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2007
Buru: A year's work
Tuesday 18 December 2007Bright lights on Gala night
Tuesday 18 December 2007Messi: There's only one Diego
Monday 17 December 2007Kaka: A dream come true
Monday 17 December 2007Kroos: I’m enjoying it all
Monday 17 December 2007Who is the greatest Gala winner?
Monday 17 December 2007Marta: The place to be
Monday 17 December 2007Monday night fever
Monday 17 December 2007Prinz: Individual prizes don't matter
Monday 17 December 2007Seven the number for Pele
Monday 17 December 2007Ronaldo: Going the right way
Monday 17 December 2007Cristiane: It's an honour
Monday 17 December 2007Pele: What an honour!
Monday 17 December 2007Barcelona scoop FIFA Fair Play award
Monday 17 December 2007Gala conference and ceremony broadcast live
Friday 14 December 2007The Gala in numbers
Friday 14 December 2007The FIFA World Player Gala LIVE!
Friday 14 December 2007The nominees: Who's the best?
Saturday 1 December 2007The contenders announced
Friday 30 November 2007Road to Zurich begins in earnest
Tuesday 9 October 2007
2006
Zidane: Time was right to retire
Wednesday 20 December 2006Lingor: The World Cup sparked a wave of euphoria
Wednesday 20 December 2006Cheers and tears for Marta
Monday 18 December 2006Cannavaro: It's been an incredible year!
Monday 18 December 2006Cannavaro and Marta reign supreme
Monday 18 December 2006Presidential Award for Giacinto Facchetti
Monday 18 December 2006FIFA Fair Play award goes to fans
Monday 18 December 2006'6 Villages for 2006' a big hit
Monday 18 December 2006Germany 2006 stars appear on Gala night
Monday 18 December 2006Double Dutch as Davids honours Smit
Monday 18 December 2006Relive Gala press conference
Monday 18 December 2006Cannavaro & Ronaldinho: We already feel like winners
Monday 18 December 2006Lilly: An athlete and ambassador
Monday 18 December 2006Gala Night glitter
Friday 15 December 2006Marta blends speed and technique
Wednesday 29 November 2006Women's Winners (2001-2005)
Tuesday 31 October 2006The best of the best (1991-2005)
Monday 23 October 2006Top player trends tell a tale
Monday 23 October 2006Preliminary lists revealed
Thursday 12 October 2006
2005
Marta and Boxx toast a fantastic year
Tuesday 20 December 2005Ronaldinho: I'm the happiest man on earth
Monday 19 December 2005Prinz: This is a great honour
Monday 19 December 2005Ronaldinho and Prinz crowned again
Monday 19 December 2005Boxx, Marta and Prinz eye big picture
Monday 19 December 2005Eto'o, Lampard and Ronaldinho "honoured to be here"
Monday 19 December 2005Gala: an evening full of suspense!
Monday 19 December 2005Six top stars on tenterhooks...
Wednesday 30 November 2005Samuel Eto'o: The best is yet to come
Wednesday 30 November 2005Frank Lampard: No stopping the Englishman
Wednesday 30 November 2005Ronaldinho: The smiling face of football
Wednesday 30 November 2005Shannon Boxx: USA's cool-headed heroine
Wednesday 30 November 2005Marta: An awesome blend of speed and technique
Wednesday 30 November 2005Birgit Prinz: Hoping for the hat-trick
Wednesday 30 November 2005Second coronation for Prinz-ess Birgit
Tuesday 21 December 2004Germany's footballing 'Prinzess' out to retain her crown
Monday 29 November 2004Hamm: Curtain falls on glittering career
Monday 29 November 2004Marta: The queen with a common touch
Monday 29 November 2004Olympic success reflected in final 21
Wednesday 6 October 2004Ljungberg delighted with third place
Monday 15 December 2003Birgit Prinz voted FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year
Monday 15 December 2003Zizou, the ultra-modest superstar
Sunday 14 December 2003Ronaldo, Hamm scoop top player awards
Tuesday 17 December 2002Football can 'Bend it' over the wall of prejudice
Tuesday 17 December 2002Devils with angelic faces
Thursday 12 December 2002Hamm, Prinz or Sun Wen? Kahn, Ronaldo or Zidane?
Monday 18 November 2002
2004
How they voted...
Wednesday 29 December 2004Memories of 2004
Wednesday 22 December 2004Football meets opera
Tuesday 21 December 2004Falcao: The down-to-earth show-stopper
Tuesday 21 December 2004Interview: Ronaldinho
Monday 20 December 2004Four very sporting losers
Monday 20 December 2004The crowning of Ronaldinho and Prinz
Monday 20 December 2004Players' speeches, press conference notes
Monday 20 December 2004Birgit Prinz and Ronaldinho take top honours
Monday 20 December 2004Presidential Award for Haiti, Fair Play Award to Brazil
Monday 20 December 2004Adrenaline flowing ahead of star turn
Monday 20 December 2004Watch the FIFA World Player of the Year press conference now
Saturday 18 December 2004Gala broadcast live in over 120 countries!
