The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time. He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting. There were 165 coaches and 165 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 330 votes.
The Women FIFA World Player of the Year was Marta, who won it for the first time. On the women's side, 147 coaches and 149 captains were selected for the voting process, totaling 296 votes.
Results Men Rank Player Points Team 1 Fabio Cannavaro 498 Real Madrid Juventus 2 Zinedine Zidane 454 Real Madrid 3 Ronaldinho 380 Barcelona 4 Thierry Henry 317 Arsenal 5 Samuel Eto'o 300 Barcelona 6 Didier Drogba 150 Chelsea 7 Kaká 139 Milan 8 Gianluigi Buffon 118 Juventus 9 Andrea Pirlo 86 Milan 10 Cristiano Ronaldo 69 Manchester United 11 Michael Ballack 53 Chelsea Bayern Munich 12 Steven Gerrard 48 Liverpool 13 Miroslav Klose 46 Werder Bremen 14 Frank Lampard 31 Chelsea 15 Deco 25 Barcelona 16 Luís Figo 20 Internazionale 17 Juan Román Riquelme 16 Villarreal Franck Ribéry 16 Marseille Wayne Rooney 16 Manchester United 20 Gennaro Gattuso 15 Milan 21 Andriy Shevchenko 14 Chelsea Milan 22 Patrick Vieira 13 Internazionale Juventus Michael Essien 13 Chelsea 24 Petr Čech 11 Chelsea 25 Alessandro Nesta 9 Milan 26 Lilian Thuram 8 Barcelona Juventus 27 Jens Lehmann 6 Arsenal 28 Philipp Lahm 3 Bayern Munich 29 Adriano 2 Internazionale 30 Tomáš Rosický 0 Arsenal Borussia Dortmund
Women Rank Player Club Points 1 Marta Umeå IK 475 2 Kristine Lilly 388 3 Renate Lingor FFC Frankfurt 305 4 Abby Wambach 182 5 Kelly Smith Arsenal L.F.C. 157 6 Silke Rottenberg FCR Duisburg FFC Frankfurt 154 7 Han Duan 116 8 Ma Xiaoxu Dalian Shide 99 9 Malin Moström Umeå IK 87 10 Lotta Schelin Göteborg FC 82 11 Cynthia Uwak FC United 81 12 Ri Kum-Suk 4.25 SC 64 13 Ingvild Stensland Kolbotn 54 14 Laura Georges 48 15 Christine Sinclair Vancouver Whitecaps 39 16 Mónica Ocampo F.C. Indiana 34 17 Sandrine Soubeyrand FCF Juvisy 31 18 Laura Kalmari Djurgårdens IF 24 19 Cheryl Salisbury 12 20 Cathrine Paaske Sørensen Brøndby IF 11
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