Ballon d'Or 2008

2008 Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

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]

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	Andrei Arshavin	Russia	Zenit	64
7	David Villa	Spain	Valencia	55
8	Kaká	Brazil	Milan	31
9	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Internazionale	30
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	Côte d'Ivoire	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: Karim Benzema (Lyon), Pepe (Real Madrid), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), and Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow).^[2]

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.

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page