2000 Ballon d'Or

The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.[1]

2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo
Figo's Ballon D'Or

Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).[2]

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Luís Figo Barcelona
Real Madrid		 Portugal197
2Zinedine Zidane Juventus France181
3Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukraine85
4Thierry Henry Arsenal France57
5Alessandro Nesta Lazio Italy39
6Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil39
7Gabriel Batistuta Roma Argentina26
8Gaizka Mendieta Valencia Spain22
9Raúl Real Madrid Spain18
10Paolo Maldini Milan Italy10
David Beckham Manchester United England10
12Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos
Valencia		 Slovenia8
Fabien Barthez Manchester United France8
14Francesco Toldo Fiorentina Italy7
Francesco Totti Roma Italy7
Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil7
17Patrick Kluivert Barcelona Netherlands6
18Edgar Davids Juventus Netherlands5
Hakan Şükür Internazionale Turkey5
Mário Jardel Galatasaray Brazil5
Fernando Redondo Milan Argentina5
22Pavel Nedvěd Lazio Czech Republic4
David Trezeguet Juventus France4
24Marcel Desailly Chelsea France2
Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich Germany2
Rui Costa Fiorentina Portugal2
27Laurent Blanc Internazionale France1
Claudio López Lazio Argentina1
Roy Keane Manchester United Ireland1
Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Argentina1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Brazil and Lyon), Nicolas Anelka (France, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain), Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands and Arsenal), Hernán Crespo (Argentina, Parma and Lazio), Didier Deschamps (France, Chelsea and Valencia), Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina and Monaco, Geremi (Cameroon and Real Madrid), Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy and Juventus), Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon, Cagliari and Parma), Savo Milošević (Serbia and Montenegro, Real Zaragoza and Parma), Nuno Gomes (Portugal, Benfica and Fiorentina), Álvaro Recoba (Uruguay and Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England and Manchester United), Marco Simone (Italy and Monaco), Jaap Stam (Netherlands and Manchester United), Sylvain Wiltord (France, Bordeaux and Arsenal) and Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands and Barcelona).

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References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2000". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
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