2004 FIFA World Player of the Year

Template:Refimprove Template:Short description The 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Brazilian Ronaldinho for the first time; Thierry Henry finished second for the second year in succession.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the award's 14th edition. The award ceremony took place on the evening of December 20, 2004, and was held at the Zurich Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There were 157 coaches and 145 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 302 votes.

Birgit Prinz won the women's award for the second time, for the second year in succession. The 2-time award winner Mia Hamm also finished second for the second year in succession. For the women's side, there were 114 coaches and 109 captains selected for the voting process, totaling 223 votes.<ref name=":0" />

Results

Men

Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1	Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho	620	Template:Flagicon Barcelona
2	Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry	552	Template:Flagicon Arsenal
3	Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchenko	253	Template:Flagicon Milan
4	Template:Flagicon Pavel Nedvěd	178	Template:Flagicon Juventus
5	Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane	150	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
6	Template:Flagicon Adriano	98	Template:Flagicon Internazionale
7=	Template:Flagicon Deco	96	Template:Flagicon Barcelona Template:Flagicon Porto
7=	Template:Flagicon Ronaldo	96	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
9	Template:Flagicon Ruud van Nistelrooy	67	Template:Flagicon Manchester United
10=	Template:Flagicon Kaká	64	Template:Flagicon Milan
10=	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rooney	64	Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Manchester United
12	Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba	46	Template:Flagicon Marseille Template:Flagicon Chelsea
13	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo	45	Template:Flagicon Manchester United
14	Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o	42	Template:Flagicon Mallorca Template:Flagicon Barcelona
15=	Template:Flagicon Luís Figo	35	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
15=	Template:Flagicon David Beckham	35	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
17=	Template:Flagicon Raúl	25	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
17=	Template:Flagicon Theodoros Zagorakis	25	Template:Flagicon AEK Athens Template:Flagicon Bologna
19	Template:Flagicon Roberto Ayala	24	Template:Flagicon Valencia
20	Template:Flagicon Michael Owen	22	Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
21=	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos	19	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
21=	Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini	19	Template:Flagicon Milan
21=	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Buffon	19	Template:Flagicon Juventus
24	Template:Flagicon Roy Makaay	17	Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich
25	Template:Flagicon Robert Pires	15	Template:Flagicon Arsenal
26	Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard	13	Template:Flagicon Chelsea
27	Template:Flagicon Cafu	10	Template:Flagicon Milan
28=	Template:Flagicon Michael Ballack	9	Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich
28=	Template:Flagicon Milan Baroš	9	Template:Flagicon Liverpool

Women

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Birgit Prinz	Template:Flagicon FFC Frankfurt	376
2	Template:Flagicon Mia Hamm		286
3	Template:Flagicon Marta	Template:Flagicon Santa Cruz Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	281
4	Template:Flagicon Abby Wambach		126
5	Template:Flagicon Kristine Lilly	Template:Flagicon Boston Breakers	109
5	Template:Flagicon Hanna Ljungberg	Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	109
7	Template:Flagicon Shannon Boxx		102
8	Template:Flagicon Renate Lingor	Template:Flagicon FFC Frankfurt	89
8	Template:Flagicon Victoria Svensson	Template:Flagicon Djurgårdens IF	89
10	Template:Flagicon Cristiane	Template:Flagicon Juventus-SP	80
11	Template:Flagicon Pretinha		68
12	Template:Flagicon Formiga	Template:Flagicon Malmö FF	54

References

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