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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 (25,726 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • FIFA World Player of the Year's instance of is recorded as sports award[3].
  • 1991 marks the founding of FIFA World Player of the Year[4].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year was dissolved in 2009[5].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year began on 1991[6].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's sport is recorded as association football[7].
  • 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[8].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:FIFA World Player of the Year[9].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's conferred by is recorded as FIFA[10].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's topic has template is recorded as Template:FIFA World Player of the Year winners[11].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FIFA World Player of the Year'}[12].
  • FIFA World Player of the Year's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:FIFA World Player of the Year winners[13].

Why It Matters

FIFA World Player of the Year ranks in the top 4% of sports_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,726 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conferred by → FIFA
    Website → —
    Category for recipients of this award → Category:FIFA World Player of the Year winners
    Official website → http://es.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-m
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Fifa-the-best.png, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
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