The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2698 (23 December 1997).
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. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima Brazil Internazionale 222 38 5 4 - - 47
2. Predrag Mijatovic Yugoslavia Real Madrid 68 2 10 4 2 2 20 [see note]
3. Zinedine Zidane France Juventus 63 2 3 9 6 2 22
4. Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands Arsenal 57 2 8 3 1 4 18 [see note]
5. Roberto Carlos da Silva Brazil Real Madrid 47 2 4 2 7 1 16
6. Andreas Möller Germany Borussia Dortmund 40 1 5 2 3 3 14
7. Raúl González Spain Real Madrid 35 - 5 3 2 2 12
8. Peter Schmeichel Denmark Manchester United 19 - - 4 2 3 9
9. Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund 16 1 2 1 - - 4
Christian Vieri Italy Atlético Madrid 16 - - 2 3 4 9
11. Youri Djorkaeff France Internazionale 15 1 - 2 1 2 6
Jürgen Köhler Germany Borussia Dortmund 15 - 1 2 2 1 6 [see note]
13. Luis Enrique Martínez Spain FC Barcelona 14 - 1 2 1 2 6
14. Luis Figo Portugal FC Barcelona 12 - 1 1 2 1 5
15. Gianfranco Zola Italy Chelsea 11 1 - - 2 2 5
Krassimir Balakov Bulgaria VfB Stuttgart 11 - 1 1 1 2 5
17. Didier Deschamps France Juventus 10 - 2 - - 2 4
Fernando Hierro Spain Real Madrid 10 - 1 1 1 1 4 [see note]
Clarence Seedorf Netherlands Real Madrid 10 - 1 1 1 1 4
20. Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus 9 1 - - 2 - 3
Alan Shearer England Newcastle United 9 - - 2 1 1 4
David Beckham England Manchester United 9 - - 1 2 2 5
23. Gabriel Batistuta Argentina Fiorentina 7 - - - 2 3 5
24. Olaf Thön Germany Schalke 04 6 - 1 - 1 - 2
25. Oswaldo Giroldo "Juninho" Brazil Atlético Madrid 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Paulo Manuel Sousa Portugal Borussia Dortmund 5 - - - 2 1 3
Lilian Thuram France Parma 5 - - - 1 3 4
28. Ryan Giggs Wales Manchester United 4 - - - 2 - 2
29. Oliver Bierhoff Germany Udinese 3 - - 1 - - 1
Angelo Peruzzi Italy Juventus 3 - - 1 - - 1
Raí Souza de Oliveira Brazil Paris Saint-Germain 3 - - 1 - - 1
32. Victor Ikpeba Nigeria AS Monaco 2 - - - - 2 2
33. Laurent Blanc France Olympique Marseille 1 - - - - 1 1
Ciro Ferrara Italy Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo" Brazil FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Bent Skammelsrud Norway Rosenborg 1 - - - - 1 1
Note: France-Football reports Mijatovic with 72 points, Bergkamp with 53, Köhler with 17, and Hierro with 8.
After reviewing each voter’s vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice
was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Sonny Anderson (Bra), Enrico Chiesa (Ita), Hernán Crespo (Arg), Iván De La Peña (Spa),
Robbie Fowler (Eng), Thomas Hässler (Ger), Thomas Helmer (Ger), Filippo Inzaghi (Ita),
Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita), Robert Pires (Fra), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Ger), Sergi Barjuan (Spa),
Davor Suker (Cro) and Ian Wright (Eng)
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