Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year 1994

The vote for the third annual REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR vote
is over. 31 days of voting have passed and I have processed 99 votes.

The contents of this article:

Distribution of this post
Results
Remarks of the RSSSF President
Names of Voters
Demographic analysis (split into two parts)
   A. Country of Origin
   B. Country of today (i.e. from where the letters were sent)

Previous Winner(s):
   1992:     MARCO VAN BASTEN, Milan AC, The Netherlands
   1993:     ROBERTO BAGGIO, Juventus FC, Italy



DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The USENET newsgroup Rec.Sport.Soccer
The WINNER of the Vote for this Year (1994)

Magazines: 
   France Football
   L'Equipe
   World Soccer
   Guerin Sportivo
   Kicker
   Voetbal International
   Sport und Toto
   Soccer International (US)
   Soccer America



REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1994

The rules used:
   Each voter gave five players in order of which at most two could be
   from the same country. 

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club he is playing for (as official as possible, space limit)
   Nationality
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Total Number of Points

PO NAME                CLUB                    COUNTRY     1P 2P 3P 4P 5P TOTAL
===============================================================================
 1."Romário"           Flamengo                Brazil      24 22 15  6  4 269
 2.Hristo Stoitchkov   FC Barcelona            Bulgaria    19 26 11  9  4 254
 3.Paolo Maldini       Milan AC                Italy       12 10 15  5  3 158
 4.Gheorghe Hagi       FC Barcelona            Romania      9 10  6 11  6 131
 5.Roberto Baggio      Juventus FC             Italy        9  3  8  8  4 101
 6.Jürgen Klinsmann    Tottenham Hotspur FC    Germany      4  4  7  4  8  73
 7.Gabriel Batistuta   AC Fiorentina           Argentina    2  3  5  6  5  54
 8.Michel Preud'homme  SL Benfica              Belgium         1  4  4  3  27
 9."Bebeto"            Deportivo La Coruña     Brazil          2  3  1  7  26
10.Alan Shearer        Blackburn Rovers FC     England      1  1  3  1  3  23
11.Tomas Brolin        Parma AC                Sweden       1  2  1  1  3  21
12.Jari Litmanen       Ajax                    Finland      3           2  17
13.Eric Cantona        Manchester United FC    France             2  3  3  15
14.George Weah         FC Paris Saint Germain  Liberia            2  3  2  14
15.Dejan Savicevic     Milan AC                Yugoslavia   1        3  2  13
16.Brian Laudrup       Rangers FC              Denmark      1  1  1        12
   Matthew Le Tissier  Southampton FC          England      2        1     12
   Gary McAllister     Leeds United FC         Scotland     1  1  1        12
19.Kennet Andersson    Stade Malherbe Caen     Sweden       1     2        11
20.Martin Dahlin       Borussia M'gladbach     Sweden       1        1  2   9
   Ilie Dumitrescu     Sevilla FC              Romania         1  1  1      9
   Andrei Kanchelskis  Manchester United FC    Russia/Ukr.  1  1            9
23.Alessandro DelPiero Juventus FC             Italy        1     1         8
   Aaron Winter        SS Lazio                Netherlands     1  1     1   8
25.Dino Baggio         Parma AC                Italy           1     1  1   7
   Michael Laudrup     Real Madrid             Denmark         1  1         7
   Thomas Ravelli      IFK Göteborg            Sweden                2  3   7
28.Andrés Escobar                              Colombia     1           1   6
   Yordan Lechkov      Hamburger SV            Bulgaria        1     1      6
   Diego Maradona                              Argentina          1  1  1   6
   Anthony Yeboah      Leeds United FC         Ghana           1     1      6
   Rashidi Yekini      Real Sporting Gijón     Nigeria            2         6
33.Dennis Bergkamp     FC Internazionale       Netherlands           2  1   5
   "Dunga"             VfB Stuttgart           Brazil       1               5
   Trifon Ivanov       Real Betis Balompié     Bulgaria     1               5
   Uwe Rössler         Manchester City FC      Germany      1               5
   Gary Speed          Leeds United FC         Wales        1               5
   Noel Whelan         Leeds United FC         England      1               5
39.Daniel Amokachi     Everton FC              Nigeria         1            4
   "Amoroso"           Guarani                 Brazil          1            4
   Marco Etcheverry    América de Cali         Bolivia               2      4
   Maurizio Gaudino    Manchester City FC      Germany         1            4
   Josip Guardiola     FC Barcelona            Spain           1            4
   Ariel Ortega        River Plate             Argentina       1            4 
   Mauro Silva         Deportivo La Coruña     Brazil             1     1   4
   Ian Wright          Arsenal FC              England         1            4
47.Tony Adams          Arsenal FC              England            1         3
   Emmanuel Amunike    Sporting CP             Nigeria            1         3
   Krassimir Balakov   Sporting CP             Bulgaria           1         3
   Andy Cole           Manchester United FC    England               1  1   3
   Jürgen Kohler       Juventus FC             Germany            1         3
   Philomen Masinga    Leeds United FC         South Africa       1         3
53."Aldaír"            AS Roma                 Brazil                   2   2
   Gary Anderton       Tottenham Hotspur FC    England               1      2
   "Branco"            Flamengo                Brazil                1      2
   Brian Deane         Leeds United FC         England               1      2
   Albert Ferrer       FC Barcelona            Spain                 1      2
   Daniel Fonseca      AS Roma                 Uruguay               1      2 
   Robbie Fowler       Liverpool FC            England               1      2
   Gary Kelly          Leeds United FC         Rep. Ireland          1      2
   Patrice Loko        FC Nantes-Atlantique    France                1      2
   Tony Meola          USA                     USA                   1      2
   Jay-Jay Okocha      Eintracht Frankfurt     Nigeria               1      2
   Abedi Pelé          AC Torino               Ghana                 1      2
   David Platt         Sampdoria UC            England                  2   2
   Fernando Redondo    Real Madrid             Argentina                2   2
   Frank Rijkaard      Ajax                    Netherlands           1      2
   Vincenzo Scifo      AS Monaco               Belgium               1      2
   Giuseppe Signori    SS Lazio                Italy                 1      2
   Paulo Sousa         Huventus FC             Portugal              1      2
   Davor Suker         Sevilla FC              Croatia               1      2
   Chris Sutton        Blackburn Rovers FC     England               1      2
   "Valdeir"           FC Girondins Bordeaux   Brazil                1      2
   Gianluca Vialli     Juventus FC             Italy                 1      2
   Mark Viduka         Melbourne Knights       Australia             1      2
   Paul Walsh          Manchester United FC    England               1      2
77.Dennis Bailey       Exeter City FC          England                  1   1
   Rudolfo Cardoso     SC Freiburg             Argentina                1   1
   Rui Costa           Fiorentina AC           Portugal                 1   1
   Marcel Desailly     Milan AC                France                   1   1
   Christophe Dugarry  FC Girondins Bordeaux   France                   1   1
   Paul Gascoigne      SS Lazio                England                  1   1
   Ryan Giggs          Manchester United FC    Wales                    1   1
   Robert Jarni        Juventus FC             Croatia                  1   1
   "Jorginho"          Bayern München          Brazil                   1   1
   Alexi Lalas         Padova                  USA                      1   1
   Saeed al-Owairan    Al-Shabab               Saudi Arabia             1   1
   Florin Raducioiu    RCD Español             Romania                  1   1
   "Raí"               FC Paris Saint Germain  Brazil                   1   1
   Matthias Sammer     Borussia Dortmund       Germany                  1   1
   Marcio Santos       AC Fiorentina           Brazil                   1   1
   Stefan Schwarz      Arsenal FC              Sweden                   1   1
   David Seaman        Arsenal FC              England                  1   1
   Lee Sharpe          Manchester United FC    England                  1   1
   Ernie Stewart       Willem II               USA                      1   1
   Claudio Taffarel    Reggiana                Brazil                   1   1
   David Wetherall     Leeds United FC         England                  1   1

