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2001 FIFA World Player of the Year

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The 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luís Figo by the slim margin of 12 points. David Beckham was again in the second place. The gala was hosted at the TV Production Centre in Zürich, on December 17, 2001. 130 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. For the first time the Women's award was given out, won by Mia Hamm.

Results

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Men

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Rank Player 5P 3P 1P Points Club(s)
1 Portugal Luís Figo 27 35 10 250 Spain Real Madrid
2 England David Beckham 30 23 19 238 England Manchester United
3 Spain Raúl 10 12 10 96 Spain Real Madrid
4 France Zinedine Zidane 12 9 7 94 Italy Juventus
Spain Real Madrid
5 Brazil Rivaldo 11 7 16 92 Spain Barcelona
6 Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón 9 6 8 71 Italy Lazio
England Manchester United
7 Germany Oliver Kahn 8 5 10 65 Germany Bayern Munich
8 England Michael Owen 4 11 8 61 England Liverpool
9 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 6 4 4 46 Italy Milan
10 Italy Francesco Totti 5 4 3 40 Italy Roma

Women

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Rank Player Club Points
1 United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 154
2 China Sun Wen United States Atlanta Beat 79
3 United States Tiffeny Milbrett United States New York Power 47
4 Germany Birgit Prinz Germany FFC Frankfurt 40
5 Germany Doris Fitschen Germany FFC Frankfurt
United States Philadelphia Charge
37
6 Brazil Sissi United States San Jose CyberRays 35
7 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Umeå IK 29
8 Germany Bettina Wiegmann Germany FFC Brauweiler
United States Boston Breakers
17
9 Norway Hege Riise United States Carolina Courage 16
10 Norway Dagny Mellgren United States Boston Breakers 13
11 United States Brandi Chastain United States San Jose CyberRays 11
12 Germany Claudia Müller Germany WSV Wendschott 10

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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