Clipped from : BBC Sport
AC Milan and Brazil star Kaka has been named Fifa's world player of the year, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the honour in Zurich.
Kaka's latest award crowns a superb year in which he led AC Milan to Champions League victory, scoring 10 goals in the process.
In a poll of all national coaches and captains, Kaka polled 1,047 votes, Messi 504 and Ronaldo 426.
The 25-year-old was also named European player of the year earlier this month.
Kaka, a devout Christian, said he had never expected to reach such heights in the sport.
"It's really special for me - it was a dream for me just to play for Sao Paulo and one game for Brazil," he said.
"But the Bible says God can give you more than you even ask for and that is what has happened in my life.
"I had always thought about winning this award, but there are always doubts until it is actually confirmed.
"It is not just this award but the whole year that has been very nice. Winning the Champions League and everything that has happened, it's just been wonderful."
Clipped from : The offside .com
Ricky Kaka can’t open his front door for all the awards piling up on his doorstep. He already has the Ballon d’Or and is expected to pick up the FIFA World Player of the Year award next week. Today he picked up yet another award when he was voted Player of the Year by readers of World Soccer magazine. Kaka took 52.8% of the vote to beat Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (again.) That apparently makes him only the second player in the history of the award to get more than 50% of the votes (Platini did it back in 1984.)
If you’ve never read World Soccer then it comes highly recommended. It’s based in Britain but read globally, so according to World Soccer the votes came from 48 different countries. Interesting that a player who had such an indifferent Serie A season is being showered with so many awards, though as has been noted elsewhere, it was Kaka’s brilliant Champions League performances for AC Milan that caught everyone’s attention.
Complete results below:
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR % of votes
1 Kaka (Milan & Brazil) 52.8
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 17.6
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United & Portugal) 16.0
4 Didier Drogba (Chelsea & Ivory Coast) 4.4
5 Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors/Villarreal & Argentina) 1.2
6 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal & Spain) 0.8
7 Francesco Totti (Roma) 0.7
8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale & Sweden) 0.6
9 Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid & Holland) 0.5
10 Ronaldinho (Barcelona & Brazil) 0.4
Others 5.0
WORLD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
1 Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) 26.4
2 Juande Ramos (Sevilla/Tottenham) 25.6
3 Carlo Ancelotti (Milan) 14.8
4 Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) 8.4
5 Roberto Mancini (Internazionale) 6.5
6 Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) 5.2
7 Jorvan Vieira (Iraq) 4.2
8 Alex McLeish (Scotland) 3.1
9 Fabio Capello (Real Madrid) 1.2
10 Rafa Benitez (Liverpool) 0.5
Others 4.1
WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR
1 Iraq 22.2
2 Milan 21.5
3 Sevilla 16.6
4 Manchester United 10.5
5 Boca Juniors 9.1
6 Brazil 6.8
7 Argentina 5.2
8 Real Madrid 1.1
9 Scotland 1.0
10 Barcelona 0.8
Others 5.2
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 33.6
2 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal & Spain) 22.8
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United & Portugal) 14.8
4 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid & Argentina) 10.4
5 Giovani dos Santos (Barcelona & Mexico) 6.3
6 Alexandre Pato (Internacional/Milan & Brazil) 4.2
7 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United & England) 2.1
8 Alan Hutton (Rangers & Scotland) 1.2
9 Robinho (Real Madrid & Brazil) 0.6
10 Anderson (Porto/Manchester United & Brazil) 0.4
Others 3.6
Clipped from : reuters .com
ZURICH (Reuters) - AC Milan playmaker Kaka added to his remarkable haul of trophies and titles on Monday when he was named FIFA World Player 2007.
The 25-year-old Brazilian international beat Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo in the annual poll of national team coaches and captains.
Kaka collected more points in the poll than the combined total of the other two nominees, world soccer's governing body FIFA said after the ceremony here. He won 1,047 votes while Argentine Messi collected 504 and Portuguese Ronaldo picked up 426.
"Tonight is really special for me," said Kaka, who helped Milan to their seventh European Cup title in May and was also inspirational in Sunday's 4-2 Club World Cup final victory over Argentina's Boca Juniors.
"When I was young I dreamed of playing for Sao Paulo and playing just one game for the national team. That was it...but the Bible says God gives us more than we ask for and that is what has happened in my life."
Kaka was a heavy favorite to win Monday's award after landing France Football magazine's prestigious Ballon d'Or and World Soccer magazine's World Player of the Year award.
Clipped from : msnbc.msn .com
ZURICH, Switzerland - Brazil midfielder Kaka completed a virtual sweep of annual awards Monday by winning FIFA's World Player of the Year.
The 25-year-old Milan playmaker received the most points in a vote by national team captains and managers.
For Kaka, it is the third accolade this year. He also won European soccer's Golden Ball and World Soccer magazine's player of the year award.
Clipped from : www.cbc .ca
AC Milan star Kaka collected yet another award Monday when he was named FIFA's world soccer player of the year.
The Brazilian playmaker received the honour at a special gala ceremony in Zurich held by FIFA, soccer's world governing body.
Coaches and captains of men's national teams around the world vote on the annual award from a list of three finalists. Kaka beat out Argentine winger Lionel Messi of Spanish club FC Barcelona, and Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award.
"Tonight is a really special night for me," Kaka said after being handed the trophy.
Kaka, 25, succeeds Italy's World Cup-winning captain and defender Fabio Cannavaro as the FIFA world player of the year, and is the third AC Milan star to win the honour since it was first handed out in 1991, joining Dutch forward Marco Van Basten (1992) and George Weah of Liberia (1995).
Kaka is also the fifth Brazilian to win the FIFA award, following in the footsteps of Romario (1994), Ronaldo (1996, 1997, 2002), Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldinho (2004, 2005)
Earlier this month, Kaka won the prestigious Ballon d'Or award — the Golden Ball — as the world soccer player of the year in a vote organized by France Football magazine.
Kaka was also named world player of the year by British magazine World Soccer, following a poll of fans in 48 countries.
Additional honours in 2007 have included UEFA's Club Footballer of the Year, Champions League Best Forward and Champions League Top Scorer awards and the FIFPro world player of the year title, voted on by Kaka's fellow professionals.
Kaka was the top scorer in last season's Champions League with 10 goals, including a two-goal performance on the road against Manchester United in the semifinals that was hailed by pundits as one of the best kakaof the competition.
He helped Milan to a 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final last season, and on Sunday he scored one goal and set up two others in Milan's 4-2 win over Argentine club Boca Juniors at the FIFA Club World Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.
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