FIFA World Player of the Year Award (kind of) Shortlist

By: Bob | October 12th, 2006

The shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award is out and, well, it isn’t exactly short. Thirty names are on the final list, which is a nice way of honoring the top players in the world, but it also kind of makes it hard to debate the merits of the various players since there are simply too many merits to discuss.

If past history is an indication of who will be handed the prize in Zurich on December 18, the selection likely will be someone who plays in Spain. La Liga players have won the prize five years in a row with Ronaldinho collecting the trophy the past two years.

A look at this year’s list shows that Chelsea is the club with the most players nominateed with six and the English Premiership is the league most represented with 12 players, followed by Serie A’s 8 and La Liga’s 6. It is also worth noting that no player on the list plays for a club team outside of Europe. In fact, no non-European based player has ever even made the shortlist. European bias? I think so.

As for my choice, I think Fabio Cannavaro is going to win the award. He was nothing short of amazing for most of the year and his play in the World Cup will give him the edge over Ronaldinho who will finish second.

Who is your top choice from the shortlist below?

Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil), Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal), Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Luis Figo (Inter Milan, Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Germany), Philippe Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, Germany), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Franck Ribery (Marseille, France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal, Czech Republic), Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan, France), Zinedine Zidane (retired, France).

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jordy matthew

respect ronaldo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! player of the year 2008
ahmad

c.ronaldo is the best.kaka and messi are other goood player after c.ronaldo.from saudi arabia
Daryl

Baz, Adam,

You might want to check the date on this post.
Adam

Whoever thinks Kaka is going to win this is absolutly ridiclious, he has been injured for half the season, how on earth can you give someone PLAYER OF THE YEAR for sitting on the sidelines? unless you vote him for his hairstyle or something? CRISTIANO RONALDO WILL WIN PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
baz

if u tink anybody is better than ronaldo...tink agen!! ronaldo plays good all round...he has the odd bad game bt doesnt everybody?? kaka only did well in the champions league...i dont tink i hav ever seen as much dedication as ronaldo...mayb kaka or messi is better than ronaldo...but i kno for a fact ronaldo WILL!!! be the best player by far...next pele!!!
seo

Happy New Year!All the best for 2008.
Maxy

actually i dont like KAKA style does not mean that his not a great player but I just love Ronaldo and as for messi,even himself knows that he is not yet better than Ronaldo.
Its either ronaldo or Kaka
Martins

I must say that KAKA is great but people like Gerrard, Totti, Riquelme, Juniho deserve this award most expecially gerrard who has play also totti. Any way KAKA is the world best and he deserve it.

Martins from Nigeria
Musawer A. Saqif

It's definitely Kaka.
Pereira

I sincerely believe Messi deserved the award.Ronaldo didnt even belong on the shortlist. All his goals were easy made, assisted by othes and his play stinked. Messi was great. I am a Brazilian and I am saying this, for my argentinian rivals. I am sincere.
Silas

kaka is just the best. He deserve the award... i love kaka style of football
elvis

pls what is zidane zinedane name till doing there?
d-dot

Milan vs MU = KAKA vs C.Ronaldo
Who's da winner?
MILAN = KAKA!!!
so?
KAKA is the best player! better than C.Ronaldo...
never doubt it! its been decided by fighting in the field man!!!
DotZ

The Besy footballer is The man who can make his team win not only individual player.has good personality in or outfield.and has a good skill!well...Kaka has all of it!!not Ronaldo or messi..so KAKA is the Best man!Ronaldo and messi had a Bad Attitude!!!
Adesope Adedeji from Nigeria

Kaka is the winner.
Abdulkadir

He was unstoppable, unbelievable,unforgettable and mostly joyful to watch. He really showed that he was performing better than any players.
Its c.ronaldo if u disagree what football were you watching, in premiership he seriously brought something new.
He has 16 Individual honours and awards 06-07, FA Premier League: 2006-2007, Football League Cup and 2006
Community Shield 2007.

kaka has won UEFA Champions League: 2006-07 and 8 Individual honours and awards

06-07 tally goals
Kaka 18 goals Domestic League, Domestic cups and CupInternational and c.ronaldo 23 goals in all.

