As we all know, Mr. World Footballer is an award given by FIFA to players who have excelled in the year, and the award is aimed at male footballers from all over the world. If a player of the year receives the World Footballer of the Year award, it is enough to prove that the player is excellent, after all, it is one out of ten thousand! So who are the previous World Footballer of the Year winners? So from 1991 to 2020, who are the winners of the world footballer of the year? Let's take a look.
Past winners of fifa's Player of the Year awards
annual | winner | Nationality at the time of award | Club at the time of award |
FIFA World Player of the Year (1991-2009) | |||
1991 | Lothar Mateus | Germany | Inter |
1992 | Marko van Basten | Netherlands | Ac milan |
1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Juventus |
1994 | Romario | Brazil | Barcelona |
1995 | George Weah | Liberia | |
1996 | Ronaldo | ||
1997 | |||
1998 | Zineddin Zidane | France | |
1999 | Rivaldo | ||
2000 | |||
2001 | Luis Figo | Portugal | Real madrid |
2002 | |||
2003 | |||
2004 | Ronaldinho | ||
2005 | |||
2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | ||
2007 | Kaka | ||
2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | |
2009 | Leo Messi | Argentina | |
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) | |||
2010 | |||
2011 | |||
2012 | |||
2013 | |||
2014 | |||
2015 | |||
The Best FIFA Men's Player (2016—2021) | |||
2016 | |||
2017 | |||
2018 | Luka Modric | Croatia | |
2019 | |||
2020 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | Bayern Munich |
2021 | Paris Saint-Germain |