2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or

April 2024 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or Lionel Messi Player of the Year 2011.jpg 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, Lionel Messi 2012 01 09 y Zürich, Switzerland Switzerland FIFA ballondor.com Won by Argentina Lionel Messi (3rd Ballon d'Or) 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 The 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or (2011 FIFA Golden Ball), was the second year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 9 January 2012, with Lionel Messi claiming the title of world player of the year for the third time in a row.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1006543/2011-fifa-ballon-d%27or%3A-lionel-messi-crowned-world%27s-best?cc=5739 Messi crowned world's best 9 January 2012 ESPN 9 January 2012 12 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112032112/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1006543/2011-fifa-ballon-d%27or%3A-lionel-messi-crowned-world%27s-best?cc=5739 deadhttps://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1565969/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120112062307/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1565969/ dead 12 January 2012 Messi, Sawa, Guardiola and Sasaki triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 9 January 2012 FIFA.com 9 January 2012 The gala ceremony was hosted by former Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit and broadcast journalist Kay Murray of Real Madrid TV and Fox Soccer Channel, with singer-songwriter James Blunt and his band providing musical entertainment.May 2020 Winners and nominees FIFA Ballon d'Or The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or were: right vertical 165 Lionel Messi Player of the Year 3, 2011.jpg thumb Lionel Messi 165 Cristiano Ajax.jpg thumb Cristiano Ronaldo 165 Xavi Hernández - 002.jpg thumb Xavi Rank Player National team Club(s) Percent 1st Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona 47.88% 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo POR ESP Real Madrid 21.60% 3rd Xavi ESP ESP Barcelona 9.23% The following twenty players were also in contention for the award: Rank Playerhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/01/56/60/64/voting_results_ok.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120110154937/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/classic/awards/01/56/60/64/voting_results_ok.pdf dead 10 January 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 - voting results FIFA.com 10 January 2012 National team Club(s) Percent 4th Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona 6.01% 5th Wayne Rooney ENG ENG Manchester United 2.31% 6th Luis Suárez URU NED AjaxENG Liverpool 1.48% 7th Diego Forlán URU ESP Atlético MadridITA Internazionale 1.43% 8th Samuel Eto'o CMR ITA Internazionale RUS Anzhi Makhachkala 1.34% 9th Iker Casillas ESP ESP Real Madrid 1.29% 10th Neymar BRA BRA Santos 1.12% 11th Mesut Özil GER ESP Real Madrid 0.76% 12th Wesley Sneijder NED ITA Internazionale 0.72% 13th Thomas Müller GER GER Bayern Munich 0.64% 14th David Villa ESP ESP Barcelona 0.53% 15th Bastian Schweinsteiger GER GER Bayern Munich 0.50% 16th Xabi Alonso ESP ESP Real Madrid 0.48% 17th Sergio Agüero ARG ESP Atlético MadridENG Manchester City 0.48% 18th Eric Abidal FRA ESP Barcelona 0.36% 19th Dani Alves BRA ESP Barcelona 0.34% 20th Karim Benzema FRA ESP Real Madrid 0.34% 21st Cesc Fàbregas ESP ENG ArsenalESP Barcelona 0.29% 22nd Nani POR ENG Manchester United 0.26% 23rd Gerard Piqué ESP ESP Barcelona 0.22% FIFA Women's World Player of the Year The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were: Rank Player National team Club(s) Percent 1st Homare Sawa JPN JPN INAC Kobe Leonessa 28.51% 2nd Marta BRA USA Western New York Flash 17.28% 3rd Abby Wambach USA USA magicJack 13.26% The following seven players also in contention for the award: Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent 4th Aya Miyama JPN JPN Okayama Yunogo Belle 12.18% 5th Hope Solo USA USA magicJack 7.83% 6th Lotta Schelin SWE FRA Lyon 4.85% 7th Kerstin Garefrekes GER GER 1. FFC Frankfurt 4.73% 8th Alex Morgan USA USA Western New York Flash 4.34% 9th Louisa Nécib FRA FRA Lyon 3.21% 10th Sonia Bompastor FRA FRA Lyon 2.99% FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent 1st Pep Guardiola Spain ESP Barcelona 41.90% 2nd Sir Alex Ferguson Scotland ENG Manchester United 15.59% 3rd José Mourinho Portugal ESP Real Madrid 12.43% Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Votes 4th Vicente del Bosque Spain ESP 9.12% 5th Óscar Tabárez Uruguay URU 7.47% 6th Joachim Löw Germany GER 4.40% 7th André Villas-Boas Portugal POR PortoENG Chelsea 4.16% 8th Arsène Wenger France ENG Arsenal 1.91% 9th Jürgen Klopp Germany GER Borussia Dortmund 1.54% 10th Rudi Garcia France France Lille 0.89% FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent 1st Norio Sasaki Japan JPN 45.57% 2nd Pia Sundhage Sweden USA 15.83% 3rd Bruno Bini France FRA 10.28% FIFA/FIFPro World XI right Casillas Dani Alves Ramos Vidić Piqué Xavi Alonso Iniesta Messi Rooney Ronaldo Position Player National team Club(s) GK Iker Casillas ESP ESP Real Madrid DF Dani Alves BRA ESP Barcelona DF Gerard Piqué ESP ESP Barcelona DF Sergio Ramos ESP ESP Real Madrid DF Nemanja Vidić SRB ENG Manchester United MF Xabi Alonso ESP ESP Real Madrid MF Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona MF Xavi ESP ESP Barcelona FW Cristiano Ronaldo POR ESP Real Madrid FW Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona FW Wayne Rooney ENG ENG Manchester United FIFA Puskás Award Rank Player Nationality Team Percent 1st Neymar BRA BRA Santos 2nd Wayne Rooney ENG ENG Manchester United 3rd Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona FIFA Presidential Award SCO Sir Alex Ferguson FIFA Fair Play Award JPN Japan Football Association Controversy The day after the awards ceremony, Spanish newspaper Marca reported that none of the four captains of the Spanish women's national team had voted for the Women's World Player of the Year award.The Ballon d'Or's ghost vote. https://web.archive.org/web/20230514134902/https://www.marca.com/2012/01/10/futbol/mas_futbol/1326216310.html#comentarios 14 May 2023 Marca According to the list of votes published by FIFA, captain Sandra Vilanova had awarded five points to Hope Solo, three to Louisa Nécib and one to Marta.List of votes in FIFA's website References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or at "FIFA.com" 2011 2011 Category:2011 in association football Basel Category:2011 sports awards