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 1999 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY | POINTS |
| 1 | Rivaldo | Brazil | 543 |
| 2 | David Beckham | England | 194 |
| 3 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 79 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 68 |
| 5 | Christian Vieri | Italy | 39 |
| 6 | Luis Figo | Portugal | 35 |
| 7 | Andrii Shevchenko | Ukraine | 34 |
| 8 | Raul Gonzalez | Spain | 31 |
| 9 | Andy Cole | England | 24 |
| 10 | Dwight Yorke | Trinidad & Tobago | 19 |
Rivaldo completed his sweep of all the major awards in 1999 by winning this award. David Beckham came runner-up yet again with this time Gabriel Batistuta coming third. These three are presented with awards for achieving a top three position. 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 |
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