2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

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Dates 2010
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The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or was the inaugural year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The award merged FIFA's former World Player of the Year awards with the Ballon d'Or, previously presented by the French media to the top men's player in Europe. The awards ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. The three finalists for each category were announced on 6 December 2010.[1]

La Masia, the FC Barcelona academy, achieved a record breaking honor in becoming the first youth academy ever to have all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in one same year, with Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.[2][3]

Marta won the women's Ballon d'Or; she had won the previous four World Player of the Year awards.

José Mourinho, Portuguese manager of Real Madrid and previously of Internazionale, was the first winner of the men's FIFA Ballon d'Or Best Coach Award in 2010. The women's version of the award was won by Germany head coach Silvia Neid.

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Winners

Men

Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Lionel Messi  Argentina Barcelona 22,65 %
2nd Andrés Iniesta  Spain Barcelona 17,36 %
3rd Xavi Hernández  Spain Barcelona 16,48 %

Women

Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Marta  Brazil FC Gold Pride
2nd Birgit Prinz  Germany Frankfurt
3rd Fatmire Bajramaj  Germany Turbine Potsdam

Men's Coach

Rank Coach Nationality Team Notes
1st José Mourinho  Portugal Internazionale
2nd Vicente Del Bosque  Spain Spain
3rd Josep Guardiola  Spain Barcelona

Women's Coach

Rank Coach Nationality Team Notes
1st Silvia Neid  Germany Germany
2nd Maren Meinert  Germany Germany U-20
3rd Pia Sundhage  Sweden United States

FIFA Puskás Award

Rank Player Nationality Club Notes
1st Hamit Altıntop  Turkey Bayern Munich
2nd Linus Hallenius  Sweden Hammarby IF
3rd Giovanni van Bronckhorst  Netherlands Netherlands

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

Position Player National Team Club
GK Iker Casillas[3]  Spain Real Madrid
DF Maicon  Brazil Internazionale
DF Carles Puyol[3]  Spain Barcelona
DF Gerard Piqué  Spain Barcelona
DF Lúcio  Brazil Internazionale
MF Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands Internazionale
MF Xavi Hernández  Spain Barcelona
MF Andrés Iniesta  Spain Barcelona
FW Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Real Madrid
FW David Villa  Spain Valencia, Barcelona
FW Lionel Messi  Argentina Barcelona

References

  1. ^ "Nominees announced for FIFA Ballon d’Or gala 2010". FIFA.com. 2010-12-06. http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1346940/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  2. ^ totalbarca.com, It’s an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or
  3. ^ a b c "Messi named Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 2011-01-10. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/863859/?cc=5739. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 

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