2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the inaugural year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The gala is a continuation of the FIFA World Player Gala and a result of merging the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year award with the Ballon d'Or, previously created and presented by France Football to the top men's player in Europe. The awards ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 in Zürich, Switzerland. The three finalists for each category were announced on 6 December 2010.[1]

2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or logo

La Masia, the FC Barcelona academy, achieved a record breaking honor in becoming the first youth academy ever to have all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in one same year, with Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.[2][3] Messi won the award, his second consecutive Ballon d'Or victory.

Marta won the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award, her fifth in a row.[4]

José Mourinho, Portuguese manager of Real Madrid and previously of Internazionale, was the first winner of the men's FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2010. The women's version of the award was won by Germany head coach Silvia Neid.[4]

Winners and nominees

FIFA Ballon d'Or

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
1stLionel Messi Argentina Barcelona22.65%
2ndAndrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona17.36%
3rdXavi Spain Barcelona16.48%

The following 20 men were also in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010:

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
4th Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands Internazionale 14.48%
5th Diego Forlán  Uruguay Atlético Madrid 7.61%
6th Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Real Madrid 3.92%
7th Iker Casillas  Spain Real Madrid 2.90%
8th David Villa  Spain Valencia
Barcelona
2.25%
9th Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast Chelsea 1.68%
10th Xabi Alonso  Spain Real Madrid 1.52%
11th Carles Puyol  Spain Barcelona 1.43%
12th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Internazionale 1.37%
13th Mesut Özil  Germany Real Madrid 1.21%
14th Arjen Robben  Netherlands Bayern Munich 1.16%
15th Thomas Müller  Germany Bayern Munich 0.91%
16th Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany Bayern Munich 0.75%
17th Maicon  Brazil Internazionale 0.57%
18th Asamoah Gyan  Ghana Sunderland 0.46%
19th Júlio César  Brazil Internazionale 0.22%
20th Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Arsenal 0.22%
21st Miroslav Klose  Germany Bayern Munich 0.19%
22nd Philipp Lahm  Germany Bayern Munich 0.05%
23rd Dani Alves  Brazil Barcelona 0.05%

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
1stMarta Brazil FC Gold Pride38.20%
2ndBirgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt15.18%
3rdFatmire Bajramaj Germany Turbine Potsdam9.96%

The other seven nominees were:[5]

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
4thKelly Smith England Boston Breakers9.29%
5thAbby Wambach United States Washington Freedom6.25%
6thJi So-yun South Korea Hanyang Women's College5.24%
7thChristine Sinclair Canada FC Gold Pride4.42%
8thHope Solo United States Saint Louis Athletica
Atlanta Beat
3.85%
9thCaroline Seger Sweden Philadelphia Independence3.64%
10thCamille Abily France FC Gold Pride
Lyon
3.38%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent
1stJosé Mourinho Portugal Internazionale
Real Madrid
35.92%
2ndVicente del Bosque Spain Spain33.08%
3rdPep Guardiola Spain Barcelona8.45%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent
1stSilvia Neid Germany Germany
2ndMaren Meinert Germany Germany U-20
3rdPia Sundhage Sweden United States

FIFA Puskás Award

Rank Player Nationality Club Percent
1stHamit Altıntop Turkey Bayern Munich40.55%
2ndLinus Hallenius Sweden Hammarby IF13.23%
3rdGiovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands Netherlands10.61%

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

PositionPlayerNational TeamClub(s)
GKIker Casillas[3] Spain Real Madrid
DFMaicon Brazil Internazionale
DFCarles Puyol[3] Spain Barcelona
DFGerard Piqué Spain Barcelona
DFLúcio Brazil Internazionale
MFAndrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona
MFXavi Spain Barcelona
MFWesley Sneijder Netherlands Internazionale
FWDavid Villa Spain Valencia
Barcelona
FWCristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
FWLionel Messi Argentina Barcelona

FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

References

  1. "Nominees announced for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2010". FIFA.com. 2010-12-06. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  2. totalbarca.com, It’s an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Messi named Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  4. "Messi, Marta, Mourinho and Neid crowned as the best of 2010". FIFA. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. FIFA Women's World Player 2010 votes
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