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Football: The 2009 Ballon d'Or top 10

Ballon D'or nominees: Barcelona's Messi — Barcelona's Lionel Messi Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo — Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo Photograph: Javier Soriano/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Barcelona's midfielder Xavi Hernandez (L — Barcelona's midfielder Xavi Hernandez Photograph: Valery Hache/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Barcelona's Iniesta — Barcelona's Andres Iniesta Photograph: Albert Gea/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: FC Internazionale Milano v SSC Napoli - Serie A — Samuel Eto'o Fils of FC Inter Milan Photograph: Massimo Cebrelli/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka — Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka Photograph: Dominique Faget/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Barcelona v Real Zaragoza - La Liga — Zlatan Ibrahimovic of FC Barcelona Photograph: Jasper Juinen/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Barclays Premier League - Portsmouth v Manchester United - Fratton Park — Manchester United's Wayne Rooney Photograph: Mike Egerton/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Barclays Premier League - Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea - Reebok Stadium — Didier Drogba, Chelsea Photograph: Tony Marshall/guardian.co.uk

Ballon D'or nominees: Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard — Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard Photograph: Paul Ellis/guardian.co.uk

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