FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
All national coaches are invited to vote for the World Player of the Year. They make their choices, first gets five points, second three points and third one point. It began in 1991 and is awarded in a gala presentation. The results in 2003 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
POINTS |
| 1 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 264 |
| 2 | Thierry Henry | France | 186 |
| 3 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 176 |
| 4 | Pavel Nedved | Czech Republic | 158 |
| 5 | Roberto Carlos | Brazil | 105 |
| 6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Holland | 86 |
| 7 | David Beckham | England | 74 |
| 8 | Raul | Spain | 39 |
| 9 | Paolo Maldini | Italy | 37 |
| 10 | Andrej Shevchenko | Ukraine | 26 |
Zinedine Zidane joined Ronaldo as the only three-time winners of the award. Both had good seasons for Real Madrid, as did second place Thierry Henry for Arsenal. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1991 | Lothar Matthaus | Germany |
| 1992 | Marco Van Basten | Holland |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy |
| 1994 | Romario | Brazil |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1996 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
| 2000 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 2001 | Luis Figo | Portugal |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
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