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FIFA World Player of the Year

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FIFA World Player of the Year

Summary

FIFA World Player of the Year is a sports award[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sports_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • FIFA World Player of the Year's instance of is recorded as sports award[3].
  • +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FIFA World Player of the Year[4].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year was dissolved in +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's start time is recorded as +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's sport is recorded as association football[7].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0226l7[8].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's official website is recorded as http://es.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-mens-player/index.html[9].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:FIFA World Player of the Year[10].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's conferred by is recorded as FIFA[11].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's topic has template is recorded as Template:FIFA World Player of the Year winners[12].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FIFA World Player of the Year'}[13].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:FIFA World Player of the Year winners[14].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as igrok-goda-fifa-3d5fa8[15].

Why It Matters

FIFA World Player of the Year ranks in the top 4% of sports_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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