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2002 FIFA World Player of the Year

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The 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo for a record-breaking third time. It was the award's 12th edition. Mia Hamm won the women's award. The gala was hosted at the Congress Centre in Madrid, on December 17, 2002. 147 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 77 for the women's. The ceremony theme was Real Madrid's Centenary Charity match against the World XI (3-3) that was played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in front of 55,000 spectators. [1]

Results

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Men

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Rank Player Club(s) Country Points
1 Ronaldo Italy Inter Milan
Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Brazil 387
2 Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich Germany Germany 171
3 Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid France France 148
4 Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid Brazil Brazil 114
5 Rivaldo Spain Barcelona
Italy Milan
Brazil Brazil 92
6 Raúl Spain Real Madrid Spain Spain 90
7 Michael Ballack Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Bayern Munich
Germany Germany 82
8 David Beckham England Manchester United England England 51
9 Thierry Henry England Arsenal France France 38
10 Michael Owen England Liverpool England England 34

Women

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Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 161
2 Germany Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt
United States Carolina Courage
96
3 China Sun Wen United States Atlanta Beat
China Shanghai SVA
58
4 United States Tiffeny Milbrett United States New York Power 45
5 France Marinette Pichon France Saint-Memmie Olympique
United States Philadelphia Charge
42
6 Canada Christine Sinclair Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 38
7 Germany Steffi Jones United States Washington Freedom 19
8 Norway Hege Riise United States Carolina Courage 17
9 Brazil Sissi United States San Jose CyberRays 14
10 China Bai Jie United States Washington Freedom 13
11 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Umeå IK 11
12= United States Kristine Lilly United States Boston Breakers 10
12= Brazil Katia United States San Jose CyberRays 10

References

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  1. ^ "2003 edition". teamstoendpoverty. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. ^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.