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The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.
The awards were established in 1998 and have been awarded annually ever since. In 2001 the FIH Young Player of the Year award was created, to be awarded to the best young field hockey player of the year. [1] [2]
FIFA awards a worldwide men's and women's FIFA World Player of the Year, football's highest individual honour. English football leagues honour the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Year. Scotland has similar awards, the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year and the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year.
Ice hockey player of the year awards (1 C, 14 P) N. NFL Most Valuable Player Award winners ... Copa América Best Player Award; FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball;
The IIHF Male Player of the Year award is given out annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), in recognition of the ice hockey player who "best exemplifies exceptional skill, determination, team success, and sporting character on and off the ice during the preceding season."
FIFA Presidential Award; FIFA Puskás Award – to the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant and "most beautiful" goal of the year; FIFA World Cup awards; FIFA World Cup Dream Team – an all-star squad published in 2002 and composed of some of the best players of all time; FIFA World Cup – to the winners of the FIFA ...
In the FIFA World Cup, the award is called the Golden Ball and is chosen by the FIFA Technical Study Group. [ 26 ] In the Premier League , Player of the Season is chosen by a panel assembled by the league's sponsors consisting of members of "football's governing bodies, the media and fans,” and is announced in the second or third week of May.
Scotiabank/NHL Fan Fav Award – awarded to a National Hockey League player based on fan voting. It was awarded to Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks in 2010 and not subsequently. NHL Lifetime Achievement Award – awarded to a National Hockey League veteran in recognition of their overall contributions to the league and sport.