FIFA World Player of the Year 1999

World Footballer of the Year 1999
Rivaldo (here at the 2014 World Cup)

The FIFA World Player of the Year 1999 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on January 24, 2000 in the Palais des Congrès in Brussels . It was the ninth 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 Rivaldo .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by voting among 140 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.	Rivaldo	Brazil	FC Barcelona	543
2.	David Beckham	England	Manchester United	194
3.	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	AC Florence	79
4th	Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus Turin	68
5.	Christian Vieri	Italy	Lazio Rome / Inter Milan	39
6th	Luís Figo	Portugal	FC Barcelona	35
7th	Andrij Shevchenko	Ukraine	Dynamo Kiev / AC Milan	33
8th.	Raúl	Spain	real Madrid	31
9.	Andy Cole	England	Manchester United	24
10.	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Manchester United	14th

Individual evidence

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