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2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Winner, Lionel Messi
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Date | 10 January 2011 (2011-01-10) | |||
Location | Zürich, Switzerland | |||
Country | Switzerland | |||
Presented by | FIFA | |||
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Website | www | |||
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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]
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 managerofReal 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]
Rank | Player | National team | Club(s) | Percent |
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1st | Lionel Messi | ![]() |
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22.65% |
2nd | Andrés Iniesta | ![]() |
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17.36% |
3rd | Xavi | ![]() |
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16.48% |
The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:
Rank | Player | National team | Club(s) | Percent |
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4th | Wesley Sneijder | ![]() |
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14.48% |
5th | Diego Forlán | ![]() |
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7.61% |
6th | Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() |
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3.92% |
7th | Iker Casillas | ![]() |
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2.90% |
8th | David Villa | ![]() |
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2.25% |
9th | Didier Drogba | ![]() |
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1.68% |
10th | Xabi Alonso | ![]() |
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1.52% |
11th | Carles Puyol | ![]() |
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1.43% |
12th | Samuel Eto'o | ![]() |
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1.37% |
13th | Mesut Özil | ![]() |
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1.21% |
14th | Arjen Robben | ![]() |
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1.16% |
15th | Thomas Müller | ![]() |
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0.91% |
16th | Bastian Schweinsteiger | ![]() |
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0.75% |
17th | Maicon | ![]() |
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0.57% |
18th | Asamoah Gyan | ![]() |
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0.46% |
19th | Júlio César | ![]() |
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0.22% |
20th | Cesc Fàbregas | ![]() |
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0.22% |
21st | Miroslav Klose | ![]() |
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0.19% |
22nd | Philipp Lahm | ![]() |
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0.05% |
23rd | Dani Alves | ![]() |
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0.05% |
Rank | Player | National team | Club(s) | Percent |
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1st | Marta | ![]() |
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38.20% |
2nd | Birgit Prinz | ![]() |
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15.18% |
3rd | Fatmire Bajramaj | ![]() |
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9.96% |
The following seven players were also in contention for the award:[5]
Rank | Player | Nationality | Club(s) | Percent |
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4th | Kelly Smith | ![]() |
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9.29% |
5th | Abby Wambach | ![]() |
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6.25% |
6th | Ji So-yun | ![]() |
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5.24% |
7th | Christine Sinclair | ![]() |
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4.42% |
8th | Hope Solo | ![]() |
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3.85% |
9th | Caroline Seger | ![]() |
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3.64% |
10th | Camille Abily | ![]() |
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3.38% |
Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) | Percent |
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1st | José Mourinho | ![]() |
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35.92% |
2nd | Vicente del Bosque | ![]() |
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33.08% |
3rd | Pep Guardiola | ![]() |
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8.45% |
Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) | Percent |
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1st | Silvia Neid | ![]() |
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2nd | Maren Meinert | ![]() |
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3rd | Pia Sundhage | ![]() |
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Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Percent |
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1st | Hamit Altıntop | ![]() |
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40.55% |
2nd | Linus Hallenius | ![]() |
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13.23% |
3rd | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | ![]() |
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10.61% |
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FIFA Women's World Player of the Year |
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The Best FIFA Women's Player |
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