2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

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2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
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2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Winner, Lionel Messi
Date10 January 2011 (2011-01-10)
Location Zürich, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
Presented byFIFA
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Won by Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi (2nd Ballon d'Or)
Website www.francefootball.fr
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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]

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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

RankPlayerNational teamClub(s)Percent
1st Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 22.65%
2nd Andrés Iniesta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 17.36%
3rd Xavi Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 16.48%

The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:

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

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

RankPlayerNational teamClub(s)Percent
1st Marta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of the United States.svg FC Gold Pride 38.20%
2nd Birgit Prinz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg 1. FFC Frankfurt 15.18%
3rd Fatmire Bajramaj Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg Turbine Potsdam 9.96%

The following seven players were also in contention for the award: [5]

RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Percent
4th Kelly Smith Flag of England.svg  England Flag of the United States.svg Boston Breakers 9.29%
5th Abby Wambach Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Washington Freedom 6.25%
6th Ji So-yun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Hanyang Women's College 5.24%
7th Christine Sinclair Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg FC Gold Pride 4.42%
8th Hope Solo Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Saint Louis Athletica
Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta Beat
3.85%
9th Caroline Seger Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Independence 3.64%
10th Camille Abily Flag of France.svg  France Flag of the United States.svg FC Gold Pride
Flag of France.svg Lyon
3.38%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

RankCoachNationalityTeam(s)Percent
1st José Mourinho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
35.92%
2nd Vicente del Bosque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 33.08%
3rd Pep Guardiola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 8.45%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

RankCoachNationalityTeam(s)Percent
1st Silvia Neid Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2nd Maren Meinert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg  Germany U20
3rd Pia Sundhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the United States.svg  United States

FIFA Puskás Award

RankPlayerNationalityClubPercent
1st Hamit Altıntop Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 40.55%
2nd Linus Hallenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF 13.23%
3rd Giovanni van Bronckhorst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10.61%

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

PositionPlayerNational teamClub(s)
GK Iker Casillas [3] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
DF Maicon Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale
DF Carles Puyol [3] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
DF Gerard Piqué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
DF Lúcio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale
MF Andrés Iniesta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
MF Xavi Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
MF Wesley Sneijder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale
FW David Villa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Valencia
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
FW Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
FW Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona

FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

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