| 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) |
| Previous: | 2007 |
| Main: | Ballon d'Or |
| Next: | 2009 |
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.
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