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2005 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession, also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting. It was the award's 15th edition. The award ceremony took place on the evening of December 19, 2004, and was held at the Zurich Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland. There were 156 coaches and 145 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 301 votes.

Birgit Prinz won the women's award for the third time in a row. For the women's side, there were 134 coaches and 127 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 261 votes.

Results

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Rank	Name	Team	Country	Points
1	Ronaldinho	ESP Barcelona	BRA Brazil	956
2	Frank Lampard	ENG Chelsea	ENG England	306
3	Samuel Eto'o	ESP Barcelona	Cameroon Cameroon	190
4	Thierry Henry	ENG Arsenal	FRA France	172
5	Adriano	ITA Inter Milan	BRA Brazil	170
6	Andriy Shevchenko	ITA Milan	Ukraine Ukraine	153
7	Steven Gerrard	ENG Liverpool F.C.	ENG England	131
8	Kaká	ITA Milan	BRA Brazil	101
9	Paolo Maldini	ITA Milan	ITA Italy	76
10	Didier Drogba	ENG Chelsea	CIV Ivory Coast	56
11	Michael Ballack	GER Bayern Munich	GER Germany	64
12	Ronaldo	ESP Real Madrid	BRA Brazil	63
13	Zinedine Zidane	ESP Real Madrid	FRA France	55
14	Zlatan Ibrahimović	ITA Juventus	SWE Sweden	36
15	Deco	ESP Barcelona	Portugal Portugal	24
16	Juan Román Riquelme	ESP Villarreal	Argentina Argentina	20
17	Robinho	BRA Santos
ESP Real Madrid	BRA Brazil	19
18	David Beckham	ESP Real Madrid	ENG England	17
18=	Wayne Rooney	ENG Manchester United	ENG England	17
20	Cristiano Ronaldo	ENG Manchester United	Portugal Portugal	13
21	Ruud van Nistelrooy	ENG Manchester United	NED Netherlands	11
21=	Michael Essien	FRA Lyon
ENG Chelsea	Ghana Ghana	11
23	Raúl	ESP Real Madrid	ESP Spain	8
23=	Pavel Nedvěd	ITA Juventus	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8
25	Arjen Robben	ENG Chelsea	NED Netherlands	5
26	Cafu	ITA Milan	BRA Brazil	3
26=	Jay-Jay Okocha	ENG Bolton Wanderers	NGA Nigeria	3
26=	Roberto Carlos	ESP Real Madrid	BRA Brazil	3
26=	Alessandro Nesta	ITA Milan	ITA Italy	3
30	Gianluigi Buffon	ITA Juventus	ITA Italy	1

Women

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	GER Birgit Prinz	GER [FFC Frankfurt](1-ffc-frankfurt)	513
2	BRA Marta	SWE Umeå IK	429
3	USA Shannon Boxx	USA Ajax Los Angeles	235
4	SWE Hanna Ljungberg	SWE Umeå IK	206
5	GER Renate Lingor	GER [FFC Frankfurt](1-ffc-frankfurt)	170
6	MEX Maribel Domínguez	USA Atlanta Beat
ESP FC Barcelona	115
7	NOR Solveig Gulbrandsen	NOR Kolbotn	97
7	GER Sandra Minnert	GER SC Bad Neuenahr	97
9	USA Christie Welsh	FRA Lyon
USA New Jersey Wildcats	78
10	ENG Kelly Smith	ENG Arsenal L.F.C.	60
11	SWE Malin Moström	SWE Umeå IK	N/A
12	FRA Laura Georges	FRA Lyon	N/A
13	NGR Perpetua Nkwocha	SWE Sunnanå SK	N/A

References

"FIFA Awards, World Player of the Year Top 10". rsssf.
(20 December 2005). "Ronaldinho named World Player of the Year again". [[China Daily]].
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