2008 Ballon d'Or

Football award December 2021 2008 Ballon d'Or C Ronaldo.jpg 2008 Ballon d'Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo 2008 12 02 y Paris, France France France Football ballondor.com Won by POR Cristiano Ronaldo (1st award) 2007 Ballon d'Or 2009 The 2008 Ballon d'Or (2008 Golden Ball), given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists,http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2008/20081202_031616_le-classement-du-ballon-d-or-2008.html 2008 Leaderboard France Football 2 December 2008 17 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217003758/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2008/20081202_031616_le-classement-du-ballon-d-or-2008.html 17 December 2008 dead was awarded on 2 December 2008.https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy08.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2008 RSSSF José Luis Pierrend 16 January 2009 16 January 2009 12 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090312003451/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy08.html live Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, being his first of five. His win also began a 10-year dominance of the award between him and Lionel Messi — which eventually led to an intense rivalry between the two. Both players had won five Ballon d'Or awards before the dominance was ended in 2018 by Luka Modrić. Rankings RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Points1Cristiano RonaldoPortugalENG Manchester United4462Lionel MessiArgentinaESP Barcelona2813Fernando TorresSpainENG Liverpool1794Iker CasillasSpainESP Real Madrid1335XaviSpainESP Barcelona976Andrey ArshavinRussiaRUS Zenit Saint Petersburg647David VillaSpainESP Valencia558Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedenITA Inter Milan309KakáBrazilITA AC Milan2910Steven GerrardEnglandENG Liverpool2811Marcos SennaSpainESP Villarreal1612Emmanuel AdebayorTogoENG Arsenal1213Wayne RooneyEnglandENG Manchester United1114Sergio AgüeroArgentinaESP Atlético Madrid1015Frank LampardEnglandENG Chelsea816Franck RibéryFranceGER Bayern Munich717Samuel Eto'oCameroonESP Barcelona618Gianluigi BuffonItalyITA Juventus519Michael BallackGermanyENG Chelsea4Cesc FàbregasSpainENG Arsenal421Didier DrogbaIvory CoastENG Chelsea3Sergio RamosSpainESP Real Madrid3Nemanja VidićSerbia 2004ENG Manchester United324Edwin van der SarNetherlandsENG Manchester United2Ruud van NistelrooyNetherlandsESP Real Madrid226Karim BenzemaFranceFRA Lyon0PepePortugalESP Real Madrid0Luca ToniItalyGER Bayern Munich0Rafael van der VaartNetherlandsGER Hamburg ESP Real Madrid0Yuri ZhirkovRussiaRUS CSKA Moscow0 References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 2008 Category:2008 in Paris Category:2008–09 in European football Category:2008 sports awards