The award is for the calendar year and not for the season. Rapinoe can now add The Best FIFA Women’s Player to her long list of accolades: a two-time world champion, a hugely-decorated international superstar and an inspiration to millions. Age Footballer of the Year: Round two votes Updated April 4, 2016 — 1.22am first published March 29, 2016 — 6.00pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size If you like your retro games subscribe to my channel :) Reaction as we discover that Riyad Mahrez wins the 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. Association football. He has also excelled on the international stage. The 2016 and 2017 winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year winner was Cristiano Ronaldo, who also won the Ballon d'Or for the same periods. The following are the round 16 votes for the Age Footballer of the Year award for the 2016 premiership season. The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015.Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year. Through all the matches, moments, goals, wins, draws and losses, these are the seven players that have been chosen by The Mastermind as nominations for Footballer… Voting for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017 has now closed. World: FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009); FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015); The Best FIFA Men's Player (since 2016); European Footballer of the Year France - Footballer of the Year. Elected by the magazine France-Football. In 2018 he failed to win the hattrick, polling second behind Croatian Luka Modrić. ZX Spectrum Gameplay Footage More videos coming soon. Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Gaelle Enganamouit, Amandine Henry, Kim Little, Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn are nominated for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award. Apparently since some year in the 90’s any French player is eligible no matter where he plays.
In 2016 he proved he can thrive at the highest level, scoring four goals in his first five games in the Champions League. BBC Sport profiles Ghana and West Ham forward Andre Ayew, a nominee for the 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. Voting for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 has now closed.

With the European Championships, the Copa America and surprise victors like Leicester City, Portugal and Chile, 2016 was a memorable year in the field of football to say the very least. Footballer of the Year may refer to: .