The vote for the second annual REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR vote is over. 31 days of voting have passed and I have processed 149 votes. That is a huge increase since the first vote (59 votes). The contents of this article: Distribution of this post Results Reflections Geographical breakdown of votes Demographic analysis (split into two parts) A. Country of Origin B. Country of today (i.e. from where the letters were sent) Names of Voters Previous Winner(s): 1992: MARCO VAN BASTEN, Milan AC, The Netherlands
DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR The USENET newsgroup Rec.Sport.Soccer The WINNER of the Vote for this Year (1993) Magazines: France Football L'Equipe World Soccer Guerin Sportivo Kicker Voetbal International Sport und Toto Soccer International (US) Soccer America
REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1993 The rules used: Each voter gave five players in order of which at most two could be from the same country (nationality). The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club he is playing for (as official as possible, space limit) Nationality 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Total Number of Points PO NAME CLUB COUNTRY 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P TOTAL =============================================================================== 1.Roberto Baggio Juventus FC Italy 41 27 18 17 6 407 2."Romário" FC Barcelona Brazil 23 24 18 13 4 295 3.Dennis Bergkamp FC Internazionale Netherlands 13 12 14 8 7 178 4.Ruud Gullit Sampdoria UC Netherlands 6 3 11 11 8 105 5.Eric Cantona Manchester United FC France 7 6 8 5 1 94 6.Faustino Asprilla Parma AC Colombia 3 7 6 6 7 80 7."Bebeto" RC Deportivo La Coruña Brazil 4 7 5 4 2 73 8.Ryan Giggs Manchester United FC Wales 2 3 5 8 5 58 Michael Laudrup FC Barcelona Denmark 2 4 5 6 5 58 10.Carlos Valderrama CPD Junior Barranquilla Colombia 4 1 2 2 4 38 11.Andreas Möller Juventus FC Germany 3 2 2 2 2 35 12.Peter Schmeichel Manchester United FC Denmark 2 3 2 2 2 34 13.Anthony Yeboah SG Eintracht Frankfurt Ghana 3 2 2 1 1 32 14.Emil Kostadinov FC Porto Bulgaria 4 1 1 3 28 15.Alen Boksic Lazio SS Croatia 2 3 3 4 27 16.Frank Rijkaard Ajax Netherlands 2 4 3 26 17.Hristo Stoitchkov FC Barcelona Bulgaria 4 1 2 2 25 18.Diego Maradona Newell's Old Boys Argentina 3 1 1 2 23 19.Ronald Koeman FC Barcelona Netherlands 1 1 1 4 2 22 Jari Litmanen Ajax Finland 1 1 3 4 22 21.Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers FC England 2 1 1 1 18 22.Rune Bratseth SV Werder Bremen Norway 1 1 2 2 17 Martin Dahlin VfL Borussia MG Sweden 1 1 1 2 1 17 Tugay Kerimoglu Galatasaray Turkey 1 2 2 17 25.Franco Baresi Milan AC Italy 2 1 2 16 Mark Hateley Rangers FC England 1 2 1 16 Abedi Pelé Olympique Lyonnais Ghana 2 1 3 16 28.Lothar Matthäus FC Bayern München Germany 1 1 1 4 15 29.Paolo Maldini Milan AC Italy 1 1 1 1 14 Hakan Sükür Galatasaray Turkey 1 3 1 14 Kubilay Türkyilmaz Galatasaray Switzerland 1 2 1 2 14 32.Gabriel Batistuta AC Fiorentina Argentina 3 4 13 "Raí" Paris Saint Germain Brazil 1 2 1 1 13 34.Peter Beardsley newcastle United FC England 1 1 1 11 Andy Cole Newcastle United FC England 1 1 2 11 36.Jürgen Klinsmann AS Monaco Germany 1 1 2 10 37.Jean-Pierre Papin Milan AC France 1 4 9 Vincenzo Scifo AS Monaco Belgium 1 1 3 9 39.Marco van Basten