The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2802 (21 December 1999).
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. Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo" Brazil FC Barcelona 219 31 14 2 1 - 48
2. David Beckham England Manchester United 154 14 12 8 5 2 41
3. Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Milan AC 64 - 7 6 4 10 27
4. Gabriel Batistuta Argentina Fiorentina 48 - 4 6 4 6 20
5. Luis Figo Portugal FC Barcelona 38 1 4 2 4 3 14
6. Roy Keane Ireland Manchester United 36 1 3 5 1 2 12
7. Christian Vieri Italy Internazionale 33 - 1 7 4 - 12
8. Juan Sebastián Verón Argentina Lazio Roma 30 - 1 2 10 - 13
9. Raúl González Spain Real Madrid 27 - 1 3 5 4 13
10. Lothar Matthäus Germany Bayern Munich 16 - 1 1 2 5 9
11. Dwight Yorke Trinidad/Tobago Manchester United 14 1 - - 4 1 6
12. Jaap Stam Netherlands Manchester United 13 1 - 2 - 2 5
13. Sinisa Mihajlovic Yugoslavia Lazio Roma 12 - 1 2 1 - 4
14. Zlatko Zahovic Slovenia Olympiakos 9 1 - - 2 - 3
15. Pavel Nedved Czech Republic Lazio Roma 8 1 - - 1 1 3
16. Mario Jardel Brazil FC Porto 7 - 1 - - 3 4
17. Peter Schmeichel Denmark Sporting Lisboa 6 - - 1 - 3 4
18. Stefan Effenberg Germany Bayern Munich 5 - 1 - - 1 2
19. Oliver Bierhoff Germany Milan AC 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Zinedine Zidane France Juventus 4 - - 1 - 1 2
21. Mario Basler Germany Bayern Munich 3 - - 1 - - 1
Ryan Giggs Wales Manchester United 3 - - 1 - - 1
23. Hernán Crespo Argentina Parma 2 - - - 1 - 1
Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria Arsenal 2 - - - 1 - 1
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima Brazil Internazionale 2 - - - 1 - 1
26. Andy Cole England Manchester United 1 - - - - 1 1
Edgar Davids Netherlands Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
David Ginola France Tottenham 1 - - - - 1 1
Claudio López Argentina Valencia CF 1 - - - - 1 1
Roberto Carlos da Silva Brazil Real Madrid 1 - - - - 1 1
Marcelo Salas Chile Lazio Roma 1 - - - - 1 1
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Fabien Barthez (Fra), Dennis Bergkamp (Ned), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Gianluigi Buffon (Ita),
Frank de Boer (Ned), Marcel Desailly (Fra), Giovane Élber (Bra), Josep Guardiola (Spa),
Filippo Inzaghi (Ita), Patrick Kluivert (Ned), Paolo Maldini (Ita), Fernando Morientes (Spa),
Hidetoshi Nakata (Jap), Emmanuel Petit (Fra), Gustavo Poyet (Uru), Olexandr Shovkovskyi (Ukr),
Lilian Thuram (Fra), Sylvain Wiltord (Fra) and Gianfranco Zola (Ita)
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Last updated: 26 Mar 2005
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