Sentences with phrase «world player of the year award»

Meanwhile, in 1991, FIFA instituted the World Player of the Year award, which could be won by anybody playing anywhere in the world and was voted for by the captains and coaches of international teams.

The Brazilian signed for the club in September but has showed glimpses of the form that won him two World Player of the Year awards with Barca in 2004 and 2005.

He was a toddler when his father, George Weah, concluded a glittering career that included a FIFA World Player of the Year award and league titles with PSG and AC Milan.

He also won a Ballon d'Or and two FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

Of the last 10 World Player of the year awards 9 have been won by these two (Messi 5, Ronaldo 4).

The United States» World Cup - winning midfielder Carli Lloyd, 33, won the women's world player of the year award after scoring a hat - trick in the final against Japan, including a sensational strike from the halfway line.

The same trio — Kaka, Ronaldo and Messi — have also been shortlisted for FIFA's world player of the year award which will be announced in Zurich on December 17.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have, between them, scooped up every single World Player of the Year award since 2008.

The 32 - year - old previously won the FIFA World Player of the Year award, the precursor to the Best FIFA award, in 2008.

Two World Cups, a La Liga title and a joint - record three World Player of the Year awards are the highlights of a wonderful career.

The four - time Ballon d'Or / World Player of the Year award winner will go down in history as one of the greatest players to step onto a football pitch and with good reason.

She was shortlisted for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award four times and won the FA Player of the Year award twice.

Along with Ronaldo, the French midfielder is one of only three players ever to have won the World Player of the Year award three times.

He finished as runner - up to Ronaldinho for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards [9].

Then he scored chipped goal against Hull City with his left foot in the Premier League; he unleashed a chip from 20 yards that curled & swerved and fooled the goal - keeper as it went into the net, World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said after the game: «It was the best goal I have seen, My vote for World Player of the year award will go to him, only a player with his intelligence could have done that» [17].

To me Rooney has already achieved the same respect and will probably surpass Becks because I think he'll finish his career here with a lot lot more trophies and very possibly winning the World Player of the Year award.

On 30 October, he was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the sixth straight year.

Rivaldo won the World Player of the Year award in 1999 for his exploits with the Brazilian national team and Barcelona.

The Bravo Award probably isn't the most prominent trophy on his mantelpiece considering he won the Balon d'Or three times and the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 but it represented his talent at such a young age.

The graffiti was put on the statue overnight on Tuesday, just hours after Barcelona's Argentine star Messi claimed a fifth world player of the year award, beating out Real Madrid's Portuguese striker and three - time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo in the process.

We're expecting Ronaldo to be one of the highest - rated players in the game since FIFA featured him on the cover, and he's won so many awards in the past year, including the FIFA World Player of the Year Award.

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Although the Gators fell in the College Softball World Series to Oklahoma, Barnhill still took home the award for 2017 USA Softball Player of the Year.

Our Breakthrough Staff has trained some of the best players in the world that have gone on to become Olympic Gold Medalists, NBA All - Stars, WNBA All - Stars, Elite College Players (Michigan State, Duke, Kentucky ««to name a few), and Numerous Player of the Year Awards at the high schoolplayers in the world that have gone on to become Olympic Gold Medalists, NBA All - Stars, WNBA All - Stars, Elite College Players (Michigan State, Duke, Kentucky ««to name a few), and Numerous Player of the Year Awards at the high schoolPlayers (Michigan State, Duke, Kentucky ««to name a few), and Numerous Player of the Year Awards at the high school level.

The old FIFA World Player of the Year was established in 1991 and was awarded in four World Cup years.

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We didn't see much of Forlan this summer, but four years ago, the forward won the World Cup Golden Ball awarded for its best player.

He is now reminding Arsenal fans and the football world in general why he was our Player of the Year last season and was being talked about as a candidate for the Premier League award before his injury.

It is a fair reward for how well the Arsenal and Chile forward has taken the English Premier League by storm since signing from Barcelona last summer that the name of Alexis Sanchez is among the 23 players from the world of football that have made the shortlist for the FIFA Ballon D'Or awarded to the best player for the calendar year.

