The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3217 (4 December 2007).
Rules were changed for this year: any worldwide player – coming from a pre-determined list of 50 players- was eligible; and the jury was increased to 96 voters (all 53 UEFA members plus another 43 voters coming from all other countries having at least qualified once to the World Cup).
Those 96 voters were:
a) 53 UEFA voters: 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, Montenegro, 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.
b) 13 Africa voters: Angola, Algeria, Cameroon, Congo D.R.,
Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal,
South Africa, Togo, and Tunisia
c) 10 CONCACAF voters: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,Mexico, United States, and
Trinidad Tobago.
d) 9 Conmebol voters: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
e) 9 Asia voters: China, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kuwait,
North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and United Arab
Emirates
f) 2 Oceania voters: Australia, and New Zealand.
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. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká" Brazil Milan AC 444 78 10 3 1 3 95
2. Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United 277 8 33 25 14 2 82
3. Lionel Messi Argentina FC Barcelona 255 6 33 22 9 9 79
4. Didier Drogba Ivory Coast Chelsea 106 1 4 16 14 9 44
5. Andrea Pirlo Italy Milan AC 41 - 3 4 6 5 18
6. Ruud Van Nistelrooy Netherlands Real Madrid 39 1 - 3 9 7 20
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden Internazionale Milan 31 1 3 2 3 2 11
8. Francesc Fabregas Spain Arsenal 27 - - 4 5 5 14
9. Robson de Souza "Robinho" Brazil Real Madrid 24 - 1 3 4 3 11
10. Francesco Totti Italy AS Roma 20 - 1 1 4 5 11
11. Frédéric Kanouté Mali FC Sevilla 19 - 1 2 3 3 9
12. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho" Brazil FC Barcelona 18 - 1 1 4 3 9
13. Steven Gerrard England Liverpool 17 - 1 1 3 4 9
14. Juan Riquelme Argentina Boca Juniors / Villarreal 15 - 1 3 - 2 6
15. Daniel Alves Brazil FC Sevilla 14 - 1 1 2 3 7
16. Filippo Inzaghi Italy Milan AC 12 - 1 1 2 1 5
17. Franck Ribéry France O.Marseille / B.Munich 10 - - 1 3 1 5
18. Paolo Maldini Italy Milan AC 8 1 - - 1 1 3
19. Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 7 - 1 - - 3 4
Clarence Seedorf Netherlands Milan AC 7 - - 1 2 - 3
Thierry Henry France Arsenal / FC Barcelona 7 - - 1 1 2 4
Petr Cech Czech Republic Chelsea 7 - - - 3 1 4
Gennaro Gattuso Italy Milan AC 7 - - - 2 3 5
24. Fabio Cannavaro Italy Real Madrid 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea 5 - - - 1 3 4
26. Wayne Rooney England Manchester United 4 - - 1 - 1 2
27. Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid 3 - - - - 3 3
Rógerio Ceni Brazil Săo Paulo FC 3 - - - - 3 3
29. Younis Mahmoud Irak Al-Gharafa 2 - - - 1 - 1
30. Dimitar Berbatov Bulgaria Tottenham Hottspur 1 - - - - 1 1
Samuel Eto’o Cameroon FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Ryan Giggs Wales Manchester United 1 - - - - 1 1
Guillermo Ochoa Mexico América México 1 - - - - 1 1
Carlos Tévez Argentina West Ham / Manchester Utd 1 - - - - 1 1
Robin Van Persie Netherlands Arsenal 1 - - - - 1 1
Note: France-Football reports Drogba with 108 points.
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Eric Abidal (Fra), David Beckham (Eng), Deco (Por), Mahamadou Diarra (Mal), Diego Ribas (Bra), Miroslav Klose (Ale),
Florent Malouda (Fra), Shunsuke Nakamura (Jap), Ricardo Quaresma (Por), Raúl González (Spa), Paul Scholes (Eng),
Luca Toni (Ita), Kolo Touré (CM), Fernando Torres (Spa), and David Villa (Spa)
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