2006 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2006 award. The winner was the Italian Fabio Cannavaro. Cannavaro is one of the few defenders to win the award. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2006 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabio Cannavaro | Juventus | Italy | 173 |
| 2 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 124 |
| 3 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | France | 121 |
| 4 | Ronaldinho | Barcelona | Brazil | 73 |
| 5 | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | France | 71 |
| 6 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Cameroon | 67 |
| 7 | Miroslav Klose | Werder Bremen | Germany | 29 |
| 8 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | Côte d'Ivoire | 25 |
| 9 | Andrea Pirlo | Milan | Italy | 17 |
| 10 | Jens Lehmann | Arsenal | Germany | 13 |
| 11 | Deco | Barcelona | Portugal | 11 |
| 12 | Kaká | Milan | Brazil | 11 |
| 13 | Franck Ribéry | Marseille | France | 9 |
| 14 | Gennaro Gattuso | Milan | Italy | 5 |
| 15 | Patrick Vieira | Juventus / Internazionale | France | 5 |
| 16 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United F.C. | Portugal | 5 |
| 17 | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | England | 3 |
| 18 | Lukas Podolski | 1. FC Köln / Bayern Munich | Germany | 3 |
| 19 | Carles Puyol | Barcelona | Spain | 3 |
| 20 | Juninho | Lyon | Brazil | 2 |
| 21 | Lionel Messi | FC Barcelona | Argentina | 2 |
| 22 | Luca Toni | Fiorentina | Italy | 2 |
| 23 | John Terry | Chelsea | England | 2 |
| 24 | Gianluca Zambrotta | Juventus / Barcelona | Italy | 2 |
| 25 | Philipp Lahm | Bayern Munich | Germany | 1 |
| 26 | David Villa | Valencia | Spain | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 2006
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