The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3221 (1 December 2009).
Any worldwide player coming from a pre-determined list of 30 players was eligible. The jury remained at 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. Lionel Messi Argentina FC Barcelona 473 90 5 1 - - 96
2. Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester Utd / Real Madrid 233 - 32 25 11 8 76
3. Xavier Hernández "Xavi" Spain FC Barcelona 170 - 23 12 18 6 59
4. Andrés Iniesta Spain FC Barcelona 149 2 9 20 17 9 57
5. Samuel Eto’o Cameroon FC Barcelona / Inter Milan 75 2 9 7 3 2 23
6. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká" Brazil Milan AC / Real Madrid 58 1 4 7 4 8 24
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden Inter Milan / FC Barcelona 50 - 5 1 9 9 24
8. Wayne Rooney England Manchester United 35 - - 7 5 4 16
9. Didier Drogba Ivory Coast Chelsea 33 - - 4 9 3 16
10. Steven Gerrard England Liverpool 32 1 2 1 4 8 16
11. Fernando Torres Spain Liverpool 22 - 1 2 3 6 12
12. Francesc Fabregas Spain Arsenal 13 - 2 - 2 1 5
13. Edin Dzeko Bosnia Wolfsburg 12 - - - 2 8 10
14. Ryan Giggs Wales Manchester United 11 - 1 1 1 2 5
15. Thierry Henry France FC Barcelona 9 - - 2 1 1 4
16. Luís Fabiano Clemente Brazil Sevilla 8 - 1 1 - 1 3
Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid 8 - 1 - - 4 5
Nemanja Vidic Serbia Manchester United 8 - - 1 1 3 5
19. Diego Forlán Uruguay Atlético Madrid 7 - 1 - 1 1 3
20. Yoann Gourcuff France Bordeaux 6 - - 2 - - 2
21. Andrei Arshavin Russia Arsenal 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Frank Lampard England Chelsea 5 - - - 2 1 3
Júlio César Soares Espíndola Brazil Internazionale Milan 5 - - - 1 3 4
24. Douglas Sissenando "Maicon" Brazil Internazionale Milan 4 - - - 1 2 3
25. Diego Ribas da Cunha Brazil Werder Bremen / Juventus 3 - - 1 - - 1
26. John Terry England Chelsea 2 - - - - 2 2
David Villa Spain Valencia 2 - - - - 2 2
28. Franck Ribéry France Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
Yaya Touré Ivory Coast FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Eligible players who did not receive any votes:
Karim Benzema (Fra).
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Author: José Luis Pierrend
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Last updated: 27 Aug 2010
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