FIFA World Player of the Year 1998

World Footballer of the Year 1998
Zinédine Zidane

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1998 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on February 1, 1999 at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona . It was the eighth award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award, introduced in 1991 by the world football association FIFA . The winner of the award was the French Zinédine Zidane .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by a vote among 129 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.	Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus Turin	518
2.	Ronaldo	Brazil	Inter Milan	164
3.	Before that, Šuker	Croatia	real Madrid	108
4th	Michael Owen	England	Liverpool FC	43
5.	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	AC Florence	40
6th	Rivaldo	Brazil	FC Barcelona	37
7th	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Arsenal FC	33
8th.	Edgar Davids	Netherlands	Juventus Turin	26th
9.	Marcel Desailly	France	AC Milan / Chelsea FC	23
10.	Lilian Thuram	France	AC Parma	14th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The new king is called Zidane. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .