1998_FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year Knowpia

The 1998 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane. The ceremony was held at the Teatro Nacional de Catalunya, in Barcelona on February 1, 1999. 132 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, FIFA and the Spanish newspaper Don Balon.

Results edit

Rank	Player	Points	Club(s)
1.	Zinedine Zidane	518	Juventus
2.	Ronaldo	164	Internazionale
3.	Davor Šuker	108	Real Madrid
4.	Michael Owen	43	Liverpool
5.	Gabriel Batistuta	40	Fiorentina
6.	Rivaldo	37	Barcelona
7.	Dennis Bergkamp	33	Arsenal
8.	Edgar Davids	26	Juventus
9.	Marcel Desailly	23	Milan Chelsea
10.	Lilian Thuram	14	Parma

^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.