2008 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award The 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 12 January 2009 at the Zurich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland, with Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal taking the men's award,FIFA World Player of the Year - Men's votes by player https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/99/15/28/resultsmenforfifa.combyplayer.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090126142750/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/99/15/28/resultsmenforfifa.combyplayer.pdf dead January 26, 2009 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 12 January 2009 12 January 2009 and Marta of Umeå IK and Brazil taking the women's award for the third consecutive season.FIFA World Player of the Year - Women's votes by player https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/99/15/27/resultswomenforfifa.combyplayer.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090124081623/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/99/15/27/resultswomenforfifa.combyplayer.pdf dead January 24, 2009 PDF FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 12 January 2009 12 January 2009 Other awards included the FIFA Development Award, which went to the Palestinian Football Federation for keeping its organisation and national team active; Federation President Jibril Al Rajoub, captain of the men's team Ahmad Kashkash, and women's team captain Honey Thaljiyeh were presented with the award. The Palestinian FA carried out a major refurbishment of the Al-Husseini Stadium, meaning that it met the standards to host an international match, becoming the first stadium in Palestinian territories to achieve this honour. Women's football received the FIFA Presidential Award, with the US team presented with the award (for their achievements), and player Heather O'Reilly collecting it. The FIFA Fair Play Award went to the representatives of the Turkish and Armenia national teams. Prior to a European World Cup qualifying match, the Presidents of the two FAs, Mahmut Özgener (Turkey) and Ruben Hayrapetyan (Armenia) shook hands, which was significant as the countries shared a long history of hostility towards each other.Ronaldo takes first award, Marta makes it three in a row https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=991538.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090120181909/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=991538.html dead January 20, 2009 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 12 January 2009 12 January 2009 Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 29 October 2008,Shortlists for FIFA awards revealed https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=928558.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081221043109/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=928558.html dead December 21, 2008 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 29 October 2008 16 December 2008 before being reduced to five men and five women by 12 December 2008.Gala nominees revealed https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=975825.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081213094929/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/news/newsid=975825.html dead December 13, 2008 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 12 December 2008 16 December 2008 The male nominees were Kaká, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Xavi, and the female nominees were Nadine Angerer, Cristiane, Marta, Birgit Prinz and Kelly Smith. Results Men RankPlayerPointsClub(s) 1 POR Cristiano Ronaldo 935 ENG Manchester United 2 ARG Lionel Messi 678 ESP Barcelona 3 ESP Fernando Torres 203 ENG Liverpool 4 BRA Kaká 183 ITA Milan 5 ESP Xavi 155 ESP Barcelona 6 ENG Steven Gerrard 98 ENG Liverpool 7 CMR Samuel Eto'o 58 ESP Barcelona 8 ESP Iker Casillas 49 ESP Real Madrid 9= ESP Andrés Iniesta 37 ESP Barcelona 9= ESP David Villa 37 ESP Valencia 11 RUS Andrey Arshavin 36 RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg 12 ENG Frank Lampard 33 ENG Chelsea 13 CIV Didier Drogba 30 ENG Chelsea 14= GER Michael Ballack 27 ENG Chelsea 14= ESP Cesc Fàbregas 27 ENG Arsenal 16 SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović 26 ITA Internazionale 17 TOG Emmanuel Adebayor 25 ENG Arsenal 18 FRA Franck Ribéry 23 GER Bayern Munich 19 NED Ruud van Nistelrooy 14 ESP Real Madrid 20 ARG Sergio Agüero 12 ESP Atlético Madrid 21 ENG John Terry 11 ENG Chelsea 22 ITA Gianluigi Buffon 8 ITA Juventus 23 POR Deco 1 ESP BarcelonaENG Chelsea Women RankPlayerPointsClub(s) 1 BRA Marta 1002 SWE Umeå 2 GER Birgit Prinz 328 GER Frankfurt 3 BRA Cristiane 275 SWE LinköpingBRA Corinthians 4 GER Nadine Angerer 198 GER 1. FFC Turbine PotsdamSWE Djurgården 5 ENG Kelly Smith 150 ENG Arsenal 6 BRA Daniela 130 BRA SaadSWE Linköping 7 USA Shannon Boxx 115 8 USA Hope Solo 83 9 CAN Christine Sinclair 47 CAN Vancouver Whitecaps 10 NOR Ingvild Stensland 41 SWE Kopparbergs/Göteborg References FIFA World Player of the Year Category:FIFA World Player of the Year