By the Uruguayan newspaper El País. Any player from a European club is
eligible, no matter their country of origin. Winner is called "Rey del futbol
de Europa" (Europe Football King).
Top 15
1. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira 75 pts Brazil F.C. Barcelona (Spa)
2. David BECKHAM 44 " England Manchester United (Eng)
3. Luis FIGO 23 " Portugal F.C. Barcelona (Spa)
4. Jaap STAM 22 " Holland Manchester United (Eng)
Lilian THURAM 22 " France Parma A.C. (Ita)
6. Gabriel BATISTUTA 21 " Argentina Fiorentina (Ita)
7. Andrii SHEVCHENKO 20 " Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr) / A.C. Milan (Ita)
8. Oliver KAHN 19 " Germany Bayern Munich (Ger)
ROBERTO CARLOS da Silva 19 " Brazil Real Madrid (Spa)
Juan Sebastian VERON 19 " Argentina Parma A.C. (Ita) / Lazio (Ita)
Christian VIERI 19 " Italy Lazio (Ita) / Inter Milan (Ita)
12. Sinisa MIHAJLOVIC 17 " Yugoslavia Lazio (Ita)
13. Paolo MALDINI 16 " Italy A.C. Milan (Ita)
14. Zinedine ZIDANE 14 " France Juventus (Ita)
15. RAUL Gonzáles Blanco 13 " Spain Real Madrid (Spa)
Team:
Oliver Kahn;
Liliam Thuram
Jaap Stam
Roberto Carlos;
David Beckham
Luis Figo
Juan S. Verón
Rivaldo;
Gabriel Batistuta
Andrej Shevchenko
Christian Vieri
Coach of the Year
1. Alex Fergusson (Scotland) 35
2. Louis van Gaal (Netherlands) 17
3. Sven Göran Eriksson (Sweden) 14
4. Marcello Lippi (Italy) 12
5. Valeri Lobanovsky (Ukraine) 10
6. Josef Chovanec (Czech Rep.) 6
7. Bo Johansson (Sweden) 5
8. Héctor Cúper (Argentina) 4
9. Sepp Piontek (Germany) 3
10. Fabio Capello (Italy) 2
Thanks to Francisco Fernández for coach and team
Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: José Luis Pierrend
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Last updated: 4 Jan 2000
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