2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 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.[1]

2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or logo
Date10 January 2011 (2011-01-10)
LocationZürich, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
Presented byFIFA
Highlights
Won byArgentina Lionel Messi (2nd award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[4]

Winners and nominees

FIFA Ballon d'Or
Lionel Messi
Andrés Iniesta
Xavi
Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
1stLionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona22.65%
2ndAndrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona17.36%
3rdXavi SpainSpain Barcelona16.48%

The following 20 men were also in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010:

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
4th Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands Italy Internazionale 14.48%
5th Diego Forlán  Uruguay Spain Atlético Madrid 7.61%
6th Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Spain Real Madrid 3.92%
7th Iker Casillas  Spain Spain Real Madrid 2.90%
8th David Villa  Spain Spain Valencia
Spain Barcelona		 2.25%
9th Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast England Chelsea 1.68%
10th Xabi Alonso  Spain Spain Real Madrid 1.52%
11th Carles Puyol  Spain Spain Barcelona 1.43%
12th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Italy Internazionale 1.37%
13th Mesut Özil  Germany Spain Real Madrid 1.21%
14th Arjen Robben  Netherlands Germany Bayern Munich 1.16%
15th Thomas Müller  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 0.91%
16th Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 0.75%
17th Maicon  Brazil Italy Internazionale 0.57%
18th Asamoah Gyan  Ghana England Sunderland 0.46%
19th Júlio César  Brazil Italy Internazionale 0.22%
20th Cesc Fàbregas  Spain England Arsenal 0.22%
21st Miroslav Klose  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 0.19%
22nd Philipp Lahm  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 0.05%
23rd Dani Alves  Brazil Spain Barcelona 0.05%

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
1stMarta BrazilUnited States FC Gold Pride38.20%
2ndBirgit Prinz GermanyGermany 1. FFC Frankfurt15.18%
3rdFatmire Bajramaj GermanyGermany Turbine Potsdam9.96%

The other seven nominees were:[5]

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Percent
4thKelly Smith EnglandUnited States Boston Breakers9.29%
5thAbby Wambach United StatesUnited States Washington Freedom6.25%
6thJi So-yun South KoreaSouth Korea Hanyang Women's College5.24%
7thChristine Sinclair CanadaUnited States FC Gold Pride4.42%
8thHope Solo United StatesUnited States Saint Louis Athletica
Atlanta Beat		3.85%
9thCaroline Seger SwedenUnited States Philadelphia Independence3.64%
10thCamille Abily FranceUnited States FC Gold Pride
France Lyon		3.38%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football
Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent
1stJosé Mourinho PortugalItaly Internazionale
Spain Real Madrid		35.92%
2ndVicente del Bosque Spain Spain33.08%
3rdPep Guardiola SpainSpain Barcelona8.45%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football
Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent
1stSilvia Neid GermanyGermany Germany
2ndMaren Meinert GermanyGermany Germany U-20
3rdPia Sundhage SwedenUnited States United States

FIFA Puskás Award
Rank Player Nationality Club Percent
1stHamit Altıntop TurkeyGermany Bayern Munich40.55%
2ndLinus Hallenius SwedenSweden Hammarby IF13.23%
3rdGiovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands Netherlands10.61%

FIFA/FIFPro World XI
PositionPlayerNational TeamClub(s)
GKIker Casillas[3] SpainSpain Real Madrid
DFMaicon BrazilItaly Internazionale
DFCarles Puyol[3] SpainSpain Barcelona
DFGerard Piqué SpainSpain Barcelona
DFLúcio BrazilItaly Internazionale
MFAndrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona
MFXavi SpainSpain Barcelona
MFWesley Sneijder NetherlandsItaly Internazionale
FWDavid Villa SpainSpain Valencia
Barcelona
FWCristiano Ronaldo PortugalSpain Real Madrid
FWLionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona

FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

References
  1. "Nominees announced for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2010". FIFA.com. 2010-12-06. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  2. totalbarca.com, It’s an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Messi named Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 2011-01-10. Archived from the original on 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  4. "Messi, Marta, Mourinho and Neid crowned as the best of 2010". FIFA. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. FIFA Women's World Player 2010 votes
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