The Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, usually known by the abbreviation FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organization for professional football players. At the moment there are 42 national players associations who are member of FIFPro.

Contents 1 Brief history 2 The Board 3 Awards 3.1 World XI 3.2 World Player of the Year 3.3 Young Player of the Year 4 External links

[edit] Brief history

On 15 December 1965, representatives of the French, Scottish, English, Italian, and Dutch players' associations met ...

[edit] The Board

Current: FIFPro Board

President: Gordon Taylor (PFA, England)

General-Secretary: Theo van Seggelen (VVCS, Netherlands)

Vice-presidents: Philippe Piat (UNFP, France), Leonardo Grosso (AIC, Italy), Gerardo G. Movilla (AFE, Spain), Jorge Domínguez (FAA, Argentina)

Secretary to the FIFPro board: Frederique Winia (Netherlands)

[edit] Awards

In 2005, FIFPro launched its inaugural "World XI Player Awards", "World Player of the Year", and "Young Player of the Year" awards.

[edit] World XI

The World XI are chosen by the footballers themselves from a list of candidates for each position. The list is generated by the awards committee itself.

John Terry is the only player to be nominated in the World XI in every year since is introduction in 2005, having appeared in the team in 5 consecutive years, it should also be noted that Zinidine Zidane was nominated for both years he was still a professional. Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Steven Gerrard have all been nominated 3 times.

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2005	Dida (Milan)	Paolo Maldini (Milan) Alessandro Nesta (Milan) John Terry (Chelsea) Cafu (Milan)	Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Ronaldinho (Barcelona)	Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)
2006	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Lilian Thuram (Juventus) John Terry (Chelsea) Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)	Andrea Pirlo (Milan) Kaká (Milan) Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)	Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) Thierry Henry (Arsenal) Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2007	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Alessandro Nesta (Milan) John Terry (Chelsea) Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) Carles Puyol (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) Kaká (Milan) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool F.C)	Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2008	Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)	John Terry (Chelsea) Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)	Xavi (Barcelona) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Kaká (Milan)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) Lionel Messi (Barcelona
2009	Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)	Dani Alves (Barcelona) John Terry (Chelsea) Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd) Patrice Evra (Man Utd)	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Xavi (Barcelona) Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Note: John Terry is the only player to be selected for every FIFPro World XI team. Zinedine Zidane was selected in 2004-05 and 2005-06 before he retired in 2006.

[edit] World Player of the Year

The player with the most votes in the World XI balloting is also named World Player of the Year.

Season	Player	Team
2005	Ronaldinho	Barcelona
2006	Ronaldinho	Barcelona
2007	Kaka	Milan
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
2009	Lionel Messi	Barcelona

[edit] Young Player of the Year

Two players are chosen for this award; one by the awards committee, and the other by fans.

Year	Player (Club) (by awards committee)	Player (Club) (by fans - known as the Special Young Player of the Year)
2005	Wayne Rooney ( Manchester United)	Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
2006	Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
2007	Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)	Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)
2008	Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)	Lionel Messi ( Barcelona)

[edit] External links

• FIFPro Official Website
• FIFPro World XI Website