The Best FIFA Women's Player
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The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FIFA Women's World Player of the Year | 1 |
| FIFA World Player of the Year (Women) | 1 |
| The Best FIFA Women's Player canonical | 1 |
| The Best FIFA Women’s Player | 1 |
| The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2016 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5569086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Best FIFA Women's Player Context triple: [Megan Rapinoe, awardReceived, The Best FIFA Women's Player]
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A.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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B.
FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball is the award given to the most outstanding player of the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
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C.
FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe is the award given to the top goal scorer at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
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D.
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball is an individual award presented to the tournament’s second-best player, as judged by the organizing committee.
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E.
U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year is an annual award honoring the top-performing female player in the United States national soccer program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Best FIFA Women's Player Target entity description: The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
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A.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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B.
FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Ball is the award given to the most outstanding player of the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
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C.
FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe
The FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe is the award given to the top goal scorer at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship tournament.
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D.
FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball is an individual award presented to the tournament’s second-best player, as judged by the organizing committee.
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E.
U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year is an annual award honoring the top-performing female player in the United States national soccer program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FIFA award
ⓘ
football award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
individual performance
ⓘ
sportsmanship ⓘ team achievements ⓘ |
| awardFor | best female footballer in the world ⓘ |
| awardingBody | FIFA Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | women's association football awards ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2016 ⓘ |
| firstWinner | Carli Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| hasHashtag | #TheBest ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | trophy ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2016 ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony | various host cities ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Ada Hegerberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aitana Bonmatí NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexia Putellas NERFINISHED ⓘ Carli Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieke Martens NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Bronze NERFINISHED ⓘ Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ Megan Rapinoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| organizer | FIFA ⓘ |
| partOf | The Best FIFA Football Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | FIFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
The Best FIFA Men's Player
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Best FIFA Women's Coach NERFINISHED ⓘ The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | FIFA Women's World Player of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | performances over the preceding season ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voting ⓘ |
| shortName | The Best Women's Player NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| voterGroup |
fans
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national team captains ⓘ national team coaches ⓘ selected journalists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Best FIFA Women's Player Description of subject: The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2016
this entity surface form:
FIFA World Player of the Year (Women)
this entity surface form:
FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
this entity surface form:
The Best FIFA Women’s Player