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2009 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009. The final five contenders for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009. Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total.

Results

Men

Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1	ARG Lionel Messi	1073	ESP Barcelona
2	POR Cristiano Ronaldo	352	ENG Manchester United
ESP Real Madrid
3	ESP Xavi	196	ESP Barcelona
4	BRA Kaká	190	ITA Milan
ESP Real Madrid
5	ESP Andrés Iniesta	134	ESP Barcelona
6	CIV Didier Drogba	128	ENG Chelsea
7	ESP Fernando Torres	113	ENG Liverpool
8	ENG Steven Gerrard	64	ENG Liverpool
9	CMR Samuel Eto'o	54	ESP Barcelona
ITA Internazionale
10	ENG Wayne Rooney	45	ENG Manchester United
11	ENG Frank Lampard	31	ENG Chelsea
12=	GER Michael Ballack	27	ENG Chelsea
12=	ENG John Terry	27	ENG Chelsea
14	SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović	22	ITA Internazionale
ESP Barcelona
15=	ITA Gianluigi Buffon	19	ITA Juventus
15=	GHA Michael Essien	19	ENG Chelsea
17	ESP Iker Casillas	17	ESP Real Madrid
18	ESP Carles Puyol	14	ESP Barcelona
19=	BRA Diego	8	GER Werder Bremen
ITA Juventus
19=	ESP David Villa	8	ESP Valencia
21	FRA Franck Ribéry	7	GER Bayern Munich
22	FRA Thierry Henry	6	ESP Barcelona
23	BRA Luís Fabiano	2	ESP Sevilla

Women

Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1	BRA Marta	833	USA Los Angeles Sol
BRA Santos
2	GER Birgit Prinz	290	GER [Frankfurt](1-ffc-frankfurt)
3	ENG Kelly Smith	252	USA Boston Breakers
4	BRA Cristiane	239	USA Chicago Red Stars
BRA Santos
5	GER Inka Grings	216	GER Duisburg

Shortlist of 10 players

Germany Nadine Angerer
France Sonia Bompastor
Brazil Cristiane
Germany Inka Grings
Japan Mana Iwabuchi
Germany Simone Laudehr
Brazil Marta
Germany Birgit Prinz
England Kelly Smith
USA Abby Wambach

References

(30 October 2009). "Shortlists for FIFA awards revealed". [[FIFA.
(7 December 2009). "Final five for FIFA awards revealed". [[FIFA.
(21 December 2009). "Messi takes first award, Marta obtains record-breaking fourth crown". FIFA.com.
"FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10".
FIFA.com. "FIFA.com - Short lists for FIFA World Player awards revealed".
"FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12".

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