2001 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award The 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luís Figo by the slim margin of 12 points. David Beckham was again in the second place. The gala was hosted at the TV Production Centre in Zürich, on December 17, 2001. 130 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. For the first time the Women's award was given out, won by Mia Hamm. Results Men https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10 31 March 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html 12 January 2016 RankPlayer5P3P1PPointsClub(s)1POR Luís Figo273510250ESP Real Madrid2ENG David Beckham302319238ENG Manchester United3ESP Raúl10121096ESP Real Madrid4FRA Zinedine Zidane129794ITA JuventusESP Real Madrid5BRA Rivaldo1171692ESP Barcelona6ARG Juan Sebastián Verón96871ITA LazioENG Manchester United7GER Oliver Kahn851065GER Bayern Munich8ENG Michael Owen411861ENG Liverpool9UKR Andriy Shevchenko64446ITA Milan10ITA Francesco Totti54340ITA Roma11FRA Thierry Henry03615ENG Arsenal12POR Manuel Rui Costa21114ITA Fiorentina ITA Milan13FRA Patrick Vieira21013ENG Arsenal14SWE Henrik Larsson1119Scotland Celtic15BR Roberto Carlos1108Spain Real MadridARG Gabriel Batistuta0228ITA Roma17GER Stefan Effenberg1005GER Bayern MunichCroatia Alen Bokšić1005ENG Middlesbrough19ARG Hernán Crespo0114ITA LazioNederland Ruud van Nistelrooy0114Nederland PSV ENG Manchester UnitedITA Alessandro Del Piero0044ITA Juventus22Colombia Oscar Córdoba0103ARG Boca JuniorsSpain Gaizka Mendieta0103Spain Valencia ITA LazioDEN Ebbe Sand0103GER Schalke 04ITA Alessandro Nesta0033ITA LazioARG Javier Saviola0033ARG River Plate Spain Barcelona 27BR Giovane Élber0022GER Bayern MunichJapan Hidetoshi Nakata0022ITA Roma ITA Parma 29Carlos Alberto0011 Iran Ali Daei0011GER Hertha Berlin Spain Luis Enrique0011Spain Barcelona ENG Steven Gerrard0011ENG Liverpool Ireland Roy Keane0011ENG Manchester United Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe0011Poland Polonia Warsaw GRE Panathinaikos ARG Diego Simeone0011ITA Lazio DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson0011Nederland Feyenoord RSA Sibusiso Zuma0011DEN F.C. Copenhagen Women https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12 31 March 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html 12 January 2016 Rank Player Club Points 1 USA Mia Hamm USA Washington Freedom 154 2 CHN Sun Wen USA Atlanta Beat 79 3 USA Tiffeny Milbrett USA New York Power 47 4 GER Birgit Prinz GER FFC Frankfurt 40 5 GER Doris Fitschen GER FFC FrankfurtUSA Philadelphia Charge 37 6 BRA Sissi USA San Jose CyberRays 35 7 SWE Hanna Ljungberg SWE Umeå IK 29 8 GER Bettina Wiegmann GER FFC BrauweilerUSA Boston Breakers 17 9 NOR Hege Riise USA Carolina Courage 16 10 NOR Dagny Mellgren USA Boston Breakers 13 11 USA Brandi Chastain USA San Jose CyberRays 11 12 GER Claudia Müller GER WSV Wendschott 10 13 CAN Charmaine Hooper USA Atlanta Beat 9 14 GER Sandra Smisek GER FCR Duisburg 8 GER Maren Meinert USA Boston Breakers 8 CHN Liu Ailing USA Philadelphia Charge 8 17 CHN Liu Ying CHN China 6 ENG Kelly Smith USA Philadelphia Charge 6 GER Steffi Jones GER 1. FFC Frankfurt 6 20 AUS Anissa Tann AUS NSW Sapphires 5 Vietnam Nguen Thi Mai Lan Vietnam Dong Trieu 5 USA Cindy Parlow USA Atlanta Beat 5 SWE Malin Moström SWE Umeå IK 5 SVK Kamila Beregszasziova SVK Olympia Košice 5 BR Kátia USA San Jose CyberRays 5 26 USA Kristine Lilly USA Boston Breakers 4 USA Joy Fawcett USA San Diego Spirit 4 USA Michelle Akers USA United States 4 29 NOR Gro Espeseth USA New York Power 3 USA Julie Foudy USA San Diego Spirit 3 USA LaKeysia Beene USA San Jose CyberRays 3 NOR Bente Nordby USA Carolina CourageUSA San Diego Spirit 3 BR Mônica Angélica de Paula BRA Brazil 3 SWE Jane Tornqvist SWE Älvsjö AIK FF 3 BR Pretinha USA Washington Freedom 3 CHN Mar Lar Win CHN China 3 FRA Corinne Diacre FRA Soyaux 3 USA Briana Scurry USA Atlanta Beat 3 CHN Zhu Jing CHN China 3 TUR Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç TUR Delta MobilyasporTUR Kuzeyspor 3 DEN Merete Pedersen DEN Odense Boldklub Q 3 FRA Marinette Pichon FRA Saint-Memmie Olympique 3 43 MEX Maribel Dominguez MEX Mexico 2 44 NOR Ann Kristin Aarones USA New York Power 1 ENG Angela Banks ENG Arsenal W.F.C. 1 BR Roseli USA Washington Freedom 1 DEN Carol Bonde DEN Denmark 1 CHN Han Wenxia CHN China 1 CHN So Wing CHN China 1 CHN Bai Jie USA Washington Freedom 1 Guinea Mama ama Gyaneua Guinea Guyana 1 AUS Julie Murray USA Bay Area CyberRays 1 Guatemala Magnolia Perez Guatemala Comunicaciones 1 ITA Patrizia Panico ITA Lazio 1 NOR Marianne Pettersen ENG Fulham Ladies 1 CHN Wen Lirong USA Carolina CourageUSA San Diego Spirit 1 BRA Tania BRA AA. Santa IzabelBRA Grêmio 1 USA Carola Andersson USA Tiffin University 1 Nigeria Mercy Akide USA San Diego Spirit 1 BEL Cynthia Browaeys BEL Eendracht Alost Ladies 1 RUS Nadezhda Bosikova RUS FC Energy Voronezh 1 References External links FIFA World Player 2001 (pdf) FIFA Women's World Player 2001 (pdf) FIFA World Player of the Year Category:FIFA World Player of the Year