FIFA World Player Gala 2006
Zurich Opera House, 18 December
Votes by the coaches
Country Name First Second Third Afghanistan Mohammad Yousf Kargar Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Philipp Lahm Algeria Jean-Michel Cavalli Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Gianluigi Buffon Andorra David Rodrigo Ronaldinho Samuel Eto'o Deco Angola Luis de Oliveira Gonçalves Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Ronaldinho Antigua and Barbuda Derrick Edwards Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Cristiano Ronaldo Argentina Alfio Basile Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Armenia Ian Porterfield Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Australia Graham Arnold Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Austria Josef Hickersberger Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Jens Lehmann Azerbaijan Shahin Diniyev Cristiano Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Bahamas Gary White Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Petr Cech Bahrain Hans-Peter Briegel Samuel Eto'o Gianluigi Buffon Ronaldinho Bangladesh Bablu Hasanuzzaman Khan Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Ronaldinho Belarus Yuri Puntus Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Belgium René Vandereycken Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Miroslav Klose Belize Carlos Charlie Slusher Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Miroslav Klose Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne Kaká Michael Essien Miroslav Klose Bhutan Kharey Basnet Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Cristiano Ronaldo Bolivia Erwin Sanchez Kaká Gianluigi Buffon Thierry Henry Bosnia-Herzegovina Blaz Sliskovic Zinedine Zidane none none Botswana Colwyn Rowe Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Steven Gerrard Brazil Carlos Bledorin Verri (Dunga) Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Zinedine Zidane British Virgin Islands Avondale Williams Steven Gerrard Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Bulgaria Hristo Stoitchkov Samuel Eto'o Deco Ronaldinho Burkina Faso Traore Malo Idrissa Ronaldinho Samuel Eto'o Zinedine Zidane Cameroon Jules Nyongha Wayne Rooney Michael Ballack Gianluigi Buffon Canada Stephen Hart Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Jens Lehmann Cape Verde Islands José Rui Aguiaz Samuel Eto'o Cristiano Ronaldo Michael Essien Cayman Islands Marcos A. Tinoco Michael Ballack Andrea Pirlo Miroslav Klose Central African Republic Jim-Fortuné Pelejopa Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Ronaldinho Chad Matoltiga O. Kalatt Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Chile Nelson Acosta Lopez Fabio Cannavaro Gennaro Gattuso Patrick Vieira China PR Zhu Guanghu Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Fabio Cannavaro Chinese Taipei Toshiaki Imai Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Colombia Reinaldo Rueda Rivera Ronaldinho Patrick Vieira Andrea Pirlo Congo Noël Tosi Didier Drogba Zinedine Zidane Franck Ribery Congo DR Mutombo Kalambay Bibey Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Cook Islands Tim Jerks Andrea Pirlo Juan Roman Riquelme Philipp Lahm Costa Rica Hernan Medford Bryan Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro invalid vote Côte d'Ivoire Ulrich Stielike Miroslav Klose Juan Roman Riquelme Cristiano Ronaldo Croatia Slaven Bilic Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Cuba Raul Valentin Triana Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Cyprus Angelos Anastasiades Frank Lampard Kaká Fabio Cannavaro Czech Republic Karel Brückner Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Miroslav Klose Denmark Morten Olsen Samuel Eto'o Andrea Pirlo Fabio Cannavaro Djibouti Mohamed Omar Ali Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Dominican Republic Juan Emilio Mojica Ronaldinho Andrea Pirlo Samuel Eto'o Ecuador Luis Fernando Suarez Kaká Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Egypt Hasan Shehata Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho El Salvador Mauricio Alberto Alfaro Fabio Cannavaro Franck Ribery Zinedine Zidane England Steve McClaren Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Equatorial Guinea Antonio Dumas Kaká Didier Drogba Michael Essien Eritrea Dorian Marin Kaká Samuel Eto'o Zinedine Zidane Estonia Jelle Goes Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Kaká Ethiopia Seyoum Abate Bekele Didier Drogba Cristiano Ronaldo Kaká Faroe Islands Jogvan Martin Olsen Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Finland Roy Hodgson Andrea Pirlo Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro France Raymond Domenech Petr Cech Gennaro Gattuso Didier Drogba Georgia Klaus Toppmöller Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Miroslav Klose Germany Joachim Löw Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Ghana Claude Le Roy Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry invalid vote Greece Otto Rehhagel Zinedine Zidane Miroslav Klose Michael Ballack Grenada Alister Debellotte Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Frank Lampard Guam Morio Tsukitata Frank Lampard Fabio Cannavaro Deco Guatemala Hernan Dario Gomez Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Patrick Vieira Honduras Flavio Ortega Samuel Eto'o Kaká Didier Drogba Hong Kong Lai Sun-Cheung Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Kaká Hungary Peter Bozsik Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Iceland Eyjolfur Sverrisson Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon India Bob Houghton Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Petr Cech Indonesia Peter Withe Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Michael Ballack Iran Amir Ghalehnoy Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Zinedine Zidane Ireland Republic Stephen Staunton Juan Roman Riquelme Deco Thierry Henry Israel Dror Kashtan Fabio Cannavaro Andrea Pirlo Samuel Eto'o Italy Roberto Donadoni Thierry Henry Andriy Shevchenko Kaká Jamaica Carl Brown Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Samuel Eto'o Japan Ivan Osim Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Jordan Mahmoud El-Gohary Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Kazakhstan Arno Pijpers Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Deco Korea Republic Pim Verbeek Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Andrea Pirlo Kuwait Mihai Stoichita Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Kyrgyzstan Nemat Zakirov Zinedine Zidane Andriy Shevchenko Petr Cech Laos Sutsakhone Oudomphet Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Kaká Latvia