WHO VOTED FOR WHOM IN THE BALLON D’OR?
On 12th Jan, Lionel Messi won his 5th Ballon D’Or,most by any footballer till now.But he was not the first choice of every voter, let us have a look at votes of different voters.
The winners of the prestigious award are voted for by National team captains,coaches and a top Journalists of all member associations of FIFA.Every one get to vote for 3 players. The first player they pick is given five points, the second player three points and the third player is given one point.
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Messi (Argentina’s Captain) voted for -Suarez,Neymar,Iniesta
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Ronaldo(Porugal’s Captain) voted for-Benzema,Rodriguez,Bale
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Neymar(Brazil’s Captain) voted for-Messi,Suarez,Rakitic
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Schweinsteiger(Germany’s Captain)voted for-Neuer,Muller,Neymar
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Vincent Komapany(Belgium’s Captain)voted for-Hazard,De Bryune,Messi
Spain’s Iker Casillas didn’t vote!
Here are a few country’s name with their Captains votes!
Country |
Captain |
First |
Second |
Third |
Albania |
Lorik Cana |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Neymar |
Algeria |
Carl Medjani |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Neymar |
Argentina |
Messi |
Suarez |
Neymar |
Iniesta |
Austria |
Christian Fuchs |
Neuer |
Hazard |
Ronaldo |
Belgium |
Vincent Kompany |
Hazard |
De Bruyne |
Messi |
Bosnia-Herz. |
Edin Dzeko |
Ronaldo |
Hazard |
Messi |
Brazil |
Neymar |
Messi |
Suarez |
Rakitic |
Cape Verde |
Marco Soares |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Neymar |
Colombia |
James Rodriguez |
Ronaldo |
Benzema |
Bale |
Costa Rica |
Bryan Ruiz |
Neymar |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Croatia |
Darijo Srna |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Muller |
Czech Republic |
Petr Cech |
Messi |
Lewandowski |
Hazard |
Ecuador |
Walter Ayovi |
Neymar |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
England |
Wayne Rooney |
Messi |
Muller |
Ronaldo |
France |
Hugo Lloris |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Neymar |
Germany |
Bastian Schweinsteiger |
Neuer |
Muller |
Neymar |
Ghana |
Asamoah Gyan |
Messi |
Neymar |
Ronaldo |
Hungary |
Balazs Dzsudzsak |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Neymar |
Iceland |
Aron Gunnarsson |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Muller |
Ivory Coast |
Gervinho |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Hazard |
Mexico |
Andres Guadardo |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Neymar |
Netherlands |
Arjen Robben |
Messi |
Neymar |
Suarez |
Northern Ireland |
Steven Davis |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Neymar |
Poland |
Robert Lewandowski |
Neuer |
Vidal |
Muller |
Portugal |
Ronaldo |
Benzema |
Rodriguez |
Bale |
Rep. of Ireland |
Robbie Keane |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Neymar |
Romania |
Razvan Rat |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Aguero |
Russia |
Roman Shirokov |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
De Bruyne |
Slovakia |
Martin Skrtel |
Ronaldo |
Suarez |
Messi |
Sweden |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
Messi |
Suarez |
Neymar |
Switzerland |
Gokhan Inler |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Neymar |
Tunisia |
Yassine Chikhaoui |
Iniesta |
Ronaldo |
Messi |
Turkey |
Arda Turan |
Messi |
Neymar |
Suarez |
Ukraine |
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Muller |
United States |
Michael Bradley |
Messi |
Ronaldo |
Suarez |
Uruguay |
Diego Godin |
Suarez |
Muller |
Lewandowski |
Wales |
Ashley Williams |
Bale |
Messi |
Lewandowski |
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INDIAN VOTES IN THE BALLON D OR
| Voter | 1st Choice (5 points) | 2nd Choice (3 points) | 3rd Choice (1 point) |
| Sunil Chhetri(Captain) | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar |
| Stephen Constantine(Coach) | Alexis Sanchez | Manuel Neuer | Sergio Aguero |
| Dhiman Sarkar(Journalist) | Cristiano Ronaldo | Robert Lewandowski | Neymar |