1996 FIFA World Player of the Year

Template:Short description The 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo, the youngest player to ever win the award, aged 20. The ceremony took place at the Belem Cultural Centre in Lisbon, on January 20, 1997. For the first time a record of 120 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas and FIFA.

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Ronaldo	Template:Flagicon PSV Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Brazil	329
2	George Weah	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Liberia	140
3	Alan Shearer	Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Newcastle United	Template:Flagicon England	123
4	Matthias Sammer	Template:Flagicon Borussia Dortmund	Template:Flagicon Germany	109
5	Jürgen Klinsmann	Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich	Template:Flagicon Germany	54
6	Nwankwo Kanu	Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Inter Milan	Template:Flagicon Nigeria	32
7	Paolo Maldini	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Italy	25
8	Davor Šuker	Template:Flagicon Sevilla Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Croatia	24
9	Gabriel Batistuta	Template:Flagicon Fiorentina	Template:Flagicon Argentina	19
10	Romário	Template:Flagicon Flamengo Template:Flagicon Valencia	Template:Flagicon Brazil	13