Full Ballon d'Or 2009 award list and points received
Below is full list of the nominees and voting points received for the Ballon d’Or 2009 award. As expected Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the gong with Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi rounding the top three.
Also on the list were Kaka, Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney.
HTML clipboard1. Lionel Messi (Argentine, FC Barcelone) : 473 points
2. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United puis Real Madrid) : 233
3. 3. Xavi (Espagne, FC Barcelone) : 170 pts
4. 4. Andrès Iniesta (Espagnol, FC Barcelone) : 149
5. 5. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroun, FC Barcelone puis Inter Milan) : 75 pts
6. 6. Kaka (Brésil, Milan AC puis Real Madrid) : 58 pts
7. 7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Suède, Inter Milan puis FC Barcelone) : 50 pts
8. 8. Wayne Rooney (Angleterre, Manchester United): 35 pts
9. 9. Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire, Chelsea): 33 pts
10. 10. Steven Gerrard (Angleterre, Liverpool) : 32 pts
11. 11. Fernando Torres (Espagne, Liverpool): 22 pts
12. 12. Cesc Fabregas (Espagne, Arsenal) : 13 pts
13. 13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnie, Wolfsburg) : 12 pts
14. 14. Ryan Giggs (Pays de Galles, Manchester United) : 11 pts
15. 15. Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelone) : 9 pts
16. 16. Luis Fabiano (Brésil, FC Séville), Nemanja Vidic (Serbie, Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Espagne, Real Madrid): 8 pts
19. 19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid) : 7 pts
20. 20. Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux) : 6 pts
21. 21. Andreï Archavine (Russie, Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Brésil, Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (Angleterre, Chelsea) : 5 pts
24. 24. Maicon (Brésil, Inter Milan) : 4 pts
25. 25. Diego (Brésil, Werder Brême puis Juventus Turin) : 3 pts
26. 26. David Villa (Espagne, Valence), John Terry (Angleterre, Chelsea) : 2 pts
28. 28. Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire, FC Barcelone) : 1 pt
30. 30. Karim Benzema (France, Lyon puis Real Madrid): 0 ptt


Eto’o cannot be 5th, kaka is ghastly to 6th. this years award is a joke. realy a joke.
eto’o is supposed to be yhe 3rd or fourth this ballon d’or is really a joke
Eto was cheated and this is not the first time. Also see Didier Drogba’s comments about Eto deserving a better position.