FIFA World Player Gala 2006 Zurich Opera House, 18 December Votes by the captains Country Name First Second Third Afghanistan Maroof Gulistani Zinedine Zidane Franck Ribery Michael Ballack Algeria Gaouaoui Lounes Kaká Frank Lampard Zinedine Zidane Andorra Oscar Sonejee Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Angola Paulo Figueiredo Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Wayne Rooney Antigua and Barbuda Nathaniel Teon Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Alessandro Nesta Argentina Roberto Ayala Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Armenia Sarigs Hovsepyan Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Australia Lucas Neill Fabio Cannavaro Cristiano Ronaldo Thierry Henry Austria Andreas Ivanschitz Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Azerbaijan Aslan Karimov Cristiano Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Bahamas Nesley Jean Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Michael Essien Bahrain Talal Jusuf Samuel Eto'o Gianluigi Buffon Jens Lehmann Bangladesh Huq Aminul Gianluigi Buffon Kaká Zinedine Zidane Belarus Sergey Shtaniuk Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Petr Cech Belgium no vote none none none Belize Vallan Dennis Symps Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Michael Essien Bermuda Kentione Jennings Samuel Eto'o Steven Gerrard Juan Roman Riquelme Bhutan Passang Tshering Thierry Henry Cristiano Ronaldo Miroslav Klose Bolivia Sergio Golarza Kaká Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Bosnia-Herzegovina Zlatan Bajramovic Zinedine Zidane none none Botswana Modiri Carlos Marumo Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Michael Essien Brazil Lucimar da Silva Ferreira (Lucio) Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Gianluigi Buffon British Virgin Islands Joel Fahle Thierry Henry Wayne Rooney Steven Gerrard Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Burkina Faso Soulama Gbdoulaye Zinedine Zidane Steven Gerrard Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Rigobert Song Miroslav Klose Fabio Cannavaro Patrick Vieira Canada Kevin McKenna Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o invalid vote Cape Verde Islands Claudio Aguiar Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Cayman Islands Frederick Wilks Ronaldinho Samuel Eto'o Kaká Central African Republic Marcelin Tamboula Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Thierry Henry Chad Valery Ndakom Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Chile Jorge Vargas Palacios Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry Gianluigi Buffon China PR Zheng Zhi Zinedine Zidane Deco Fabio Cannavaro Chinese Taipei Yung Jen Cheng Zinedine Zidane Luis Figo Miroslav Klose Colombia Oscar Cordoba Arce Gianluigi Buffon Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Congo Oscar Ewolo Didier Drogba Patrick Vieira invalid vote Congo DR Bageta Dikilo Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Cook Islands John Pareanga Zinedine Zidane Cristiano Ronaldo Fabio Cannavaro Costa Rica Jose Francisco Poorras Hidalgo Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Côte d'Ivoire Didier Drogba Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Samuel Eto'o Croatia Niko Kovac Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Frank Lampard Cuba Jeniel Marquez Molina Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Andrea Pirlo Cyprus Joannis Okkas Kaká Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Czech Republic Tomas Rosicky Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Denmark Thomas Helveg Fabio Cannavaro Franck Ribery Samuel Eto'o Djibouti Kader Salem Andrea Pirlo Samuel Eto'o Zinedine Zidane Dominican Republic Yan Carlos Berroa Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldinho Gianluigi Buffon Ecuador Ivan Hurtato Angulo Ronaldinho Samuel Eto'o Kaká Egypt Ahmed Hasan Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho El Salvador Dennis Alas Morales Thierry Henry Kaká Zinedine Zidane England John Terry Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Thierry Henry Equatorial Guinea Silvestre Mesaka Frank Lampard Didier Drogba Adriano Eritrea Ytdalekachw Shtmangus Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Kaká Estonia Mart Poom Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Ethiopia Mulualem Regassa Didier Drogba Cristiano Ronaldo Kaká Faroe Islands Oli Johannesen Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Finland Jari Litmanen Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Deco France Patrick Vieira Samuel Eto'o Gianluigi Buffon Deco Georgia Kakha Kaladze Kaká Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Germany Michael Ballack Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Ghana Stephen Appiah Fabio Cannavaro invalid vote Cristiano Ronaldo Greece Theodoros Zagorakis Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Grenada Franklyn Baptiste Ronaldinho Didier Drogba Frank Lampard Guam James Bush Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Guatemala no vote none none none Honduras Milton Alexander Reyes Kaká Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Hong Kong Tan Chun Zip Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Hungary Pal Dardai Fabio Cannavaro Miroslav Klose Gianluigi Buffon Iceland Eidur Gudjohnsen Ronaldinho invalid vote Fabio Cannavaro India Baichung Bhutia Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Indonesia Punaryo Astaman Zinedine Zidane Alessandro Nesta