 1  "Romário"      = Romário da Souza Faria
 9  "Bebeto"       = Jorge Roberto Gama de Oliveira
33  "Dunga"        = Carlos Caetano Bledon Verri Dunga
39  "Amoroso"      =
53  "Aldaír"       = Aldaír Nascimento Santos
53  "Branco"       = Claudio Ibraim Vaz
53  "Valdeir"      = Celso Moreira Valdeir
77  "Jorginho"     = Jorge de Amorim Campos
77  "Raí"          = Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira



REMARKS OF THE RSSSF PRESIDENT

Unlike the two previous years, in which Marco van Basten and Roberto
Baggio won landslide victories, this year a close battle for first
place was fought between the two World Cup stars, Romário and Hristo
Stoitchkov, which the first only narrowly won.  In fact, it wasn't
until the very end of the vote that he obtained the lead.  

Whereas the first two places for those players do not come as a
surprise, the RSS voters once more proved their objectiveness and
expert judgement by choosing a defender, Paolo Maldini, ahead of
the more flashy characters of Gheorghe Hagi and Roberto Baggio.
Maldini was instrumental in taking Milan to a third consecutive
scudetto and their fifth Champions Cup.  He certainly deserved a
medal spot, just as Hagi and Baggio could not be overlooked in the
top-5 thanks to their World Cup performances.  The rest of the top-15
once again reads as a "Who is Who" in international football for 1994.

