Use reasoning to answer the following question.
Passage: The 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luís Figo by the slim margin of 12 points. David Beckham was again forced into second place.\n\nQuestion: Based on this passage, who won the fifa world best player 2001?

Luís Figo
To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luís Figo by the slim margin of 12 points.

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The final answer: Luís Figo