Cristiano Ronaldo came out victorious in B.O.A.T. (acronym for Ballon d’Or of All Time), an initiative by the magazine France Football announced this Wednesday (10/28). The award refers to the edition of 2008won by Ronaldo at the time he was defending the Manchester United. The announcement came 48 hours after the Ballon d’Or ceremony, won by Harry Kane.
In the dispute, the edition of 2012defeated by Lionel Messicame in second place, according to France Football. Voting was open to the general public (and not journalists), with participation upon payment of a fee. 1 euro (R$5.97 at current exchange rates). Only editions of players with at least two career titles could be chosen.
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France Football clarified that the result does not equate to an official award to be given to Ronaldo. This is a popular election, with no handover ceremony planned. Voting participants were automatically entered into the prize draw. two tickets to attend the ceremony of 2027 Ballon d’Or.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s numbers when he won the Ballon d’Or in the 2007/08 season
That season, Cristiano Ronaldo won, with Manchester United, the Premier Leaguea Champions League and the Club World Cup. During this campaign, he noted 42 goals and distributed eight assists in 49 matches.
In addition to the Ballon d’Or – the first of his career – the Portuguese star won the Golden Shoe, awarded to the top scorer in European football.
Messi’s numbers when he won the Ballon d’Or in the 2011/12 season
In the 2011/12 season, Messi celebrated the fourth Ballon d’Or of his career – and it was also the fourth in a row. Together with Barcelona, he won the King’s Cupa Spanish Super Cup and from Uefa and the Club World Cup.
There were 82 goals and 34 assists from Messi during the seasonwith 73 goals for Barcelona alone, reaching the highest number of balls in the net by a single player in history – until then, it belonged to Gerd Müller, who found the net 67 times in the 1972/73 season.
The voting numbers
France Football reported that 5,009 people exercised their vote more than once. Among them, 4.665 recorded two to four choices. A group of 300 Voters voted between five and nine times. Already 44 people they managed to accumulate between 10 and 26 votes.