The 2000 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 Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.
Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).
Rankings On 13 November 2000, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.
The voting results went as follows: RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Luís Figo Barcelona Real Madrid 197 2 Zinedine Zidane Juventus 181 3 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 85 4 Thierry Henry Arsenal 57 5 Alessandro Nesta Lazio 39 6 Rivaldo Barcelona 39 7 Gabriel Batistuta Roma 26 8 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia 22 9 Raúl Real Madrid 18 10 Paolo Maldini Milan 10 David Beckham Manchester United 10 12 Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos Valencia 8 Fabien Barthez Manchester United 8 14 Francesco Toldo Fiorentina 7 Francesco Totti Roma 7 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 7 17 Patrick Kluivert Barcelona 6 18 Edgar Davids Juventus 5 Hakan Şükür Internazionale 5 Mário Jardel Galatasaray 5 Fernando Redondo Real Madrid Milan 5 22 Pavel Nedvěd Lazio 4 David Trezeguet Juventus 4 24 Marcel Desailly Chelsea 2 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich 2 Rui Costa Fiorentina 2 27 Laurent Blanc Internazionale 1 Claudio López Valencia Lazio 1 Roy Keane Manchester United 1 Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio 1
Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Brazil and Lyon), Nicolas Anelka (France, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain), Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands and Arsenal), Hernán Crespo (Argentina, Parma and Lazio), Didier Deschamps (France, Chelsea and Valencia), Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina and Monaco), Geremi (Cameroon and Real Madrid), Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy and Juventus), Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon, Cagliari and Parma), Savo Milošević (Serbia and Montenegro, Zaragoza and Parma), Nuno Gomes (Portugal, Benfica and Fiorentina), Álvaro Recoba (Uruguay and Internazionale), Paul Scholes (England and Manchester United), Marco Simone (Italy and Monaco), Jaap Stam (Netherlands and Manchester United), Sylvain Wiltord (France, Bordeaux and Arsenal) and Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands and Barcelona).
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page