Although the 27 - year - old, who finished on the losing side to Germany in this year's final, is arguably the best player in the world at the moment and perhaps one of the best of all time, his subdued displays in this World Cup certainly make this award a questionable one, with Fifa seemingly looking at reputation over actual performances at the tournaworld at the moment and perhaps one of the best of all time, his subdued displays in this World Cup certainly make this award a questionable one, with Fifa seemingly looking at reputation over actual performances at the tournaWorld Cup certainly make this award a questionable one, with Fifa seemingly looking at reputation over actual performances at the tournament.

Superstars rose to prominence and made themselves counted in the world stage, with the club's finest ambassador, Thierry Henry, earning himself a place in two FIFA World Player of the Year Silver Awards (03, 04), one Ballon D'Or runner up award (03) and one Ballon D'Or bronze award (06), three EPL Footballer of the Year Awworld stage, with the club's finest ambassador, Thierry Henry, earning himself a place in two FIFA World Player of the Year Silver Awards (03, 04), one Ballon D'Or runner up award (03) and one Ballon D'Or bronze award (06), three EPL Footballer of the Year AwWorld Player of the Year Silver Awards (03, 04), one Ballon D'Or runner up award (03) and one Ballon D'Or bronze award (06), three EPL Footballer of the Year Awards.

During the televised ceremony, the winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the best player of 2014 and the winner of the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year 2014 award will also be revealed, while the FIFA World Coach of the Year awards for men's and women's football will be presented for the fifthplayer of 2014 and the winner of the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year 2014 award will also be revealed, while the FIFA World Coach of the Year awards for men's and women's football will be presented for the fifthPlayer of the Year 2014 award will also be revealed, while the FIFA World Coach of the Year awards for men's and women's football will be presented for the fifth time.

FIFA Ballon d'Or award is the highest level of individual award in football and it is awarded to the best player in the world every year.

Hazard is expected to win the PFA Player of the Year award tonight, and his sensational recent form has led Real legend Zinedine Zidane to describe the 24 - year - old as one of the three best players in the woYear award tonight, and his sensational recent form has led Real legend Zinedine Zidane to describe the 24 - year - old as one of the three best players in the woyear - old as one of the three best players in the world.

The World Player award is recognition of the most successful year of Ronaldo's career.

From 2010 to 2015, the award was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year and with the notoriously corruption - free FIFA involved, things took a turn for the strange.

The capital club legend's spell at Parc des Princes aided him in winning the 1995 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the year shortly after he joined AC Milan and he is still the only native African to win these awards.

Salah is having an unbelievable season, and with a World Cup, he might be the first player in more than a decade to seriously challenge Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for Player of the Year awards in world soWorld Cup, he might be the first player in more than a decade to seriously challenge Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for Player of the Year awards in world splayer in more than a decade to seriously challenge Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for Player of the Year awards in world sPlayer of the Year awards in world soworld soccer.

Playing for Paris St Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City, George Weah is the first and only African footballer to have won FIFA's world player of the year and Ballon D'Or award.

Celebrating its first year as a source of high - quality software for some of the world's most powerful smartphones and tablets, NVIDIA is turning to gamers to decide which games take top honors in the first annual TegraZone Player Choice Award's.

The biggest players of Arabian travel and tourism are gearing up for the most important evening of the year — the World Travel Awards 2010 Middle East Ceremony.

The biggest players of Arabian travel and tourism are gearing up for the most important evening of the year — the World Travel Awards 2010 Middle East Ceremony, which takes place on 3 May at the Address Dubai Marina, with His Highness Prince Bandar as Guest of Honour.

The Majorcan tennis ace will be hoping to follow up last year's success when he won «World Tennis Player of the Year» at the World Sports Awayear's success when he won «World Tennis Player of the Year» at the World Sports AwaYear» at the World Sports Awards.

Wii U games like Super Mario 3D World, an imaginative four - player adventure with Mario and friends that received numerous Game of the Year awards and nominations when it first launched in 2013, join Nintendo 3DS standouts such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, one of the most critically acclaimed Nintendo 3DS games of all time.

«Carli has enjoyed an impressive footballing career to date, being awarded such accolades as the FIFA Women's World Cup champion and FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.