What year did a famous player in Cameroon place third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
2005
Football in Cameroon
The most popular sport in Cameroon is football.
 The national team is traditionally one of the strongest teams on the African continent.
 They have participated in the World Cup 5 times, and in 1990 they reached the quarter-finals.
 It took extra time before England won the game 3-2.
 They have also won the African Cup of Nations 4 times as well as winning Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000.
 Among the most famous players are Roger Milla, Thomas N'Kono and Samuel Eto'o.
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (] ; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor.
 He is the most decorated African player of all time, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010.
 He was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2005.
2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 21 December 2009 at the , Zürich, Switzerland.
 Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009.
 The final five contenders for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009.
 Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total. FIFA Ballon d'Or
The FIFA Ballon d'Or (] , "Golden Ball") was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015.
 Awarded jointly by FIFA and "France Football", the prize was a merger of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the Ballon d'Or, the two most prestigious individual honours in world football.
 The FIFA Ballon d'Or was awarded based on votes from international journalists and national team coaches and captains, who selected the players they deemed to have performed the best in the previous calendar year. 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the inaugural year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year.
 The gala is a continuation of the FIFA World Player Gala and a result of merging the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year award with the Ballon d'Or, previously presented by the French media to the top men's player in Europe.
 The awards ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 in Zürich, Switzerland.
 The three finalists for each category were announced on 6 December 2010. Romário
Romário de Souza Faria (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (] ), is a Brazilian politician, who previously achieved worldwide fame as a professional footballer.
 A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he is regarded as one of the greatest forwards of all time.
 Romário starred for Brazil in their 1994 FIFA World Cup triumph, receiving the FIFA Golden Ball as player of the tournament.
 He was named FIFA World Player of the Year the same year.
 He came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll in 1999, was elected to the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, and was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004. UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
The UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award) is an association football award given to the footballer playing for a football club in Europe that is considered the best in the previous season.
 The award, created in 2011 by UEFA, is aimed at reviving the European Footballer of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or), which was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
 It also replaced the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award. 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year
Brazilian midfielder Kaká won the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award, while another Brazilian, Marta, took home the women's award.
 The winners were announced at the FIFA World Player Gala held at the Zurich Opera House on December 17, 2007. Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann (] , born 30 July 1964) is a German football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the United States men's national team.
 As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
 One of Germany's premier strikers during the 1990s, he scored in all six major international tournaments he participated in, from Euro 1988 to 1998 World Cup.
 In 1995, he came in third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award; in 2004 he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the "125 Greatest Living Footballers". Shannon Boxx
Shannon Boxx (born June 29, 1977) is an American retired soccer player and former member of the United States women's national soccer team, playing the defensive midfielder position.
 She last played club soccer for the Chicago Red Stars in the American National Women's Soccer League.
 She won gold medals with the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics.
 She has also finished third place or better with the USA at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups.
 She was a finalist for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year award, and won an NCAA Women's Soccer Championship with Notre Dame in 1995.
 Shannon Boxx announced her retirement from international and club soccer after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
 She played her last game on October 21, 2015 when the USWNT tied with Brazil as part of their victory tour.