Fifa Ballon dOr 2014 The winner is Cristiano Ronaldo. He scored 52 goals in 43 games, 39 with his right foot, eight with his left foot and four from headers. He scored a goal every 62 minutes in La Liga and assisted 17 goals. Roy Hodgson voted for Javier Mascherano as number 1. The only other person to do so was Belarus coach Andrey Zygmantovich. The breakdown of votes: Cristiano Ronaldo - 37.66% Lionel Messi - 15.76% Manuel Neuer - 15.72% Other - 30.86% Who voted for the finalists? Ronaldo Wayne Rooney, Robbie Keane, Iker Casillas and Gordon Strachan Messi Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Claudio Bravo, Ray Wilkins and Gerardo Martino Neuer Jurgen Klinsmann, Joachim Low, Claudio Ranieri, Fabio Capello Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi voted for each other in their top three - a repeat of last year. Who received the most votes from... UK Ronaldo 42% Bale 16% Neuer 9% Other 33% Europe Ronaldo 40% Neuer 21% Robben 10% Other 29% South America Ronaldo 31% Messi 16% Robben 11% Other 42% Three of Mario Gotzes five first-placed votes came from small Caribbean island St Lucia - with their captain, coach and journalist all voting for the Germany World Cup winner. Fifas World Team of the Year Manuel Neuer, Sergio Ramos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Philipp Lahm, Andres Iniesta, Toni Kroos, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Arjen Robben Gareth Bale, the only Briton on the shortlist, finished 12th with 1% of the vote. If only UK votes counted he would be second with 16% Premier League players who received the most votes Angel Di Maria 1.29% Diego Costa 1.02% Yaya Toure 0.86% Thibaut Courtois 0.51% Eden Hazard 0.47% And the rest... Presidential award: Hiroshi Kagawa Puskas award: James Rodriguez Fair play award: Fifa volunteers World coach of the year for mens football: Joachim Low World coach of the year for womens football: Ralf Kellermann Womens world player of the year: Nadine Kessler
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:14:46 +0000
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