SPECIALS

FIFA world player 2001  
Elected by 130 managers of national teams
 

   Player		Club			Nat	Points
 1 Luis Figo		Real Madrid CF		POR	250
 2 David Beckham	Manchester United	ENG	238
 3 Raúl González	Real Madrid CF		SPA	 96
 4 Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid CF		FRA	 94
 5 Rivaldo		FC Barcelona		BRA	 92
 6 Juan Sebastián Verón	Manchester United	ARG	 71
 7 Oliver Kahn		FC Bayern München	GER	 65
 8 Michael Owen		Liverpool		ENG	 61
 9 Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan		UKR	 46
10 Francesco Totti	AS Roma			ITA	 40
11 Thierry Henry	Arsenal			FRA	 15
12 Rui Costa		AC Milan		POR	 14
13 Patrick Vieira	Arsenal			FRA	 13
14 Henrik Larsson	Celtic			SWE	  9
15 Gabriel Batistuta	AS Roma			ARG	  8
   Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid CF		BRA	  8
17 Alen Boksic		Middlesbrough		CRO	  5
   Stefan Effenberg	FC Bayern München	GER	  5
19 Hernán Crespo	S.S. Lazio		ARG	  4
   Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	ARG	  4
   Alessandro del Piero	Juventus FC		ITA	  4
22 Ivan Córdoba					COL	  3
   Gaizka Mendieta	S.S. Lazio		SPA	  3
   Alessandro Nesta	S.S. Lazio		ITA	  3
   Ebbe Sand		FC Schalke 04		DEN	  3
   Javier Saviola	FC Barcelona		BRA	  3
27 Giovane Elber	FC Bayern München	BRA	  2
   Hidetoshi Nakata	Parma AC		JAP	  2
29 Carlos Alberto				BRA	  1
   Ali Daei					IRN	  1
   Luis Enrique					ESP	  1
   Steven Gerrard	Liverpool		ENG	  1
   Roy Keane		Manchester United	JAP	  1
   Emmanuel Olisadebe	Panathinaikos FC	POL	  1
   Diego Simeone				ARG	  1
   Jon Dahl Tomasson	Feyenoord		DEN	  1
   Sibusiso Zuma				SAF	  1

 

FF Ballon d'Or european player 2001
Elected by football magazines from all european countries

   Player		Club			Nat	Points
 1 Michael Owen		Liverpool		ENG	176
 2 Raúl González	Real Madrid CF		SPA	140
 3 Oliver Kahn		FC Bayern München	GER	114
 4 David Beckham	Manchester United	ENG	102
 5 Luis Figo		Real Madrid CF		POR	 57
 6 Francesco Totti	AS Roma			ITA	 57
 7 Rivaldo		FC Barcelona		BRA	 20
 8 Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan		UKR	 18
 9 Thierry Henry	Arsenal			FRA	 14
   Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid CF		FRA	 14
11 Bixente Lizarazu	FC Bayern München	FRA	 10
12 David Trezeguet	Juventus FC		FRA	  7
13 Stefan Effenberg	FC Bayern München	GER	  6
14 Henrik Larsson	Celtic			SWE	  4
   Alessandro Nesta	S.S. Lazio		ITA	  4
16 Hernán Crespo	S.S. Lazio		ARG	  3
   Juan Sebastián Verón	Manchester United	ARG	  3
18 Giovane Elber	FC Bayern München	BRA	  2
   Sami Hyypiä		Liverpool		FIN	  2
   Gaizka Mendieta	S.S. Lazio		SPA	  2
   Emmanuel Olisadebe	Panathinaikos FC	POL	  2
   Ebbe Sand		FC Schalke 04		DEN	  2
   Damiano Tommasi	AS Roma			ITA	  2
24 Roberto Baggio	Brescia Calcio		ITA	  1
   Steven Gerrard	Liverpool		ENG	  1
   Rui Costa		AC Milan		POR	  1
Nominated players without points			
   Sonny Anderson	Olympique Lyonnais	BRA	
   Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	FRA	
   Gabriel Batistuta	AS Roma			ARG	
   Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus FC		ITA	
   Cafu			AS Roma			BRA	
   Vincent Candela	AS Roma			FRA	
   Eric Carričre	Olympique Lyonnais	FRA	
   Alessandro del Piero	Juventus FC		ITA	
   Marcel Desailly	Chelsea			FRA	
   Rio Ferdinand	Leeds United		ENG	
   Ryan Giggs		Manchester United	WAL	
   Jimmy F. Hasselbaink	Chelsea			NED	
   Iván Helguera	Real Madrid CF		SPA	
   Harry Kewell		Leeds United		AUS	
   Patrick Kluivert	FC Barcelona		NED	
   Samuel Kuffour	FC Bayern München	GHA	
   Hidetoshi Nakata	Parma AC		JAP	
   Pavel Nedved		Juventus FC		CZE	
   Pedro Pauleta	Girondins de Bordeaux	POR	
   Robert Pires		Arsenal			FRA	
   Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid CF		BRA	
   Paul Scholes		Manchester United	ENG	
   Lilian Thuram	Juventus FC		FRA	
   Patrick Vieira	Arsenal			FRA