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1998 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

The 1998 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane. The ceremony was held at the Teatro Nacional de Catalunya, in Barcelona on February 1, 1999. 132 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, FIFA and the Spanish newspaper Don Balon.

Results

Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1.	France Zinedine Zidane	518	ITA Juventus
2.	Brazil Ronaldo	164	ITA Internazionale
3.	Croatia Davor Šuker	108	ESP Real Madrid
4.	England Michael Owen	43	ENG Liverpool
5.	Argentina Gabriel Batistuta	40	ITA Fiorentina
6.	Brazil Rivaldo	37	ESP Barcelona
7.	Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp	33	ENG Arsenal
8.	Netherlands Edgar Davids	26	ITA Juventus
9.	France Marcel Desailly	23	ITA Milan
ENG Chelsea
10.	France Lilian Thuram	14	ITA Parma

References

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