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2013 Ballon d'Or Results

The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year. Between 2010 and 2015 the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Player of the Year awards were merged to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2013 award. The winner was Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of Lionel Messi. This was the second of Ronaldo's five Ballon d'Or awards. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

During the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or presentation they announced a new award, called the FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur. The first ever award went to Brazilian legend Pelé, who was also present at the ceremony to present the year's Ballond' Or to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Final order for the men's 2013 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Percent
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal 27.99
2 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina 24.72
3 Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich France 23.36
4 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain Sweden 5.29
5 Neymar Santos / Barcelona Brazil 3.17
6 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona Spain 2.08
7 Robin van Persie Manchester United Netherlands 1.79
8 Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Netherlands 1.77
9 Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur /  Real Madrid Wales 1.32
10 Andrea Pirlo Juventus Italy 1.11
11 Radamel Falcao Atlético Madrid / Monaco Colombia 1.08
12 Yaya Touré Manchester City Ivory Coast 0.99
13 Robert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund Poland 0.92
14 Philipp Lahm Bayern Munich Germany 0.82
15 Xavi Barcelona Spain 0.82
16 Mesut Özil Real Madrid / Arsenal Germany 0.71
17 Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich Germany 0.43
18 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich Germany 0.43
19 Luis Suárez Liverpool Uruguay 0.39
20 Edinson Cavani Napoli /  Paris Saint-Germain Uruguay 0.36
21 Thiago Silva Paris Saint-Germain Brazil 0.24
22 Eden Hazard Chelsea Belgium 0.16
23 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich Germany 0.08


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