European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2007


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3217 (4 December 2007).

Rules were changed for this year: any worldwide player – coming from a pre-determined list of 50 players- was eligible; and the jury was increased to 96 voters (all 53 UEFA members plus another 43 voters coming from all other countries having at least qualified once to the World Cup).

Those 96 voters were:

a)    53 UEFA voters: 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, Montenegro, the Netherlands,
      Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
      Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia,
      Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
      Ukraine, and Wales.

b)    13 Africa  voters: Angola, Algeria, Cameroon, Congo D.R.,
      Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal,
      South Africa, Togo, and Tunisia

c)    10 CONCACAF voters: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador,
      Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,Mexico, United States, and
      Trinidad Tobago.

d)    9 Conmebol voters: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
      Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

e)    9 Asia voters: China, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kuwait,
      North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and United Arab
      Emirates

f)    2 Oceania voters: Australia, and New Zealand.

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club
   Nationality
   Total Number of Points
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

Pos  Player                            Country            Club                    Total    1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
===============================================================================================================
  1. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká"     Brazil             Milan AC                  444    78 10  3  1  3    95
  2. Cristiano Ronaldo                 Portugal           Manchester United         277     8 33 25 14  2    82
  3. Lionel Messi                      Argentina          FC Barcelona              255     6 33 22  9  9    79
  4. Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast        Chelsea                   106     1  4 16 14  9    44
  5. Andrea Pirlo                      Italy              Milan AC                   41     -  3  4  6  5    18
  6. Ruud Van Nistelrooy               Netherlands        Real Madrid                39     1  -  3  9  7    20
  7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic                Sweden             Internazionale Milan       31     1  3  2  3  2    11
  8. Francesc Fabregas                 Spain              Arsenal                    27     -  -  4  5  5    14
  9. Robson de Souza "Robinho"         Brazil             Real Madrid                24     -  1  3  4  3    11
 10. Francesco Totti                   Italy              AS Roma                    20     -  1  1  4  5    11
 11. Frédéric Kanouté                  Mali               FC Sevilla                 19     -  1  2  3  3     9
 12. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"     Brazil             FC Barcelona               18     -  1  1  4  3     9
 13. Steven Gerrard                    England            Liverpool                  17     -  1  1  3  4     9
 14. Juan Riquelme                     Argentina          Boca Juniors / Villarreal  15     -  1  3  -  2     6
 15. Daniel Alves                      Brazil             FC Sevilla                 14     -  1  1  2  3     7
 16. Filippo Inzaghi                   Italy              Milan AC                   12     -  1  1  2  1     5
 17. Franck Ribéry                     France             O.Marseille / B.Munich     10     -  -  1  3  1     5
 18. Paolo Maldini                     Italy              Milan AC                    8     1  -  -  1  1     3
 19. Gianluigi Buffon                  Italy              Juventus                    7     -  1  -  -  3     4
     Clarence Seedorf                  Netherlands        Milan AC                    7     -  -  1  2  -     3
     Thierry Henry                     France             Arsenal / FC Barcelona      7     -  -  1  1  2     4
     Petr Cech                         Czech Republic     Chelsea                     7     -  -  -  3  1     4
     Gennaro Gattuso                   Italy              Milan AC                    7     -  -  -  2  3     5
 24. Fabio Cannavaro                   Italy              Real Madrid                 5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Michael Essien                    Ghana              Chelsea                     5     -  -  -  1  3     4
 26. Wayne Rooney                      England            Manchester United           4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 27. Iker Casillas                     Spain              Real Madrid                 3     -  -  -  -  3     3
     Rógerio Ceni                      Brazil             Săo Paulo FC                3     -  -  -  -  3     3
 29. Younis Mahmoud                    Irak               Al-Gharafa                  2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 30. Dimitar Berbatov                  Bulgaria           Tottenham Hottspur          1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Samuel Eto’o                      Cameroon           FC Barcelona                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Ryan Giggs                        Wales              Manchester United           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Guillermo Ochoa                   Mexico             América México              1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Carlos Tévez                      Argentina          West Ham / Manchester Utd   1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Robin Van Persie                  Netherlands        Arsenal                     1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Note: France-Football reports Drogba with 108 points.
 
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Eric Abidal (Fra), David Beckham (Eng), Deco (Por), Mahamadou Diarra (Mal), Diego Ribas (Bra), Miroslav Klose (Ale),
Florent Malouda (Fra), Shunsuke Nakamura (Jap), Ricardo Quaresma (Por), Raúl González (Spa), Paul Scholes (Eng),
Luca Toni (Ita), Kolo Touré  (CM), Fernando Torres (Spa), and David Villa (Spa)

 
 

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