Cheers,
Karel Stokkermans



VOTERS

Name
Yonghee Choi                 1
Kenneth Chan                 2
Vesselin Penelov             3
Alexander Goddard            4
Damian Pacitto               5
Llolsten Kaonga              6
Geoff Bethell                7
Kristian Berg                8
Lars Henrik Tombre           9
Iskander Ayari              10
WTV Wong                    11
Adrian Weissman             12
Jaime E. Lopez              13
Christopher S. Allen        14
Hamid Dastkar               15
Kent Hedlundh               16
Serge Pasche                17
Lars Aarhus                 18
Thomas Esamie               19
Richard Graham              20
Brain Farenell              21
Tim Fisher                  22
Loris Magnani               23
Vince B. Ho                 24
Samuel Hung                 25
Andrew Busa                 26
Frank Thomas Crivello       27
Razak Hossain               28
Fabio Ingrao                29
Kalle Mikkola               30
Niclas Gustafsson           31
Karel Stokkermans           32
John P. Wangermann          33
Jean-Michel Siago           34
Amir Haleem                 35
Tim Kennedy                 36
Nick Ioffe                  37
Magne Pettersen             38
Rui M. Ponte                39
Pat Keenan                  40
Hesaaun Habibula            41
Manoel Mendonca             42
Stephen Drew                43
Adel El Sayed               44
Wink Cushing                45
Dominic J. Martinez         46
Patrick Bernal              47
Joe Ritchie                 48
Riccardo Biondini           49
David Akkarach              50
Sean McKinley               51
Nishad Chande               52
Stephane Vouliot            53
Au Wai Yip Albert           54
Patrick Conway              55
Matt Kearney                56
Eugen Ardeleanu             57
Rodrigo Capaz               58
Colin Morris                59
Ville Niskasaari            60
Gustaaf van Moorsel         61
Mads Jensen                 62
Marko Poutiainen            63
Sergiu Dascalu              64
Mohammad Azzam              65
Viorica Sofronie            66
Stefan Wagner               67
Anders Subotic              68
Michel Britte               69
Mark Varley                 70
Yevgeniy Shtutin            71
Scott Benson                72
John Boller                 73
Stuart Prior                74
Michael Medved              75
Joysheel Mitter             76
Luke Morris                 77
Jacques Robin               78
Mel Melis                   79
Matthew Brown               80
Andrew Hickie               81
Trygve Svendsen             82
Bas Meijer                  83
Markus Laine                84
Howard Hamilton             85
Vishant Bhatia              86
Ken Gilbert                 87
Reza Ghaemi                 88
Ezequiel Hart               89
Oliver Kraemer              90
Stephen Halchuk             91
Doug Green                  92
Bernd Timmermann            93
Phil Anderson               94
Alan Douglas                95
Marcelo Torres              96
Jean-Pierre Caillault       97
Christos Bouzoulas          98
Paul Horja                  99



COUNTRY OF BIRTH

Afghanistan                 1
Bangladesh                  1
Belgium                     1
Brazil                      2
Bulgaria                    2
Canada                      4
Denmark                     1
England                    13
Finland                     5
France                      3
Germany                     3
Greece                      1
Guyana                      1
Hong Kong                   4
India                       2
Iran                        2
Italy                       3
Korea                       1
Lebanon                     1
Malawi                      1
Mauritius                   1
The Netherlands             3
New Zealand                 1
Norway                      4
Palestine                   1
Peru                        1
Portugal                    1
Romania                     5
Scotland                    4
Sweden                      3
Switzerland                 1
Thailand                    1
USA                        18
USSR                        3 (of which Belarus 1)

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

Austria                     3
Australia                   2
Canada                     13
Denmark                     2
England                    10
Finland                     4
France                      2
Germany                     2
Hong Kong                   1
Israel                      3
New Zealand                 2
Norway                      4
Scotland                    3
Sweden                      3
Switzerland                 1
USA                        43
Wales                       1



FINAL WORD

    Thanks to all who have participated and my apologies to the two
persons which votes arrived the date after the deadline, it may
be due to our mail system or yours or whatever.

    As usual, it have been fun and time consuming to do this :-)
Well met next year!

    And CONGRATULATIONS TO ROMARIO!

    Kent Hedlundh - Vote-taker
    Karel Stokkermans - Checking and comments.

    Also thanks to Lars Aarhus and Bernd Timmermann.   

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