FIFA Players of the Year
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Winners of the FIFA player of the year award (merged with the magazine France Football’s Golden Ball award for European player of the year from 2010-15):
2021_Robert Lewandowski, Poland
2020_Robert Lewandowski, Poland
2019_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2018_Luka Modric, Croatia
2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2015_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2012_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2011_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2010_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2009_Lionel Messi, Argentina
2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2007_Kaka, Brazil
2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Italy
2005_Ronaldinho, Brazil
2004_Ronaldinho, Brazil
2003_Zinedine Zidane, France
2002_Ronaldo, Brazil
2001_Luis Figo, Portugal
2000_Zinedine Zidane, France
1999_Rivaldo, Brazil
1998_Zinedine Zidane, France
1997_Ronaldo, Brazil
1996_Ronaldo, Brazil
1995_George Weah, Liberia
1994_Romario, Brazil
1993_Roberto Baggio, Italy
1992_Marco Van Basten, Netherlands
1991_Lothar Matthaus, Germany
2021_Alexia Putellas, Spain
2020_Lucy Bronze, England
2019_Megan Rapinoe, United States
2018_Marta, Brazil
2017_Lieke Martens, Netherlands
2016_Carli Lloyd, United States
2015_Carli Lloyd, United States
2014_Nadine Kessler, Germany
2013_Nadine Angerer, Germany
2012_Abby Wambach, United States
2011_Homare Sawa, Japan
2010_Marta, Brazil
2009_Marta, Brazil
2008_Marta, Brazil
2007_Marta, Brazil
2006_Marta, Brazil
2005_Birgit Prinz, Germany
2004_Birgit Prinz, Germany
2003_Birgit Prinz, Germany
2002_Mia Hamm, United States
2001_Mia Hamm, United States