Who Should be Fifa’s 2007 World Player of The Year?
The 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year will be picked on December 17.
The ‘shortlist’ comprises of 50 players, althought this list can easily be termed as a European competition (none of the 50 nominations play outside Europe) and apart from 4 nominations (1 from Lyon, 3 from Bayern), all the rest are playing in the top 3 European leagues. While these players are certainly some of the best in the world, surely other players from other leagues have had as great an impact on the fortunes of their clubs and countries?
Here’s the list:
Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cech (Chelsea, Czech Rep), Ronaldo (Man Utd, Portugal), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Eto’o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Gattuso (Milan, Italy), Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Henry (Barcelona, France), Juninho (Lyon, Brazil), Kaka (Milan, Brazil), Klose (Bayern Munich, Germany), Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Lampard (Chelsea, England), Marquez (Barcelona, Mexico), Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Nesta (Milan, Italy), Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Ribéry (Bayern Munich, France), Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Rooney (Man Utd, England), Terry (Chelsea, England), Tevez (Man Utd, Argentina), Thuram (Barcelona, France), Torres (Liverpool, Spain), Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid, Holland), Vieira (Internazionale, France).
Kaka, Messi and Ronaldo are expected to be at the top, with Kaka ‘expected’ to take the final plaudits. Who do you think should take the award?
Most notable exclusion? Francesco Totti. If there’s anyone else that you think should be on this list, let us know.
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Cesc Fabregas, I am not being bias but I do think he is an extraordinary player, Just 20 and has all that skill and potential.
Umm… Errmm Miroslav Klose maybe?
October 11th, 2007 @ 17:24erm i think it is going to be close between kaka and messi
October 11th, 2007 @ 18:07but i think kaka will be world play of the year.
1st kaka
2nd messi
3rd ronaldo
maybe kaka does desrve it, but messi isnt second placed: he just started playing brilliantly, buthe missed most of last season.
October 11th, 2007 @ 23:56ronaldo on the other hand was most probaly the main reason for uniteds win last year so it should be between ronaldo and kaka.
And if ronaldinho makes it to the top 3 im never watching football again, he getting credit for being shite.
2 horse race between messi and kaka.btw there a 30 nominations not 50? Its good for Torres and Tevez to be nomintated
Its been la liga players for quite a while and this is the year for kaka to change it. im suprised at Lampard Buffon Deco and thuram being in this?
October 12th, 2007 @ 00:30Henry only got through for his reputation, he missed the last half of 06/07, and hasnt even preformed that well fo Barca. same with Thuram and Tevez only played well for West Ham in the last ten games
October 12th, 2007 @ 03:22wat about fabregas he had an amazing last season and an outstanding start to dis season
October 12th, 2007 @ 11:24torres wasnt playing in the cl last season
van persie was also injured throughout most of last season and played better than henry. Henry waz chosen because of his name. same for cannvaro and thuram
ZLATEN IBRAHIMOVIC????????? HOW WAS HE LEFT OUT????
October 12th, 2007 @ 09:54DAVID VILLA????
STANKOVIC
LUCA TONI
MAXI LOPEZ
TO NAME A FEW THAT DIDNT MAKE IT LOL .. ANY ONE KNOW ANY OTHERS..
THERES HEAPS THAT DESERVE TO BE THERE THAT ARNT AND A FAIR FEW THAT ARE IN THE TOP 50 AND DONT DESERVE TO BE NESTA, RIBERY, JUNINHIO BUFFON (WAS IN 2ND DIVISION)
bob this isnt uefa player of the year its best player in the world (for 2007).
Agreed David Villa, Fabrageas and Ibrahimovic all should be in there??
October 12th, 2007 @ 21:01essien ronaldo gattuso drogba kaka were the best.
for me the bestestest were drogba ronaldo kaka.
don’t know if he ‘ll be voted the best but I ‘d like ronaldo to win.Kaka wasn’t that bad,though
October 12th, 2007 @ 21:48Messi really deserves it kaka is only good in serie a
October 12th, 2007 @ 22:08Kaka only good in Serie A? Do you not remember him nearly ruining Man Utd’s dream of Champions League glory before they even got to the San Siro? Or him being top scorer in the Champions League last season?
Kaka should definitely win it for me, with Ronaldo second and probably Messi third, inspite of him really only coming into top form at the start of this season.
The really suprising omission for me is Fabregas. Despite my obvious bias, I cannot see just how some of the players on that list have made it before him. He has being solid all year, really coming into his own during Henry’s absence last season and improving match by match this term.
