2006 Ballon d'Or

The 2006 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro on 27 November 2006.[1] On 16 October 2006, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.[2] There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]

2006 Ballon d'Or
Cannavaro in 2017
Date27 November 2006 (2006-11-27)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byItaly Fabio Cannavaro (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr

Fabio Cannavaro is the most recent defender to have won the award as of 2023.

2006 Ballon d'Or Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Total Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Fabio Cannavaro  Italy Italy Juventus 173 20 12 5 5 0 42
2nd Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Italy Juventus 124 14 6 8 2 2 32
3rd Thierry Henry  France England Arsenal 121 6 15 5 6 4 36
4th Ronaldinho  Brazil Spain Barcelona 73 2 5 6 10 5 28
5th Zinedine Zidane  France Spain Real Madrid 71 6 4 5 3 4 22
6th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Spain Barcelona 67 2 3 9 6 6 26
7th Miroslav Klose  Germany Germany Werder Bremen 29 - 1 4 4 5 14
8th Didier Drogba  Côte d'Ivoire England Chelsea 25 - 1 3 5 2 11
9th Andrea Pirlo  Italy Italy Milan 17 - 2 1 2 2 7
10th Jens Lehmann  Germany England Arsenal 13 1 1 - 2 - 4
11th Deco  Portugal Spain Barcelona 11 - - 2 2 1 5
Kaká  Brazil Italy Milan 11 - - 1 2 4 7
13th Franck Ribéry  France France Marseille 9 - 1 - - 5 6
14th Gennaro Gattuso  Italy Italy Milan 5 1 - - - - 1
Patrick Vieira  France Italy Juventus
Italy Internazionale
5 - 1 - - 1 9
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal England Manchester United F.C. 5 - - 1 - 2 3
17th Frank Lampard  England England Chelsea 3 - - 1 - - 1
Lukas Podolski  Germany Germany 1. FC Köln
Germany Bayern Munich
3 - - 1 - - 1
Carles Puyol  Spain Spain Barcelona 3 - - - - 3 3
20th Juninho  Brazil France Lyon 2 - - - 1 - 1
Lionel Messi  Argentina Spain FC Barcelona 2 - - - 1 - 1
Luca Toni  Italy Italy Fiorentina 2 - - - 1 - 1
John Terry  England England Chelsea 2 - - - - 2 2
Gianluca Zambrotta  Italy Italy Juventus
Spain Barcelona
2 - - - - 2 2
25th Philipp Lahm  Germany Germany Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
David Villa  Spain Spain Valencia 1 - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

The following 24 men were originally in contention for the 2006 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

Player Nationality Club(s)
Michael Ballack  Germany Germany Bayern Munich
England Chelsea
Tim Cahill  Australia England Everton
Joe Cole  England England Chelsea
Grégory Coupet  France France Lyon
Cris  Brazil France Lyon
Mahamadou Diarra  Mali Spain Real Madrid
Michael Essien  Ghana England Chelsea
Cesc Fàbregas  Spain England Arsenal
William Gallas  France England Chelsea
England Arsenal
Steven Gerrard  England England Liverpool
Ludovic Giuly  France Spain Barcelona
Fabio Grosso  Italy Italy Palermo
Italy Internazionale
Claude Makélélé  France England Chelsea
Florent Malouda  France France Lyon
Édison Méndez  Ecuador Ecuador LDU Quito
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Juan Román Riquelme  Argentina Spain Villarreal
Arjen Robben  Netherlands England Chelsea
Wayne Rooney  England England Manchester United
Willy Sagnol  France Germany Bayern Munich
Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany Germany Bayern Munich
Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine Italy Milan
England Chelsea
Lilian Thuram  France Italy Juventus
Spain Barcelona
Tiago  Portugal France Lyon
Fernando Torres  Spain Spain Atlético Madrid

References

  1. BBC Sport staff (27 November 2006). "Cannavaro wins Euro player award". BBC Sport.
  2. Record staff (16 October 2006). "Ronaldo, Deco e Tiago na corrida pela «Bola de Ouro»" [Ronaldo, Deco and Tiago running for «Ballon D'or»]. Record (in Portuguese).
  3. Pierrend, José (3 January 2007). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006". RSSSF.
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