Milan AC Netherlands 1 2 1 8 Ed de Goey Feyenoord Netherlands 1 1 1 8 Thomas Hässler AS Roma Germany 2 8 David Platt Sampdoria UC England 1 1 1 8 Fernando Redondo CD Tenerife Argentina 1 1 1 8 Rubén Sosa FC Internazionale Uruguay 1 1 3 8 45.Kalusha Bwalya PSV Zambia 1 1 7 "Valdo" Paris Saint Germain Brazil 1 1 7 Chris Waddle Sheffield Wednesday FC England 1 1 7 Ian Wright Arsenal FC England 1 1 1 7 Rashidi Yekini Vitória FC Setúbal Nigeria 1 1 7 50.Stéphane Chapuisat BV 09 Borussia Dortmund Switzerland 1 3 6 Robbie Fowler Liverpool FC England 1 1 6 John Harkes Derby County FC USA 2 6 "Zagué" CF América de México Mexico 1 1 6 54.Dino Baggio Juventus FC Italy 1 5 Basile Boli Olympique de Marseille France 1 1 5 Jorge Campos UNAM Mexico 1 5 José Del Solar CD Tenerife Peru 1 1 5 Paul Ince Manchester United FC England 2 1 5 Denis Irwin Manchester United FC Ireland 1 5 Paul McGrath Aston Villa FC Ireland 1 5 Ramón Medina Bello CA River Plate Argentina 1 1 5 "Nene" Obando Honduras 1 5 "Palhinha" São Paulo FC Brazil 1 1 5 Ramón Ramírez CA Santos (LdT) Mexico 1 5 Freddy Rincón CD América de Cali Colombia 1 1 5 Mauro Silva RC Deportivo La Coruña Brazil 1 1 5 Robbie Slater Racing Club de Lens Australia 1 5 Iván Zamorano Real Madrid CF Chile 1 1 5 69.Krassimir Balakov Sporting CP Bulgaria 1 4 Fabien Barthez Olympique de Marseille France 1 4 Mark Bosnich Aston Villa FC Australia 1 4 Santiago Cañizares RC Celta Vigo Spain 1 4 Youri Djorkaeff AS Monaco France 1 4 Sergio Goycochea CA River Plate Argentina 2 4 Tony Meola US National Team USA 1 4 Dejan Savicevic Milan AC Serbia 1 4 Uli Stein SG Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1 4 Georges Weah Paris Saint Germain Liberia 1 1 4 79.Uwe Bein SG Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1 3 "Fran" RC Deportivo La Coruña Spain 1 3 Paulo Futre Reggiana AC Portugal 1 3 Georghe Hagi Brescia Calcio Romania 1 3 Oliver Kahn Karlsruher SC Germany 1 3 Brian Laudrup Milan AC Denmark 1 1 3 Lubomir Moravcik AS Saint Etienne Czech Rep. 1 3 Steven Staunton Aston Villa FC Ireland 1 3 Erik Thorstvedt Tottenham Hotspur FC Norway 1 1 3 Madgy Tolba Levski Spartak Egypt 1 3 Zinedine Zidane Girondins de Bordeaux France 1 3 90.Alex Aguinaga Necaxa Ecuador 1 2 Danny Blind Ajax Netherlands 1 2 Tomas Brolin Parma AC Sweden 1 2 Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid CF Spain 1 2 Albert Ferrer FC Barcelona Spain 1 2 Paul Gascoigne Lazio SS England 2 2 David Ginola Paris Saint Germain France 2 2 Ricardo Gomes Paris Saint Germain Brazil 1 2 Gualtieri San Marino 1 2 Julen Guerrero Athletic Bilbao Spain 1 2 Mustapha Hadji AS Nancy-Lorraine Morocco 1 2 Peter Hutton Derry City FC N. Ireland 1 2 Daniele Massaro Milan AC Italy 1 2 Brian McClair Manchester United FC Scotland 1 2 Peter Ndlovu Coventry City FC Zimbabwe 1 2 Roland Nilsson Sheffield Wednesday FC Sweden 1 2 Jay Jay Okocha SG Eintracht Frankfurt Nigeria 1 2 Gianluca Pagliuca Sampdoria UC Italy 1 2 Karl-Heinz Riedle BV 09 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1 2 Brian Roy Foggia Calcio Netherlands 1 2 Hugo Sánchez AD Rayo Vallecano Mexico 1 2 Franck Sauzée Atalanta BC France 2 2 Ciriaco Sforza 1.FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland 1 2 Giuseppe Signori Lazio SS Italy 2 2 Adolfo Valencia FC Bayern München Colombia 1 2 Marcelo Vega Colo Colo Chile 