2006 Ballon d'Or

The 2006 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 the Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro on 27 November 2006.[1] On 16 October 2006, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.[2] 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, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]

Fabio Cannavaro is the last defender to have won the award.

2006 Ballon d'Or Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Total Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Fabio Cannavaro  Italy Juventus 173 20 12 5 5 0 42
2nd Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Juventus 124 14 6 8 2 2 32
3rd Thierry Henry  France Arsenal 121 6 15 5 6 4 36
4th Ronaldinho  Brazil Barcelona 73 2 5 6 10 5 28
5th Zinedine Zidane  France Real Madrid 71 6 4 5 3 4 22
6th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Barcelona 67 2 3 9 6 6 26
7th Miroslav Klose  Germany Werder Bremen 29 - 1 4 4 5 14
8th Didier Drogba  Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea 25 - 1 3 5 2 11
9th Andrea Pirlo  Italy Milan 17 - 2 1 2 2 7
10th Jens Lehmann  Germany Arsenal 13 1 1 - 2 - 4
11th Deco  Portugal Barcelona 11 - - 2 2 1 5
Kaká  Brazil Milan 11 - - 1 2 4 7
13th Franck Ribéry  France Marseille 9 - 1 - - 5 6
14th Gennaro Gattuso  Italy Milan 5 1 - - - - 1
Patrick Vieira  France Juventus
Internazionale
5 - 1 - - 1 2
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Manchester United 5 - - 1 - 2 3
17th Frank Lampard  England Chelsea 3 - - 1 - - 1
Lukas Podolski  Germany 1. FC Köln
Bayern Munich
3 - - 1 - - 1
Carles Puyol  Spain Barcelona 3 - - - - 3 3
20th Juninho  Brazil Lyon 2 - - - 1 - 1
Lionel Messi  Argentina Barcelona 2 - - - 1 - 1
Luca Toni  Italy Fiorentina 2 - - - 1 - 1
John Terry  England Chelsea 2 - - - - 2 2
Gianluca Zambrotta  Italy Juventus
Barcelona
2 - - - - 2 2
25th Philipp Lahm  Germany Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
David Villa  Spain Valencia 1 - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

The following 24 men were originally in contention for the 2006 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

Player Nationality Club(s)
Michael Ballack  Germany Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Tim Cahill  Australia Everton
Joe Cole  England Chelsea
Grégory Coupet  France Lyon
Cris  Brazil Lyon
Mahamadou Diarra  Mali Real Madrid
Michael Essien  Ghana Chelsea
Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Arsenal
William Gallas  France Chelsea
Arsenal
Steven Gerrard  England Liverpool
Ludovic Giuly  France Barcelona
Fabio Grosso  Italy Palermo
Internazionale
Claude Makélélé  France Chelsea
Florent Malouda  France Lyon
Édison Méndez  Ecuador LDU Quito
PSV Eindhoven
Juan Román Riquelme  Argentina Villarreal
Arjen Robben  Netherlands Chelsea
Wayne Rooney  England Manchester United
Willy Sagnol  France Bayern Munich
Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany Bayern Munich
Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine Milan
Chelsea
Lilian Thuram  France Juventus
Barcelona
Tiago  Portugal Lyon
Fernando Torres  Spain Atlético Madrid

References

  1. BBC Sport staff (27 November 2006). "Cannavaro wins Euro player award". BBC Sport.
  2. Record staff (16 October 2006). "Ronaldo, Deco e Tiago na corrida pela «Bola de Ouro»" [Ronaldo, Deco and Tiago running for «Ballon D'or»]. Record (in Portuguese).
  3. Pierrend, José (3 January 2007). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006". RSSSF.
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