The Ballon of gold 2005 , which rewards the best footballer of the year evolving/moving in Europe, was allotted to Ronaldinho the November 28th 2005.

List of the 50 nominated ones

The classification 2005

1. Ronaldinho: 225 points
2. Frank Lampard: 148 points
3. Steven Gerrard: 142 points
4. Thierry Henry: 41 points
5. Andrei Chevtchenko: 33 points
6. Paolo Maldini: 23 points
7. Adriano: 22 points
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 21 points
9. Kaká: 19 points
10. Samuel Eto' O: 18 points
11. John Terry: 18 points
12. Juninho: 15 points
13. Claude Makélélé: 8 points
14. Michael Ballack: 7 points
15. Petr Cech: 7 points
16. Didier Drogba: 7 points
17. Romance Juan Riquelme: 7 points
18. Zinedine Zidane: 5 points
19. Gianluigi Buffon: 4 points
20. Jamie Carragher: 3 points
21. Cristiano Ronaldo: 3 points
22. Michael Essien: 2 points
23. Shine Garcia: 1 point
24. Pavel Nedved: 1 point

See too

• Balloon of gold

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