In conclusion , even a one day year old baby can tell who’s better.

enjoy c.ronaldo
m

C.Ronaldo is the best no KAka no MEssi. Its always Kaka kaka I don't like ^him he is F*(&%^$%#$.So ROnaldo is the best he deserves it!!!!!1111
Diana

Messi is incredible and has so much potential, so he should win. C. Ronaldo should settle for second place and Kaka will take the third
husnain

ronaldo any day
madridsta

KAKA!!!MOST DEFINITELY! RONALDO A CLOSE SECOND THEN MESSI.....A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THESE 2. HE'S GOOD BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD YET AS KAKA AND RONALDO.
1-KAKA
2-RONALDO
3-MESSI
4-FABREGAS
5-DROGBA
6-HENRY
7-RONALDINHO
8-ROBINHO
9-DANI ALVES
10-VAN NISTELROOY
JOSEPH KPOP MOSES

KAKA IS THE BEST FOOTBALLER.HE DESERVES THE 2007 FIFA FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD
ivan

kaka is the best
1.kaka
king

1-Messi
2-Kaka
3-C.Ronaldo
Ishraq

Kaka is amazing no doubt and so is di argentine prodigy lionel messi........but C Ronaldo is simply gifted and is da most dedicated player in dis world for a victory. 3 points matter to him mor dan his lyf. kaka only performed well in da champions league last season but ronaldo out did any player wen it comes to countin all competitions. dis season he already scored 5 goals in 5 matches in da champions league and is amazing for portugal dis euro..........nuthin stands against him
jane

dont kare wot people sayz...but kaka won and he desrved it..so YEAYEE...!!!
james jones

where the hell is cesc fabregas top five easily
1. kaka
2. messi
3. ronaldo
4. fabregas
5. drogba

why is there people like zidane who aint played football since world cup, thuram and lehmann who aint dun much and worst decision eva to include ballack who ha s played approximately 10 games for chelsea in his 1 1/4 seasons and sheva who cant score since joining
Delti Becker

No questiosn asked..Ronaldo!
angel

c.robnaldOO JUST HATE HIM CUZ I JST DO
angel

hey weres fabregas his really good u no
steven gerrad is 2 ova rated lol
chili

messi is the best f... the rest
Jawad

No doubt! C. Ronaldo deserves it
josepph f

thanks god c ronaldo didnt win, he doesnt deserve it, kaka deserved it. best player by far. no question!
taiwo

i think kaka deserves the world footballer of the year.He is currently informed and played with his brain and self control compare to messi and C. Ronaldo.So i belief he deserves the best for now.

from nigeria
alias

C. Ronaldo all the way, but don't take my word for it, watch one of his vids, and count how many times he has made defenders slip, or trip over their own feet. Messi has more potential, and Kaka is incredible, but in the Champions league this year, Ronaldo has scored 5 goals in 5 games, and his goal on matchday 4 was nothing short of spectacular.
alex

Ronaldo is not going to win. Kaka will win. He is the best at the moment. He should that to Manchester United.
azwianewi

Buffon is the best player of the year according to me. Yes he is a goalie and he has playsed an important role for italy to win the world cup. the second best is ronaldo then kaka.
Abel Steve

CRISTIANO RONALDO is the master of football. no kaka,no messi can defeat him
magnus neufville

kaka is the best for now, and there is no one performing better than him now.i think this is his is time.
kaka

kaka won ballon d'or .kaka deserves the golden ball.kaka as aplayer is better than both c.ronaldo and l.messi.he was outstanding in the champions league .pele said that kaka was the beat in2006-2007 and is a better player than c.ronaldo.LIttle red kaka agrees c.ronaldo is the best because they cannot say they themselves are the best,so he had to say the player that is the second best.c.ronaldo even agreed that KAKA is the best.
Sam

One n Only THE KING OF THE WING "CRISTIANO RONALDO"desrve this award. All the statistics 23 goals,20 assists last season and 10 goals in 13 matches this year from club and exceptional performance in Internationals simply proving that who is the world player of the year 2007.
Little Red

i think most ppl agree tht ronaldo ll get it and kaka will probably have to settle fr the second place. kaka himself agrees tht ronaldo is the best.
Sean John

maybe messi, maybe c.ronaldo, maybe kaka, maybe essien, no1 else has a chance.
Jay35hd

