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Messi Ballon d’Or France Football 2009 | 4 Real Madrid players in the vote

December 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona and Argentina is the new winner of the Golden Ball. Messi takes over from the 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo who ends up second in the vote. Messi is the first Argentinian player ever to win the honor (players from outside Europe were only included in 1994 so the likes of Maradona or Kempes never had the chance to win). Messi won the award in 2009 by the largest margin ever: 240 points over the number 2 Cristiano Ronaldo.
To read more about the draw and the event check out the France Football website.
Below the final classification. The list clearly dominated by FC Barcelona players after their completion of the treble – the first ever Spanish team to accomplish that feat:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina, FC Barcelona) : 473 points
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United now Real Madrid) : 233 pts
3. Xavi (Spain, FC Barcelona) : 170 pts
4. Andrès Iniesta (Spain, FC Barcelona) : 149 pts
5. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroun, FC Barcelona now Inter Milan) : 75 pts
6. Kaka (Brazil, AC Milan now Real Madrid) : 58 pts
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Inter Milan now FC Barcelona) : 50 pts
8. Wayne Rooney (England, Manchester United): 35 pts
9. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea): 33 pts
10. Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool) : 32 pts
11. Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool): 22 pts
12. Cesc Fabregas (Spain, Arsenal) : 13 pts
13. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg) : 12 pts
14. Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United) : 11 pts
15. Thierry Henry (France, FC Barcelona) : 9 pts
16. Luis Fabiano (Brazil, FC Sevilla), Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United),
Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid): 8 pts
19. Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atletico Madrid) : 7 pts
20. Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux) : 6 pts
21. Andreï Archavin (Russia, Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Brasil, Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea) : 5 pts
24. Maicon (Brazil, Inter Milan) : 4 pts
25. Diego (Brazil, Werder Bremen now Juventus) : 3 pts
26. David Villa (Spain, Valencia), John Terry (England, Chelsea) : 2 pts
28. Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, FC Barcelona) : 1 pt
30. Karim Benzema (France, Lyon now Real Madrid): 0 pt

The winner of the Golden Ball since the very beginning in 1956:
1956 – MATTHEWS
1957 – DI STEFANO (Real Madrid)
1958 – KOPA
1959 – DI STEFANO (Real Madrid)
1960 – SUAREZ
1961 – SIVORI
1962 – MASOPUST
1963 – YACHIN
1964 – LAW
1965 – EUSEBIO
1966 – B.CHARLTON
1967 – ALBERT
1968 – BEST
1969 – RIVERA
1970 – G. MÜLLER
1971 – CRUYFF
1972 – BECKENBAUER
1973 – CRUYFF
1974 – CRUYFF
1975 – BLOCHIN
1976 – BECKENBAUER
1977 – SIMONSEN
1978 – KEEGAN
1979 – KEEGAN
1980 – RUMMENIGGE
1981 – RUMMENIGGE
1982 – P. ROSSI
1983 – PLATINI
1984 – PLATINI
1985 – PLATINI
1986 – BELANOV
1987 – GULLIT
1988 – VAN BASTEN
1989 – VAN BASTEN
1990 – MATTHÄUS
1991 – PAPIN
1992 – VAN BASTEN
1993 – R. BAGGIO
1994 – STOITCHKOV
1995 – WEAH
1996 – SAMMER
1997 – RONALDO
1998 – ZIDANE
1999 – RIVALDO
2000 – FIGO
2001 – OWEN
2002 – RONALDO (Real Madrid)
2003 – NEDVED
2004 – SHEVCHENKO
2005 – RONALDINHO
2006 – CANNAVARO (Real Madrid)
2007 – KAKÁ
2008 – C.RONALDO
2009 – MESSI

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Argentinian internationals in Real Madrid

October 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Due to the link between Spain and Latin America and the similar culture and the language they have in common many South American players have played and play in Spanish football. Including for Real Madrid. One of the all time greatest Real Madrid players Alfredo di Stefano was Argentinian. The stadium where Real Madrid’s satellite club Real Madrid Castilla plays has thus been named after Alfredo di Stefano. Later on during the 1980s the current sports director in Real Madrid Jorge Valdano played with los merengues and during the 1990s Fernando Redondo.

Facade of Estadio Alfredo di Stefano de Real Madrid

Facade of Estadio Alfredo di Stefano de Real Madrid

In the current Real Madrid squad there are two Argentinian internationals. Fernando Gago y Gonzalo Higuain. Both were young talents in Argentina and came to Real Madrid at an early age. While none of them have established themselves in the league of Di Stefano or Redondo they do play regularly on the first team and Higuain was even the club’s topscorer for the season 2008/09.

Fernando Gago:

Fernando Gago on the ground

Fernando Gago on the ground

Gago played with the jersey number 8 for the season 2008/09. For the season 2009/10 he switched to the jersey number 5. In Argentina the number 5 jersey is reserved for the central midfield player and has a very high status since it is a very important position in the Argentinian system. Kaka who was new in the club had played previously with number 22 , with number 8, and with number 10. Kaka was not really interested in wearing the number 5 jersey previously worn by Zidane since he would rather be Kaka than “the new Zidane”. So in the end everyone came out happy with the numbers assigned.

Gonzalo Higuain:

Real Madrid player number 20 Gonzalo Higuain

Real Madrid player number 20 Gonzalo Higuain

Higuain is a very explosive player and is a powerful forward. He has a great and fierce shot and is very aggressive in the box. Higuain wears the jersey number 20 and plays in adidas predator boots. The version in the photo is white with a bit of black or navy at the back.
The other player in the photo happens also to be an Argentinian international though not representing Real Madrid anymore. It is Gabriel Heinze formerly with Manchester United and Real Madrid but currently with Olympique Marseille.

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Former Real Madrid great – Fernando Morientes

October 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Professional soccer clubs see many players go through their ranks. Players come and go and few stay for extended periods of time with the same club. Sometimes players become incredible unpopular with the fans when they leave a club. The cause of the anger can be several. When Figo left Barcelona for Real Madrid he was considered a traitor by the Barca fans. When Mendieta left Lazio he was considered a failure because he had not lived up to expectations. In other cases the fans sympathize with a player leaving the club. Michel Salgado in Real Madrid was applauded when he left the club since he was shown the door even though he had served the club well throughout 10 years. Fernando Morientes is another Real Madrid player who had to leave the club involuntarily and who has never played for the rivals of Real Madrid and thus is still popular with the fans.

Pepe and Morientes during a match

Pepe and Morientes during a match

Fernando Morientes is now playing at Olympique Marseille in France. He is wearing the jersey number 23 for Marseille. Another former Real Madrid player with Marseille is Gabriel Heinze but he is not a native Spaniard like Morientes and he spent few years with the club so he does not have the same affinity with the supporters.
In the video clip Morientes leaves the field as he is substituted and receives the applauds of the crowd.

Morientes is wearing his jersey loose on the outside of the shorts. He is wearing adidas Predator boots in a navy – silver style. The shorts are rather long pretty much knee lenght.

Fernando Morientes for Olympique Marseille

Fernando Morientes for Olympique Marseille

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