2007 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Football award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 2007 Ballon d'Or
| subheader =
| image = Kaka06052007.jpg
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| alt =
| caption =2007 Ballon d'Or winner Kaká
| awarded_for =
| date = {{start date|2007|12|02|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|BRA}} Kaká (1st award)
| previous = 2006
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 2008
}}
The 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kaká.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy07.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2007 |publisher=RSSSF |date=9 October 2008| access-date = 5 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081024172719/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy07.html| archive-date= 24 October 2008 | url-status= live}}{{Cite web |url=http://francefootball.fr/FF/breves2007/20071202_105047Dev.html |title=Kakà, King of the World |publisher=France Football |date=2 December 2007| access-date= 5 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217021622/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2007/20071202_105047Dev.html| archive-date= 17 December 2008| url-status= dead}} This was the first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation were eligible for nomination; this change also led to an increase in the voting pool to include journalists from outside UEFA countries.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7750910.stm |title=Kaka wins 2007 award |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 December 2008| access-date = 5 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081204115634/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7750910.stm| archive-date= 4 December 2008 | url-status= live}}
Kaká was the fourth Brazilian national to win the award after Ronaldo (1997, 2002), Rivaldo (1999), and Ronaldinho (2005). He was the sixth Milan player to win the trophy after Gianni Rivera (1969), Ruud Gullit (1987), Marco van Basten (1988, 1989, 1992), George Weah (1995), and Andriy Shevchenko (2004).
The ceremony is notable as Kaká was the last player to win the Ballon d'Or before the Messi–Ronaldo dominance of the award. In 2018, Croatian Luka Modrić ended the 10-year dominance following his win that year.
Rankings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank !Player !Nationality !Club(s) !Points |
| style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
|1 |align="left"|Kaká |align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |445 |
| 2
|align="left"|Cristiano Ronaldo |align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |277 |
| 3
|align="left"|Lionel Messi |align="left"|{{flag|Argentina}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |255 |
| 4
|align="left"|Didier Drogba |align="left"|{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |108 |
| 5
|align="left"|Andrea Pirlo |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |41 |
| 6
|align="left"|Ruud van Nistelrooy |align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |39 |
| 7
|align="left"|Zlatan Ibrahimović |align="left"|{{flag|Sweden}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |31 |
| 8
|align="left"|Cesc Fàbregas |align="left"|{{flag|Spain}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |27 |
| 9
|align="left"|Robinho |align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |24 |
| 10
|align="left"|Francesco Totti |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma |20 |
| 11
|align="left"|Frédéric Kanouté |align="left"|{{flag|Mali}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla |19 |
| 12
|align="left"|Ronaldinho |align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |18 |
| 13
|align="left"|Steven Gerrard |align="left"|{{flag|England}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |17 |
| 14
|align="left"|Juan Román Riquelme |align="left"|{{flag|Argentina}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Villarreal |15 |
| 15
|align="left"|Dani Alves |align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla |14 |
| 16
|align="left"|Filippo Inzaghi |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |12 |
| 17
|align="left"|Franck Ribéry |align="left"|{{flag|France}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille |10 |
| 18
|align="left"|Paolo Maldini |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |8 |
| rowspan="5"|19
|align="left"|Gianluigi Buffon |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus |7 |
| align="left"|Petr Čech
|align="left"|{{flag|Czech Republic}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |7 |
| align="left"|Gennaro Gattuso
|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |7 |
| align="left"|Thierry Henry
|align="left"|{{flag|France}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |7 |
| align="left"|Clarence Seedorf
|align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |7 |
| rowspan="2"|24
|align="left"|Fabio Cannavaro |align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |5 |
| align="left"|Michael Essien
|align="left"|{{flag|Ghana}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |5 |
| 26
|align="left"|Wayne Rooney |align="left"|{{flag|England}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |4 |
| rowspan="2"|27
|align="left"|Iker Casillas |align="left"|{{flag|Spain}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |3 |
| align="left"|Rogério Ceni
|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|BRA}} São Paulo |3 |
| 29
|align="left"|Younis Mahmoud |align="left"|{{flag|Iraq|2004}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|QAT}} Al-Gharafa |2 |
| rowspan="6"|30
|align="left"|Guillermo Ochoa |align="left"|{{flag|Mexico}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|MEX}} América |1 |
| align="left"|Dimitar Berbatov
|align="left"|{{flag|Bulgaria}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur |1 |
| align="left"|Samuel Eto'o
|align="left"|{{flag|Cameroon}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |1 |
| align="left"|Ryan Giggs
|align="left"|{{flag|Wales}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |1 |
| align="left"|Carlos Tevez
|align="left"|{{flag|Argentina}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} West Ham United |1 |
| align="left"|Robin van Persie
|align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |1 |
| rowspan="15"|36
|align="left"|Eric Abidal |align="left"|{{flag|France}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon |0 |
| align="left"|David Beckham
|align="left"|{{flag|England}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |0 |
| align="left"|Deco
|align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |0 |
| align="left"|Mahamadou Diarra
|align="left"|{{flag|Mali}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |0 |
| align="left"|Diego
|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen |0 |
| align="left"|Miroslav Klose
|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen |0 |
| align="left"|Florent Malouda
|align="left"|{{flag|France}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon |0 |
| align="left"|Shunsuke Nakamura
|align="left"|{{flag|Japan}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic |0 |
| align="left"|Ricardo Quaresma
|align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto |0 |
| align="left"|Raúl
|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |0 |
| align="left"|Paul Scholes
|align="left"|{{flag|England}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |0 |
| align="left"|Luca Toni
|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich |0 |
| align="left"|Kolo Touré
|align="left"|{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |0 |
| align="left"|Fernando Torres
|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid |0 |
| align="left"|David Villa
|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}} |align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia |0 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319142513/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/Ballon_Or_home.html France Football Official Ballon d'Or page]
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