Diminutive attacker takes award by a country mile.

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Joie Leo MESSI

Final Ballon d’Or standings:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) 473 points
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Man United & Real Madrid) 233
3. Xavi (Spain, Barcelona) 170
4. Andres Iniesta (Spain, Barcelona) 149
5. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon, Barcelona & Inter Milan) 75
6. Kaka (Brazil, AC Milan & Real Madrid) 58
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan & Barcelona) 50
8. Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United) 35
9. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea) 33
10. Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool) 32
11. Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool) 22
12. Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal) 13
13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, VfL Wolfsburg) 12
14. Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United) 11
15. Thierry Henry (France, Barcelona) 9
16 Luis Fabiano (Brazil, Sevilla) 8
16 Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United) 8
16 Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid) 8
19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid) 7
20 Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux) 6
21 Andrei Arshavin (Russia, Arsenal) 5
21 Julio Cesar (Brazil, Inter Milan) 5
21 Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea) 5
24 Maicon (Brazil, Inter) 4
25 Diego (Brazil, Werder Bremen & Juventus) 3
26 David Villa (Spain, Valencia) 2
26 John Terry (England, Chelsea) 2
28 Franck Ribery (France, Bayern Munich) 1
28 Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast, Barcelona) 1
30 Karim Benzema (France, Lyon & Real Madrid) 0 (BBC Sport)

Well it was to be expected really, after finishing third and second respectively in the previous two years, Leo Messi deservedly was named the European Footballer of the Year for 2009. Having been instrumental in Barcelona’s incredibly treble success of last season, during which he netted an incredible 38 times, it was always going to be the Argentine’s year.

Pepe Guardiola will be pleased to see such a strong Barca presence in the overall standings which are calculated after votes are cast by a myriad of world renowned journalists. Six players from the Nou Camp made the overall list and there was a decent smattering of Premier League representatives as well with 11 players having played some part in the English top tier in the calendar year.

Perhaps the one player most harshly treated by the voters is Karim Benzema was the only player in the 30 man shortlist to get no points.


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