FIFA World Player of the Year 2000

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World Footballer of the Year 1998
Zinédine Zidane

The FIFA World Player of the Year 2000 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on December 11, 2000 in a television studio in Rome . It was the tenth award of the “ World Footballer of the Year ” award introduced by the FIFA World Cup in 1991 . The French Zinédine Zidane won the award for the second time .

Voting mode

The winner was determined by voting among 150 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 FranceFrance France ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 370
2. Luís Figo PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain FC Barcelona / Real MadridSpainSpain  329
3. Rivaldo BrazilBrazil Brazil SpainSpain FC Barcelona 263
4th Gabriel Batistuta ArgentinaArgentina Argentina ItalyItaly AC Florence / AS RomaItalyItaly  57
5. Andrij Shevchenko UkraineUkraine Ukraine ItalyItaly AC Milan 48
6th David Beckham EnglandEngland England EnglandEngland Manchester United 41
7th Thierry Henry FranceFrance France EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 35
8th. Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly Lazio Rome 23
9. Patrick Kluivert NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands SpainSpain FC Barcelona 22nd
10. Francesco Totti ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly AS Roma 14th
Raúl SpainSpain Spain SpainSpain real Madrid 14th

Individual evidence

  1. Zidane wins ahead of Figo and Rivaldo. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 7, 2014 .