2008 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year.
Ronaldo's first Ballon d'Or from 2008 Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2008 award. The winner was Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo. This was the first of his five Ballon d'Or awards. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2008 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | 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 | Andrey Arshavin | Russia | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 64 |
| 7 | David Villa | Spain | Valencia | 55 |
| 8 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | Internazionale | 30 |
| 9 | Kaká | Brazil | Milan | 29 |
| 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 | Ivory Coast | 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 | |
| 26 | Karim Benzema | France | Lyon | 0 |
| Pepe | Portugal | Real Madrid | 0 | |
| Luca Toni | Italy | Bayern Munich | 0 | |
| Rafael van der Vaart | Netherlands | Real Madrid | 0 | |
| Yuri Zhirkov | Russia | CSKA Moscow | 0 |
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: 2008
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