Michael Ballack Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Zinedine Zidane Ireland Republic Robbie Keane Ronaldinho Kaká Steven Gerrard Israel Yossi Benayoun Fabio Cannavaro Andrea Pirlo Zinedine Zidane Italy Fabio Cannavaro Lilian Thuram Patrick Vieira Samuel Eto'o Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Ronaldinho Didier Drogba Kaká Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Jordan Faisal Ibrahim Suleiman Andriy Shevchenko Luis Figo Michael Ballack Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Didier Drogba Korea Republic Kim Nam Il Zinedine Zidane Michael Essien Patrick Vieira Kuwait Nohayer Al Shammary Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Miroslav Klose Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Sydykov Miroslav Klose Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Laos Valasine Dalaphone Luis Figo Michael Ballack Zinedine Zidane Latvia Vitalijs Astafjevs Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Lebanon Ahmad Naamani Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Gianluigi Buffon Liberia Solomon Grimes Ronaldinho Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Libya Tareq Eltayib Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Steven Gerrard Liechtenstein Daniel Hasler Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Lithuania Tomas Danielevicius Thierry Henry Fabio Cannavaro Petr Cech Macedonia Goce Seploski Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Wayne Rooney Madagascar Mamisoa Razafindrakoto Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Didier Drogba Malaysia Mohd Khaironnisam Shahabuddin Wayne Rooney Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Maldives Assad Abdul Ghani Steven Gerrard Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Mali Bassala Toure Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Malta Gilbert Agius Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Andrea Pirlo Mauritania Ahmed S. Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Mauritius Cyril Mourgine Samuel Eto'o Didier Drogba Fabio Cannavaro Mexico no vote none none none Moldova Rafu Rebeja Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Mongolia Lunbengaraw Donrov Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Morocco Talal Karkouri Michael Ballack Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Mozambique Manuel Bucuane Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Samuel Eto'o Myanmar Soe Myat Min Fabio Cannavaro Andrea Pirlo Thierry Henry Netherlands Edwin van der Sar Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Jens Lehmann New Caledonia no vote none none none New Zealand Danny Hay Thierry Henry Cristiano Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane Nicaragua Carlos R. Alonso Thierry Henry Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Niger Laminon Rabo Samuel Eto'o invalid vote invalid vote Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Didier Drogba Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Norway Martin Andersen Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Oman no vote none none none Palestine Jendeya Saeb Zinedine Zidane Samuel Eto'o Lilian Thuram Panama no vote none none none Paraguay Carlos Alberto Gamorra Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Kaká Peru Leao Butron Ronaldinho Zinedine Zidane Kaká Philippines Louiz Michael Casas Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Jens Lehmann Poland Maciej Zurawski Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Portugal Francisco José Rodriguez da Costa Thierry Henry Kaká Samuel Eto'o Puerto Rico José Sandoval Zinedine Zidane Luis Figo Gennaro Gattuso Qatar no vote none none none Romania Christian Chivu Kaká Cristiano Ronaldo Deco Russia Evgeniy Aldonin Zinedine Zidane Ronaldinho Didier Drogba Rwanda Jimmy Gatete Thierry Henry Michael Ballack Fabio Cannavaro San Marino Andy Selva Gianluigi Buffon Gennaro Gattuso Fabio Cannavaro São Tomé e Príncipe Denilson Alonso das Wedes Deco Samuel Eto'o Fabio Cannavaro Saudi Arabia Hussein Abdul Ghani Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Juan Roman Riquelme Scotland Barry Ferguson Gianluigi Buffon Thierry Henry Gennaro Gattuso Senegal El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Serbia Dejan Stankovic Gianluigi Buffon Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Seychelles Denis Barbe Thierry Henry Kaká Fabio Cannavaro Singapore Aide Iskandar Bin Sahak Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Zinedine Zidane Slovakia Miroslav Karhan Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Slovenia Milenko Acimovic Ronaldinho Andrea Pirlo Gianluigi Buffon Somalia Abdulkadir Omar Ibrahim Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Kaká South Africa Aaron Mokoena Fabio Cannavaro Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o Spain Raúl Gonzales Blanco Fabio Cannavaro Samuel Eto'o Kaká Sri Lanka S. Devinda Cristiano Ronaldo Andriy Shevchenko Adriano St Kitts and Nevis Francis Devon Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Sudan Hiatham Mustafa Karar Ronaldinho Gianluigi Buffon Samuel Eto'o Surinam Clifton Sandvliet Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Kaká Swaziland Dennis Masina Zinedine Zidane Fabio Cannavaro Ronaldinho Sweden Frederik Ljungberg Fabio Cannavaro Thierry Henry Steven Gerrard Switzerland Johann Vogel Samuel Eto'o Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Syria Maher Al Sayed Ronaldinho Kaká Michael Ballack Tahiti Naea Bennett Thierry