Rules & Awardshard
The FIFA World Player of the Year award, later merged with the Ballon d'Or before splitting again, was first presented in which year?
CORRECT ANSWER
1991
FIFA introduced its own World Player of the Year award in 1991, which ran alongside the separate Ballon d'Or until the two were merged from 2010 to 2016.
ALL OPTIONS
A1985
โ1991
C1995
D1998
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