2009 Ballon d’Or Top 10 List Revealed

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The ten finalists for this year’s award have been announced…

France Football magazine has revealed the shortlist of the ten nominees who will vie for the 2009 Ballon d’Or award.

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Inter Milan)
Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, FC Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Spain, FC Barcelona)
Kaka (Brazil, Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid)
Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United)
Xavi Hernandez (Spain, FC Barcelona)

Other players who made the full (30-player) list are, according to rankings are:

11. Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
12. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
13. Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)
14. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
15. Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona)
16. Luis Fabiano (FC Sévilla), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
19. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)
20. Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
21. Andreï Archavine (Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
24. Maicon (Inter Milan)
25. Diego (Juventus)
26. David Villa (Valencia), John Terry (Chelsea)
28. Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (FC Barcelona)
30. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

This post has been edited by faris21: Dec 1 2009, 01:53 PM

1000m for Messi, Xavi and Iniesta