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2006 Ballon d'Or

{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 2006 Ballon d'Or

| subheader =

| image =File:Fabio Cannavaro 2017 Cropped.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =2006 Ballon d'Or winner Fabio Cannavaro in 2017

| awarded_for =

| date = {{start date|2006|11|27|df=y}}

| location = Paris, France

| country = France

| presenter = France Football

| host =

| former name =

| preshow_host =

| acts =

| website = {{URL|www.francefootball.fr}}

| runtime =

| award1_type = Won by

| award1_winner= {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Cannavaro (1st award)

| previous = 2005

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2007

}}

The 2006 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 the Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro on 27 November 2006.{{cite web | last = BBC Sport staff | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6181070.stm | title = Cannavaro wins Euro player award | date = 27 November 2006 | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 23 November 2014 | archive-date = 20 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170620052228/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6181070.stm | url-status = live }} On 16 October 2006, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.{{cite news |last= Record staff |url= http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/internacional/portugueses/interior.aspx?content_id=285890 |title= Ronaldo, Deco e Tiago na corrida pela «Bola de Ouro» |trans-title= Ronaldo, Deco and Tiago running for «Ballon D'or» |language= pt |date= 16 October 2006 |work= Record |access-date= 23 November 2014 |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152319/http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/internacional/portugueses/interior.aspx?content_id=285890 |url-status= live }} There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).{{cite web | last = Pierrend | first = José | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy06.html | title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2006 | date = 3 January 2007 | work = RSSSF | access-date = 2 February 2023 | archive-date = 28 August 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220828124911/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy06.html | url-status = live }}

Fabio Cannavaro is the most recent defender to have won the award as well as the last Italian player to have won it as of 2024.

Rankings

=Voted players=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Rank

! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"| Player

! rowspan="2" style="width:130px;"| Nationality

! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Club(s)

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Total

! colspan="5" | Votes by place

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Votes

style="width:33px;"| 1st

! style="width:33px;"| 2nd

! style="width:33px;"| 3rd

! style="width:33px;"| 4th

! style="width:33px;"| 5th

style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"

|1st

|align="left"|Fabio Cannavaro

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|Italy}} Juventus
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|173

|20

|12

|5

|5

|0

|42

2nd

|align="left"|Gianluigi Buffon

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|124

|14

|6

|8

|2

|2

|32

3rd

|align="left"|Thierry Henry

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|121

|6

|15

|5

|6

|4

|36

4th

|align="left"|Ronaldinho

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|73

|2

|5

|6

|10

|5

|28

5th

|align="left"|Zinedine Zidane

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|71

|6

|4

|5

|3

|4

|22

6th

|align="left"|Samuel Eto'o

|align="left"|{{flag|Cameroon}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|67

|2

|3

|9

|6

|6

|26

7th

|align="left"|Miroslav Klose

|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen

|29

| -

|1

|4

|4

|5

|14

8th

|align="left"|Didier Drogba

|align="left"|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|25

| -

|1

|3

|5

|2

|11

9th

|align="left"|Andrea Pirlo

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|17

| -

|2

|1

|2

|2

|7

10th

|align="left"|Jens Lehmann

|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|13

|1

|1

| -

|2

| -

|4

rowspan="2"|11th

|align="left"|Deco

|align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|11

| -

| -

|2

|2

|1

|5

align="left"|Kaká

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|11

| -

| -

|1

|2

|4

|7

13th

|align="left"|Franck Ribéry

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille

|9

| -

|1

| -

| -

|5

|6

rowspan="3"|14th

|align="left"|Gennaro Gattuso

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|5

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

align="left"|Patrick Vieira

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|5

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

|9

align="left"|Cristiano Ronaldo

|align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|5

| -

| -

|1

| -

|2

|3

rowspan="3"|17th

|align="left"|Frank Lampard

|align="left"|{{flag|England}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|3

| -

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

align="left"|Lukas Podolski

|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} 1. FC Köln
{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|3

| -

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

align="left"|Carles Puyol

|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|3

| -

| -

| -

| -

|3

|3

rowspan="5"|20th

|align="left"|Juninho

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Lionel Messi

|align="left"|{{flag|Argentina}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Luca Toni

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|John Terry

|align="left"|{{flag|England}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|2

| -

| -

| -

| -

|2

|2

align="left"|Gianluca Zambrotta

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|2

| -

| -

| -

| -

|2

|2

rowspan="2"|25th

|align="left"|Philipp Lahm

|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|David Villa

|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

=Non-voted players=

The following 24 players were originally in contention for the 2006 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"
style="width:164px;"| Player

! style="width:125px;"| Nationality

! style="width:235px;"| Club(s)

Michael Ballack

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Tim Cahill

|{{flag|Australia}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Everton

Joe Cole

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Grégory Coupet

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Cris

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Mahamadou Diarra

|{{flag|Mali}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Michael Essien

|{{flag|Ghana}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Cesc Fàbregas

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

William Gallas

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Steven Gerrard

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

Ludovic Giuly

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

Fabio Grosso

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Palermo
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

Claude Makélélé

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Florent Malouda

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Édison Méndez

|{{flag|Ecuador}}

|{{fbaicon|ECU}} LDU Quito
{{fbaicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

Juan Román Riquelme

|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Villarreal

Arjen Robben

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Wayne Rooney

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

Willy Sagnol

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

Bastian Schweinsteiger

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

Andriy Shevchenko

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Lilian Thuram

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

Tiago

|{{flag|Portugal}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Fernando Torres

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.francefootball.fr/ France Football Official website]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy06.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2006 voting results]

{{Ballon d'Or recipients}}

2006

Category:2006–07 in European football

Category:2006 in Paris