2006 World Soccer Awards
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR % of votes
1 Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus/Real Madrid & Italy) 40.1
2 Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona & Cameroon) 12.6
3 Thierry Henry (Arsenal & France) 12.1
4 Ronaldinho (Barcelona & Brazil) 8.2
5 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus & Italy) 4.9
6 Didier Drogba (Chelsea & Ivory Coast) 3.3
7 Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal & Argentina) 2.1
8 Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen & Germany) 1.6
9 Kaka (Milan & Brazil) 1.4
10 Deco (Barcelona & Portugal) 1.3
Others 12.4
WORLD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
1 Marcello Lippi (Italy) 35.7
2 Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona) 21.9
3 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) 16.4
4 Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) 4.9
5 Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) 4.3
6 Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil) 2.8
7 Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven/Australia) 2.2
8 Raymond Domenech (France) 1.7
9 Walter Smith (Scotland) 1.1
10 Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) 0.7
Others 8.3
WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR
1 Barcelona 42.3
2 Italy 34.6
3 Lyon 4.3
4 Germany 3.8
5 Internacional 2.7
6 France 2.6
7 Arsenal 2.2
8 Argentina 1.4
9 Chelsea 1.2
10 Brazil 0.9
Others 4.0
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 35.8
2 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal & Spain) 19.8
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd & Portugal) 18.2
4 Lukas Podolski (Koln/Bayern Munich & Germany) 8.7
5 Aaron Lennon (Tottenham & England) 4.6
6 Robinho (Real Madrid & Brazil) 1.6
7 Yoann Gourcuff (Milan) 1.4
8 Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal & Ivory Coast) 1.2
9 Wayne Rooney (Man Utd & England) 1.1
10 Franck Ribery (Marseille & France) 0.9
Others 5.4
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
1 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 38.7
2 Benito Archundia (Mexico) 30.5
3 Lubos Michel (Slovakia) 8.5
4 Markus Merk (Germany) 7.4
5 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) 4.7
6 Mark Shield (Australia) 2.1
7 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) 1.9
8 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 1.1
9 Graham Poll (England) 0.9
10 Alan Wiley (England) 0.7
Others 3.5
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