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The award's youngest winner is Ronaldo , who won at the age of 20 in 1996 . He won it again in 1997 and along with Ronaldinho is the only male player to have won twice in a row ( Mia Hamm and Birgit Prinz have both achieved this feat in the women's section). Ronaldo , Zinedine Zidane and Birgit Prinz are the only three-time winners, with Prinz the only one to have won three consecutively. 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 {Link without Title} . Another criticism brought up against the nominations is that, in the men's award, 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. LIST OF MALE WINNERS LIST OF FEMALE WINNERS |
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