FIFA World Player of the Year 2007

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World Footballer of the Year 2007
Kaká

The FIFA World Player of the Year 2007 (then still FIFA World Player ) was chosen on December 17, 2007 in the Zurich Opera House . It was the 17th 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 Kaká .

Voting mode

The winner was determined through a vote among the coaches and captains of the world's national teams. 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

  • 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. Kaká BrazilBrazil Brazil ItalyItaly AC Milan 1047
2. Lionel Messi ArgentinaArgentina Argentina SpainSpain FC Barcelona 504
3. Cristiano Ronaldo PortugalPortugal Portugal EnglandEngland Manchester United 426
4th Didier Drogba Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 209
5. Ronaldinho BrazilBrazil Brazil SpainSpain FC Barcelona 109
6th Steven Gerrard EnglandEngland England EnglandEngland Liverpool FC 68
7th Andrea Pirlo ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly AC Milan 57
8th. Thierry Henry FranceFrance France EnglandEngland Arsenal FC / Barcelona FCSpainSpain  54
9. Fabio Cannavaro ItalyItaly Italy SpainSpain real Madrid 47
10. Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 31
11. Franck Ribery FranceFrance France FranceFrance Olympique Marseille / FC Bayern MunichGermanyGermany  30th
12. Samuel Eto'o CameroonCameroon Cameroon SpainSpain FC Barcelona 29
13. Wayne Rooney EnglandEngland England EnglandEngland Manchester United 22nd
14th Miroslav Klose GermanyGermany Germany GermanyGermany Werder Bremen / FC Bayern MunichGermanyGermany  21st
15th Michael Essien GhanaGhana Ghana EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 20th
16. Juan Román Riquelme ArgentinaArgentina Argentina ArgentinaArgentina Boca Juniors / Villarreal CF.SpainSpain  19th
17th Petr Čech Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 18th
Ruud van Nistelrooy NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands SpainSpain real Madrid 18th
19th Frank Lampard EnglandEngland England EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 11
20th Deco PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain FC Barcelona / FC ChelseaEnglandEngland  9
Juninho BrazilBrazil Brazil FranceFrance Olympique Lyon 9
22nd Gennaro Gattuso ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly AC Milan 8th
23. John Terry EnglandEngland England EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 6th
Patrick Vieira FranceFrance France ItalyItaly Inter Milan 6th
25th Rafael Marquez MexicoMexico Mexico SpainSpain FC Barcelona 5
26th Fernando Torres SpainSpain Spain SpainSpain Atlético Madrid / Liverpool FCEnglandEngland  4th
27. Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly Italy ItalyItaly AC Milan 2
28. Carlos Tévez ArgentinaArgentina Argentina EnglandEngland West Ham United / Manchester UnitedEnglandEngland  1

Individual evidence

  1. Football fever in the Zurich Opera. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed November 8, 2014 .