Ballon d'Or 2005

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2005 Ballon d'Or

2005 Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldinho
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The 2005 Ballon d'Or was delivered to the Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho on 28 November 2005.[1] On 24 October 2005, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.[2] There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]

Ronaldinho was the third Brazilian to win the award after Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo (2002).[4] Petr Čech (Czech Republic) was the best ranked goalkeeper in the list with a 14th place. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender (6th place), while Thierry Henry (France) was the best among the forwards (4th place).[3]

Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club Total Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Ronaldinho  Brazil Spain Barcelona 225 33 11 4 2 - 50
2nd Frank Lampard  England England Chelsea 148 6 13 15 10 1 45
3rd Steven Gerrard  England England Liverpool 142 8 18 7 3 3 39
4th Thierry Henry  France England Arsenal 41 2 1 6 3 3 15
5th Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine Italy Milan 33 - 3 3 4 4 14
6th Paolo Maldini  Italy Italy Milan 23 1 1 2 1 6 11
7th Adriano  Brazil Italy Internazionale 22 - - 4 2 6 12
8th Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Italy Juventus 21 - 1 2 4 3 10
9th Kaká  Brazil Italy Milan 19 - 2 1 4 - 7
10th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Spain Barcelona 18 - 1 2 3 2 8
John Terry  England England Chelsea 18 - 1 - 3 8 12
12th Juninho  Brazil France Lyon 15 - - 1 3 6 10
13th Claude Makélélé  France England Chelsea 8 1 - 1 - - 2
14th Riquelme  Argentina Spain Villarreal 7 - - 1 2 - 3
Petr Čech  Czech Republic England Chelsea 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Didier Drogba  Côte d'Ivoire England Chelsea 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Michael Ballack  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 7 - - - 3 1 4
18th Zinedine Zidane  France Spain Real Madrid 5 1 - - - - 1
19th Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Italy Juventus 4 - - - 1 2 3
20th Jamie Carragher  England England Liverpool 3 - - 1 - - 1
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal England Manchester United 3 - - - 1 1 2
22nd Michael Essien  Ghana France Lyon / England Chelsea 2 - - - 1 - 1
23rd Luis García  Spain England Liverpool 1 - - - - 1 1
Pavel Nedvěd  Czech Republic Italy Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

Additionally, the following 26 players were nominated but received no votes: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Grégory Coupet (Lyon), Cris (Lyon), Deco (Barcelona), Dida (Milan), Emerson (Juventus), Luís Figo (Real Madrid, Internazionale), Diego Forlán (Villarreal), Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich), Michael Owen (Real Madrid, Newcastle United), Park Ji-Sung (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United), Andrea Pirlo (Milan), Raúl (Real Madrid), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Juventus), and Xavi (Barcelona).

References

  1. ↑ "Ronaldinho scoops European award". BBC Sport. 28 November 2005. 
  2. ↑ "Deco, Figo e Ronaldo candidatos à Bola de Ouro 2005" [Deco, Figo and Ronaldo nominated for 2005 Golden Ball] (in Portuguese). 24 October 2005. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pierrend, José (29 Jan 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2005". RSSSF. 
  4. ↑ Moore, Rob (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 

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