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2006 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France

Annual association football award event in France

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caption2006 Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro in 2017
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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. On 16 October 2006, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football. 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).

Fabio Cannavaro is the most recent defender to have won the award as well as the last Italian player to have won it as of 2025.

Rankings

Source:

Voted players

RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)TotalVotes by placeVotes1st2nd3rd4th5th
1stFabio CannavaroItalyJuventus
Real Madrid173201255042
2ndGianluigi BuffonItalyJuventus12414682232
3rdThierry HenryFranceArsenal12161556436
4thRonaldinhoBrazilBarcelona7325610528
5thZinedine ZidaneFranceReal Madrid716453422
6thSamuel Eto'oCameroonBarcelona672396626
7thMiroslav KloseGermanyWerder Bremen29-144514
8thDidier DrogbaIvory CoastChelsea25-135211
9thAndrea PirloItalyMilan17-21227
10thJens LehmannGermanyArsenal1311-2-4
11thDecoPortugalBarcelona11--2215
KakáBrazilMilan11--1247
13thFranck RibéryFranceMarseille9-1--56
14thGennaro GattusoItalyMilan51----1
Patrick VieiraFranceJuventus
Internazionale5-1--19
Cristiano RonaldoPortugalManchester United5--1-23
17thFrank LampardEnglandChelsea3--1--1
Lukas PodolskiGermany1. FC Köln
Bayern Munich3--1--1
Carles PuyolSpainBarcelona3----33
20thJuninhoBrazilLyon2---1-1
Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2---1-1
Luca ToniItalyFiorentina2---1-1
John TerryEnglandChelsea2----22
Gianluca ZambrottaItalyJuventus
Barcelona2----22
25thPhilipp LahmGermanyBayern Munich1----11
David VillaSpainValencia1----11

Non-voted players

The following 24 players were originally in contention for the 2006 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

PlayerNationalityClub(s)
Michael BallackGermanyBayern Munich
Chelsea
Tim CahillAustraliaEverton
Joe ColeEnglandChelsea
Grégory CoupetFranceLyon
CrisBrazilLyon
Mahamadou DiarraMaliReal Madrid
Michael EssienGhanaChelsea
Cesc FàbregasSpainArsenal
William GallasFranceChelsea
Arsenal
Steven GerrardEnglandLiverpool
Ludovic GiulyFranceBarcelona
Fabio GrossoItalyPalermo
Internazionale
Claude MakéléléFranceChelsea
Florent MaloudaFranceLyon
Édison MéndezEcuadorLDU Quito
PSV Eindhoven
Juan Román RiquelmeArgentinaVillarreal
Arjen RobbenNetherlandsChelsea
Wayne RooneyEnglandManchester United
Willy SagnolFranceBayern Munich
Bastian SchweinsteigerGermanyBayern Munich
Andriy ShevchenkoUkraineMilan
Chelsea
Lilian ThuramFranceJuventus
Barcelona
TiagoPortugalLyon
Fernando TorresSpainAtlético Madrid

References

References

  1. BBC Sport staff. (27 November 2006). "Cannavaro wins Euro player award". [[BBC Sport]].
  2. Record staff. (16 October 2006). "Ronaldo, Deco e Tiago na corrida pela «Bola de Ouro»". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  3. Pierrend, José. (3 January 2007). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006". [[RSSSF]].
  4. "France Football".
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