Since 1982, the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its awards in three categories: Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, and Team of the Year.
YEAR WINNER (club and country) percentage of votes 1982 Paolo ROSSI (Juventus & Italy) 23 1983 Artur Antunes ZICO (Udinese & Brazil) 28 1984 Michel PLATINI (Juventus & France) 54 1985 Michel PLATINI (Juventus & France) 21 1986 Diego MARADONA (Napoli & Argentina) 36 1987 Ruud GULLIT (Milan & Netherlands) 39 1988 Marco VAN BASTEN (Milan & Netherlands) 43 1989 Ruud GULLIT (Milan & Netherlands) 24 1990 Lothar MATTHÄUS (Inter Milan & Germany) 22 1991 Jean Pierre PAPIN (Marseille & France) 25 1992 Marco VAN BASTEN (Milan & Netherlands) 19 1993 Roberto BAGGIO (Juventus & Italy) 14 1994 Paolo MALDINI (Milan & Italy) 27 1995 Gianluca VIALLI (Juventus & Italy) 18 1996 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Barcelona & Brazil) 17 1997 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Inter Milan & Brazil) 27 1998 Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus & France) 23 1999 RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Barcelona & Brazil) 42 2000 Luis FIGO (Real Madrid & Portugal) 26 2001 Michael OWEN (Liverpool & England) 31 2002 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Real Madrid & Brazil) 26 2003 Pavel NEDVED (Juventus & Czech Republic) 36 2004 Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Barcelona & Brazil) 29 2005 Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Barcelona & Brazil) 39 2006 Fabio CANNAVARO (Juventus/Real Madrid & Italy) 40 2007 Ricardo Izecson dos Santos "KAKÁ (Milan & Brazil) 53 2008 Cristiano RONALDO (Manchester United & Portugal) 48 2009 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 43 2010 Xavier Hernández "XAVI" (Barcelona & Spain) 26 2011 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 60 2012 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 47 2013 Cristiano RONALDO (Real Madrid & Portugal) 2014 Cristiano RONALDO (Real Madrid & Portugal) 2015 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 2016 Cristiano RONALDO (Real Madrid & Portugal) 2017 Cristiano RONALDO (Real Madrid & Portugal) 2018 Luka MODRIC (Real Madrid & Croatia) 2019 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 2020 Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich & Poland) 2021 Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich & Poland) 2022 Lionel MESSI (Paris Saint Germain & Argentina) 2023 Erling HAALAND (Manchester City & Norway)
YEAR WINNER (team(s)) percentage of votes 1982 Enzo BEARZOT (Italy) 49 1983 Sepp PIONTEK (Denmark) 29 1984 Michel HIDALGO (France) 30 1985 Terry VENABLES (Barcelona) 30 1986 Guy THYS (Belgium) 15 1987 Johan CRUYFF (Ajax) 25 1988 Rinus MICHELS (Netherlands & Bayer Leverkusen) 48 1989 Arrigo SACCHI (Milan) 42 1990 Franz BECKENBAUER (West Germany & Marseille) 53 1991 Michel PLATINI (France) 42 1992 Richard MÖLLER-NIELSEN (Denmark) 28 1993 Alex FERGUSON (Manchester United) 21 1994 Carlos Alberto PARREIRA (Brazil) 17 1995 Louis VAN GAAL (Ajax) 42 1996 Berti VOGTS (Germany) 28 1997 Ottmar HITZFELD (Borussia Dortmund) 17 1998 Arsčne WENGER (Arsenal) 28 1999 Alex FERGUSON (Manchester United) 61 2000 Dino ZOFF (Italy) 18 2001 Gérard HOULLIER (Liverpool) 28 2002 Guus HIDDINK (South Korea & PSV) 28 2003 Carlo ANCELOTTI (Milan) 20 2004 José MOURINHO (F.C. Porto & Chelsea) 36 2005 José MOURINHO (Chelsea) 34 2006 Marcello LIPPI (Italy) 36 2007 Alex FERGUSON (Manchester United) 26 2008 Alex FERGUSON (Manchester United) 38 2009 Josep GUARDIOLA (Barcelona) 62 2010 José MOURINHO (Inter Milan & Real Madrid) 48 2011 Josep GUARDIOLA (Barcelona) 33 2012 Vicente DEL BOSQUE (Spain) 28 2013 Josef HEYNCKES (Bayern Munich) 2014 Joachim LÖW (Germany) 2015 LUIS ENRIQUE Martinez (Barcelona) 2016 Claudio RANIERI (Leicester City) 2017 Zinedine ZIDANE (Real Madrid) 2018 Didier DESCHAMPS (France) 2019 Jurgen KLOPP (Liverpool) 2020 Hans-Dieter FLICK (Bayern Munich) 2021 Roberto MANCINI (Italy) 2022 Lionel SCALONI (Argentina) 2023 Josep GUARDIOLA (Manchester City)
YEAR WINNER percentage of votes 1982 Brazil 30 1983 Hamburger SV 29 1984 France 45 1985 Everton FC 42 1986 Argentina 15 1987 FC Porto 38 1988 Netherlands 43 1989 Milan AC 51 1990 West Germany 28 1991 France 20 1992 Denmark 37 1993 Parma AC 24 1994 Milan AC 33 1995 Ajax 50 1996 Nigeria (Olympic Team) 31 1997 Borussia Dortmund 20 1998 France 35 1999 Manchester United 61 2000 France 33 2001 Liverpool FC 26 2002 Brazil 24 2003 Milan AC 23 2004 Greece 25 2005 Liverpool FC 27 2006 Barcelona 42 2007 Iraq 22 2008 Spain 41 2009 Barcelona 76 2010 Spain 63 2011 FC Barcelona 44 2012 Spain 47 2013 Bayern Munich 2014 Germany 2015 FC Barcelona 2016 Leicester City 2017 Real Madrid 2018 France 2019 Liverpool 2020 Bayern Munich 2021 Italy 2022 Argentina 2023 Manchester City
YEAR WINNER (club and country) 2020 Lucy BRONZE (Olympique Lyonnais - England) 2021 Alexia Putellas (Barcelona - Spain) 2022 Beth MEAD (Arsenal – England) 2023 Aitana BONMATÍ (Barcelona – Spain)
YEAR WINNER (club and country) percentage of votes 2005 Robson de Souza "ROBINHO" (Santos/Real Madrid & Brazil) 30 2006 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 36 2007 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 34 2008 Lionel MESSI (Barcelona & Argentina) 44 2009 Sergio AGÜERO (Atlético de Madrid & Argentina) 45 2010 Thomas MÜLLER (Bayern Munich & Germany) 46 2011 NEYMAR da Silva Santos (Santos & Brazil) 29
YEAR WINNER (country) percentage of votes 2005 Pierluigi COLLINA 31 2006 Horacio ELIZONDO (Argentina) 39 Note: Not awarded after 2007.
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