2008 Ballon d'Or explained

2008 Ballon d'Or
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Location:Paris, France
Country:France
Presenter:France Football
Award1 Type:Won by
Award1 Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (1st award)
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The 2008 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists,[1] was awarded on 2 December 2008.[2] Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, being his first of five. His win also began a 10-year dominance of the award between him and Lionel Messi — which eventually led to an intense rivalry between the two. Both players had won five Ballon d'Or awards before the dominance was ended in 2018 by Luka Modrić.

Rankings

RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Points
1Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United446
2Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona281
3Fernando Torres Spain Liverpool179
4Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid133
5Xavi Spain Barcelona97
6Andrey Arshavin Zenit Saint Petersburg64
7David Villa Spain Valencia55
8Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden Internazionale30
9Kaká Brazil Milan29
10Steven Gerrard Liverpool28
11Marcos Senna Spain Villarreal16
12Emmanuel Adebayor Togo Arsenal12
13Wayne Rooney Manchester United11
14Sergio Agüero Argentina Atlético Madrid10
15Frank Lampard Chelsea8
16Franck Ribéry France Bayern Munich7
17Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Barcelona6
18Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus5
19Michael Ballack Germany Chelsea4
Cesc Fàbregas Spain Arsenal4
21Didier Drogba Chelsea3
Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid3
Nemanja Vidić Serbia Manchester United3
24Edwin van der Sar Netherlands Manchester United2
Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands Real Madrid2
26Karim Benzema France Lyon0
Pepe Portugal Real Madrid0
Luca Toni Italy Bayern Munich0
Rafael van der Vaart Netherlands Real Madrid0
Yuri Zhirkov CSKA Moscow0

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Leaderboard . . 2 December 2008 . 17 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217003758/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2008/20081202_031616_le-classement-du-ballon-d-or-2008.html . 17 December 2008 . dead.
  2. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2008 . . José Luis . Pierrend . 16 January 2009 . 16 January 2009 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312003451/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy08.html . live.