2003 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2003 award. The winner was Czech player Pavel Nedvěd. Nedvěd is officially the first Czech player to win the Ballon d'Or, though the 1962 winner Josef Masopust was born in Czechoslovakia, in an area which now part of the Czech Republic.
See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2003 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus | Czech Republic | 190 |
| 2 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | France | 128 |
| 3 | Paolo Maldini | Milan | Italy | 123 |
| 4 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | Ukraine | 67 |
| 5 | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | France | 64 |
| 6 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | Netherlands | 61 |
| 7 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 32 |
| 8 | Roberto Carlos | Real Madrid | Brazil | 27 |
| 9 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 19 |
| 10 | David Beckham | Manchester United / Real Madrid | England | 17 |
| 11 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Brazil | 11 |
| 12 | Henrik Larsson | Celtic | Sweden | 6 |
| 13 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | Italy | 4 |
| Dida | Milan | Brazil | 4 | |
| Roy Makaay | Deportivo La Coruña / Bayern Munich | Netherlands | 4 | |
| Alessandro Nesta | Milan | Italy | 4 | |
| Deco | Porto | Portugal | 4 | |
| 18 | Nihat Kahveci | Real Sociedad | Turkey | 3 |
| Francesco Totti | Roma | Italy | 3 | |
| 20 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | Germany | 2 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Ajax | Sweden | 2 | |
| 22 | Filippo Inzaghi | Milan | Italy | 1 |
| Jan Koller | Borussia Dortmund | Czech Republic | 1 | |
| Adrian Mutu | Parma / Chelsea | Romania | 1 | |
| Ronaldinho | Paris Saint-Germain / Barcelona | Brazil | 1 | |
| Francesco Toldo | Internazionale | Italy | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 2003
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