2005 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession, also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting.

Results

RANK	NAME	TEAM	COUNTRY	POINTS
1	Ronaldinho	FC Barcelona	Brazil	956
2	Frank Lampard	Chelsea F.C.	England	306
3	Samuel Eto'o	FC Barcelona	Cameroon	190
4	Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.	France	172
5	Adriano	Inter Milan	Brazil	170
6	Andriy Shevchenko	A.C. Milan	Ukraine	153
7	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool F.C.	England	131
8	Kaká	A.C. Milan	Brazil	101
9	Paolo Maldini	A.C. Milan	Italy	76
10	Didier Drogba	Chelsea F.C.	Ivory Coast	56
11	Michael Ballack	Bayern Munich	Germany	64
12	Ronaldo	Real Madrid C.F.	Brazil	63
13	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid C.F.	France	55
14	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Juventus F.C.	Sweden	36
15	Deco	FC Barcelona	Portugal	24
16	Juan Román Riquelme	Villarreal CF	Argentina	20
17	Robinho	Santos Real Madrid C.F.	Brazil	19
18	David Beckham	Real Madrid C.F.	England	17
18=	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	England	17
20	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Portugal	13
21	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	Netherlands	11
21=	Michael Essien	Lyon Chelsea F.C.	Ghana	11
23	Raúl	Real Madrid C.F.	Spain	8
23=	Pavel Nedvěd	Juventus F.C.	Czech Republic	8
25	Arjen Robben	Chelsea F.C.	Netherlands	5
26	Cafu	A.C. Milan	Brazil	3
26=	Jay-Jay Okocha	Bolton Wanderers	Nigeria	3
26=	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid C.F.	Brazil	3
26=	Alessandro Nesta	A.C. Milan	Italy	3
30	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus F.C.	Italy	1

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Birgit Prinz	FFC Frankfurt	513
2	Marta	Umeå IK	429
3	Shannon Boxx	Ajax Los Angeles	235
4	Hanna Ljungberg	Umeå IK	206
5	Renate Lingor	FFC Frankfurt	170
6	Maribel Domínguez	Atlanta Beat FC Barcelona	115
7	Solveig Gulbrandsen	Kolbotn	97
7	Sandra Minnert	SC Bad Neuenahr	97
9	Christie Welsh	Lyon New Jersey Wildcats	78
10	Kelly Smith	Arsenal L.F.C.	60
11	Malin Moström	Umeå IK	N/A
12	Laura Georges	Lyon	N/A
13	Perpetua Nkwocha	Sunnanå SK	N/A

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International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football