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4 unusual facts about FIFA World Player of the Year


Ane Stangeland Horpestad

At the end of 2005 Ane Stangeland was included in the top 20 players in the annual FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

Luis Pedro Cavanda

Cavanda earned plaudits with an impressive display against former FIFA World Player of the Year and World Cup winner Ronaldinho.

Paolo Maldini

He came second to George Weah for the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 1995, the closest a defender had ever come to winning the award, until Fabio Cannavaro, a fellow Italian won the award in 2006.

Tonnerre Yaoundé

Among the club's most notable players have been the African player of the Century Roger Milla, Rigobert Song and the former FIFA World Player of the Year, Liberian George Weah.



see also

Nutrilite

As spokespersons for the brand, Nutrilite has signed 2008 Olympic gold medalist (4 x 100m relay) Asafa Powell of Jamaica; former 110m men's hurdles world record holder Liu Xiang of China; 2008 Olympic gold and bronze track and field medalist Sanya Richards, FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho; and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in pole vault, Jenn Stuczynski.

Weah

George Weah, a Liberian politician and former football (soccer) forward, who was the FIFA World Player of the Year of 1995