Cristiano Ronaldo won it last year but this year belonged to Steven Gerrard
that's wrong messi is currently the best player in the world
Thomas Muller.
The Brazilian Ronaldo Lima won the fifa footballer of the year in 2002
The Brazilian Ronaldhino won won the 2005 footballer of the year.
KaKa' Brazilian Midfielder
Lionel Messi.
Samuel Eto'o
Pele never won it in his life as the award came in 1991.
Yes the Uruguay striker Diego Forlan won the player of the tournament, in 2010.
In 1997, Ronaldo was the winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year Award. Ronaldo's full name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima.
Martha of Brazil won the lady footballer of the year 2008.
Luis Figo from Portugal won the footballer of the year in 2001.
The footballer who won the F.I.F.a award was the Liberian footballer George Weah, or King George as he was called at A.C.Milan . He won it in 1995.