STEVEN GERRARD WILL WIN NO DOUBT HE IS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
fouad jamal

um.in the third place:buffon.second :cannavaro first:messi
TheTurdsky

The World Player of the Year should be the player which played exceptionally in all facets of the game for that specific year.
Kaka was already voted club footballer of the year for the 2007 season deservedly so for his numerous goals in the champions league but scarcely participated internationally and performed sub-par in the Serie A only having 8 goals in 34 appearances.
Messi's heroics on the field this current season will make him a prime candidate for next years world player of the year. But for the current decision regarding the 2007 world player of the year, Messi did not come close to performing as the best player in the world for 2007 as he recorded a meager 3 goals internationally and a decent 16 goals in La Liga and 1 goal in the Champions League.

That being said, i firmly believe that by looking over statistics, the only player which fulfills the characteristics which fit a world player of the year for 2007 is Cristiano Ronaldo. Recording 20 goals and phenomenal 16 assists in League play, something which Kaka(8 assists) and Messi(3 assists) did not come close to achieving, Cristiano boasts the full balance of assets which a world player possesses along with 3 goals in the Champions league. In international play, Cristiano sits 3rd on the top scorers of European Championship qualifying for 2008 with 8 goals.
As you can see, the statistics truly do not lie. As always, politics do factor into the decision and the best player does not always win the award.
Man.....utd''elite

Very difficult to choose...First the shortlist is completly wrong. How can you not have Fabregas,Totti,Grosso,Villa. Anyone from from inter Milan who won the serie A?no one from Sevilla???Alves, kanoute.Come on. It's gonna be close between.Kaka and C.Ronaldo. It should be as follows, everyone got there own opionon tho: 1st: C.Ronaldo 2nd Kaka 3rd: Fabregas 4th: Messi
allan sewa

cristiano ronaldo because of the very many achievemets this year like scoring from the midfield better than strikers.
koena

ronaldo simply the best,man united man deserves it
Niraj(newbaneshwor)ktm

i think C. Ronaldo will win fifa player of the year 2007.
best of luck C RONALDO.
Niraj

Cristiano Ronaldo deserves the award.
gman

I agree with the majoruty that C. Ronaldo, Kaka and Messi are most likely the top 3 candidates. In my opinion I think C.Ronaldo should win it. Looking at the statistics he did score more goals and assists than Messi and Kaka. The main objective in soccer is to put the ball in the back of the net and that's what Cristiano Ronaldo did more than the other 2 players. Which is also impressive because he is not a striker but a midfielder/winger. In addition I think C. Ronaldo is faster, stronger and more evasive with the ball than Messi and Kaka. He gets past defenders with more ease than the other 2 and has better pace and control of the ball.

I've read lots of people commenting on other sites that Kaka shut out C.Ronaldo in the champions league. I don't agree. For one Kaka had more world class players & defenders on his team AC Milan. I'm not saying that Rio Ferdinand and those guys are not good but they are not as good as the Italian defenders on AC Milan. Kaka did not win the champions league singly handly. He had his team mates to help him and not to mention these teammates were part of a world cup winning squad!

Don't forget about the friendly between Portugal and Brazil in February 2007. Kaka did nothing in that game and Portugal beat Brazil 2-0. You can say that it was only a friendly but nobody plays to lose (not even in friendlies). C. Roanldo played good in that game and I remember when he smoked past 2 defenders by out running them with his speed!
Forza_Kaka'

FIFA is very Fake

- illepoade-
Forza_Kaka'

The FIFA shud hav realised how the players improvement and decline, from year by year. Ofcourse, no doubt, Messi, kaka', C. ronaldo, really showed impressing performance, in the past year. wat about, sheva, rooney, Etoo(injury man, for 6 months), these players respecteldy did nothing much in thier league as well. but, wat about kanoute, Van nistelrooy, Villa, Torres, who shud be deserving the top 30 list? And on the other hand, look at the Italian players who really served to win the trophy, like Totti, Gross, and so on. These players name shoud definetly b on the list.So take this list out and review it as soon as possible. I would ask FIFA to reveiw their list, from year by year. I wish KAKA to hold the FIFA WORLD PLAYER AWARD 2007.
Girly___