October 13th, 2007 @ 02:33how are totti and fabregas and Huntelaar not in there!!! this is an outrage!!! but i think thers only one winner for this award
Sebastian Leto
October 13th, 2007 @ 03:37For anyone to not have even named Didier Drogba yet is an absolute travesty. The guy was the most potent striker in the world last year with next to nothing of extra help up top.
Kaka should win it, Ronaldo a close second, Drogba third.
October 13th, 2007 @ 05:27i dont know the purpose of fighting for the fifa player of the year.its obviously kaka.we need not keep options.why should we go for ronaldo or messi…what have they all done for thewhole last season..they played well though messi ruling out with injuries….but noone will forget him the way he has beaten casillas three times in a match ..biggest of all la liga matches last season..wat about ronaldo…he is a world class player..may be..but hav u seen any world classplayers being accused for diving..ronaldo may be a exclusion if u tell him a world class player…if just dribbling is the one most thing needed by a footballer, then there is no doubt…christiano ronaldo will be….i dont know the purpose of his dribbling when there is no one in the flank against him..and his stylish pass…then it comes kaka…many accused ac milan for playing for only one cup..do u think ..is it really possible to win seria a title after having 10 points penalty…i dont think so..compare ronaldo with kaka…matches between these two teams (old trafford and sansiro) will be more enough for judging who is better…each and every game there wil be assists or gooals from his foots…kaka is worth more than for fifa player 0f year
October 15th, 2007 @ 13:22I know I am biased, but I think ronaldo should win.
What was amazing about his last season, was not his overall performance, but what he had to endure whilst producing the amazing performances.
October 15th, 2007 @ 14:54sory bit of a foopaw with the txt there i meant kaka is only good in europe
October 17th, 2007 @ 00:43i think ronaldo deserves the award because he was simply the best last season he single handedly won the title for united on other hand we have kaka who plays good only in europe we cant decide him has best player in the world with just few good performances against man utd look what happend in the final when he had mascherano marking him he was never the same player again coming to united game in semifinal there was no rio or vidic in defence line up vidic played in second leg with no match fitness at same time we have ronaldo who comes every weekend and performs brilliantly weekend after weekend
October 17th, 2007 @ 16:03i think here many people hate him thats why they say kaka coming to messi he is growing into fantastic footballer no doubt about it he will win fifa world player of the year for sure in future but not this year i think drogba to some extent deserves to be in top 3
my top 5 football player last season were
1)christiano ronaldo
2)ricardo (kaka)
3)drogba
4) totti
5)rudd van nistlerooy
babloos i dont think thats fair mascherano can make any player play poorly kaka or messi!
October 17th, 2007 @ 21:45Zlatan ibrahimovic not on this list?
October 21st, 2007 @ 01:34where are the real good players?
October 21st, 2007 @ 15:46fabregas, ibrahimovic, totti. the people up there r those you’d expect to see but haven’t actually played that well. Only a few have earned it eg. kaka, ronaldo, klose etc.
1. KAKA
October 21st, 2007 @ 21:292. C.Ronaldo
3.Drogba
4.Gerrard
5.Lampard
Easily Cristiano Ronaldo; Milan were shite in the league. After him, Kaka, then Messi; then Fabregas. A lot of that list has got in on reputation alone- Buffon, Henry, Marquez, Thuram should not even have been close.
October 21st, 2007 @ 22:36Buffon, Cannavaro Deco ,Juninho Klose , Lahm, Nesta, Pirlo Ribéry, Thuram.
All these players, though are great dont deserve tobe on this list based their performances this year
October 22nd, 2007 @ 03:13agree with u United except for Juninho i think he still should
Valencia players Silva, Joaquin and David Villa? were r they
October 22nd, 2007 @ 15:31lookat messi and his goals .he is a pwerfect player .fast,skill full and also score goals so why shouldent he be the best player in the world .people are saying that kaka is much faster hE HE IS NOT messi is much faster then him and can take on more people.
October 23rd, 2007 @ 00:18i think
1=messi
2=kaka
3=ronaldo
Kaka will probably win it as he won the Champions League with Milan and the Copa America with Brazil.
October 23rd, 2007 @ 01:57Messi is the most exciting player to watch, for those he say he has only started playing brilliantly this season, you forget a hat-trick against Madrid, the goal of the season against Getafe, his semi final goal against Mexico in the Copa America. In Barça’s last thirteen league games of last season he scored eleven goals.
I’d put Ronaldo third, pure class but not as good as Kaka and Messi.
Younis Mahmood from Iraq should top the list for player of the year 2007, especialy with the situation in IRAQ.
