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1996 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo, the youngest player to ever win the award, aged 20. The ceremony took place at the Belem Cultural Centre in Lisbon, on January 20, 1997. For the first time a record of 120 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas and FIFA.

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Ronaldo	NED PSV
ESP Barcelona	BRA Brazil	329
2	George Weah	ITA Milan	Liberia Liberia	140
3	Alan Shearer	England Blackburn Rovers
England Newcastle United	England England	123
4	Matthias Sammer	Germany Borussia Dortmund	Germany Germany	109
5	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany Bayern Munich	Germany Germany	54
6	Nwankwo Kanu	NED Ajax
ITA Inter Milan	Nigeria Nigeria	32
7	Paolo Maldini	ITA Milan	ITA Italy	25
8	Davor Šuker	ESP Sevilla
ESP Real Madrid	Croatia Croatia	24
9	Gabriel Batistuta	ITA Fiorentina	Argentina Argentina	19
10	Romário	BRA Flamengo
ESP Valencia	BRA Brazil	13

References

"FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10".

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