Jurijs Andrejevs Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Samuel Eto'o Lebanon Adnan Mekdache Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Franck Ribery Liberia Frank Jerico Nagbe Ronaldinho Didier Drogba Steven Gerrard Libya Abubaker Bani Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Liechtenstein Martin Andermatt Kaká Samuel Eto'o Lilian Thuram Lithuania Algimantas Liubinskas Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Macedonia Srecko Katanec Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Madagascar Jean François Dhebon Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Didier Drogba Malaysia B. Sattananthan Nair Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Maldives Iordan Stoykov Didier Drogba Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Mali Jean François Jodar Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Malta Dusan Fitzel Andrea Pirlo Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Mauritania Moustapha Sall Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Mauritius Sarjoo Gowreesunkur Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Franck Ribery Mexico Guillermo Cantu Saenz (techn. director) Andrea Pirlo Thierry Henry Michael Essien Moldova Anatolie Teslev Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Didier Drogba Mongolia Ishdorj Otgonbayar Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Morocco Mhammed Fakhir Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Kaká Mozambique Artur Semedo Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Myanmar Sann Win Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Netherlands Marco van Basten Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro New Caledonia Didier Chambarom Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Gianluigi Buffon New Zealand Ricki Herbert Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Samuel Eto'o Nicaragua Carlos de Toro Ronaldinho Juan Roman Riquelme Samuel Eto'o Niger Tchanile Bannh Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Nigeria Augustine Owen Eguavoen Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Didier Drogba Northern Ireland Lawrie Sanchez Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Norway Aage Hareide Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Oman Milan Macala Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Petr Cech Palestine Mohamad Alsabah Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Gianluigi Buffon Panama Alexandre Guimaraes Ronaldinho Andrea Pirlo Lilian Thuram Paraguay Raul Amarilla Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Deco Peru Franco Navarro Kaká Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Philippines José Arsiton Caslib Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Jens Lehmann Poland Leo Beenhakker Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Kaká Portugal Luiz Felipe Scolari Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Puerto Rico Garabet Avedissian Demirdjan Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Michael Ballack Qatar Dzemaludin Musovic Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Andrea Pirlo Romania Victor Piturca Cristiano Ronaldo Kaká Ronaldinho Russia Guus Hiddink Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Philipp Lahm Rwanda Michael Nees Michael Ballack Thierry Henry Ronaldinho San Marino Giampaolo Mazza Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Miroslav Klose São Tomé e Príncipe Juvenal Fernandes Correia Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Saudi Arabia Marcos Paqueta Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Scotland Walter Smith Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Gennaro Gattuso Senegal Henri Kasperzack Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Didier Drogba Serbia Javier Clemente Fabio Cannavaro Franck Ribery Deco Seychelles Raoul Shongu Thierry Henry Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Singapore Radojko Avramovic Thierry Henry Andrea Pirlo Fabio Cannavaro Slovakia Dusan Galis Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Didier Drogba Slovenia Branko Oblak Gianlugi Buffon Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Somalia Abdi Farah Ali Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Zinedine Zidane South Africa Pitso Mosimane Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Spain Luis Aragones Suarez Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Sri Lanka Jang Jung Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Zinedine Zidane St Kitts and Nevis Leonard Taylor Didier Drogba Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Sudan Ahmed Babiker Elfaki Ronaldinho Gianluigi Buffon Thierry Henry Surinam Kenneth Jaliens Andrea Pirlo Gianluigi Buffon Zinedine Zidane Swaziland Ayman Elyramany Hohamed Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Franck Ribery Sweden Lars Lagerbäck Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Fabio Cannavaro Switzerland Jakob Kuhn Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Gianluigi Buffon Syria Fajer Ebraheem Ronaldinho Kaká Michael Ballack Tahiti Eddy Etaeta Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Tajikistan Makhmadion Khabibulloev Zinedine Zidane Luis Figo Michael Ballack Tanzania Marcio Maximo Kaká Steven Gerrard Thierry Henry Thailand Chanvit Phalajivin Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Togo Kodjovi Mawuena Zinedine Zidane Cristiano Ronaldo Steven Gerrard Tonga Kilifi Ulele Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Steven Gerrard Trinidad and Tobago Anton Corneal Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Deco Tunisia Roger Lemerre Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Didier Drogba Turkey Fatih Terim Kaká Gennaro Gattuso Samuel Eto'o Turkmenistan Rahim Kurbanmamedov Zinedine Zidane Steven Gerrard Kaká Turks and Caicos Islands Charlie Cook Fabio Cannavaro Cristiano Ronaldo Andrea Pirlo Uganda Laszlo Csaba Didier Drogba Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Ukraine Oleg Blokhin Gianlugi Buffon Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Uruguay Oscar Washington Tabarez Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Didier Drogba USA Bruce Arena Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Uzbekistan Valeriy Nepomnyaschiy Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Venezuela Richard Paèz Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Fabio Cannavaro Vietnam Alfred Riedl Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Wales John Toshack Gianlugi Buffon Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Zambia Patrick Phiri Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldinho Wayne Rooney