European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2005


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3112 (29 November 2005).

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, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.

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
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  1. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"     Brazil             FC Barcelona            225    33 11  4  2  -    50
  2. Frank Lampard                     England            Chelsea                 148     6 13 15 10  1    45
  3. Steven Gerrard                    England            Liverpool               142     8 18  7  3  3    39
  4. Thierry Henry                     France             Arsenal                  41     2  1  6  3  3    15
  5. Andriy Shevchenko                 Ukraine            Milan AC                 33     -  3  3  4  4    14
  6. Paolo Maldini                     Italy              Milan AC                 23     1  1  2  1  6    11
  7. Adriano Ribeiro Leite             Brazil             Internazionale           22     -  -  4  2  6    12
  8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic                Sweden             Juventus                 21     -  1  2  4  3    10
  9. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká"     Brazil             Milan AC                 19     -  2  1  4  -     7
 10. Samuel Eto’o                      Cameroon           FC Barcelona             18     -  1  2  3  2     8
     John Terry                        England            Chelsea                  18     -  1  -  3  8    12
 12. Juninho Pernambucano              Brazil             Olympique Lyon           15     -  -  1  3  6    10
 13. Claude Makélélé                   France             Chelsea                   8     1  -  1  -  -     2
 14. Juan Riquelme                     Argentina          Villarreal                7     -  -  1  2  -     3
     Petr Cech                         Czech Republic     Chelsea                   7     -  -  1  1  2     4
     Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast        Chelsea                   7     -  -  1  1  2     4
     Michael Ballack                   Germany            Bayern Munich             7     -  -  -  3  1     4
 18. Zinedine Zidane                   France             Real Madrid               5     1  -  -  -  -     1
 19. Gianluigi Buffon                  Italy              Juventus                  4     -  -  -  1  2     3
 20. Jamie Carragher                   England            Liverpool                 3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Cristiano Ronaldo                 Portugal           Manchester United         3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 22. Michael Essien                    Ghana              Olympique Lyon / Chelsea  2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 23. Luis García                       Spain              Liverpool                 1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Pavel Nedved                      Czech Republic     Juventus                  1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
David Beckham (Eng), Mauro Camoranesi (Ita), Fabio Cannavaro (Ita), Grégory Coupet (Fra), Cris (Bra), Deco (Por),
Dida (Bra), Emerson (Bra), Luis Figo (Por), Diego Forlán (Uru), Roy Makkay (Ned), Michael Owen (Eng), Park Ji-Sung (Kor),
Andrea Pirlo (Ita), Raúl (Spa), Arjen Robben (Ned), Roberto Carlos (Bra), Robinho (Bra), Ronaldo (Bra), Wayne Rooney (Eng),
Lilain Thuram (Fra), David Trezeguet (Fra), Marc Van Bommel (Ned), Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Ned), Patrick Vieira (Fra) and
Xavi (Spa)

 

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