2004 Ballon d'Or
2004 Ballon d'Or | |
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![]() 2004 Ballon d'Or winner Andriy Shevchenko | |
Date | 13 December 2004 |
Presented by | France Football |
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Ballon d'Or | ![]() (1st title) |
Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
The 2004 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was delivered to the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko on 13 December 2004.[1] On 9 November 2004, 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-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, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]
Andriy Shevchenko was the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleh Blokhin (1975) and Igor Belanov (1986).[4] He finished top goalscorer in the 2003–04 Serie A, scoring 24 goals in 32 matches, as his team won the league title. The best ranked goalkeeper on the list was Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) with a 17th place (jointly with Traianos Dellas, Fernando Morientes, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba). Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) was the top ranked defender in the list, at ninth, while Deco (Portugal) was the top ranked midfielder at second place.[3]
Rankings
[edit]Voted players
[edit]Rank | Player | Nationality | Club(s) | Total | Votes by place | Votes | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||||||
1st | Andriy Shevchenko | ![]() |
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175 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
2nd | Deco | ![]() |
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139 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 |
3rd | Ronaldinho | ![]() |
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133 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 |
4th | Thierry Henry | ![]() |
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80 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
5th | Theodoros Zagorakis | ![]() |
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44 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
6th | Adriano | ![]() |
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27 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
7th | Pavel Nedvěd | ![]() |
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23 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
8th | Wayne Rooney | ![]() |
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22 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
9th | Ricardo Carvalho | ![]() |
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18 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | ![]() |
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18 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
11th | Angelos Charisteas | ![]() |
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15 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
12th | Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() |
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11 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
Milan Baroš | ![]() |
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11 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
14th | Zlatan Ibrahimović | ![]() |
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8 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15th | Samuel Eto'o | ![]() |
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7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Kaká | ![]() |
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7 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
17th | Traianos Dellas | ![]() |
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5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Fernando Morientes | ![]() |
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5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
Frank Lampard | ![]() |
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5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
Didier Drogba | ![]() |
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5 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | |
Gianluigi Buffon | ![]() |
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5 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | |
22nd | Luís Figo | ![]() |
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4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
23rd | Zinedine Zidane | ![]() |
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3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
24th | Rubén Baraja | ![]() |
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2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Ludovic Giuly | ![]() |
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2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Maniche | ![]() |
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2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Antonios Nikopolidis | ![]() |
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2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
28th | Paolo Maldini | ![]() |
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1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Vicente | ![]() |
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1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Non-voted players
[edit]The following 21 players were originally in contention for the 2004 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:
Player | Nationality | Club(s) |
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Aílton | ![]() |
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Roberto Ayala | ![]() |
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Fabien Barthez | ![]() |
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David Beckham | ![]() |
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Petr Čech | ![]() |
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Emerson | ![]() |
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Juninho | ![]() |
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Michalis Kapsis | ![]() |
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Henrik Larsson | ![]() |
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Johan Micoud | ![]() |
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Mista | ![]() |
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Alessandro Nesta | ![]() |
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Andrea Pirlo | ![]() |
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José Antonio Reyes | ![]() |
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Ronaldo | ![]() |
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Djibril Cissé | ![]() |
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Paul Scholes | ![]() |
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Clarence Seedorf | ![]() |
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Giourkas Seitaridis | ![]() |
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Francesco Totti | ![]() |
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Patrick Vieira | ![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ The Guardian staff (13 December 2004). "Shevchenko wins Ballon d'Or". The Guardian.
- ^ Dias, Jorge. "Os cinco magnificos" [The five magnificent] (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b Pierrend, José (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2004". RSSSF.
- ^ Moore, Rob (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF.
External links
[edit]- France Football Official website
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2004 voting results
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