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The Fédération internationale des Associations de footballeurs professionnels, usually known by the abbreviation FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organization for professional football players. At the moment there are 42 national players associations who are member of FIFPro. The World XI team is also included on the video game FIFA series.

Brief history

On 15 December 1965 representatives of the French, Scottish, English, Italian and Dutch players' associations met in Paris, with the purpose of setting up an international federation for footballers.

The Board

Current: FIFPro Board

President: Gordon Taylor (PFA, England)

General-Secretary: Theo van Seggelen (VVCS, Netherlands)

Vice-presidents: Philippe Piat (UNFP, France), Leonardo Grosso (AIC, Italy), Gerardo G. Movilla (AFE, Spain), Jorge Dominguez (FAA, Argentina)

Secretary to the FIFPro board: Frederique Winia (Netherlands)

Awards

In 2005, FIFPro launched its inaugural "World XI Player Awards", "World Player of the Year" and "Young Player of the Year" awards.

World XI

The World XI are chosen by the footballers themselves from a list of candidates for each position. The list is generated by the awards committee itself.

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2004-2005	Dida (A.C. Milan)	Paolo Maldini (A.C. Milan) Alessandro Nesta (A.C. Milan) John Terry (Chelsea F.C.) Cafu (A.C. Milan)	Claude Makélélé (Chelsea F.C.) Frank Lampard (Chelsea F.C.) Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)	Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona) Andriy Shevchenko (A.C. Milan)
2005-2006	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Lilian Thuram (Juventus) John Terry (Chelsea F.C.) Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)	Andrea Pirlo (A.C. Milan) Kaká (A.C. Milan) Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)	Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona) Thierry Henry (Arsenal) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
2006-2007	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Alessandro Nesta (A.C. Milan) John Terry (Chelsea F.C.) Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Kaká (A.C. Milan) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)	Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) Didier Drogba (Chelsea F.C.) Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
2007-2008	Edwin Van Der Sar (Manchester United)	Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool) Daniel Agger (Liverpool) Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)	Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) Robbie Keane (Liverpool)

Steven Gerrard is the only player to have been nominated in every FIFPro World XI team, while Zinedine Zidane had been nominated in both teams before his retirement in 2006.

World Player of the Year

The player with the most votes in the World XI balloting is also named World Player of the Year.

Season	Player	Team
2004-2005	Ronaldinho	FC Barcelona†
2005-2006	Ronaldinho	FC Barcelona†
2006-2007	Kaká	A.C. Milan
2007-2008

† denotes that the player has since moved clubs

Young Player of the Year

Two players are chosen for this award; one by the awards committee, and the other by fans.

Year	Player (by awards committee)	Player (by fans - known as the Special Young Player of the Year)
2004-2005	Wayne Rooney ( Manchester United)	Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
2005-2006	Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona)	Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United)
2006-2007	Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona)	Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona)

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