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==Nominación e Proceso de selección==
Tra-las críticas dalgúns sectores dos medios de comunicación sobre as nominacións dos anos anteriores, no [[2004]] a [[FIFA]] sacou unha lista de 35 homes e 25 mulleres sobre a cal os adestradores das seleccións, e, por vez primeira, os capitáns e os representantes da [[FIFAPro]] tiñan que votar.
Mais esta non foi a única crítica que recibiron as nominacións, xa que tódolos xogadores exercen a súa actividade en clubes [[Europa|europeos]], e isto é motivo de queixa xa que parece discriminar ós que estan a xogar nas grandes ligas de [[Sudamérica]], coma o [[Brasil]], [[Arxentina]] ou [[México]].
Following criticism from some sections of the media over questionable nominations in previous years, in 2004 FIFA drew up a shortlist of 35 men and 21 women from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from [[FIFPro]] (the worldwide representative organization for professional players) could vote [http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,103375,00.html?articleid=103375].
Another criticism brought up against the men's nominations is that no player in activity outside of [[Europe]] has ever been nominated for the award. Although players from several nationalities, of three [[continent]]s, have been nominated and won the award, they were all playing for European clubs at the time of their nomination or victory. It has been suggested that players active even in the more prestigious Leagues in [[Latin America]] (such as the Argentine, the Brazilian or the Mexican Leagues), are generally overlooked for the award. Others have noted that because of the money involved almost all of the world's best players play in European leagues by the time they mature as players.
[[La Liga]] players have won the men's award 5 years running.
[[Fabio Cannavaro]], [[Zinedine Zidane]] and [[Ronaldinho]] have been named on the three-man shortlist for the 2006 World Player of the Year award for men. [http://eurosport.com/football/worldcup/2006/sport_sto1020339.shtml] The shortlist for the women's World Player of the Year award consists of [[Kristine Lilly]] ([[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]), [[Renate Lingor]] ({{wnft|Germany}}) and [[Marta (football)|Marta]] ({{wnft|Brazil}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,126515,00.html?articleid=126515 | title=Cannavaro, Ronaldinho or Zidane? Lilly, Lingor or Marta? | publisher=FIFA | date=2006-11-29}}</ref>
The final decision will be made on Monday December 18th in Zurich.
==Gañadores==
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