2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or (The Golden Ball)

[The GFP]

1st : Lionel Messi (Argentina) - Barcelona got 41.60%

2nd : Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - Real Madrid got 23.68%

3rd : Andrés Iniesta (Spain) - Barcelona got 10.91%

4th : Xavi (Spain) - Barcelona got 4.08%
5th : Radamel Falcao (Colombia) - Atlético Madrid got 3.67%
6th : Iker Casillas (Spain) - Real Madrid got 3.18%
7th : Andrea Pirlo (Italy) - Juventus got 2.66%
8th : Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) - Chelsea & China Shanghai Shenhua got 2.60%
9th : Robin van Persie (Holland) - Arsenal & Manchester Utd got 1.45%
10th : Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) - AC Milan & France Paris Saint-Germain got 1.24%

Each country gets 3 votes one from the national manager, national captain & a national journalist.

England
Manager - Roy Hodgson : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Radamel Falcao
Captain - Steven Gerrard : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Xabi Alonso
Journalist - Henry Winter (Daily Telegraph) : 1st Cristiano Ronaldo, 2nd Lionel Messi, 3rd Andrés Iniesta


Scotland
Manager - Billy Stark (Caretaker Manager) : 1st Andrés Iniesta, 2nd Lionel Messi, 3rd Cristiano Ronaldo
Captain - Darren Fletcher : 1st Cristiano Ronaldo, 2nd Lionel Messi, 3rd Robin van Persie
Journalist - John Greechan (Scottish Daily Mail) : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Pirlo Andrea


Wales
Manager - Chris Coleman : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Xavi
Captain - Ashley Williams : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Xavi, 3rd Robin van Persie
Journalist - Paul Abbandonato : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Gerard Piqué


Northern Ireland
Manager - Michael O'Neill : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Andrea Pirlo
Captain - Davis Steve : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Andrés Iniesta
Journalist - Jackie Fullerton (BBC) & Joël Taggart (BBC) : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Andrés Iniesta


Republic of Ireland
Manager - Giovanni Trapattoni : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Xavi
Captain - Robbie Keane : 1st Lionel Messi, 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo, 3rd Andrés Iniesta
Journalist - Paul Kelly & Jimmy Magee (RTÉ) : 1st Cristiano Ronaldo, 2nd Andrés Iniesta, 3rd Andrea Pirlo