The 2002 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 Ronaldo on 12 December 2002. This was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, his first award was in 1997.
Ronaldo was the first Brazilian national to win the award, when he won his first Ballon in 1997, since then Rivaldo had also won the award in 1999. He was also the fourth Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959), Raymond Kopa (1958), and Luís Figo (2000).
Rankings On 18 November 2002, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.
The voting results went as follows: RankPlayerNationalityClub(s)Points1RonaldoFrance Football reports Ronaldo with 171 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth). Internazionale Real Madrid1692Roberto Carlos Real Madrid1453Oliver KahnFrance Football reports Kahn with 114 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth). Bayern Munich1104Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid785Michael BallackFrance Football reports Ballack with 67 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth). Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich716Thierry Henry Arsenal547Raúl Real Madrid388RivaldoFrance Football reports Rivaldo with 29 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth). Barcelona Milan319Yıldıray Baştürk Bayer Leverkusen1310Alessandro Del Piero Juventus1211Hasan Şaş Galatasaray1012Ronaldinho Paris Saint-Germain813Michael Owen Liverpool5Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United515Bernd Schneider Bayer Leverkusen4Juan Carlos Valerón Deportivo La Coruña4Cafu Roma4Patrick Vieira Arsenal419Lúcio Bayer Leverkusen3Luís Figo Real Madrid321Papa Bouba Diop Lens2El Hadji Diouf Lens Liverpool2Rio Ferdinand Leeds United Manchester United224Rubén Baraja Valencia1Filippo Inzaghi Milan1Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña1
Additionally, 24 players were nominated but received no votes: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Sonny Anderson (Lyon), David Beckham (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Djibril Cissé (Auxerre), Edmílson (Lyon), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Fulham), Miroslav Klose (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Claude Makélélé (Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Pauleta (Bordeaux), Tomáš Rosický (Borussia Dortmund), Javier Saviola (Barcelona), Seol Ki-hyeon (Anderlecht), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord, Milan), Francesco Totti (Roma), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Christian Vieri (Internazionale), Marc Wilmots (Bordeaux) and Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal).
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External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page