2006 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time.2013-12-16 Cannavaro discusses highs and lows - Michael Cockerill - Football Australia 2013 http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 2022-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084627/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 16 December 2013 dead He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting. There were 165 coaches and 165 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 330 votes.FIFA Awards https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#player10 2025-12-08 www.rsssf.org The Women FIFA World Player of the Year was Marta, who won it for the first time. On the women's side, 147 coaches and 149 captains were selected for the voting process, totaling 296 votes. Results Men RankWayback Machine http://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/events/FWPG06_results_by_player_men.xls https://web.archive.org/web/20070102023741/http://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/events/FWPG06_results_by_player_men.xls 2007-01-02 2025-12-19 www.fifa.comFIFA FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,123555,00.html?articleid=123555 https://web.archive.org/web/20070103225502/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,123555,00.html?articleid=123555 2007-01-03 2025-12-19 www.fifa.comWayback Machine http://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/events/FWPG06_Shortlist_Men_30_final_E.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20061129023429/http://www.fifa.com/documents/fifa/events/FWPG06_Shortlist_Men_30_final_E.pdf 2006-11-29 2025-12-19 www.fifa.com Player Points Team 1 ITA Fabio Cannavaro 498 ESP Real Madrid ITA Juventus 2 FRA Zinedine Zidane 454 ESP Real Madrid 3 BRA Ronaldinho 380 ESP Barcelona 4 FRA Thierry Henry 317 ENG Arsenal 5 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 300 ESP Barcelona 6 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 150 ENG Chelsea 7 BRA Kaká 139 ITA Milan 8 ITA Gianluigi Buffon 118 ITA Juventus 9 ITA Andrea Pirlo 86 Italy Milan 10 POR Cristiano Ronaldo 69 ENG Manchester United 11 GER Michael Ballack 53 ENG ChelseaGER Bayern Munich 12 ENG Steven Gerrard 48 ENG Liverpool 13 GER Miroslav Klose 46 GER Werder Bremen 14 ENG Frank Lampard 31 ENG Chelsea 15 POR Deco 25 ESP Barcelona 16 POR Luís Figo 20 ITA Internazionale 17 ARG Juan Román Riquelme 16 ESP Villarreal FRA Franck Ribéry 16 FRA Marseille ENG Wayne Rooney 16 ENG Manchester United 20 ITA Gennaro Gattuso 15 ITA Milan 21 UKR Andriy Shevchenko 14 ENG ChelseaITA Milan 22 FRA Patrick Vieira 13 ITA InternazionaleITA Juventus GHA Michael Essien 13 ENG Chelsea 24 CZE Petr Čech 11 ENG Chelsea 25 ITA Alessandro Nesta 9 ITA Milan 26 FRA Lilian Thuram 8 ESP BarcelonaITA Juventus 27 GER Jens Lehmann 6 ENG Arsenal 28 GER Philipp Lahm 3 GER Bayern Munich 29 BRA Adriano 2 ITA Internazionale 30 CZE Tomáš Rosický 0 ENG Arsenal GER Borussia Dortmund Women Rank Player Club Points 1 BRA Marta SWE Umeå IK 475 2 USA Kristine Lilly 388 3 GER Renate Lingor GER FFC Frankfurt 305 4 USA Abby Wambach 182 5 ENG Kelly Smith ENG Arsenal L.F.C. 157 6 GER Silke Rottenberg GER FCR DuisburgGER FFC Frankfurt 154 7 CHN Han Duan 116 8 CHN Ma Xiaoxu CHN Dalian Shide 99 9 SWE Malin Moström SWE Umeå IK 87 10 SWE Lotta Schelin SWE Göteborg FC 82 11 NGR Cynthia Uwak Finland FC United 81 12 PRK Ri Kum-Suk PRK 4.25 SC 64 13 NOR Ingvild Stensland NOR Kolbotn 54 14 FRA Laura Georges 48 15 CAN Christine Sinclair CAN Vancouver Whitecaps 39 16 MEX Mónica Ocampo USA F.C. Indiana 34 17 FRA Sandrine Soubeyrand FRA FCF Juvisy 31 18 FIN Laura Kalmari SWE Djurgårdens IF 24 19 AUS Cheryl Salisbury 12 20 DEN Cathrine Paaske Sørensen DEN Brøndby IF 11 See also References FIFA World Player of the Year Category:FIFA World Player of the Year winners