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2007 Ballon d'Or

Football award

Football award

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name2007 Ballon d'Or
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imageKaka06052007.jpg
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caption2007 Ballon d'Or winner Kaká
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locationParis, France
countryFrance
presenterFrance Football
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award1_typeWon by
award1_winnerBRA Kaká (1st award)
previous2006
mainBallon d'Or
next2008

The 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kaká. This was the first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation were eligible for nomination; this change also led to an increase in the voting pool to include journalists from outside UEFA countries.

Kaká was the fourth Brazilian national to win the award after Ronaldo (1997, 2002), Rivaldo (1999), and Ronaldinho (2005). He was the sixth Milan player to win the trophy after Gianni Rivera (1969), Ruud Gullit (1987), Marco van Basten (1988, 1989, 1992), George Weah (1995), and Andriy Shevchenko (2004).

The ceremony is notable as Kaká was the last player to win the Ballon d'Or before the Messi–Ronaldo dominance of the award. In 2018, Croatian Luka Modrić ended the 10-year dominance following his win that year.

Rankings

RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Points
1KakáBrazilMilan445
2Cristiano RonaldoPortugalManchester United277
3Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona255
4Didier DrogbaIvory CoastChelsea108
5Andrea PirloItalyMilan41
6Ruud van NistelrooyNetherlandsReal Madrid39
7Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedenInternazionale31
8Cesc FàbregasSpainArsenal27
9RobinhoBrazilReal Madrid24
10Francesco TottiItalyRoma20
11Frédéric KanoutéMaliSevilla19
12RonaldinhoBrazilBarcelona18
13Steven GerrardEnglandLiverpool17
14Juan Román RiquelmeArgentinaVillarreal
Boca Juniors15
15Dani AlvesBrazilSevilla14
16Filippo InzaghiItalyMilan12
17Franck RibéryFranceMarseille
Bayern Munich10
18Paolo MaldiniItalyMilan8
19Gianluigi BuffonItalyJuventus7
Petr ČechCzech RepublicChelsea7
Gennaro GattusoItalyMilan7
Thierry HenryFranceArsenal
Barcelona7
Clarence SeedorfNetherlandsMilan7
24Fabio CannavaroItalyReal Madrid5
Michael EssienGhanaChelsea5
26Wayne RooneyEnglandManchester United4
27Iker CasillasSpainReal Madrid3
Rogério CeniBrazilSão Paulo3
29Younis MahmoudIraqAl-Gharafa2
30Guillermo OchoaMexicoAmérica1
Dimitar BerbatovBulgariaTottenham Hotspur1
Samuel Eto'oCameroonBarcelona1
Ryan GiggsWalesManchester United1
Carlos TevezArgentinaWest Ham United
Manchester United1
Robin van PersieNetherlandsArsenal1
36Eric AbidalFranceLyon
Barcelona0
David BeckhamEnglandReal Madrid
LA Galaxy0
DecoPortugalBarcelona0
Mahamadou DiarraMaliReal Madrid0
DiegoBrazilWerder Bremen0
Miroslav KloseGermanyWerder Bremen
Bayern Munich0
Florent MaloudaFranceLyon
Chelsea0
Shunsuke NakamuraJapanCeltic0
Ricardo QuaresmaPortugalPorto0
RaúlSpainReal Madrid0
Paul ScholesEnglandManchester United0
Luca ToniItalyBayern Munich0
Kolo TouréIvory CoastArsenal0
Fernando TorresSpainAtlético Madrid
Liverpool0
David VillaSpainValencia0

References

References

  1. (9 October 2008). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2007". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. (2 December 2007). "Kakà, King of the World". [[France Football]].
  3. (1 December 2008). "Kaka wins 2007 award". [[BBC Sport]].
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