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1999 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Rivaldo. The gala was hosted at the Palais de Congress Brussels, on 24 January 2000. 132 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, International Football Hall of Champions, FIFA and the Voetbal International Magazine of Belgium.

David Beckham took the second place – the highest ever position for an English footballer. Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta came third.

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	1P	2P	3P	4P	5P	Points
1	Rivaldo	ESP Barcelona	BRA Brazil	63	40	14	7	5	543
2	David Beckham	England Manchester United	England England	31	16	21	11	9	194
3	Gabriel Batistuta	ITA Fiorentina	Argentina Argentina	8	8	15	17	7	79
4	Zinedine Zidane	ITA Juventus	France France	3	14	7	7	3	68
5	Christian Vieri	ITA Lazio
ITA Inter Milan	ITA Italy	1	3	6	10	8	39
6	Luís Figo	ESP Barcelona	Portugal Portugal	11	4		11	12	35
7	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
ITA Milan	Ukraine Ukraine	11	10	19	13	8	34
8	Raúl	ESP Real Madrid	ESP Spain	3	5	6	6	6	31
9	Andy Cole	England Manchester United	England England	1		3	1	4	24
10	Dwight Yorke	England Manchester United	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	1		3	1	4	19

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232047/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/archive/edition=1999901999/ "Rivaldo on top of the world"] FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013
"Las votaciones". Mundo Deportivo.
"No 1 Del Mundo". Mundo Deportivo.
"FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year – Top 10". RSSSF.

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