2013 Ballon Do’r Winners
Men: Cristiano Ronaldo
Women: Nadine Angerer
An emotional Cristiano Ronaldo has won his second FIFA World player of the year 2013 beating Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery to the accolade. He had last won in 2008 while still playing for Manchester United.
“First of all I have to say a great thanks to all of my team-mates with the club and the national team. Without all of their efforts this would not have been possible. I am very happy, it is very difficult to win this award.
“Everybody that has been involved with me on a personal level I have to thank. My wife, my friends, my son. It is a tremendously emotional moment. All I can say is thank you to everybody that has been involved.” a teary Ronaldo remarked after being announced winner.
Nadine Angerer won the ladies version, beating Marta and Abby Wambach to the accolade.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery were announced as the three nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or, while Nadine Angerer, Marta and Abby Wambach were revealed as the nominees for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award on 9 December 2013.
From these final shortlists, journalists, national coaches and captains all voted for the winner of the respective awards.
The winners of all of the awards were revealed at the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 13 January 2014.
A 23-man shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d’Or was compiled by the FIFA Football Committee and a group of experts from France Football. It was announced on 29 October.
A ten-player shortlist was unveiled on Friday, 25 October for the FIFA’s Women’s Player of the Year, which was chosen by experts from FIFA’s Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup and a group of experts from France Football.
Ronaldo:
2013 proved to be another goal-drenched year for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese star helped himself to 34 of them in the 2012/13 Liga season, a haul beaten only by Lionel Messi’s 45, and scored a hat-ul more in Europe and for his national team. Always on top form for Real Madrid and Portugal, the flying forward, who won the FIFA World Player award in 2008, is only gaining in stature with Los Merengues, and it came as no surprise when he extended his contract with the club to 2018 and said he was considering staying put for the rest of his career.
2008 – C. Ronaldo
2007 – Kaka
2006 – F.Cannavaro
2005 – Ronaldinho
2004 – A. Shevchenko
2003 – P. Nedved
2002 – Ronaldo
2001 – M.Owen
2000 – L. Figo
1999 – Rivaldo
1998 – Z. Zidane
1997 – Ronaldo
1996 – M. Sammer
1995 – G. Weah
1994 – H. Stoitchkov
1993 – R. Baggio
1992 – M. Van Basten
1991 – J-P. Papin
1990 – L. Matthaeus
1989 – M. Van Basten
1988 – M. Van Basten
1987 – R. Gullit
1986 – I. Belanov
1985 – M. Platini
1984 – M. Platini
1983 – M. Platini
1982 – P. Rossi
1981 – K-H. Rummenigge
1980 – K-H. Rummenigge
1979 – K. Keegan
1978 – K. Keegan
1977 – A. Simonsen
1976 – F. Beckenbauer
1975 – O. Blokhin
1974 – J. Cruyff
1973 – J. Cruyff
1972 – F. Beckenbauer
1971 – J. Cruyff
1970 – G. Müller
1969 – G. Rivera
1968 – G. Best
1967 – F. Albert
1966 – B.Charlton
1965 – Eusebio
1964 – D. Law
1963 – L. Yashin
1962 – J. Masopust
1961 – O. Sivori
1960 – L. Suarez
1959 – A. Di Stefano
1958 – R. Kopa
1957 – A. Di Stefano
1956 – S. Matthews
