2006 Ballon d'Or
2006 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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2006 Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro in 2017 | ||||
Date | 27 November 2006 (2006-11-27) | |||
Location | Paris, France | |||
Country | France | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
Highlights | ||||
Won by | Fabio Cannavaro (1st award) | |||
Website | www | |||
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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 and 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. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]
Fabio Cannavaro is the most recent defender to have won the award as of 2023.
Rankings
Voted players
Rank | Player | Nationality | Club(s) | Total | Votes by place | Votes | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||||
1st | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Juventus Real Madrid | 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 | Ivory Coast | 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 | 9 | |
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 | FC 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 players were originally in contention for the 2006 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:
References
- ^ BBC Sport staff (27 November 2006). "Cannavaro wins Euro player award". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Pierrend, José (3 January 2007). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
External links
- France Football Official website
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2006 voting results
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