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Siapakah yang mendapatkan penghargaan FIFA Ballon d’Or tahun 2011? Yap, untuk ketiga kalinya, Lionel Messi memperoleh penghargaan tersebut dengan mengalahkan Cristiano Ronaldo dan Xavi Hernandez. Oleh karena itu, Messi bisa disejajarkan dengan Zinedine Zidane dan Ronaldo karena telah mendapatkan penghargaan pemain terbaik sebanyak 3 kali.
Sedangkan bagi Barcelona, terpilihnya Lionel Messi sebagai pemain terbaik untuk yang ketiga kalinya itu, maka sudah ada sembilan kali pemain Barcelona memenangi Ballon d’Or.
Berikut ini daftar pemenang penghargaan dari FIFA:
FIFA Ballon d’Or
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Winner: Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
Other Nominees: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona/Spain)
FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year
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Winner: Homare Sawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa/Japan)
Other Nominees: Marta (Western New York Flash/Brazil), Abby Wambach (MagicJack/USA)
FIFA Men’s Football Coach of the Year
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Winner: Pep Guardiola (Barcelona/Spain)
Other Nominees: Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United/Scotland), Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid/Portugal)
FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year
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Winner: Norio Sasaki (Japan/Japan)
Other Nominees: Pia Sundhage (USA/Sweden), Bruno Bini (France/France)
FIFA Presidential Award
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Winner: Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United/Scotland)
“He must certainly go down as the greatest manager in the history of the game. I would say more than that. In sport, in any sport, nobody has done more than he has done.” —Sir Bobby Charlton on Sir Alex Ferguson
FIFA Fair Play Award
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Winner: Japanese Football Association
“I hope our football has given a chance for future players and children to dream.” —Homare Sawa (Japan’s FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning captain)
FIFA Puskás Award
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Winner: Neymar da Silva (Santos/Brazil) » video
Other Nominees: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England) » video, Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina) » video
FIFA/FIFPro World XI
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas
Defenders: Daniel Alves, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Nemanja Vidic
Midfielder: Andres Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, Xavi
Forward: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney
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