2009 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009.^[1] The final five contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009.^[2] Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total.^[3]

Results

Men

Rank	Player	Points	Team
1	Lionel Messi	1073	Barcelona
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	352	Manchester United Real Madrid
3	Xavi	196	Barcelona
4	Kaká	190	Milan Real Madrid
5	Andrés Iniesta	134	Barcelona
6	Didier Drogba	128	Chelsea
7	Fernando Torres	113	Liverpool
8	Steven Gerrard	64	Liverpool
9	Samuel Eto'o	54	Barcelona Internazionale
10	Wayne Rooney	45	Manchester United
11	Frank Lampard	31	Chelsea
12=	Michael Ballack	27	Chelsea
12=	John Terry	27	Chelsea
14	Zlatan Ibrahimović	22	Internazionale Barcelona
15=	Gianluigi Buffon	19	Juventus
15=	Michael Essien	19	Chelsea
17	Iker Casillas	17	Real Madrid
18	Carles Puyol	14	Barcelona
19=	Diego	8	Werder Bremen Juventus
19=	David Villa	8	Valencia
21	Franck Ribéry	7	Bayern Munich
22	Thierry Henry	6	Barcelona
23	Luís Fabiano	2	Sevilla

Women

Rank	Player	Points	Team
1	Marta	833	Los Angeles Sol Santos
2	Birgit Prinz	290	Frankfurt
3	Kelly Smith	252	Boston Breakers
4	Cristiane	239	Chicago Red Stars Santos
5	Inka Grings	216	Duisburg

Shortlist of 10 players

References

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