The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2854 (19 December 2000).
There were 51 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia.
The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player
Pos Player Country Club Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
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1. Luis Figo Portugal Real Madrid 197 20 21 4 - 1 46
2. Zinedine Zidane France Juventus 181 24 6 11 2 - 43
3. Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Milan AC 85 3 8 7 8 1 27
4. Thierry Henry France Arsenal 57 - 6 8 3 3 20
5. Alessandro Nesta Italy Lazio Roma 39 2 - 4 5 7 18
Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo" Brazil FC Barcelona 39 - - 7 5 8 20
7. Gabriel Batistuta Argentina AS Roma 26 1 2 1 4 2 10
8. Gaizka Mendieta Spain Valencia CF 22 - 1 2 4 4 11
9. Raúl González Spain Real Madrid 18 - 1 1 4 3 9
10. Paolo Maldini Italy Milan AC 10 - 1 1 1 1 4
David Beckham England Manchester United 10 - - 1 1 5 7
12. Zlatko Zahovic Slovenia Valencia CF 8 1 - 1 - - 2
Fabien Barthez France Manchester United 8 - - - 3 2 5
14. Francesco Toldo Italy Fiorentina 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Francesco Totti Italy AS Roma 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Roberto Carlos da Silva Brazil Real Madrid 7 - - - 2 3 5
17. Patrick Kluivert Netherlands FC Barcelona 6 - 1 - 1 - 2
18. Edgar Davids Netherlands Juventus 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Hakan Sukur Turkey Internazionale 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Mario Jardel Brazil Galatasaray 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Fernando Redondo Argentina Milan AC 5 - - - 2 1 3
22. Pavel Nedved Czech Republic Lazio Roma 4 - 1 - - - 1
David Trezeguet France Juventus 4 - 1 - - - 1
24. Marcel Desailly France Chelsea 2 - - - 1 - 1
Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich 2 - - - 1 - 1
Manuel Rui Costa Portugal Fiorentina 2 - - - 1 - 1
27. Laurent Blanc France Internazionale 1 - - - - 1 1
Claudio López Argentina Lazio Roma 1 - - - - 1 1
Roy Keane Ireland Manchester United 1 - - - - 1 1
Juan Sebastián Verón Argentina Lazio Roma 1 - - - - 1 1
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Sonny Anderson (Bra), Nicolas Anelka (Fra), Jocelyn Angloma (Fra), Dennis Bergkamp (Ned),
Hernán Crespo (Arg), Didier Deschamps (Fra), Marcelo Gallardo (Arg), "Geremi" Njitap (Cam),
Ryan Giggs (Wal), Filippo Inzaghi (Ita), Patrick Mboma (Cam), Savo Milosevic (Yug),
Nuno Gomes (Por), Alvaro Recoba (Uru), Paul Scholes (Eng), Marco Simone (Ita),
Jaap Stam (Ned), Patrick Vieira (Fra), Sylvain Wiltord (Fra) and Boudewijn Zenden (Ned)
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