Ballon d'Or 2008
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The 2008 Ballon d'Or is given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists.[1] on 2 December 2008.[2]
Rankings [edit]
| 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 [edit]
- ^ "2008 Leaderboard". France Football. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ a b Pierrend, José Luis (16 January 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
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