The most decorated player in Spanish football history - with 35 trophies, including nine La Liga titles and four Champions League's. However, you can’t deny that Neymar is an incredibly talented player. To find all our available pools, visit our site. After winning the Ballon d’Or in 2003, the Juventus legend admitted his surprise that Henry finished second in the vote. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Bought from Celtic in 1977 to replace Kevin Keegan, who a year later DID win the Ballon d'Or at Hamburg, Dalglish was dealt a tough order. Between 2001-06, the former Arsenal forward was at the peak of his powers. Still just 27 and with Messi and Ronaldo into their 30s, there is still time for him to get back on track and land that elusive Ballon d’Or but the Brazilian desperately needs a move in addition to some international success. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt). Thierry Henry. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. The greatest foreign import ever to grace the Premier League? This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Never won the Ballon d’Or though. The following 24 men were originally in contention for the 2003 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes: "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2003", Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2003 voting results, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2003_Ballon_d%27Or&oldid=966002937, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 July 2020, at 18:09. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender in third place, while Thierry Henry (France) was the top forward, at second place.[3]. These legends for club and country were cruelly robbed of the best player prize in football during their illustrious careers. The 2003 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 the Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd on 22 December 2003. And in that time he was showered with awards - and was included in the UEFA Team of the Year five times in a row between 2008-12. Arguably, England's greatest ever player - Bobby Moore, the captain of the 1966 World Cup-winning team, never got the chance to lift a Ballon d'Or. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Considered by many to be the finest defender of all time, the Italian never quite did enough to win the Ballon d’Or. 1. Henry, like Maldini, featured in the top three a couple of times, finishing second and third in 2003 and 2006 respectively. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. “For me, Thierry Henry is the best forward in the world now. But the Ballon d'Or evaded him, even when he helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup - recording an astonishing 91 per cent pass completion rate in the tournament. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 4. He’s not everyone’s cup of tea and he seems to deliberately get injured every year just before his sister’s birthday which is weird. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 3. Henry came close to winning the Ballon d’Or on two occasions, finishing second to Pavel Nedved in 2003 and then third behind the Italian defensive duo of Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon in 2006. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. But he had to watch as his team-mate Alfredo Di Stefano claimed all the honours - winning the award twice.

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