2002 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 2002 Ballon d'Or Ronaldo 2002 cropped.jpg 2002 Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo 12 December 2002 France Football ballondor.com Won by BRA Ronaldo (2nd award) 2001 Ballon d'Or 2003 The 2002 Ballon d'Or (2002 Golden Ball), given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Ronaldo on 12 December 2002. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy02.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2002 José Luis Pierrend RSSSF 26 March 2005 29 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090116140910/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy02.html 16 January 2009 live This was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, his first award was in 1997. Ronaldo was the first Brazilian national to win the award, when he won his first Ballon in 1997, since then Rivaldo had also won the award in 1999. He was also the fourth Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959), Raymond Kopa (1958), and Luís Figo (2000). https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") RSSSF 16 January 2009 29 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080615/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html 16 January 2009 live Rankings On 18 November 2002, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.2002-11-18 Rosický je v nominaci na Zlatý míč https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/zahranici/rosicky-je-v-nominaci-na-zlaty-mic.A021118_211536_fot_zahranici_hdv 2025-12-19 iDNES.czUEFA.com The official website for European football https://www.uefa.com/errors/ 2025-12-19 UEFA.com en The voting results went as follows:France Football http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_2002.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051127015339/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_2002.html 2005-11-27 2025-12-19 www.francefootball.fr RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Points1RonaldoFrance Football reports Ronaldo with 171 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).BrazilITA InternazionaleESP Real Madrid1692Roberto CarlosBrazilESP Real Madrid1453Oliver KahnFrance Football reports Kahn with 114 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).GermanyGER Bayern Munich1104Zinedine ZidaneFrance 1974ESP Real Madrid785Michael BallackFrance Football reports Ballack with 67 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).GermanyGER Bayer LeverkusenGER Bayern Munich716Thierry HenryFrance 1974ENG Arsenal547RaúlSpainESP Real Madrid388RivaldoFrance Football reports Rivaldo with 29 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).BrazilESP BarcelonaITA Milan319Yıldıray BaştürkTurkeyGER Bayer Leverkusen1310Alessandro Del PieroItalyITA Juventus1211Hasan ŞaşTurkeyTUR Galatasaray1012RonaldinhoBrazilFRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain813Michael OwenEnglandENG Liverpool5Ruud van NistelrooyNetherlandsENG Manchester United515Bernd SchneiderGermanyGER Bayer Leverkusen4Juan Carlos ValerónSpainESP Deportivo La Coruña4CafuBrazilITA Roma4Patrick VieiraFrance 1974ENG Arsenal419LúcioBrazilGER Bayer Leverkusen3Luís FigoPortugalESP Real Madrid321Papa Bouba DiopSenegalFRA 1974 Lens2El Hadji DioufSenegalFRA 1974 LensENG Liverpool2Rio FerdinandEnglandENG Leeds UnitedENG Manchester United224Rubén BarajaSpainESP Valencia1Filippo InzaghiItalyITA Milan1Roy MakaayNetherlandsESP Deportivo La Coruña1 Additionally, 24 players were nominated but received no votes: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Sonny Anderson (Lyon), David Beckham (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Djibril Cissé (Auxerre), Edmílson (Lyon), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Fulham), Miroslav Klose (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Pauleta (Bordeaux), Tomáš Rosický (Borussia Dortmund), Javier Saviola (Barcelona), Seol Ki-hyeon (Anderlecht), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord, Milan), Francesco Totti (Roma), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Christian Vieri (Internazionale), Marc Wilmots (Bordeaux) and Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal). Notes "notes" References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 2002 Category:2002–03 in European football Category:2002 sports awards