chile	real Madrid	36
8th.	Juninho Paulista	Brazil	Sao Paulo FC / Middlesbrough FC	28
9.	Matthias Sammer	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	23
10.	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	real Madrid	20th
	Gianfranco Zola	Italy	AC Parma	20th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lots of football celebrities at the lavish gala. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .