The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2646 (24 December 1996).
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. Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund 144 13 15 6 - 1 35
2. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima Brazil Internazionale 143 16 9 4 5 5 39 [see note]
3. Alan Shearer England Newcastle United 107 6 7 11 7 2 33 [see note]
4. Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus 69 4 6 5 4 2 21 [see note]
5. Jürgen Klinsmann Germany Bayern Munich 60 5 1 5 6 4 21
6. Davor Suker Croatia Real Madrid 38 1 1 5 4 6 17
7. Eric Cantona France Manchester United 24 - 3 1 4 1 9
8. Marcel Desailly France Milan AC 22 1 - 3 3 2 9
9. Youri Djorkaeff France Internazionale 20 1 2 - 3 1 7
10. Karel Poborsky Czech Republic Manchester United 15 - 2 2 - 1 5
11. Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria Internazionale 14 - - 1 5 1 7
12. George Weah Liberia Milan AC 13 - - 1 2 6 9 [see note]
13. Alen Boksic Croatia Juventus 12 1 - 2 - 1 4
Gabriel Batistuta Argentina Fiorentina 12 1 - 1 1 2 5
Andreas Köpke Germany Olympique Marseille 12 - 1 1 1 3 6
16. Fabrizio Ravanelli Italy Middlesbrough 9 - 2 - - 1 3
Predrag Mijatovic Yugoslavia Real Madrid 9 - 1 - 2 1 4
18. Didier Deschamps France Juventus 8 1 - - 1 1 3
19. Kubilay Turkyilmaz Switzerland Grasshoppers 5 1 - - - - 1
20. David Seaman England Arsenal 4 - 1 - - - 1
Raúl González Spain Real Madrid 4 - - 1 - 1 2
22. Paolo Maldini Italy Milan AC 3 - - 1 - - 1
Christian Ziege Germany Bayern Munich 3 - - 1 - - 1
Patrick Berger Czech Republic Liverpool 3 - - - 1 1 2
Trifon Ivanov Bulgaria Rapid Wien 3 - - - - 3 3
26. Radek Bejbl Czech Republic Atlético Madrid 2 - - - 1 - 1
Manuel Rui Costa Portugal Fiorentina 2 - - - 1 - 1
28. Ronald de Boer Netherlands Ajax 1 - - - - 1 1
Luis Figo Portugal FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Brian Laudrup Denmark Glasgow Rangers 1 - - - - 1 1
Sergi Barjuan Spain FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Zinedine Zidane France Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
Note: France-Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points, Shearer with 109, Del Piero with 65, and Weah with 17.
After reviewing each voter’s vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards
(1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Oliver Bierhoff (Ger), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Zvonimir Boban (Cro), Enrico Chiesa (Ita),
Edgar Davids (Ned), Robbie Fowler (Eng), Thomas Helmer (Ger), Bernard Lama (Fra),
Jari Litmanen (Fin), Andreas Möller (Ger), Pavel Nedved (Cze), Austin Okocha (Nig),
Raí Souza de Oliveira (Bra), Dejan Savicevic (Yug), Mehmet Scholl (Ger),
Diego Simeone (Arg), Gianluca Vialli (Ita) and Javier Zanetti (Arg)
Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: José Luis Pierrend
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Last updated: 26 Mar 2005
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