1995 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by George Weah. He is the first African player to win the award and the only one to date.^[1] The gala took place at the Teatro Nazionale in Milan, on January 8, 1996. 95 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, FIFA and Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	George Weah	Paris Saint-Germain Milan	Liberia	170
2	Paolo Maldini	Milan	Italy	80
3	Jürgen Klinsmann	Tottenham Hotspur Bayern Munich	Germany	58
4	Romário	Barcelona Flamengo	Brazil	50
5	Roberto Baggio	Juventus Milan	Italy	49
6	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona Parma Calcio 1913	Bulgaria	37
7	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid	Chile	36
8	Juninho	São Paulo Middlesbrough	Brazil	28
9	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	23
10=	Michael Laudrup	Real Madrid	Denmark	20
10=	Gianfranco Zola	Parma	Italy	20

References

1. "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year - Top 10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.