2009 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 2009 Ballon d'Or
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| image = File:Messi Training (cropped).jpg
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| caption = 2009 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
| awarded_for =
| date = {{start date|2009|12|01|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|ARG}} Lionel Messi (1st award)
| previous = 2008
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 2010
}}
The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009, the first of his record setting eight Ballon d'Or awards.{{Cite web |title=Classement 2009 |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/Ballon_Or_2012/bo_2009.php |language=fr |work=France Football |publisher=Groupe Amaury |access-date=10 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116005111/http://www.francefootball.fr/Ballon_Or_2012/bo_2009.php |archive-date=16 November 2012}}
Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Xavi was the second Barcelona player in the top three, finishing a further 63 points behind Ronaldo. Messi's win made him the first Argentine-born player to win the award since Omar Sívori in 1961; however, Sívori had taken Italian citizenship by that time and is recognised to have won the Ballon d'Or as an Italian player.
Rankings
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Player !Nationality !Club(s) !Points |
| style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
|align="center"|1 |{{flag|Argentina}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|473 |
| align="center"|2
|{{flag|Portugal}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |align="center"|233 |
| align="center"|3
|Xavi |{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|170 |
| align="center"|4
|{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|149 |
| align="center"|5
|{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|75 |
| align="center"|6
|Kaká |{{flag|Brazil}} |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan |align="center"|58 |
| align="center"|7
|{{flag|Sweden}} |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |align="center"|50 |
| align="center"|8
|{{flag|England}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |align="center"|35 |
| align="center"|9
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |align="center"|33 |
| align="center"|10
|{{flag|England}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |align="center"|32 |
| align="center"|11
|{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |align="center"|22 |
| align="center"|12
|{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |align="center"|13 |
| align="center"|13
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} |{{fbaicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg |align="center"|12 |
| align="center"|14
|{{flag|Wales}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |align="center"|11 |
| align="center"|15
|{{flag|France}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|9 |
| rowspan="3" align="center"|16
|{{flag|Brazil}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla |align="center"|8 |
| Nemanja Vidić
|{{flag|Serbia|2004}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |align="center"|8 |
| Iker Casillas
|{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |align="center"|8 |
| align="center"|19
|{{flag|Uruguay}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid |align="center"|7 |
| align="center"|20
|{{flag|France}} |{{fbaicon|FRA}} Bordeaux |align="center"|6 |
| rowspan="3" align="center"|21
|{{flag|Russia}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal |align="center"|5 |
| Júlio César
|{{flag|Brazil}} |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |align="center"|5 |
| Frank Lampard
|{{flag|England}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |align="center"|5 |
| align="center"|24
|{{flag|Brazil}} |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale |align="center"|4 |
| align="center"|25
|{{flag|Brazil}} |{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen |align="center"|3 |
| rowspan="2" align="center"|26
|{{flag|Spain}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia |align="center"|2 |
| John Terry
|{{flag|England}} |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea |align="center"|2 |
| rowspan="2" align="center"|28
|{{flag|France}} |{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich |align="center"|1 |
| Yaya Touré
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona |align="center"|1 |
| align="center"|30
|{{flag|France}} |{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon |align="center"|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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