| |
Name |
Country |
Club |
Pts. |
1. |
Kaká |
Brazil |
AC Milan |
444 |
2. |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
Manchester United |
277 |
3. |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
Barcelona |
255 |
4. |
Didier Drogba |
Ivory Coast |
Chelsea |
108 |
5. |
Andrea Pirlo |
Italy |
AC Milan |
41 |
6. |
Ruud van Nistelrooy |
Holland |
Real Madrid |
39 |
7. |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
Sweden |
Inter Milan |
31 |
8. |
Cesc Fabregas |
Spain |
Arsenal |
27 |
9. |
Robinho |
Brazil |
Real Madrid |
24 |
10. |
Francesco Totti |
Italy |
AS Roma |
20 |
11. |
Frédéric Kanouté |
Mali |
FC Seville |
19 |
12. |
Ronaldinho |
Brazil |
Barcelona |
18 |
13. |
Steven Gerrard |
England |
Liverpool |
17 |
14. |
Juan Roman Riquelme |
Argentina |
Boca Juniors |
15 |
15. |
Daniel Alves |
Brazil |
FC Seville |
14 |
16. |
Filippo Inzaghi |
Italy |
AC Milan |
12 |
17. |
Franck Ribéry |
France |
Bayern München |
10 |
18. |
Paolo Maldini |
Italy |
AC Milan |
8 |
19. |
Gianluigi Buffon |
Italy |
Juventus |
7 |
|
Petr Cech |
Czech Republic |
Chelsea |
7 |
|
Gennaro Gattuso |
Italy |
AC Milan |
7 |
|
Thierry Henry |
France |
Arsenal/Barcelona |
7 |
|
Clarence Seedorf |
Holland |
AC Milan |
7 |
24. |
Fabio Cannavaro |
Italy |
Real Madrid |
5 |
|
Michael Essien |
Ghana |
Chelsea |
5 |
26. |
Wayne Rooney |
England |
Manchester United |
4 |
27. |
Iker Casillas |
Spain |
Real Madrid |
3 |
|
Rogerio Ceni |
Brazil |
São Paulo |
3 |
29. |
Younis Mahmoud |
Iraq |
Al-Gharafa |
2 |
30. |
Dimitar Berbatov |
Bulgaria |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1 |
|
Samuel Eto'o |
Cameroon |
Barcelona |
1 |
|
Ryan Giggs |
Wales |
Manchester United |
1 |
|
Guillermo Ochoa |
Mexico |
America |
1 |
|
Carlos Tevez |
Argentina |
West Ham/Man United |
1 |
|
Robin van Persie |
Holland |
Arsenal |
1 |
| |
Kakà (Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite) helped his team AC Milan win the 2007 edition of the UEFA Champions League, with the Brazilian scoring 10 goals along the way.
The result listed above was the outcome of a vote held among a panel of football journalists from 96 countries all over the world, with each allowed to pick a top five from a list of nominees selected by
France Football. The player in first place received five points, the one in second received four points, etcetera, etcetera. Whereas previously a player had to be playing for a club
in one of the countries belonging to UEFA in order to be nominated, this year players from all over the world were elligable. The award can therefore strictly speaking no longer be refered to as the European Footballer of the Year.
The following footballers were nominated but didn't receive any votes: Eric Abidal, David Beckham, Deco, Mahamadou Diarra, Diego, Miroslav Klose, Florent Malouda, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ricardo Quaresma, Raul, Paul Scholes, Luca Toni, Kolo Touré, Fernando Torres, and David Villa.