France leads all nations with
11 players nominated for the 2006 European Player of the Year. The
Paris magazine France Football,
which organizes the award, announced a
short list of 50 candidates for the 51st Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball').
Chelsea leads all clubs with nine players picked, followed by Barcelona
with eight and Lyon with five.
FRANCE (11): Coupet (Lyon),
Gallas (Arsenal), Giuly (Barcelona), Henry (Arsenal), Makelele
(Chelsea), Malouda (Lyon), Ribery (Marseille), Sagnol (Bayern
Munich), Thuram (Barcelona), Vieira (Inter Milan), Zidane
(retired).
ITALY (7): Buffon (Juventus),
Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Gattuso (Milan), Grosso (Inter Milan), Pirlo
(Milan), Toni (Fiorentina), Zambrotta (Barcelona).
GERMANY (6): Ballack
(Chelsea),
Klose (Werder Bremen), Lahm (Bayer Munich), Lehmann (Arsenal), Podolski
(Bayern Munich), Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich).
ENGLAND (5): J. Cole
(Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Lampard (Chelsea), Rooney (Manchester
United), Terry (Chelsea).
BRAZIL (4): Cris (Lyon),
Juninho (Lyon), Kaka (Milan), Ronaldinho (Barcelona). SPAIN (4): Cesc
(Arsenal), Puyol (Barcelona), Torres (Atletico Madrid), Villa
(Valencia).
PORTUGAL
(3): C. Ronaldo (Manchester United), Deco (Barcelona), Tiago
(Lyon).
ARGENTINA
(2): Messi (Barcelona), Riquelme (Villarreal).
AUSTRALIA (1): Cahill (Everton). CAMEROON (1): Eto'o (Barcelona). ECUADOR (1): Mendez (PSV). GHANA
(1): Essien (Chelsea). IVORY
COAST (1): Drogba
(Chelsea). MALI (1): Diarra
(Real Madrid). NETHERLANDS (1): Robben
(Chelsea), UKRAINE (1):
Shevchenko
(Chelsea).
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