European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3164 (28 November 2006).

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, 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. Fabio Cannavaro                   Italy              Juventus / Real Madrid    173    20 12  5  5  -    42
  2. Gianluigi Buffon                  Italy              Juventus                  124    14  6  8  2  2    32
  3. Thierry Henry                     France             Arsenal                   121     6 15  5  6  4    36
  4. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"     Brazil             FC Barcelona               73     2  5  6 10  5    28
  5. Zinedine Zidane                   France             Real Madrid / Retired      71     6  4  5  3  4    22
  6. Samuel Eto’o                      Cameroon           FC Barcelona               67     2  3  9  6  6    26
  7. Miroslav Klose                    Germany            Werder Bremen              29     -  1  4  4  5    14
  8. Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast        Chelsea                    25     -  1  3  5  2    11
  9. Andrea Pirlo                      Italy              Milan AC                   17     -  2  1  2  2     7
 10. Jens Lehmann                      Germany            Arsenal                    13     1  1  -  2  -     4
 11. Anderson Luis de Sousa "Deco"     Portugal           FC Barcelona               11     -  -  2  2  1     5
     Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká"     Brazil             Milan AC                   11     -  -  1  2  4     7
 13. Franck Ribéry                     France             Olympique Marseille         9     -  1  -  -  5     6
 14. Gennaro Gattuso                   Italy              Milan AC                    5     1  -  -  -  -     1
     Patrick Vieira                    France             Juventus / Internazionale   5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Cristiano Ronaldo                 Portugal           Manchester United           5     -  -  1  -  2     3
 17. Frank Lampard                     England            Chelsea                     3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Lukas Podolski                    Germany            1.FC Koln / Bayern Munich   3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Carles Puyol                      Spain              FC Barcelona                3     -  -  -  -  3     3
 20. Juninho Pernambucano              Brazil             Olympique Lyon              2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Lionel Messi                      Argentina          FC Barcelona                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Luca Toni                         Italy              Fiorentina                  2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     John Terry                        England            Chelsea                     2     -  -  -  -  2     2
     Gianluca Zambrotta                Italy              Juventus / FC Barcelona     2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 25. Philipp Lahm                      Germany            Bayern Munich               1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     David Villa                       Spain              Valencia CF                 1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Michael Ballack (Ger), Tim Cahill (Aus), Joe Cole (Eng), Grégory Coupet (Fra), Cris (Bra), Mahamadou Diarra (Mal),
Michael Essien (Gha), Francesc Fabregas (Spa), William Gallas (Fra), Steven Gerrard (Eng), Ludovic Giuly (Fra),
Fabio Grosso (Ita), Claude Makélélé (Fra), Florent Malouda (Fra), Edison Méndez (Ecu), Juan Riquelme (Arg),
Arjen Robben (Ned), Wayne Rooney (Eng), Willy Sagnol (Fra), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Ger), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukr),
Lilian Thuram (Fra), Tiago (Por), and Fernando Torres (Spa)

 

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