The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3112 (29 November 2005).
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-Montenegro, 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. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho" Brazil FC Barcelona 225 33 11 4 2 - 50
2. Frank Lampard England Chelsea 148 6 13 15 10 1 45
3. Steven Gerrard England Liverpool 142 8 18 7 3 3 39
4. Thierry Henry France Arsenal 41 2 1 6 3 3 15
5. Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Milan AC 33 - 3 3 4 4 14
6. Paolo Maldini Italy Milan AC 23 1 1 2 1 6 11
7. Adriano Ribeiro Leite Brazil Internazionale 22 - - 4 2 6 12
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden Juventus 21 - 1 2 4 3 10
9. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká" Brazil Milan AC 19 - 2 1 4 - 7
10. Samuel Eto’o Cameroon FC Barcelona 18 - 1 2 3 2 8
John Terry England Chelsea 18 - 1 - 3 8 12
12. Juninho Pernambucano Brazil Olympique Lyon 15 - - 1 3 6 10
13. Claude Makélélé France Chelsea 8 1 - 1 - - 2
14. Juan Riquelme Argentina Villarreal 7 - - 1 2 - 3
Petr Cech Czech Republic Chelsea 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Didier Drogba Ivory Coast Chelsea 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Michael Ballack Germany Bayern Munich 7 - - - 3 1 4
18. Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid 5 1 - - - - 1
19. Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 4 - - - 1 2 3
20. Jamie Carragher England Liverpool 3 - - 1 - - 1
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United 3 - - - 1 1 2
22. Michael Essien Ghana Olympique Lyon / Chelsea 2 - - - 1 - 1
23. Luis García Spain Liverpool 1 - - - - 1 1
Pavel Nedved Czech Republic Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
David Beckham (Eng), Mauro Camoranesi (Ita), Fabio Cannavaro (Ita), Grégory Coupet (Fra), Cris (Bra), Deco (Por),
Dida (Bra), Emerson (Bra), Luis Figo (Por), Diego Forlán (Uru), Roy Makkay (Ned), Michael Owen (Eng), Park Ji-Sung (Kor),
Andrea Pirlo (Ita), Raúl (Spa), Arjen Robben (Ned), Roberto Carlos (Bra), Robinho (Bra), Ronaldo (Bra), Wayne Rooney (Eng),
Lilain Thuram (Fra), David Trezeguet (Fra), Marc Van Bommel (Ned), Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Ned), Patrick Vieira (Fra) and
Xavi (Spa)
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Last updated: 29 Jan 2006
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