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2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

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The 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane for a record-equalling third time. It was the award's 13th edition. Mia Hamm won the women's award. The gala was hosted at the Messe in Basel, on December 15, 2003. 142 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 100 for the women's. The ceremony's theme was the Match Against Poverty that was played the previous day between the Ronaldo and Zidane Xi (3-4) at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel in front of 30,000 spectators. Birgit Prinz won the women's award.

Results

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Men

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Rank Player Club(s) Country Points
1 Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid France France 264
2 Thierry Henry England Arsenal France France 186
3 Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid Brazil Brazil 176
4 Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus Czech Republic Czech Republic 158
5 Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid Brazil Brazil 105
6 Ruud van Nistelrooy England Manchester United Netherlands Netherlands 86
7 David Beckham England Manchester United
Spain Real Madrid
England England 74
8 Raúl Spain Real Madrid Spain Spain 39
9 Paolo Maldini Italy Milan Italy Italy 37
10 Andrei Shevchenko Italy Milan Ukraine Ukraine 26

Women

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Rank Player Club(s) Points
1 Germany Birgit Prinz United States Carolina Courage
Germany FFC Frankfurt
268
2 United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 133
3 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Umeå IK 84
4 Sweden Victoria Svensson Sweden Djurgårdens IF 82
5 Germany Maren Meinert United States Boston Breakers 69
6 Germany Bettina Wiegmann Germany FFC Brauweiler 49
7 Sweden Malin Moström Sweden Umeå IK 23
8= Brazil Katia Spain Levante 14
8= Germany Renate Lingor Germany FFC Frankfurt 14
10= Brazil Marta Sweden Umeå IK 13
10= Germany Silke Rottenberg Germany FFC Brauweiler
Germany FCR Duisburg
13
12 France Marinette Pichon United States Philadelphia Charge
France Saint-Memmie Olympique
11
13 Canada Charmaine Hooper United States Atlanta Beat 10

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA Awards – Women Player of the Year - Top 12". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.