Cristiano Ronaldo or Deco. They are the best player of the world right now :)
Ian Mahal

no fabregas on the shortlist, but michael ballack and andriy shevchenko, that is completely wrong.
ah man

Juan Roman Riquelme.....took Boca to the top of the league and Champions of South America in one season....best goal award won on all levels of competition....two goals in two games of the qualifiers....if he doesn't win it ....Messi is probably getting it ... either way Argentina is on top
bello abdullahi

the wonder boy lionel messi is surely the world best player
Philip

Everyone is aruging about who is better...kaka and c ronaldo...i believe ronaldo has more potential than kaka but first of all he barely shares the ball and doesnt play as clean as he could...kaka is what every football player should be...he can win a match for you even though i do not challenge ronaldo's ability to be able to that.

If Ronaldo shared more, played cleaner i would believe he would win...the only reasons why he has 23 goals is because he is a hog.

This award is to the best player of 2007! Messi has been best in form but i believe it will be KAKA!

FIFA should review their Top 30...Totti is top scorer fro Serie A has been a major player for Roma as usual and did not make the top 30...this is ridiculous
ahmed

i think c.ronaldo is the best player in the world and that he should win it but kaka was great only in the chiampion but he did not do any thing in his league but he is still a great player ronaldihno WAS a great player now he is greating a litle rusty on my opinion he didn't do anything in the world cup and in his club and messi he is just a cheat just like maradona i think he is not that good but he is good still. ok so i think c.ronaldo should win it 100% (i still like the other players)
kadir

kaka is arguably the best player in the world today,hopefully didier drogba comes second coz he is a great player too and english premier league's top scorer then number three goes to gennaro gattuso.
shams

it's no doubt c. ronaldo is d best player ever in d histoty of united havin carried the league with his spectacular performance and at the same tym takin his country to d world cup semis where his performance was absolutely fantastic. he is d best premiership player and therefore deserves 2 b d 1st palyer to b awarded such an award in England
Jeewash

this award will surely goes to Lionel Messi, The Magician of the world of futbal.
no one is the real competetor of Messi.
He is the boon on the world of Futbal after Diego Armendo Maradona.
Mike

c.ronaldo has been the best player this year, kaka and messi have also been absolutely outstanding but i think ronaldo just beats them to it

and i laughed at the post yixin made saying the defenders in engalnd were crap and even tried to imply that cech was a crap keeper ha he shouldn't really talk about things he doesn't know anything about (n)
Serge

I think 2007 best player awaerd will be kept between kaka or lionel messi. kaka has done gr8 things with ac milan like champions lesgue.... but the one who really deserves it is messi becoz he's been incredible withy barcelona passing. scoring. each game is scoring a goal. and in 2007 he scored the goal of the century and he could've done much more if he didn't have his injury that kept him out of playing for 3 months
Mode

I Think C.Ronaldo Will Win Fifa Player of The Year 2007.Cos Ronaldo Have More Telent * Ability * Skill * Speed * Score More.
JoseMourinho

I bet you 100 bucks.The award goes to Messi...Wanna bet??
Justice Oluoha

To be very candid with you, c. Ronaldo deserves to be the best player of the year. He was so outstanding in the English league, in the last world cup and in europe. Kaka is as well good but i think he should come second behind the portugal $ man united young start. I wish C. ronaldo the footballer of the year award.
andy o

has no-one noticed - this is last years list
yixin

Why is everyone saying Christiano Ronaldo... look we all know he's scored 23 goals from midfield but seriously... how does he score against? What are the quality of the defenders in the EPL?(this being last year) Maybe Toure, Carragher, Terry etc could have posed a challenge but then yet again, he never scored much against these top clubs did he? Who else? You have Lehman the flop, Robinson the mistake man and Cech the man with the helmet...

Now look to other countries like Italy and Spain. The defender's in those leagues are top class. Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Carlos, Nesta, Alves etc... great, no-mistake defenders. Valdes, Cassilas just to name a few...

