1996 FIFA World Player of the Year - wikipedia 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year 1996 FIFA World Player of the year ← 1995 1997 → The 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo, the youngest player to ever win the award, aged 20. Results Name Club Country Total Ronaldo PSV Barcelona Brazil 329 George Weah Milan Liberia 140 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United England 123 Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund Germany 109 Jürgen Klinsmann Bayern Munich Germany 54 6 Nwankwo Kanu Ajax Inter Milan Nigeria 32 7 Paolo Maldini Milan Italy 25 8 Davor Šuker Sevilla Real Madrid Croatia 24 9 Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina Argentina 19 10 Romário Flamengo Valencia Brazil 13 References Jump up ^ `` FIFA Awards -- World Player of the Year - Top 10 ''. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016. See also FIFA Player of the Year FIFA World Player of the Year 1991 : Matthäus 1992 : Van Basten 1993 : Baggio 1994 : Romário 1995 : Weah 1996 : Ronaldo 1997 : Ronaldo 1998 : Zidane 1999 : Rivaldo 2000 : Zidane 2001 : Figo 2002 : Ronaldo 2003 : Zidane 2004 : Ronaldinho 2005 : Ronaldinho 2006 : Cannavaro 2007 : Kaká 2008 : C. Ronaldo 2009 : Messi 2009 : Messi FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010 : Messi 2011 : Messi 2012 : Messi 2013 : C. Ronaldo 2014 : C. Ronaldo 2015 : Messi The Best FIFA Men 's Player 2016 : C. Ronaldo 2017 : C. Ronaldo See also : Ballon d'Or Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year&oldid=787399133 '' Categories : 1996 in association football FIFA World Player of the Year Hidden categories : Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Magyar Nederlands Português Türkçe Tiếng Việt 中文 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 June 2017, at 04 : 48. About Wikipedia

Question: who was named the best footballer in the world in 1996
Answer: Ronaldo