2000 Ballon d'Or

2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo
Figo's Ballon D'Or

The 2000 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 Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.[1]

Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).[2]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Luís FigoSpain Barcelona
Spain Real Madrid		 Portugal197
2Zinedine ZidaneItaly Juventus France181
3Andriy ShevchenkoItaly Milan Ukraine85
4Thierry HenryEngland Arsenal France57
5Alessandro NestaItaly Lazio Italy39
6RivaldoSpain Barcelona Brazil39
7Gabriel BatistutaItaly Roma Argentina26
8Gaizka MendietaSpain Valencia Spain22
9RaúlSpain Real Madrid Spain18
10Paolo MaldiniItaly Milan Italy10
David BeckhamEngland Manchester United England10
12Zlatko ZahovičGreece Olympiacos
Spain Valencia		 Slovenia8
Fabien BarthezEngland Manchester United France8
14Francesco ToldoItaly Fiorentina Italy7
Francesco TottiItaly Roma Italy7
Roberto CarlosSpain Real Madrid Brazil7
17Patrick KluivertSpain Barcelona Netherlands6
18Edgar DavidsItaly Juventus Netherlands5
Hakan ŞükürItaly Internazionale Turkey5
Mário JardelTurkey Galatasaray Brazil5
Fernando RedondoItaly Milan Argentina5
22Pavel NedvědItaly Lazio Czech Republic4
David TrezeguetItaly Juventus France4
24Marcel DesaillyEngland Chelsea France2
Oliver KahnGermany Bayern Munich Germany2
Rui CostaItaly Fiorentina Portugal2
27Laurent BlancItaly Internazionale France1
Claudio LópezItaly Lazio Argentina1
Roy KeaneEngland Manchester United Ireland1
Juan Sebastián VerónItaly Lazio Argentina1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Brazil and Lyon), Nicolas Anelka (France, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain), Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands and Arsenal), Hernán Crespo (Argentina, Parma and Lazio), Didier Deschamps (France, Chelsea and Valencia), Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina and Monaco, Geremi (Cameroon and Real Madrid), Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy and Juventus), Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon, Cagliari and Parma), Savo Milošević (Serbia and Montenegro, Real Zaragoza and Parma), Nuno Gomes (Portugal, Benfica and Fiorentina), Álvaro Recoba (Uruguay and Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England and Manchester United), Marco Simone (Italy and Monaco), Jaap Stam (Netherlands and Manchester United), Sylvain Wiltord (France, Bordeaux and Arsenal) and Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands and Barcelona).

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2000". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
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