Brazil's RONALDINHO tallied 620 points, including 89 out of 302 first place votes, to earn FIFA's World Player of the Year award for 2004. The Barcelona midfielder/forward is the fourth Brazilian to win the title, following ROMÁRIO [1994], RONALDO [1996-7, 2002], and RIVALDO [1999]. France's Thierry HENRY finished second, followed by the Ukraine's Andriy SHEVCHENKO. On the women's side, Birgit PRINZ of Germany won for the second straight year, edging Mia HAMM of the United States and MARTA of Brazil.