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2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane for a record-equalling third time. It was the award's 13th edition. The gala was hosted at the Messe in Basel, on December 15, 2003. 142 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 100 for the women's. The ceremony's theme was the Match Against Poverty, which was played the previous day between Ronaldo Nazario and Zinedine Zidane (3-4) at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel in front of 30,000 spectators.

Birgit Prinz won the women's award for the first time.

Results

Men

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Zinedine Zidane	ESP Real Madrid	FRA France	264
2	Thierry Henry	ENG Arsenal	FRA France	186
3	Ronaldo	ESP Real Madrid	BRA Brazil	176
4	Pavel Nedvěd	ITA Juventus	Czech Republic Czech Republic	158
5	Roberto Carlos	ESP Real Madrid	BRA Brazil	105
6	Ruud van Nistelrooy	ENG Manchester United	NED Netherlands	86
7	David Beckham	ENG Manchester United
ESP Real Madrid	ENG England	74
8	Raúl	ESP Real Madrid	ESP Spain	39
9	Paolo Maldini	ITA Milan	ITA Italy	37
10	Andrei Shevchenko	ITA Milan	Ukraine Ukraine	26
11	Luís Figo	ESP Real Madrid	POR Portugal	17
12	Michael Ballack	GER Bayern Munich	GER Germany	15
13	Oliver Kahn	GER Bayern Munich	GER Germany	13
14	Pablo Aimar	Valencia	Argentina	9
15	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	Italy	8
16=	Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	Italy	6
16=	Michael Owen	Liverpool	England	6
18=	Alessandro Nesta	Milan	Italy	5
18=	Fernando Morientes	ESP Real Madrid
Monaco	ESP Spain	5
20=	Cafu	Milan	Brazil	3
20=	Dado Pršo	Monaco	Croatia	3
20=	Fabio Cannavaro	Internazionale	Italy	3
20=	Henrik Larsson	Celtic	Sweden	3
20=	Paul Freier	GER VfL Bochum	GER Germany	3
20=	Rivaldo	Milan	Brazil	3
20=	Robert Pires	Arsenal	France	3
20=	Ronaldinho	Paris Saint-Germain
Barcelona	Brazil	3
28=	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	England	2
28=	Samuel Eto'o	Mallorca	Cameroon	2

Women

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	GER Birgit Prinz	USA Carolina Courage
GER [FFC Frankfurt](1-ffc-frankfurt)	268
2	USA Mia Hamm	USA Washington Freedom	133
3	SWE Hanna Ljungberg	SWE Umeå IK	84
4	SWE Victoria Svensson	SWE Djurgårdens IF	82
5	GER Maren Meinert	USA Boston Breakers	69
6	GER Bettina Wiegmann	GER FFC Brauweiler	49
7	SWE Malin Moström	SWE Umeå IK	23
8=	BRA Katia	ESP Levante	14
8=	GER Renate Lingor	GER [FFC Frankfurt](1-ffc-frankfurt)	14
10=	BRA Marta	SWE Umeå IK	13
10=	GER Silke Rottenberg	GER FFC Brauweiler
GER FCR Duisburg	13
12	FRA Marinette Pichon	USA Philadelphia Charge
FRA Saint-Memmie Olympique	11
13	CAN Charmaine Hooper	USA Atlanta Beat	10

References

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