FIFA World Player Gala

FIFA World Player Gala was an association football award show presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, throughout 1991–2009.

The first awarding ceremony was held on 8 December 1991 in Zürich, Switzerland. The award show was superseded first by the FIFA Ballon d'Or during 2010-15, and since 2016 by The Best FIFA Football Awards. FIFA consider the three historic versions of its gala show as subversions of the same event, and thus celebrated its 30 years anniversary in 2021. FIFA's historical statistics also list the awards in one overall list, comprising the records of all three gala show versions.

Awards by year

Awards by name

Official awards given at the annual FIFA World Player Gala (note most awards were continuously given by FIFA after 2009 - just under a different FIFA Gala name):

• FIFA World Player of the year (1991-2009)
• FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (2001-2009)
• FIFA Fair Play Award (1991-2009)
• FIFA Presidential Award (2001-2009)
• FIFA Interactive World Player Champion (2004-2009)
• FIFA Puskás Award (2009)
• FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11 (2009)
• FIFA Development Award (2008-2009)
• Top Team of the Year (1993-2006)
• Best Mover of the Year (1993-2007)

See also

• FIFA Ballon d'Or (name of the annual FIFA gala show in 2010-15)
• The Best FIFA Football Awards (name of the annual FIFA gala show since 2016)
• FIFA World Player of the Year
• Ballon d'Or

References

External links

• Official website