Awarded the trophy that crowns the best European footballer of 2009
France Football has published the photo of the player on the front page Lionel Messi as the best football player of the year 2009 by beating the competition of Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Xavi (Barcelona), winning the coveted trophy of the Pallone d'Oro 2009.
The Argentine playmaker's first words were: “It is a great honor for me to be the Golden Ball, but also to be the first Argentine in history to receive this trophy”.
Below is the list of players and their respective votes received:
Ballon d'Or France Football 2009, Lionel Messi (photo Presse-Sports) possède une avance historique sur son dauphin Cristiano Ronaldo. Xavi s'installe sur la troisième place du podium. Voici le classement complet du Ballon d'Or France Football 2009:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentine, FC Barcelone): 473 points
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United puis Real Madrid): 233 pts
3. Xavi (Espagne, FC Barcelone): 170 pts
4. Andrès Iniesta (Espagnol, FC Barcelone): 149 pts
5. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroun, FC Barcelone puis Inter Milan): 75 pts
6. Kaka (Brésil, Milan AC puis Real Madrid): 58 pts
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Suède, Inter Milan puis FC Barcelone): 50 pts
8. Wayne Rooney (Angleterre, Manchester United): 35 pts
9. Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire, Chelsea): 33 pts
10. Steven Gerrard (Angleterre, Liverpool): 32 pts
11. Fernando Torres (Espagne, Liverpool): 22 pts
12. Cesc Fabregas (Espagne, Arsenal): 13 pts
13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnie, Wolfsburg): 12 pts
14. Ryan Giggs (Pays de Wales, Manchester United): 11 pts
15. Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelone): 9 pts
16. Luis Fabiano (Brésil, FC Séville), Nemanja Vidic (Serbie, Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Espagne, Real Madrid): 8 pts
19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid): 7 pts
20. Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux): 6 pts
21. Andreï Archavine (Russie, Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Brésil, Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (Angleterre, Chelsea): 5 pts
24. Maicon (Brésil, Inter Milan): 4 pts
25. Diego (Brésil, Werder Brême puis Juventus Turin): 3 pts
26. David Villa (Espagne, Valence), John Terry (Angleterre, Chelsea): 2 pts
28. Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire, FC Barcelone): 1 pt
30. Karim Benzema (France, Lyon puis Real Madrid): 0 pt
