2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

April 2024 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or File:Lionel Messi - Reus.jpg 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, Lionel Messi 2011 01 10 y Zürich, Switzerland Switzerland FIFA ballondor.com Won by ARG Lionel Messi (2nd Ballon d'Or) 2009 (FIFA) / 2009 (France Football) FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011 The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010 FIFA Golden Ball), was the inaugural year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The gala is a continuation of the FIFA World Player Gala and a result of merging the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year award with the Ballon d'Or, previously created and presented by France Football to the top men's player in Europe. The awards ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 in Zürich, Switzerland. The three finalists for each category were announced on 6 December 2010.https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1346940/index.html Nominees announced for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2010 6 December 2010 FIFA.com 10 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110125124430/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid%3D1346940/index.html 25 January 2011 dead La Masia, the FC Barcelona academy, achieved a record breaking honor in becoming the first youth academy ever to have all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in one same year, with Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.totalbarca.com, It's an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or https://web.archive.org/web/20101210060409/http://www.totalbarca.com/2010/news/its-an-all-barca-affair-at-fifa-ballon-dor/ 10 December 2010 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/863859/?cc=5739 Messi named Player of the Year 10 January 2011 ESPN Soccernet 10 January 2011 14 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110114001400/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/863859/?cc=5739 dead Messi won the award, his second consecutive Ballon d'Or victory. Marta won the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award, her fifth in a row.https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/archive/edition=1999902010/news/newsid=1362416/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014930/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/archive/edition=1999902010/news/newsid=1362416/ dead 3 December 2013 Messi, Marta, Mourinho and Neid crowned as the best of 2010 10 January 2011 FIFA 10 January 2012 José Mourinho, Portuguese manager of Real Madrid and previously of Internazionale, was the first winner of the men's FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2010. The women's version of the award was won by Germany head coach Silvia Neid. Winners and nominees FIFA Ballon d'Or right vertical 165 Messi arms.jpg thumb Lionel Messi 165 Andrés Iniesta 2011.jpg thumb Andrés Iniesta 165 Xavi Hernández Spain 2009.jpg thumb Xavi RankPlayerNational teamClub(s)Percent 1st Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona 22.65% 2nd Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona 17.36% 3rd Xavi ESP ESP Barcelona 16.48% The following twenty players were also in contention for the award: RankPlayerNational teamClub(s)Percent4thWesley SneijderNEDITA Internazionale14.48%5thDiego ForlánUruguayESP Atlético Madrid7.61%6thCristiano RonaldoPortugalESP Real Madrid3.92%7thIker CasillasSpainESP Real Madrid2.90%8thDavid VillaSpainESP ValenciaESP Barcelona2.25%9thDidier DrogbaIvory CoastENG Chelsea1.68%10thXabi AlonsoSpainESP Real Madrid1.52%11thCarles PuyolSpainESP Barcelona1.43%12thSamuel Eto'oCameroonITA Internazionale1.37%13thMesut ÖzilGermanyESP Real Madrid1.21%14thArjen RobbenNetherlandsGER Bayern Munich1.16%15thThomas MüllerGermanyGER Bayern Munich0.91%16thBastian SchweinsteigerGermanyGER Bayern Munich0.75%17thMaiconBrazilITA Internazionale0.57%18thAsamoah GyanGhanaENG Sunderland0.46%19thJúlio CésarBrazilITA Internazionale0.22%20thCesc FàbregasSpainENG Arsenal0.22%21stMiroslav KloseGermanyGER Bayern Munich0.19%22ndPhilipp LahmGermanyGER Bayern Munich0.05%23rdDani AlvesBrazilESP Barcelona0.05% FIFA Women's World Player of the Year RankPlayerNational teamClub(s)Percent 1st Marta BRA USA FC Gold Pride 38.20% 2nd Birgit Prinz GER GER 1. FFC Frankfurt 15.18% 3rd Fatmire Bajramaj GER GER Turbine Potsdam 9.96% The following seven players were also in contention for the award:FIFA Women's World Player 2010 votes RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Percent 4th Kelly Smith ENG USA Boston Breakers 9.29% 5th Abby Wambach USA USA Washington Freedom 6.25% 6th Ji So-yun KOR KOR Hanyang Women's College 5.24% 7th Christine Sinclair CAN USA FC Gold Pride 4.42% 8th Hope Solo USA USA Saint Louis AthleticaUSA Atlanta Beat 3.85% 9th Caroline Seger SWE USA Philadelphia Independence 3.64% 10th Camille Abily FRA USA FC Gold PrideFRA Lyon 3.38% FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football RankCoachNationalityTeam(s)Percent 1st José Mourinho Portugal ITA InternazionaleESP Real Madrid 35.92% 2nd Vicente del Bosque Spain ESP 33.08% 3rd Pep Guardiola Spain ESP Barcelona 8.45% FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football RankCoachNationalityTeam(s)Percent 1st Silvia Neid Germany GER 24.06% 2nd Maren Meinert Germany 20 GER Germany U20 18.26% 3rd Pia Sundhage Sweden USA 11.68% FIFA Puskás Award RankPlayerNationalityClubPercent 1st Hamit Altıntop Turkey GER Bayern Munich 40.55% 2nd Linus Hallenius Sweden SWE Hammarby IF 13.23% 3rd Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands NED 10.61% FIFA/FIFPro World XI FIFA FIFPRO World 11 right Iker Casillas Maicon Puyol Lúcio Piqué Sneijder Iniesta Xavi Messi Villa Ronaldo Position Player National team Club(s) GK Iker Casillas ESP ESP Real Madrid DF Maicon BRA ITA Internazionale DF Carles Puyol ESP ESP Barcelona DF Gerard Piqué ESP ESP Barcelona DF Lúcio BRA ITA Internazionale MF Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona MF Xavi ESP ESP Barcelona MF Wesley Sneijder NED ITA Internazionale FW David Villa ESP ESP ValenciaESP Barcelona FW Cristiano Ronaldo POR ESP Real Madrid FW Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona FIFA Presidential Award RSA Desmond Tutu FIFA Fair Play Award 17 HAI Haiti women's national under-17 football team References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 2010 2010 Category:2010 in association football Category:2010–11 in Swiss football Category:2010 sports awards