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2002 FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award

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.

Results

Men

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

Women

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	USA Mia Hamm	USA Washington Freedom	161
2	GER Birgit Prinz	GER FFC Frankfurt
USA Carolina Courage	96
3	CHN Sun Wen	USA Atlanta Beat
CHN Shanghai SVA	58
4	USA Tiffeny Milbrett	USA New York Power	45
5	FRA Marinette Pichon	France Saint-Memmie Olympique
USA Philadelphia Charge	42
6	CAN Christine Sinclair	CAN Vancouver Whitecaps	38
7	GER Steffi Jones	USA Washington Freedom	19
8	NOR Hege Riise	USA Carolina Courage	17
9	BRA Sissi	USA San Jose CyberRays	14
10	CHN Bai Jie	USA Washington Freedom	13
11	SWE Hanna Ljungberg	Sweden Umeå IK	11
12=	USA Kristine Lilly	USA Boston Breakers	10
12=	BRA Katia	USA San Jose CyberRays	10

References

(15 December 2003). "2003 edition". teamstoendpoverty.
"Wayback Machine".
"FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10".
"FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12".

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