October 26th, 2007 @ 04:01Kaka after watching messi against ranger its kaka. Its not becuz i think Messi had a bad game its just hes far too greedy on the ball were as kaka is so quick to pass it, its almost impossible to tackle him.
But Kaka does have his little Kaka time on the pitch but nearly always ends up scoring when he does. Ronaldo the same reason for messi. How many times do u see messi or Ronaldo just keep their head down on the ball never looking for a pass.
October 26th, 2007 @ 12:24messi is the worlds best player because well look how hw has played the best
October 29th, 2007 @ 19:08Juan Roman Riquelme is a definite noted absence.
October 29th, 2007 @ 21:18messi is only 20 and alredi compering with the top players, why is dat beacause his brilliant at football, he deserves to win it, kaka hmmm well his not bad but he waits for the ball, messi wins it back and his also the play maker.
October 30th, 2007 @ 16:581.messi
2.kaka
3.Dont care
well you always have to know and believe that the boys will be seperated from the boys. kaka is the man,kaka ,kaka kaka all the way
November 10th, 2007 @ 12:44i think christiano ronaldo takes it
November 12th, 2007 @ 02:23there just no competition
kaka to me is in no league to even be in the top list
but messi is a close second
i think cesc should atleast be shortlisted he would probably stand in the top 5 in my book probably
November 12th, 2007 @ 18:36kaka
klose
messi
klose!!?? wtf r u smoking?
November 13th, 2007 @ 13:11I don’t know who is gonna win.. but i’m sure the winner come from UNITED.. Either rooney or ronaldo or maybe giggs.. Who know Tevez might appear.As well as VDS.. Not to forget vidic and ferdinand.. Damn almost forget youngster nani and anderson. GLORY,GLORY MAN UNITED!!I think i forgot about scholes..
November 13th, 2007 @ 14:10hey yeah December 17.. My special date.. Once i blow the CAKE.. I’m gonna wish Beckham wins… Lols..
November 13th, 2007 @ 14:14ummmm beckham united u do realise that Giggs, Beckham, Nani, Anderson, Van Der sar, Ferdinand and vidic werent nominated?
November 13th, 2007 @ 21:21ronaldinho should definitely win because he is still the best and he has done more things than any other player.
November 15th, 2007 @ 19:54top 3
November 15th, 2007 @ 19:58ronaldinho
fabregas
ronaldo
i dont follow all of the leagues, but from what i have seen i think the top three will be:
1. Kaka`
2. Messi
3. C. Ronaldo
Even though i hate C. Ronaldo i think he will be in top three
November 17th, 2007 @ 03:24I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND THAT ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC IS NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE IF HE’S NOT THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD TODAY HE’S IN THE TOP 5 FOR SURE. WHO EVER VOTED 4 THIS IS CRAZY AND BY THE WAY WHERE IS TREZEGUE AND LUCA TONI?
November 17th, 2007 @ 21:26messi should claim the title. he is one of the few players thts been able to demonstrate the true genious required of a player to win this award, at age 20? kaka was ofcourse in good form bt he is only a good player nothin extraordinary. ronaldinho was a bit dissapointin bt we all know tht when he is at his best…he is easily at the level of maradona and other legends. maybe next season.
November 19th, 2007 @ 15:38Kaka said if he could vote he wud vote ronaldo. Although the Brazilian player that can vote (Lucio) voted for Stevey G
November 19th, 2007 @ 16:30c.ronaldo is definetly the best player in the world…..his performance in the premiership(38 game’s) is enough to win the title for me, and dont forget he also played outstandingly well to take man utd to the champions league semi final and the FA cup final…on the other hand kaka ONLY played good in the champions league…thats like 13 games….where as in the serie A he played shit…now its just INJUSTICE to hand kaka the title over c.ronalod….dont take my word for it…..KAKA even admited himself that ronaldo played better then him
November 20th, 2007 @ 23:45it’s a fucking joke that Zlatan Ibrahimovic isn’t on this list. He’s definetly top 5 and maybe top 3 or 2 in the world. What’s the matte rhis technique isn’t good enough? He maybe isn’t good enough at assisting othe rplayers? He maybe isn’t good enough at shooting or scoring goals? Oh, btw, for those who don’t know much about football: I was being sarcastic. he’s really good at all this.
Ok, i admit he hasn’t scored a goal for Sweden for a loooong time, but judging from all the other players it’s what the players done in their clubs that is judged and looked upon and not what they’ve done for their national side this year. Besides he’s been brilliant for Sweden in, like, every game except one, not at scoring, but at delivering excellent passes and at dribbling and showing off his technique. FIFA, what a bunch of old wankers.