Scoring 18 goals in the Italian League is no mean feat. How about Kanoute who along with Sevilla crushed their way through Eufa Cup and how about David Trezeguet and Buffon who almost single handedly won their way to promotion?
niall

this list is a joke. it looks like it was produced by a someones mum ask to list the players she knows. rooney and shevchenko, what have they actually done in the last 12 months? where are kanoute and ruud? figo and thuram just a few of the ageing old guard who offered little. and then there is the injury list(good but missed many months) eto'o, henry. trophies and reputation alone should not put certain players above young or on form players in lesser teams or leagues
Atif

plz come on the winners will be ( i nominee)
Cristiano, Kaka, and Messi
I'm not really sure who is no 1 but those r gonna be top three, come on i have to be correct
Now for the winner, supporting Portugal and Man U, to the skillful Joga Bonito player, who scored 23 for club, helped out with National team, unlike Kaka who didnt play Copa, I really choose the boy Ronaldo, pride of Portugal, as the top and best player of the world 2007.
This with all due respect to Kaka and Messi, who are surely amazing too.
zico

it should be kaka who
single handedly helped
ac milan to win
ucl.
tommy

c.ronaldo deserves the award he was very consistent 4 both portugal and man u, whereas kaka and messi would only give the odd display of brilliance. ronaldo also scored more goals than the other 2 in their domestic leagues and we all loe watchin him hes an exciting player. Im a barcelona fan and would love 2 see messi win it but ronaldo deserves it
xxAmyxx

i fink c.ronaldo is the best he's like the best player in the world and he plays for the team i support manchester united!!!!
Ian

Am I the only one that's a little disappointed to see not one player from a non-European league in even the top 30? I'm not suggesting that they deserve to win, but some mention of the best player in Brazil or Argentina would be nice from FIFA. That aside, it's a tough choice here. C. Ronaldo has been a magnificent winger, and 23 is a ridiculous amount of goals from that position, but there are diving issues without a doubt. For overall playing quality, I might pick Pirlo, but there are ten guys on that list that I could see winning it. A fantastic group.
NLA

Gian Luigi Buffon the Italian goalkeeper and one of the top Serie A teams Juventus deserves this award. He is a gentleman both in the footballground and also in his personal life. This award represent not only the world player of the year but the sports-man of the year. Undoubtedly Buffon although the best goaler in the world has showed other football players that it is not just fame and money that makes a sports man but it is his attitude in life that is far more important. He could have left Juventus during their unfortunate year in Serie B to another superior club. All best clubs in the world sought his signature but in the end he chose to remain with the club that made him famous and made his best to repay them by playing in an inferior division. This is what makes a world best player. He truly deserves this award.
max

it's a tough 1. probably C.Ronaldo just gets it, tho messi and Kaka deserve it just as much.
On recent form at the start of this season, its got to be messi, i mean, scoring in 6 consecutive games, quality!
Matthew G

Ronaldo at AC Milan, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Manchester United, where are these great players?
gulled

lissen 2 all the haterz on kaka dont get me wrong cristiano ronaldo is one of the best but kaka is the best at the moment there aight no player like him even though am a big ronaldinho fan my is on kaka winning world [player of the year
najeem

Well C. Ronaldo is an amazing player but the they way Kaka and gerrard are in charge of there team C. Ronaldo is not he just takes the ball and ball hugs it. But they all deserve to be top three in my opinion
Deepu

i think kaka is perfect person for the title,c.ronaldo is good but not a match winner.a best player should be best on big match.C.ronaldo is not enough for a big match,but only kaka can win a match.so no doubt kaka is the best.
nelson

does kaka scores goals with the head?freekicks?does Kaka has the dribling skill of Ronaldo?how many goals did Kaka scored in italian league?how many assistants?how many games did he won by himself?well Ronaldo scored 23 goals,and won the best young player of the premiership and the best player of the premearship at the same time! ( that only happened with Boby Charlton) made 17 assistances to goal... Kaka is good,but the second! Ronaldo is mutch more complete than Kaka for shore... ( should only comment those who have seen the premiership and serie A and not only the champions that its played once every mounth) saludos
Francisco

ronaldo is without question the best player in the world! what did kaka in his league?finished in 4th? its easy to play like that when kaka only plays 3 weeks and italian league doesnt care...ronaldo made all the effort to be england champion and palyed like 3 times a week at the same level! english league as mutch more games and cups than italian that is mutch more slower! roaldo scored 23 goals and won many games alone for man united! with the portuguese team he went to the semifinals!and where was kaka dream team? messi made 4months good but wasnt champion and the champions league did nothing! there is no doubt ronaldo is the best player in the world!
Mihir

