1998 FIFA World Player of the Year

Template:Short description The 1998 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane. The ceremony was held at the Teatro Nacional de Catalunya, in Barcelona on February 1, 1999. 132 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, FIFA and the Spanish newspaper Don Balon.

Results

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Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1.	Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane	518	Template:Flagicon Juventus
2.	Template:Flagicon Ronaldo	164	Template:Flagicon Internazionale
3.	Template:Flagicon Davor Šuker	108	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid
4.	Template:Flagicon Michael Owen	43	Template:Flagicon Liverpool
5.	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Batistuta	40	Template:Flagicon Fiorentina
6.	Template:Flagicon Rivaldo	37	Template:Flagicon Barcelona
7.	Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp	33	Template:Flagicon Arsenal
8.	Template:Flagicon Edgar Davids	26	Template:Flagicon Juventus
9.	Template:Flagicon Marcel Desailly	23	Template:Flagicon Milan Template:Flagicon Chelsea
10.	Template:Flagicon Lilian Thuram	14	Template:Flagicon Parma