November 22nd, 2007 @ 18:19Look guys,me myself is a die-hard Manchester United fan.But no matter hw much I adore the likes of C.Ronaldo,Wayne Rooney & Carlos Tevez,I still gotta admit that Kaka is arguably ly the best player in the world of planet football rite now.Yeah,Messi’s is simply fabulous too,but C.Ronaldo is juz pure class!And less u 4gt,Drogba.The guy was the most potent striker in the world last year with next to nothing of extra help up top.So here’s my own list:
1)Kaka
2)Cristiano Ronaldo
3)Lionel Messi
4)Didier Drogba
5)Ronaldinho/Wayne Rooney/Steven Gerrard
These r players who definitely should get into the nomination list at least:
1)Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2)Francesco Totti
3)Cesc Fabregas
4)David Villa
While these r players who don’t deserve to be in:
1)Gianluigi Buffon-Simply becos’ there’s no logic as to why a footballer playing in the lower league of Italian Serie B for the whole of last season can get nominated
November 23rd, 2007 @ 02:222)Thierry Henry-He was injured for majority of last season(even Robin van Persie’s better than him), & he hasn’t done anything extraordinary for FC Barcelona since his arrival.
While these players have past their prime-Lilian Thuram,Juninho Pernambucano,Deco,Alessandro Nesta & Fabio Cannavaro.
i am a ac milan fan and i think that c.ronaldo should win the player of the year award.he played the best football so they should give it to him.
1.c.ronaldo
December 3rd, 2007 @ 20:462.kaka
3.messi
Ronaldo is the best player in the world right now without a doubt. He is scoring every way possible. Free kicks, headers, one timed shots, etc. He is the definition of a total footballer and now he is really beginning to shine his talent to the world. What can you say about his attitude? A bit arrogant, a diver? He was, but he is not that now. We shouldn’t let his previous mistakes come to ruin this award he obviously deserves.. What player has more speed, more strength, and more outrageous skill in the world right now than Ronaldo? Noone. If he doesn’t win it will be a shame. I like Kaka but u can’t compare the two of them, not at this moment. Messi is flying right now, if someone should challenge Ronaldo it should be messi, not Kaka.
December 7th, 2007 @ 23:45CHRISTIANA RONALDO IS THE 2007 WORLD BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR,BECAUSE HE PERFORMED MORE THAN KAKA…
December 9th, 2007 @ 18:19Ronaldo it is…and has to be..Lets forget wat happened in Champions League…Now where does KAKA stands…he He got Ballon’DOr because of hes performance in europe…But if we consider the other performances in Italy and for Brazil..they have not been even close to good..On the other hand if we consider Ronaldo for his country n club, he has been awesome..and getting his team to Semifinals of Champions league isnt a bad achievement..And talking about Messi..he has been good in patches..hasnt been as fruitfull and consistent as above two..so he isnt the threat for other two..
December 11th, 2007 @ 13:27I think its
1) Ronaldo
2) KAKA
3) Messi
KAKA
December 12th, 2007 @ 07:42MESSI
RONALDO
FABREGAS
Knowone else has been anywhere near as good as these 4 and not one english player in the list
What is Wrong??? Where is Ibrahimovic???
December 13th, 2007 @ 21:45Does anybody watch Serie A??? Zlatan definately needs to be on the list… By far, one of the most talented and effective players of 2007. I guess if his name was Ibranaldo and was born in Brazil, then you would see his name mentioned.
December 17th, 2007 @ 01:04I think Ricky Kaka should win it. I mean Messi was out for about 4 months. Ronaldo’s champions league wasnt so great. United started with 0 pts not -5 ir somethin. Who even looks at Ruud VRooy. 34goals in an defensive R.Madrid side is no joke. Ibrahimovic and Totti?????? This gives me the feeling that top officials in the FIFA board are toying with names they love and stripping better players of recognition. Imagine Thuram…… he along with Valdes handed the title to Real Madrid last year. I think the top 3 should be………….
December 17th, 2007 @ 18:101-Kaka
2-C.Ronaldo
3-Drogba/VRooy/Totti/Ibrahimovic/Berbatov
Kaka is undoubtedly the best.
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December 17th, 2007 @ 22:13here is the god of football
April 12th, 2008 @ 17:37I think that Ronaldo should get the award…he earned it with his magnificent performances…but one thing I am wondering is where is ROBBEN???
July 2nd, 2008 @ 21:36