Ballon d'Or 2008
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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]