2009 Ballon d'Or

The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009.[1]

2009 Ballon d'Or
2009 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date1 December 2009 (2009-12-01)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Lionel Messi (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr

Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Xavi was the second Barcelona player in the top three, finishing a further 63 points behind Ronaldo. Messi's win made him the first Argentine-born player to win the award since Omar Sívori in 1961; however, Sívori had taken Italian citizenship by that time and is recognised to have won the Ballon d'Or as an Italian player.

Rankings
Rank Player Nationality Club Points
1 Lionel Messi  Argentina Barcelona 240
2 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Manchester United
Real Madrid		 233
3 Xavi  Spain Barcelona 170
4 Andrés Iniesta  Spain Barcelona 149
5 Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Barcelona
Internazionale		 75
6 Kaká  Brazil Milan
Real Madrid		 58
7 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Internazionale
Barcelona		 50
8 Wayne Rooney  England Manchester United 35
9 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast Chelsea 33
10 Steven Gerrard  England Liverpool 32
11 Fernando Torres  Spain Liverpool 22
12 Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Arsenal 13
13 Edin Džeko  Bosnia and Herzegovina VfL Wolfsburg 12
14 Ryan Giggs  Wales Manchester United 11
15 Thierry Henry  France Barcelona 9
16 Luís Fabiano  Brazil Sevilla 8
Nemanja Vidić  Serbia Manchester United 8
Iker Casillas  Spain Real Madrid 8
19 Diego Forlán  Uruguay Atlético Madrid 7
20 Yoann Gourcuff  France Bordeaux 6
21 Andrey Arshavin  Russia Arsenal 5
Júlio César  Brazil Internazionale 5
Frank Lampard  England Chelsea 5
24 Maicon  Brazil Internazionale 4
25 Diego  Brazil Werder Bremen
Juventus		 3
26 David Villa  Spain Valencia 2
John Terry  England Chelsea 2
28 Franck Ribéry  France Bayern Munich 1
Yaya Touré  Ivory Coast Barcelona 1

Additionally, another player was nominated but received no votes: ] (Lyon, Real Madrid).

References
  1. "Classement 2009". France Football (in French). Groupe Amaury. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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