2008 Ballon d'Or

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]

2008 Ballon d'Or
2008 Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo
Date2 December 2008 (2008-12-02)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Cristiano Ronaldo (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr

Rankings
Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Manchester United 446
2 Lionel Messi  Argentina Barcelona 281
3 Fernando Torres  Spain Liverpool 179
4 Iker Casillas  Spain Real Madrid 133
5 Xavi  Spain Barcelona 97
6 Andrey Arshavin  Russia Zenit 64
7 David Villa  Spain Valencia 55
8 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Internazionale 30
9 Kaká  Brazil Milan 29
10 Steven Gerrard  England Liverpool 28
11 Marcos Senna  Spain Villarreal 16
12 Emmanuel Adebayor  Togo Arsenal 12
13 Wayne Rooney  England Manchester United 11
14 Sergio Agüero  Argentina Atlético Madrid 10
15 Frank Lampard  England Chelsea 8
16 Franck Ribéry  France Bayern Munich 7
17 Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Barcelona 6
18 Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Juventus 5
19 Michael Ballack  Germany Chelsea 4
Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Arsenal 4
21 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast Chelsea 3
Sergio Ramos  Spain Real Madrid 3
Nemanja Vidić  Serbia Manchester United 3
24 Edwin van der Sar  Netherlands Manchester United 2
Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands Real Madrid 2

Additionally, five players were nominated but received no votes:[2]

Player Nationality Club
Karim Benzema  France Lyon
Pepe  Portugal Real Madrid
Luca Toni  Italy Bayern Munich
Rafael van der Vaart  Netherlands Real Madrid
Yuri Zhirkov  Russia CSKA Moscow
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References
  1. "2008 Leaderboard". France Football. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  2. Pierrend, José Luis (16 January 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
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