2010_FIFA_Ballon_d'Or

2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or

Award

The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the inaugural year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The gala is a continuation of the FIFA World Player Gala and a result of merging the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year award with the Ballon d'Or, previously created and presented by France Football to the top men's player in Europe. The awards ceremony took place on 10 January 2011 in Zürich, Switzerland. The three finalists for each category were announced on 6 December 2010.[1]

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La Masia, the FC Barcelona academy, achieved a record breaking honor in becoming the first youth academy ever to have all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in one same year, with Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.[2][3] Messi won the award, his second consecutive Ballon d'Or victory.

Marta won the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award, her fifth in a row.[4]

José Mourinho, Portuguese manager of Real Madrid and previously of Internazionale, was the first winner of the men's FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2010. The women's version of the award was won by Germany head coach Silvia Neid.[4]

Winners and nominees

FIFA Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi
Andrés Iniesta
Xavi
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The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:

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FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

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The following seven players were also in contention for the award:[5]

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FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

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FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

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FIFA Puskás Award

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FIFA/FIFPro World XI

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FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

References

  1. [1]
    "Nominees announced for FIFA Ballon d'Or gala 2010". FIFA.com. 6 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
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    totalbarca.com, It’s an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or Archived 10 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Messi named Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Messi, Marta, Mourinho and Neid crowned as the best of 2010". FIFA. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. [5]
    FIFA Women's World Player 2010 votes
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