2002 Ballon d'Or

The 2002 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Ronaldo on 12 December 2002.^[1] This was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, his first award was in 1997.

2002 Ballon d'Or
2002 Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo
Date	12 December 2002
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Ronaldo (2nd award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Ronaldo was the first Brazilian national to win the award, when he won his first Ballon in 1997, since then Rivaldo had also won the award in 1999. He was also the fourth Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959), Raymond Kopa (1958), and Luís Figo (2000).^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club(s)	Points
1	Ronaldo[notes 1]	Brazil	Internazionale Real Madrid	169
2	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	Real Madrid	145
3	Oliver Kahn[notes 2]	Germany	Bayern Munich	110
4	Zinedine Zidane	France	Real Madrid	78
5	Michael Ballack[notes 3]	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich	71
6	Thierry Henry	France	Arsenal	54
7	Raúl	Spain	Real Madrid	38
8	Rivaldo[notes 4]	Brazil	Barcelona Milan	31
9	Yıldıray Baştürk	Turkey	Bayer Leverkusen	13
10	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	Juventus	12
11	Hasan Şaş	Turkey	Galatasaray	10
12	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	8
13	Michael Owen	England	Liverpool	5
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	Manchester United	5
15	Bernd Schneider	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	4
	Juan Carlos Valerón	Spain	Deportivo La Coruña	4
	Cafu	Brazil	Roma	4
	Patrick Vieira	France	Arsenal	4
19	Lúcio	Brazil	Bayer Leverkusen	3
	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid	3
21	Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	Lens	2
	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Lens Liverpool	2
	Rio Ferdinand	England	Leeds United Manchester United	2
24	Rubén Baraja	Spain	Valencia	1
	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	Milan	1
	Roy Makaay	Netherlands	Deportivo La Coruña	1

Additionally, 24 players were nominated but received no votes: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Sonny Anderson (Lyon), David Beckham (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Djibril Cissé (Auxerre), Edmílson (Lyon), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Fulham), Miroslav Klose (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Pauleta (Bordeaux), Tomáš Rosický (Borussia Dortmund), Javier Saviola (Barcelona), Seol Ki-hyeon (Anderlecht), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord, Milan), Francesco Totti (Roma), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Christian Vieri (Internazionale), Marc Wilmots (Bordeaux) and Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal).

Notes

1. France Football reports Ronaldo with 171 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
2. France Football reports Kahn with 114 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
3. France Football reports Ballack with 67 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
4. France Football reports Rivaldo with 29 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).