1 2 116.Toninho Cerezo São Paulo FC Brazil 1 1 Thomas Dooley US National Team USA 1 1 Josep Guardiola FC Barcelona Spain 1 1 Roy Keane Manchester United FC Ireland 1 1 Kevin Kline USA 1 1 Henrik Larsson Feyenoord Sweden 1 1 Attilio Lombardo Sampdoria UC Italy 1 1 Gary McAllister Leeds United FC Scotland 1 1 Paul McStay Celtic FC Scotland 1 1 Carsten Mieger SV Stennweiler Germany 1 1 Marc Overmars Ajax Netherlands 1 1 Ljuboslav Penev Valencia CF Bulgaria 1 1 Gary Sundgren AIK Solna Sweden 1 1 Jonas Thern SSC Napoli Sweden 1 1 Tony Vairelles AS Nancy-Lorraine France 1 1 Frank Verlaat AJ Auxerre Netherlands 1 1 Jan Wouters PSV Netherlands 1 1 Andoni Zubizarreta FC Barcelona Spain 1 1 2 "Romário" = Romário da Souza Faria 7 "Bebeto" = Jorge Roberto Gama de Oliveira 32 "Raí" = Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira 45 "Valdo" = Valdo Candido Filho 50 "Zagué" = Luis Roberto Alvez 54 "Palhinha" = Jorge Ferreira da Silva 79 "Fran" = Francisco Javier González
SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE VOTE Like last year, the RSS Player of the Year poll had a runaway winner. As the successor of Marco van Basten, the RSS audience has convincingly chosen Italian and Juventus star Roberto BAGGIO, thereby validating the choice of the international press (in the France Football award for best European player) and the coaches of the national sides (in the FIFA poll). Also clear verdicts on silver and bronze, for Romário da Souza Faria and Dennis Bergkamp respectively. Like for Baggio, a highly deserved recogni- tion for two players who had a tremendous year in which they significantly contributed to the qualification of their national sides for this year's World Cup. The rest of the ranking reflects the fine de fleur of current international football. Ruud Gullit's tremendous comeback was honoured with fourth spot, just ahead of a pack with Cantona, Asprilla, Bebeto, Giggs, and Michael Laudrup, all of whom enjoyed great successes in the past calendar year. The ranking is a tribute to the underlying objectivity of the RSS audience. An even more global participation, inevitable in the future with the spread of the Internet will make it the most credible fan award in the world of association football. As an aside, I would like to point out particularly that the combined vote of the native US Americans proved to be the most objective among all 'group' votes, in that it most closely followed the overall result. Apart from the absence of bias towards their own players (for which, as yet, they admittedly have little reason), it also shows that the football enthousiasts in the USA have a truly global view of the game. Amidst such fans, the next World Cup cannot fail to be a success. With greetings in football, Karel Stokkermans, President of the NERSSSF (NERSSSF=North European RSS Statisticians Foundation)
DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE VOTERS Breakdown by 'geographical grouping' (origin/birth) abb geographical area nr of people NL= Netherlands [15] Fr= France [12] UK= United Kingdom and Ireland [13] US= USA and Canada [19] SA= South America [20] CA= Central America [ 8] Sc= Scandinavia [19] As= Asia and Australia [13] Af= Africa [ 7] Rm= Remainder of Europe [23] NL Fr UK US SA CA Sc As Af Rm TOTAL 1.Roberto Baggio 27 38 47 63 58 17 54 25 13 65 407 2."Romário" 46 18 12 31 81 15 28 31 7 26 295 3.Dennis Bergkamp 50 9 12 28 18 5 18 21 17 178 4.Ruud Gullit 23 3 15 19 9 4 22 3 7 105 5.Eric Cantona 25 15 14 4 17 7 2 10 94 6.Faustino Asprilla 8 3 19 14 8 4 11 13 80 7."Bebeto" 7 28 12 4 6 16 73 8.Ryan Giggs 26 12 5 5 4 6 58 Michael Laudrup 24 7 2 8 5 2 2 8 58 10.Carlos Valderrama 4 5 17 5 3 3 1 38 11.Andreas Möller 13 8 4 2 8 35 12.Peter Schmeichel 9 4 4 14 3 34 13.Anthony Yeboah 1 2 5 5 13 6 32 14.Emil Kostadinov 10 2 1 1 14 28 15.Alen Boksic 6 10 4 7 27 16.Frank Rijkaard 13 2 9 2 26 17.Hristo Stoichkov 10 3 1 1 10 25 18.Diego Maradona 1 1 10 2 5 4 23 19.Ronald Koeman 1 2 9 2 1 7 22 Jari Litmanen 2 6 14 22 21.Alan Shearer 3 5 5 5 18 22.Rune Bratseth 3 9 5 17 Martin Dahlin 3 13 1 17 Tugay Kerimoglu 4 13 17 25.Franco Baresi 2 4 10 16 Mark Hateley 13 3 16 Abedi Pelé 3 11 2 16 28.Lothar Matthäus 4 1 5 5 15 29.Paolo Maldini 2 12 14 Hakan Sükür 1 13 14 Kubilay Türkyilmaz 3 2 9 14 32.Gabriel Batistuta 3 1 1 3 4 1 13 "Raí" 3 10 13 34.Peter Beardsley 5 2 4 11 Andy Cole 6 3 2 11 36.Jürgen Klinsmann 6 4 10 37.Jean-Pierre Papin 1 2 1 5 9 Vincenzo Scifo 2 1 6 9 39.Marco van Basten 2 1 3 2 8 Ed de Goey 6 2 8 Thomas Hässler 4 4 8 David Platt 3 5 8 Fernando Redondo 3 5 8 Rubén Sosa 1 5 1 1 8 45.Kalusha Bwalya 2 5 7 "Valdo" 4 3 7 Chris Waddle 5 2 7 Ian Wright 5 2 7 Rashidi Yekini 2 5 7 50.Stéphane Chapuisat 1 1 3 1 6 Robbie Fowler 5 1 6 John Harkes 3 3 6 "Zagué" 6 6 54.Dino Baggio 5 5 Basile Boli 4 1 5 Jorge Campos 5 5 José Del Solar 4 1 5 Paul Ince 3 2 5 Denis Irwin 5 5 Paul McGrath 5 5 Ramón Medina Bello 5 5 "Nene" Obando 5 5 "Palhinha" 2 3 5 Ramón Ramírez 5 5 Freddy Rincón 1 4 5 Mauro Silva 1 4 5 Robbie Slater 5 5 Iván Zamorano 5 5 69.Krassimir Balakov 4 4 Fabien Barthez 4 4 Mark Bosnich 4 4 Santiago Cañizares 4 4 Youri Djorkaeff 4 4 Sergio Goycochea 2 2 4 Tony Meola 4 4 Dejan Savicevic 4 4 Uli Stein 4 4 Georges Weah 1 3 4 79.Uwe Bein 3 3 Fran 3 3 Paulo Futre 3 3 Georghe Hagi 3 3 Oliver Kahn 3 3 Brian Laudrup 1 2 3 Lubomir Moravcik 3 3 Steven Staunton 3 3 Erik Thorstvedt 3 3 Madgy Tolba 3 3 Zinedine Zidane 3 3 90.Alex Aguinaga 2 2 Danny Blind 2 2 Tomas Brolin 2 2 Emilio Butragueño 2 2 Albert Ferrer 2 2 Paul Gascoigne 1 1 2 David Ginola 1 1 2 Ricardo Gomes 2 2 Gualtieri 2 2 Julen Guerrero 2 2 Mustapha Hadji 2 2 Peter Hutton 2 2 Daniele Massaro 2 2 Brian McClair 2 2 Peter Ndlovu 2 2 Roland Nilsson 2 2 Jay Jay Okocha 2 2 Gianluca Pagliuca 2 2 Karl-Heinz Riedle 2 2 Brian Roy 2 2 Hugo Sánchez 2 2 Franck Sauzée 1 1 2 Ciriaco Sforza 2 2 Giuseppe Signori 1 1 2 Adolfo Valencia 2 2 Marcelo Vega 2 2 116.Toninho Cerezo 1 1 Thomas Dooley 1 1 Josep Guardiola 1 1 Roy Keane 1 1 Kevin Kline 1 1 Henrik Larsson 1 1 Attilio Lombardo 1 1 Gary McAllister 1 1 Paul McStay 1 1 Carsten Mieger 1 1 Marc Overmars 1 1 Ljuboslav Penev 1 1 Gary Sundgren 1 1 Jonas Thern 1 1 Tony Vairelles 1 1 Frank Verlaat 1 1 Jan Wouters 1 1 Andoni Zubizarreta 1 1
Country of Origin (Birth): Afghanistan 1 Argentina 2 Australia 1 Brazil 7 Bulgaria 3 Cambodja 1 Canada 2 Colombia 3 Denmark 3 Ecuador 1 Finland 3 France 12 Germany 3 Ghana 1 Greece 2 Guatemala 1 Haiti 1 Honduras 1 Hong Kong 2 India 3 Indonesia 2 Iran 1 Ireland 1 Italy 3 Malawi 1 Mauritius 1 Mexico 2 Namibia 1 Netherlands 14 Nigeria 1 Norway 6 Palestina 1 Panama 1 Peru 4 Portugal 1 Puerto Rico 2 Romania 2 Spain 3 Sri Lanka 1 Sweden 6 Switzerland 2 Thailand 1 Tunisia 2 Turkey 3 Ukraine 1 United Kingdom 12 Uruguay 2 USA 18 Venezuela 1 Country of Residence: Australia 4 Austria 1 Canada 9 Denmark 2 Finland 5 France 11 Germany 5 Greece 1 Ireland 3 Israel 2 Italy 1 Japan 1 Netherlands 8 Norway 6 Sweden 6 Switzerland 1 United Kingdom 12 USA 71
