FIFA World Player of the Year
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The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: FIFA World Player of the Year Context triple: [Ballon d'Or, isDifferentFrom, FIFA World Player of the Year]
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Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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B.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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C.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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D.
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year is a prestigious annual award given by English football journalists to the player judged to have been the best in English football over the preceding season.
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E.
UEFA President’s Award
The UEFA President’s Award is a special honor bestowed by UEFA to recognize outstanding achievements, professional excellence, and exemplary personal qualities in European football.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: FIFA World Player of the Year Target entity description: The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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A.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
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B.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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C.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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D.
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year is a prestigious annual award given by English football journalists to the player judged to have been the best in English football over the preceding season.
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E.
UEFA President’s Award
The UEFA President’s Award is a special honor bestowed by UEFA to recognize outstanding achievements, professional excellence, and exemplary personal qualities in European football.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sports award
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football award ⓘ |
| awardCeremonyLocation | various host cities ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
world's best female football player
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world's best male football player ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dissolvedAbolished | 2010 ⓘ |
| eligibility | professional football players ⓘ |
| endTime | 2009 ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1991 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
FIFA trophies and awards
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association football trophies and awards ⓘ awards disestablished in 2010 ⓘ awards established in 1991 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
FIFA World Player of the Year
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year (Men)
The Best FIFA Women's Player ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year (Women)
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| hasGenderCategory |
men's award
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women's award ⓘ |
| inception | 1991 ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 2009 ⓘ |
| locationOfHeadquarters | Zurich ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Birgit Prinz
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Fabio Cannavaro ⓘ Kaká ⓘ Luis Figo ⓘ Marta ⓘ Mia Hamm ⓘ Rivaldo ⓘ Ronaldinho ⓘ Ronaldo ⓘ
surface form:
Ronaldo Nazário
Zinedine Zidane ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| organizer | FIFA ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | FIFA ⓘ |
| presentedBy | FIFA ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Ballon d'Or
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surface form:
FIFA Ballon d'Or
The Best FIFA Men's Player ⓘ
surface form:
The Best FIFA Football Awards
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| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voting by national team coaches and captains ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| votedBy |
national team captains
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national team coaches ⓘ |
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Subject: FIFA World Player of the Year Description of subject: The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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this entity surface form:
The Best FIFA Men's Player
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year 2004
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year 2005
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year 2015
FIFA World Player of the Year
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FIFA World Player of the Year
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this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year (Men)
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year 1991
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FIFA World Player of the Year awards