2007 FIFA World Player of the Year

Brazilian midfielder Kaká won the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award, while another Brazilian, Marta, took home the women's award. The winners were announced at the FIFA World Player Gala held at the Zurich Opera House on December 17, 2007.^[1]

Men

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Rank[1][2]	Player	Pois	Club(s)
1	Kaká	1047	Milan
2	Lionel Messi	504	Barcelona
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	426	Manchester United
4	Didier Drogba	209	Chelsea
5	Ronaldinho	109	Barcelona
6	Steven Gerrard	68	Liverpool
7	Andrea Pirlo	57	Milan
8	Thierry Henry	54	Arsenal Barcelona
9	Fabio Cannavaro	47	Real Madrid
10	Gianluigi Buffon	31	Juventus
11	Franck Ribéry	30	Marseille Bayern Munich
12	Samuel Eto'o	29	Barcelona
13	Wayne Rooney	22	Manchester United
14	Miroslav Klose	21	Werder Bremen Bayern Munich
15	Michael Essien	20	Chelsea
16	Juan Román Riquelme	19	Boca Juniors Villarreal
17	Petr Čech	18	Chelsea
17=	Ruud van Nistelrooy	18	Real Madrid
19	Frank Lampard	11	Chelsea
20	Deco	9	Barcelona
20=	Juninho	9	Lyon
22	Gennaro Gattuso	8	Milan
23	John Terry	6	Chelsea
23=	Patrick Vieira	6	Internazionale
25	Rafael Márquez	5	Barcelona
26	Fernando Torres	4	Atlético Madrid Liverpool
27	Alessandro Nesta	2	Milan
28	Carlos Tevez	1	West Ham United Manchester United
29	Philipp Lahm	0	Bayern Munich
29=	Lilian Thuram	0	Barcelona

Women

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Rank[3]	Player	Points	Club(s)
1	Marta	988	Umeå
2	Birgit Prinz	507	Frankfurt
3	Cristiane	150	Wolfsburg
4	Kelly Smith	110	Arsenal
5	Abby Wambach	92	United States
6	Nadine Angerer	83	Turbine Potsdam
7	Kristine Lilly	82	United States
8	Daniela	72	Saad
9	Renate Lingor	62	Frankfurt
10	Ariane Hingst	41	Djurgårdens IF Dam