FIFA World Player of the Year 1996

World Footballer of the Year 1996
Ronaldo

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1996 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on January 20, 1997 in the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon . It was the sixth award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award, introduced in 1991 by the FIFA World Cup . The winner of the award was the Brazilian Ronaldo .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by a vote among 120 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.	Ronaldo	Brazil	PSV Eindhoven / FC Barcelona	329
2.	George Weah	Liberia	AC Milan	140
3.	Alan Shearer	England	Blackburn Rovers / Newcastle United	123
4th	Matthias Sammer	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	109
5.	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	FC Bayern Munich	54
6th	Nwankwo canoe	Nigeria	Ajax Amsterdam / Inter Milan	32
7th	Paolo Maldini	Italy	AC Milan	25th
8th.	Before that, Šuker	Croatia	Sevilla FC / Real Madrid	24
9.	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	AC Florence	19th
10.	Romario	Brazil	CR Flamengo / Valencia CF	13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ronaldo at the top of the podium. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .