2009 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2009 award. The winner was Argentinian Lionel Messi, his first of many Ballon d'Or awards. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2009 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 473 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United / Real Madrid | Portugal | 233 |
| 3 | Xavi | Barcelona | Spain | 170 |
| 4 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | Spain | 149 |
| 5 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona / Internazionale | Cameroon | 75 |
| 6 | Kaká | Milan / Real Madrid | Brazil | 58 |
| 7 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Internazionale / Barcelona | Sweden | 50 |
| 8 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | England | 35 |
| 9 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | Ivory Coast | 33 |
| 10 | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | England | 32 |
| 11 | Fernando Torres | Liverpool | Spain | 22 |
| 12 | Cesc Fàbregas | Arsenal | Spain | 13 |
| 13 | Edin Džeko | Wolfsburg | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 |
| 14 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | Wales | 11 |
| 15 | Thierry Henry | Barcelona | France | 9 |
| 16 | Luís Fabiano | Sevilla | Brazil | 8 |
| Nemanja Vidić | Manchester United | Serbia | 8 | |
| Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | Spain | 8 | |
| 19 | Diego Forlán | Atlético Madrid | Uruguay | 7 |
| 20 | Yoann Gourcuff | Bordeaux | France | 6 |
| 21 | Andrey Arshavin | Arsenal | Russia | 5 |
| Júlio César | Internazionale | Brazil | 5 | |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | England | 5 | |
| 24 | Maicon | Internazionale | Brazil | 4 |
| 25 | Diego | Werder Bremen / Juventus | Brazil | 3 |
| 26 | David Villa | Valencia | Spain | 2 |
| John Terry | Chelsea | England | 2 | |
| 28 | Franck Ribéry | Bayern Munich | France | 1 |
| Yaya Touré | Barcelona | Ivory Coast | 1 | |
| 30 | Karim Benzema | Lyon / Real Madrid | France | 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: 2009
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