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2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

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

Women

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