Former world player of the year Ronaldinho has had a difficult season at the Nou Camp.
It was the four-time world player of the year's 34th league goal in 22 games.
Thierry Henry, Kaka and last year's FIFA World Player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Williams is the reigning International Rugby Board World Player of the Year and Wales' record international try-scorer.
The 31-year-old former World Player of the Year has made a record-breaking 110 appearances for his country scoring 31 international goals.
Ronaldinho was the 2004 Fifa World Player of the Year and was instrumental in Barcelona's La Liga triumph last season.
Henry narrowly missed out to Real Madrid and France midfielder Zidane in Fifa's 2003 World Player of the Year award.
The women's side, including five-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta, had to settle for silver for the second straight Olympics.
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This despite Sol's star, Brazilian Marta Viera da Silva (commonly called just Marta), being a three-time FIFA World Player of the Year.
Beckham has topped the list for the last two years, but World Player of the Year Messi is now the highest earner.
Shane Williams, the 2008 world player of the year, was named man-of-the-match after he was handed a start in place of Luke Fitzgerald.
Former World Player of the Year Kaka capped an electrifying first half performance with the second on 36 minutes with a curling shot.
The four-time World Player of the Year has scored 57 times this season, but just his mere presence was enough to unnerve his opponents.
Gullit, a former world player of the year, AC Milan, Chelsea and Netherlands midfielder as well as Chelsea manager, was Kalou's mentor at Feyenoord.
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Missing Messi, the four-time world player of the year who has hampered by a hamstring injury for the past month, Barcelona showed little offensive spark.
On Thursday, the ECB announced the squad to defend the Ashes in Australia this winter, with Swann, shortlisted for world player of the year, included.
Zidane remains a modest, even shy, man and has explained the reasons behind his success that made him the 1999 Fifa World Player of the Year.
He moved one ahead of Lionel Messi's La Liga tally, though Barcelona's three-time world player of the year has reached 61 goals in total this season.
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The 24-year-old Stormers player was named world player of the year in 2004 and missed half of the 2006 season after suffering a serious neck injury.
Brazil, who also lost the 2004 Olympic final to the United States in extra-time, will be led by last year's World Player of the Year Marta.
As well as helping secure Wales' Grand Slam triumph, Williams won international rugby's greatest personal accolade to become the International Rugby Board's world player of the year.
He was also twice named World player of the year in 2004 and 2005 and has won the prestigious Ballon d'Or (european player of the year) once.
The 5ft 7in Welsh rugby superstar won international rugby's greatest personal accolade after the newly-crowned IRB World Player of the Year inspired Wales to the Grand Slam.
"Shane showed his class once again and he's not the World Player of the Year for nothing, he certainly did Wales proud today, " Halfpenny said of his fellow wing.
Ugo Monye, dropped after the first Test defeat, returns on the right wing, with world player of the year Shane Williams starts in place of Fitzgerald on the left.
The two-time Fifa World Player of the Year's time at Barcelona effectively came to an end in June when new manager Pep Guardiola announced the playmaker was surplus to requirements.
It was also a great chance for Shane Williams to recapture some of the confidence and try-scoring form that saw him crowned last year's IRB World Player of the Year.
Newspapers in Barcelona appear convinced that Neymar has already agreed to move to Camp Nou, where he would line up alongside four-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner Lionel Messi.
France Football, first published in 1946, organized the Ballon d'Or award for European footballer of the year until it was merged with FIFA's world player of the year award in 2010.
Under Guardiola, Barcelona acquired the reputation of being the most attractive team in the world to watch, spearheaded by the sublime goalscoring exploits of three-time world player of the year Lionel Messi.
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