The 35-year-old Galatasaray hitman becomes the first African to win the award after beating a star-studded cast that included Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Spain's Andres Iniesta and Iker Casillas, as well as fellow African Samuel Eto'o and England's David Beckham and Frank Lampard.
The award, which is in its 11th edition is handed out each year to active players who are at least 28 years, and it can only be won once.
A panel of international journalists selects ten nominees for the award and an online poll determines the winner.
A mould of the winner's footprints will then be left on "The Champions Promenade" in the Principality of Monaco.
2013 Nominees
David Beckham (England)
Iker Casillas (Spain-Real Madrid)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon-Chelsea)
Andres Iniesta (Spain-Barcelona)
Miroslav Klose (Germany-Lazio)
Frank Lampard (England-Chelsea)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-Juventus)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal-Real Madrid)
David Trezeguet (France-River Plate)
Past winners
2003 - Roberto Baggio
2004 - Pavel Nedved
2005 - Andriy Shevchenko
2006 - Ronaldo (Brazilian)
2007 - Alessandro Del Piero
2008 - Roberto Carlos
2009 - Ronaldinho
2010 - Francesco Totti
2011 - Ryan Giggs
2012 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2013 - Didier Drogba
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