world Footballer of the Year

The following is recognized as World Footballer of the Year :

• the FIFA World Player of the year of FIFA from 1991 to 2009 and since 2016
• the winner of the Ballon d'Or from France Football 2007-2009 (before for European Footballer of the Year ), and since 2016
• the winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or , jointly sponsored by FIFA and France Football from 2010 to 2015
• the Player of the Year by World Soccer , since 1982

See also:

• World player of the year
• List of world footballers of the year

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.