2002 Ballon d'Or

The 2002 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 Ronaldo on 12 December 2002.[1] This was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, his first award was in 1997.

2002 Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo

Ronaldo was the first Brazilian national to win the award, when he won his first Ballon in 1997, since then Rivaldo had also won the award in 1999. He was also the fourth Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959), Raymond Kopa (1958), and Luís Figo (2000).[2]

Rankings
Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Ronaldo[notes 1]  Brazil Internazionale
Real Madrid		 169
2 Roberto Carlos  Brazil Real Madrid 145
3 Oliver Kahn[notes 2]  Germany Bayern Munich 110
4 Zinedine Zidane  France Real Madrid 78
5 Michael Ballack[notes 3]  Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich		 71
6 Thierry Henry  France Arsenal 54
7 Raúl  Spain Real Madrid 38
8 Rivaldo[notes 4]  Brazil Barcelona
Milan		 31
9 Yıldıray Baştürk  Turkey Bayer Leverkusen 13
10 Alessandro Del Piero  Italy Juventus 12
11 Hasan Şaş  Turkey Galatasaray 10
12 Ronaldinho  Brazil Paris Saint-Germain 8
13 Michael Owen  England Liverpool 5
Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands Manchester United 5
15 Bernd Schneider  Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4
Juan Carlos Valerón  Spain Deportivo La Coruña 4
Cafu  Brazil Roma 4
Patrick Vieira  France Arsenal 4
19 Lúcio  Brazil Bayer Leverkusen 3
Luís Figo  Portugal Real Madrid 3
21 Papa Bouba Diop  Senegal Lens 2
El Hadji Diouf  Senegal Lens
Liverpool		 2
Rio Ferdinand  England Leeds United
Manchester United		 2
24 Rubén Baraja  Spain Valencia 1
Filippo Inzaghi  Italy Milan 1
Roy Makaay  Netherlands Deportivo La Coruña 1

Additionally, 24 players were nominated but received no votes: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Sonny Anderson (Lyon), David Beckham (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Djibril Cissé (Auxerre), Edmílson (Lyon), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Fulham), Miroslav Klose (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Pauleta (Bordeaux), Tomáš Rosický (Borussia Dortmund), Javier Saviola (Barcelona), Seol Ki-hyeon (Anderlecht), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord, Milan), Francesco Totti (Roma), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Christian Vieri (Internazionale), Marc Wilmots (Bordeaux) and Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal).

Notes
  1. France-Football reports Ronaldo with 171 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  2. France-Football reports Kahn with 114 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  3. France-Football reports Ballack with 67 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  4. France-Football reports Rivaldo with 29 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
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References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2002". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
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