2001 Ballon d'Or

The 2001 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michael Owen on 18 December 2001.[1]

2001 Ballon d'Or winner Michael Owen

Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979). He was also the first Liverpool player to win the trophy.[2]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Michael Owen Liverpool England176
2Raúl Real Madrid Spain140
3Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich Germany114
4David Beckham Manchester United England102
5Francesco Totti Roma Italy57
6Luís Figo Real Madrid Portugal56
7Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil20
8Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukraine18
9Thierry Henry Arsenal France14
Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid France14
11Bixente Lizarazu Bayern Munich France10
12David Trezeguet Juventus France7
13Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich Germany6
14Henrik Larsson Celtic Sweden4
Alessandro Nesta Lazio Italy4
16Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio
Manchester United
 Argentina3
Hernán Crespo Lazio Argentina3
18Giovane Élber Bayern Munich Brazil2
Gaizka Mendieta Valencia
Lazio
 Spain2
Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil2
Damiano Tommasi Roma Italy2
Sami Hyypiä Liverpool Finland2
Emmanuel Olisadebe Panathinaikos Poland2
Ebbe Sand Schalke 04 Denmark2
25Roberto Baggio Brescia Italy1
Steven Gerrard Liverpool England1
Rui Costa Milan Portugal1
28Sonny Anderson Lyon Brazil0
Fabien Barthez Manchester United France0
Gabriel Batistuta Roma Argentina0
Gianluigi Buffon Parma
Juventus
 Italy0
Cafu Roma Brazil0
Vincent Candela Roma France0
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus Italy0
Marcel Desailly Chelsea France0
Rio Ferdinand Leeds United England0
Ryan Giggs Manchester United Wales0
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea Netherlands0
Iván Helguera Real Madrid Spain0
Harry Kewell Leeds United Australia0
Patrick Kluivert Barcelona Netherlands0
Samuel Kuffour Bayern Munich Ghana0
Hidetoshi Nakata Roma
Parma
 Japan0
Pavel Nedvěd Lazio
Juventus
 Czech Republic0
Pauleta Bordeaux Portugal0
Robert Pires Arsenal France0
Paul Scholes Manchester United England0
Lilian Thuram Parma
Juventus
 France0
Patrick Vieira Arsenal France0

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2001". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
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