Ronaldo 2008 season na im France Football all-time Ballon d'Or fan vote top
- Cristiano Ronaldo 2008 Ballon d'Or-winning season don win greatest in a France Football fan poll.
- Lionel Messi 2012 campaign finish second, with Ronaldo 2017 season third for Ballon d'Or of All Time ranking.
- Di poll mark di award 70th anniversary and e separate from official Ballon d'Or wey journalists dey decide.
Cristiano Ronaldo 2008 Ballon d'Or-winning season don win greatest for di history of di award, for one fan poll wey French magazine France Football do to mark its 70th anniversary.
Di result, wey dem release on Wednesday, put Ronaldo first Ballon d'Or campaign ahead of Lionel Messi 2012 season. Ronaldo 2017 triumph come third, Messi 2023 season fourth and Ronaldo 2016 campaign fifth.
Di ranking, wey dem call Ballon d'Or of All Time (BOAT), cover 32 winning seasons by 10 players. Football transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano share di results on social media, and di poll run from October 1 to October 27.
Why 2008 stand out
Ronaldo win him first Ballon d'Or while e dey Manchester United, after 2007-08 season wey e score 42 goals for all competitions. E net 31 times for Premier League and seven for Champions League, and e score for di final against Chelsea as United win both trophies.
Him league tally earn am di European Golden Shoe. For di original Ballon d'Or voting dat year, e finish with 446 points from 96 journalists, ahead of Messi.
Ronaldo go on win di award four more times, for 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, for career total of five. Messi hold di record with eight, including him 2023 win after Argentina 2022 World Cup triumph.
Further down di fan list, Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario 2002 season place 13th and Johan Cruyff 1974 campaign 17th. Michel Platini 1984 win come 18th, ahead of Franz Beckenbauer 1976 season.
Wetin di vote mean
Di BOAT ranking judge individual winning seasons, not players overall careers, and e separate from di official annual Ballon d'Or, wey jury of specialist journalists dey decide. France Football describe am as celebration of fans passion for di game rather than official trophy.
Some reports note say voters pay one euro per vote, and say thousands of people vote more than once. Di outcome don restart di long debate among Nigerian and other football fans over Ronaldo and Messi, whose rivalry don shape arguments about di world best player for more than a decade.
