Nominee List for 2009 Ballon D'Or Released

 

France Football magazine has announced the following 30 nominees for their 2009 Golden Ball (Ballon D'Or) Award:

Andrei Arshavin (Russia and Arsenal)

Karim Benzema (France and OL/Real Madrid)

Iker Casillas (Spain and Real Madrid)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal and Manchester United/Real Madrid)

Diego (Brazil and Werder Bremen/Juventus)

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)

Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Wolfsburg)

Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Barcelona/Inter Milan)

Cesc Fabregas (Spain and Arsenal)

Fernando Torres (Spain and Liverpool)

Diego Forlan (Uruguay and Atletico Madrid)

Steven Gerrard (England and Liverpool)

Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United)

Yoann Gourcuff (France and Bordeaux)

Thierry Henry (France and Barcelona)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden and Inter Milan/Barcelona)

Andres Iniesta (Spain and Barcelona)

Julio Cesar (Brazil and Inter Milan)

Kaka' (Brazil and AC Milan/Real Madrid)

Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea)

Maicon (Brazil and Inter Milan)

Lionel Messi (Argentina and Barcelona)

Luis Fabiano (Brazil and FC Seville)

Franck Ribery (France and Bayern Munich)

Wayne Rooney (England and Manchester United)

John Terry (England and Chelsea)

Nemanja Vidic (Serbia and Manchester United)

David Villa (Spain and Valencia)


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