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  • Don't Forget the Fans!

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    Don't Forget the Fans!

    Tuesday 24 February 1998

    Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini ... and Caroline Hanlon. Isn't that the ultimate honour for a football fan, to share the same stage as the great names of football, as I was privileged to do at the World Player Gala ...

  • International Hall of Champions - Together - At Last

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    International Hall of Champions - Together - At Last

    Tuesday 24 February 1998

    This year, FIFA used the occasion of the annual World Player gala to help launch the new International Football Hall of Champions, a project which has FIFA's official support. It produced an unprecedented array of talent past as well as present on ...

  • Four Candidates for FIFA World Player 1997

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    Four Candidates for FIFA World Player 1997

    Monday 8 December 1997

    Votes have been counted from 128 national team coaches as the title of FIFA World Player of the Year 1997 will go to one of four players at a ceremony to be held at Disneyland Paris on Monday 12 January 1998.

  • FIFA World Player Gala 1997 : Bigger Than Ever

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    FIFA World Player Gala 1997 : Bigger Than Ever

    Wednesday 26 November 1997

    The FIFA World Player Gala on Monday 12 January 1998 will be bigger than any of its six predecessors and, for the first time, will involve star players of the past as well as the present.

FIFA World Player GALA 1997

Winners
  • Player of the year (Men's) : RONALDO
  • FIFA Fair Play Award: Irish spectators of the World Cup preliminary match versus Belgium, Jozef Zovinec (Slovak amateur player), Julie FOUDY
  • Top Team of the Year Award: Brazil
  • Best Mover of the Year: Yugoslavia