Kaka is the best player in the world without a doubt.He singlehandedly led Milan to the Champions League title this year.Kaka plays in a league where all the teams are more defensive & they go down extremely hard on the players...so naturally it is more tougher to score goals.And when Kaka & Ronaldo came face to face in the Champions league Kaka came out on top..plus in the final he got the foul for Pirlo's goal & threaded a wonderful ball for Inzaghi to score.Ronaldo isn't even 2nd best...Messi is better than him.Kaka is a more complete player than C.Ronaldo
Ahmed

C. Ronaldo resurv the best player award cuz he hepled his club and his national team to stand up on there feet.
he scored alot of goals, and he is winger.
he is agood player, and like what Jhon Terry Says" i enjoy wtching a match when C. Ronaldo Playing.
when you watch him playing, he makes u feel the football, and makes u wanna watch the match to the end, which somting that u can't find it in often in other matches, so basicly C> Ronaldo desurv the best player for 2007-2008.
Aimen

c.ronaldo will win fifa player of the year coz he has been more consistant than kaka and messi… kaka failed to perform in Uefa C.L. Final… messi 2 injured… whereas ronaldo has won man utd more games in important matches… plus C.Ronaldo was brilliant vs european X1 whereas kaka hardly made an impression in seria A… kaka scored 18 goals… C.Ronaldo 23 goals… English league is much stronger, harder and faster than any league in world so C.Ronaldo will win the 2007 fifa award…
Angel

I think C. Ronaldo Is The Best Player
paloma

Kaka is the best player of the world currently
jake

i think that messi deserves to win the award. He is having an outstanding season. Kaka deserves second. Half the people who say that cristiano ronaldo deserves to win it are the typical arrogant man united fan who fails to see outside their own team and league.
Sonny

ronaldo the best
STAR

dis 1z soo eazi
one name CRISTIANO RONALDO...
....he played soo sik last season...won important matches for UNITED and also Portugal !!!
The impartial one

Lionel Messi for me.

Since he came back from injury in February, he has been nothing short of outstanding, scoring 17 in total for last season.

And he has taken his form into the current 2007/2008 campaign, where as others such as c ronaldo, kaka etc haven't quite yet done that.

Too put his current form into perspective, a 20 year old is now more important to the Barcelona team then Ronaldinho is!

Quite simply the best in the world.
martin caldwell

porto scuk.they belong in a pool if ther going to dive.Dont underestimate CELTIC in the champions leauge.

UNSTOPABLE at home.
martin caldwell

not 1 CELTIC player in dat list.yet Jens Lemann is on the list and BORUCH is 10 times better dan him and Ceck.NAKAMURA is da best free kick taker in the world remember the 2 he scored against man u.P.S Ronaldo falls over like a bag of spuds SO WHY SHOULD A DIVER WIN!!!!.COM ON DA HOOPS.PORTO ARE SCUM OF THE EARTH.
A. D

c.ronaldo for sure , being a winger he scored 23 goals,where as kaka is frontman , c.ronaldo has won so many matches for manutd , manutd reached CL semis , plus ronaldo has been exceptional for their national team -- being a winger he scores - he assists ,, he is good in every sense ,, kaka nowhere near it , only in champions league kaka could manage to impress..boring in seria A , and nothing for national team ,
bobby

c,ronaldo is the est player.no one else.
boby

inshort c .ronaldo gives me joy when every i am angry,he is the best player of year,no one else.
maverick

kaka' had an outstanding season.....
his performance in champions league..he really lead milan to europian truimph....

he really deserve to be player of the year
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, Eng

he is a good player,obey dent,kind
someone

berbatov is the greatest