The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.[1]

2000 Ballon d'Or
2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo in 2006
Date19 December 2000
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).[2]

Rankings

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Figo's Ballon d'Or
Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Luís Figo   Barcelona
  Real Madrid
  Portugal 197
2 Zinedine Zidane   Juventus   France 181
3 Andriy Shevchenko   Milan   Ukraine 85
4 Thierry Henry   Arsenal   France 57
5 Alessandro Nesta   Lazio   Italy 39
6 Rivaldo   Barcelona   Brazil 39
7 Gabriel Batistuta   Roma   Argentina 26
8 Gaizka Mendieta   Valencia   Spain 22
9 Raúl   Real Madrid   Spain 18
10 Paolo Maldini   Milan   Italy 10
David Beckham   Manchester United   England 10
12 Zlatko Zahovič   Olympiacos
  Valencia
  Slovenia 8
Fabien Barthez   Manchester United   France 8
14 Francesco Toldo   Fiorentina   Italy 7
Francesco Totti   Roma   Italy 7
Roberto Carlos   Real Madrid   Brazil 7
17 Patrick Kluivert   Barcelona   Netherlands 6
18 Edgar Davids   Juventus   Netherlands 5
Hakan Şükür   Internazionale   Turkey 5
Mário Jardel   Galatasaray   Brazil 5
Fernando Redondo   Real Madrid
  Milan
  Argentina 5
22 Pavel Nedvěd   Lazio   Czech Republic 4
David Trezeguet   Juventus   France 4
24 Marcel Desailly   Chelsea   France 2
Oliver Kahn   Bayern Munich   Germany 2
Rui Costa   Fiorentina   Portugal 2
27 Laurent Blanc   Internazionale   France 1
Claudio López   Valencia
  Lazio
  Argentina 1
Roy Keane   Manchester United   Republic of Ireland 1
Juan Sebastián Verón   Lazio   Argentina 1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Brazil and Lyon), Nicolas Anelka (France, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain), Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands and Arsenal), Hernán Crespo (Argentina, Parma and Lazio), Didier Deschamps (France, Chelsea and Valencia), Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina and Monaco), Geremi (Cameroon and Real Madrid), Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy and Juventus), Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon, Cagliari and Parma), Savo Milošević (Serbia and Montenegro, Zaragoza and Parma), Nuno Gomes (Portugal, Benfica and Fiorentina), Álvaro Recoba (Uruguay and Internazionale), Paul Scholes (England and Manchester United), Marco Simone (Italy and Monaco), Jaap Stam (Netherlands and Manchester United), Sylvain Wiltord (France, Bordeaux and Arsenal) and Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands and Barcelona).

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2000". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
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