Ballon d'Or 2007

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World best footballer of the year Kaká

The 52nd Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) of the magazine France Football in 2007 was the first time for the world's best footballer of the year award. From 1956 to 2006 this trophy was awarded to Europe's Footballer of the Year . It is not identical to the FIFA World Player of the Year award, which has been awarded by FIFA since 1991 .

The first winner to be determined according to these new regulations, the Brazilian Kaká , was announced publicly on December 2, 2007. He won the Ballon d'Or in 2007 by a clear margin over Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi . None of these three players had been in the top ten the previous year ; Last year's winner Fabio Cannavaro also landed in 2007, far behind with five points, in 24. Kaká was on 95 of the 96 ballot papers, 78 of them in first place; only the juror from Bosnia-Herzegovina gave him no point.

Voting procedure

The prize is awarded by a currently 96-member jury, which is composed as follows:

  • One sports journalist from each of the 53 member associations of UEFA
  • One sports journalist each from the currently 43 countries of those non-European associations that have participated in at least one World Cup finals.

Each juror awards 5, 4, 3, 2 or one point to five players from the list of 50 suggestions given by the France Football editorial team. The entire performance of the players in the respective calendar year should be recognized. If two or more players get the highest number of points in total, there would be a runoff.

Result

  1. Kaká (Brazil, AC Milan), 444 points (95 entries, including 78 first places)
  2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United), 277 (82/8)
  3. Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona), 255 (79/6)
  4. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea FC), 108 (44/1)
  5. Andrea Pirlo (Italy, AC Milan), 41 (18 / -)
  6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands, Real Madrid), 39 (20/1)
  7. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden, Internazionale Milan), 31 (11/1)
  8. Cesc Fàbregas (Spain, Arsenal FC), 27 (14 / -)
  9. Robinho (Brazil, Real Madrid), 24 (11 / -)
  10. Francesco Totti (Italy, AS Roma), 20 (11 / -)
  11. Frédéric Kanouté (Mali, Sevilla FC), 19 (9 / -)
  12. Ronaldinho (Brazil, FC Barcelona), 18 (9 / -)
  13. Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool FC), 17 (9 / -)
  14. Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina, Boca Juniors, Villarreal CF), 15 (6 / -)
  15. Daniel Alves (Brazil, Sevilla FC), 14 (7 / -)

Paolo Maldini was only on three ballots (eight points), but one of them was even in first place. Of the candidates playing in Germany, Franck Ribéry received ten, Diego, Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni zero points.

Candidates

The editorial team suggested the following 50 players, only four of whom are currently not playing for a club in Europe:

statistics

All information from France Football of December 4, 2007, pp. 4–52

Votes from the editors from German-speaking countries

  • Germany ( sports information service ): 1. Kaká, 2. Messi, 3. Ribéry, 4. C. Ronaldo, 5. Kanouté
  • Liechtenstein ( Liechtensteiner Vaterland ): 1. Kaká, 2. Alves, 3. Pirlo, 4. Ronaldinho, 5. Gerrard
  • Luxembourg ( La Voix du Luxembourg ): 1. Kaká, 2. C. Ronaldo, 3. Drogba, 4. Messi, 5. Gerrard
  • Austria ( ORF Sport ): 1. Kaká, 2. Messi, 3. C. Ronaldo, 4. Inzaghi, 5. Čech
  • Switzerland ( TSR ): 1. Kaká, 2. Drogba, 3. C. Ronaldo, 4. Pirlo, 5. Messi

Remarkable

  • The first three players in the overall standings - Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi - were also in the first three places on 36 of the 96 ballot papers, on 13 of them in exactly this order.
  • Six ballot papers (from Brazil, France, Lithuania, Paraguay, Portugal and Switzerland) even contained all five of the best in the overall ranking, but none of these jurors put these players in the correct order.
  • The Bosnian jury voted against the mainstream: behind Ibrahimović, Inzaghi, Rooney and Ribéry, they were the only ones in the top 5 to put Drogba in fifth place; only two of the five best overall were found on twelve other ballot papers.
  • Three of the four footballers not playing in Europe this year, unlike 15 other candidates, were each named on at least one ballot: Ceni from Argentina, El Salvador and Colombia, Mahmud from Egypt and Azerbaijan and Ochoa from Mexico received one point each. Only Beckham came away empty-handed.

Most successful nations

  1. Brazil: 503 points, distributed among 5 players (out of 6 candidates)
  2. Portugal: 277 points (for one player from 3 candidates)
  3. Argentina: 271 points (for 3 players from 3 candidates)
  4. Ivory Coast: 108 points (for one player from 2 candidates)
  5. Italy: 100 points (for 7 players out of 8 candidates)
  6. Netherlands: 47 points (for 3 players with 3 candidates)
  7. Sweden: 31 points (for the only candidate)
  8. Spain: 30 points (for 2 players out of 5 candidates)
  9. England: 21 points (for 2 players from 4 candidates)
  10. Mali: 19 points (for one player from 2 candidates)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Le classement du Ballon d'Or 2007 ( Memento from April 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ France Football, December 4, 2007, pp. 34-36
  3. ↑ Indonesia (for the Dutch East Indies, World Cup participants from 1938) is just as unrepresented in the jury as no longer existing states.
  4. ↑ France Football, October 23, 2007, pp. 12-19
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