THE VOTERS NAME VOTING NUMBER ------------------------------------------ David Akkarach 1 Andrew Busa 2 Kalle Mikkola 3 Sergiu Dascalu 4 Anthony Waller 5 Taco Peters 6 Adrian Weissman 7 Alf Holten Gaba 8 Hong Jiang 9 Henry Eboireme 10 Eelco Hoekema 11 Marco Concha 12 Colin Morris 13 Mark Coker 14 Adel Sadiq El-Sayed 15 Arnaud Leveque 16 Jesper Lauridsen 17 Jaime E. Lopez 18 Bob L. Pack 19 Gabril J. Gomez 20 Maurice Calle 21 Matthew Lehrer 22 Jacques Robin 23 Stephen Drew 24 Manuel S. Esquivel 25 Thomas Bridge 26 Louis Kossen 27 Gustav Fahl 28 Luiz Henrique Muzzi 29 Iskander Ayari 30 Geir Bye 31 Flemming Bay Andersen 32 Natalio C. Pincever 33 Bradley J. Arnold 34 Serge Pasche 35 Rui M. Ponte 36 Dave Hogg 37 Bas Meijer 38 WTV Wong 39 Karel Stokkermans 40 Kent Hedlundh 41 Martin Coombes 42 Pedro Muino 43 Rolf Zwaan 44 Jesus Jurado 45 Loris Magnani 46 Pete Gayde 47 Christopher S. Allen 48 Mikhail Shatruk 49 Andrew Sherman 50 Gunnar Hillgartner 51 Erik Boman 52 Andres Bernal 53 Daniel Sammartino 54 Ariel Mazzarellli 55 Rainer Freis 56 Tsiel T. Ohayon 57 Steven Rix 58 Kenneth Chan 59 Svetlozar Nestorov 60 Shahryar Razmafrooz 61 Raymond Kosasih 62 Marek Repinski 63 Markus A. Laine 64 Garry Archer 65 Konstantin Kulev 66 Pat Keenan 67 Raouf Hamzaoui 68 Holger Pfeifer 69 Rene Pfortner 70 Andreas K. Traem 71 Francis Akoto 72 Rodrigo Capaz 73 Jose Fisher Rodriguez 74 Juan P. Salas 75 Wink Cushing 76 Jens Karlsson 77 Juan Parra 78 Olivier Siohan 79 Felipe de Jesus Salazar 80 Dave Cockrell 81 Gustaaf van Moorsel 82 Edvard Burcher 83 Kimmo Kangas 84 Ted DeWys 85 Marco Petroni 86 Doug Green 87 Suraj Perera 88 Tim Atchison 89 Yalin Karadogan 90 Thomas Esamie 91 Balbir Singh Purewal 92 Baris Karadogan 93 Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque 94 Lars Erik Bolstad 95 Fernando Moreira 96 Marcel Schelvis 97 Vijaya Gosula 98 Costas Tsioras 99 Akash Sehgal 100 Manuel Almaseda 101 Marcelo Weinberger 102 Eduardo Augusto Diaz 103 Eric Truong 104 Bob Kusumoto 105 David Graham 106 Amar Breckenridge 107 Olivier Banessy 108 Paul Wright 109 Conrado Daws 110 Pierre Crosland 111 Peter Kuin 112 Daniele Cassani 113 Willem Boersma 114 Ruben Heetebrij 115 Andre Valente 116 Stig Oppedal 117 Lars Henrik Tombre 118 Laurent Girin 119 Trygve Svendsen 120 Willie Young 121 Andy Liu 122 Guillaume Brat 123 Niall Conway 124 Jeff Okleberry 125 Stephane Vouliot 126 Hans van der Hof 127 Gabriel Etinzon 128 Marcelo C. Santos 129 Jean-Christophe Peruzzi 130 Ralf Minkenberg 131 Francisco Vilar Brasileiro 132 Deep Gupta 133 Kieran J. Neylon 134 Nick Guzman 135 Karla A. Romero 136 Tom Zuehlke 137 Llolsten Kaonga 138 Emin S. ozgur 139 Miltos Grammatikakis 140 Gregory C. Gugel 141 Misel Lukic 142 Paul Francois Romain 143 Darryn Bradley 144 Christophe Bernardin 145 Terje Riksaasen 146 Carlos Escobar 147 Dhaker Bouaziz 148 Carlos Rimola-Sarti 149 Vote-taker: Kent Hedlundh Verifier: Karel Stokkermans Design of R.S.S. certificate: Russell D. Campbell Kent, Votetaker
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