Friday 17 December 2004Andriy Shevchenko, the lethal weapon
Thursday 9 December 2004Dream final for FIFA Centennial celebrations
Monday 29 November 2004Ronaldinho the natural
Monday 29 November 2004Thierry Henry, the Highbury express train
Monday 29 November 2004Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist
Wednesday 6 October 200421 female players and 35 male players in the running
Tuesday 5 October 2004
2003
A day with Zinédine Zidane
Wednesday 17 December 2003Stars come out for 13th FIFA World Player Gala
Tuesday 16 December 2003World football's creme de la creme in Match against Poverty
Tuesday 16 December 2003Smiles and sportsmanship among contenders
Monday 15 December 2003Zidane matches Ronaldo
Monday 15 December 2003Birgit Prinz and “Zizou” – stars of the show
Monday 15 December 2003Top Team in 2003 - Brazil
Monday 15 December 2003Hamm, Ljungberg or Prinz? – Henry, Ronaldo or Zidane?
Monday 15 December 2003Galaxy of stars against poverty
Saturday 13 December 2003Ronaldo, the man who took on fate and won
Saturday 29 November 2003Henry, way over the speed limit
Friday 28 November 2003Hamm, Ljungberg or Prinz? – Henry, Ronaldo or Zidane?
Wednesday 26 November 20032010 FIFA World Cup™ bid dossiers submitted to FIFA today
Tuesday 30 September 2003A History of the Gala: Part III: the playmakers
Tuesday 17 December 2002A History of the Gala: Part I - European legends
Friday 13 December 2002
2002
Marc Wilmots: Belgium went for it!
Thursday 16 January 2003Ronaldo: I'm in love with football
Friday 10 January 2003Oliver Kahn: "I'll hang up my boots after 2006"
Tuesday 17 December 2002The race to goalscoring glory
Tuesday 17 December 2002Santiago of Madrid
Tuesday 17 December 2002Football fireworks - Korean style
Tuesday 17 December 2002A History of the Gala: Part III: the playmakers
Tuesday 17 December 2002A History of the Gala: Part II - The goalgetters
Monday 16 December 2002Real Madrid centenary World team is known
Monday 16 December 2002Blue paradise and a sea of red
Monday 16 December 2002Real diamond adds cutting edge
Friday 29 November 2002German giant reaches new heights
Friday 22 November 2002A star is reborn in the East
Friday 22 November 2002adidas Golden Shoe Award goes to RONALDO - KLOSE and RIVALDO joint 2nd
Monday 1 July 2002Raul (Spain)
Sunday 16 December 2001Luis Figo (Portugal)
Sunday 16 December 2001David Beckham (England)
Sunday 16 December 2001Beckham, Figo or Raúl?
Thursday 15 November 2001
2001
Honduras - Team of the Year for 2001
Monday 17 December 2001Luis Figo crowned for the first time
Sunday 16 December 2001
2000
Zinedine Zidane wins the crown again
Friday 2 February 2001Three candidates for FIFA World Player Award: Figo, Rivaldo and Zidane
Thursday 7 December 2000Team of the Year for 2000 - Netherlands
Thursday 7 December 2000Best Mover of the Year for 2000 - Nigeria
Thursday 7 December 2000Lucas Radebe to receive the FIFA Fair Play Award for 2000
Wednesday 6 December 2000FIFA World Player 2000 award information
Wednesday 6 December 2000FIFA World Player voting procedures
Tuesday 5 December 2000
1999
Rivaldo on top of the world
Tuesday 1 February 2000Rivaldo: In the name of the father
Tuesday 1 February 2000The title "Best Mover of the Year" for 1999 goes to Slovenia
Tuesday 18 January 2000Rivaldo is the new king of football
Tuesday 18 January 2000Will Ronaldo manage a hat trick?
Sunday 20 December 1998
1998
Zidane, in the name of all his near and dear
Friday 19 March 1999Zidane is the new king of football
Tuesday 9 March 1999
1996
Does Europe (still) Dominate World Football?
Wednesday 12 February 1997Ronaldo Top of the Coaches' Charts
Wednesday 12 February 1997Ronaldo, the 20th century footballer
Tuesday 11 February 1997
1995
A big night for football in Milan
Monday 12 February 1996George Weah - unassuming even at the pinnacle of success
Monday 12 February 1996
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