The World‘s Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2008

The World‘s Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2008
Der gegenwärtig populärste aktive Fussballer der Welt im Jahre 2008
El futbolista actualmente en activo más popular del mundo en el año 2008
Le footballeur actuellement actif le plus populaire du monde dans l‘année 2008
Voting by IFFHS Users

	player	nationality	club	votes
1.	Mohamed Aboutreika	Egypt	Al-Ahly Cairo	301.837
2.	Óscar David Suazo	Honduras	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	283.829
3.	Marcos	Brasil	SE Palmeiras São Paulo	155.282
4.	Faisal Agab Sido	Sudan	Al-Merreikh Omdurman	104.521
5.	Rogério Ceni	Brasil	São Paulo FC	94.622
6.	Arda Turan	Türkiye	Galatasaray SK İstanbul	88.321
7.	Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi	Iran	Pirouzi (Perspolis) Teheran	82.597
8.	Semih Şentürk	Türkiye	Fenerbahce SK İstanbul	42.024
9.	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	Al-Hilal FC Riyadh	38.698
10.	Dario Srna	Hrvatska	FC Shakhtyor Donetsk	20.443
11.	Guillermo Ochoa	México	CF América Ciudad de México	15.853
12.	Vladimir Bystrov	Russia	FC Spartak Moscow	10.748
13.	Alessandro Del Piero	Italia	Juventus FC Torino	10.682
14.	Jorge Luis Valdivia	Chile	Al-Ain Sport & Cultural Club	9.293
15.	Iker Casillas	España	Real Madrid CF	8.639
16.	Hamit Altıntop	Türkiye	FC Bayern München	6.409
17.	Oswaldo Javier Sánchez	México	Club Santos Laguna de Torreon	5.874
18.	Petr Čech	Česká Republika	Chelsea FC London	5.683
19.	Peng Han	China	Shandong Luneng Taishan	5.511
20.	Nemanja Vidić	Srbija	Manchester United FC	5.426
21.	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United FC	5.246
22.	Hicham Aboucharouan	Maroc	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	4.925
23.	Hosni Abdrabboh	Egypt	Al-Ismailia / Al Ahly Dubai	4.833
24.	Lionel Messi	Argentina	FC Barcelona	4.688
25.	Euzebiusz Smolarek	Polska	Bolton Wanderers FC	4.678
26.	Igor Akinfeev	Russia	PFC CSKA Moscow	4.335
27.	Andrey Arshavin	Russia	FC Zenit St. Petersburg	4.244
28.	Adrian Mutu	România	AC Fiorentina Firenze	3.931
29.	Kaká	Brasil	Milan AC	3.528
30.	Francesco Totti	Italia	AS Roma	2.839
31.	Rafael Márquez	México	FC Barcelona	2.837
32.	Ronaldinho	Brasil	Milan AC	2.545
33.	Harry Kewell	Australia	SK Galatasaray İstanbul	2.498
34.	Ahmad Saad Ajab Al-Azemi	Kuwait	Al-Qadisiya SC Kuwait-City	2.432
35.	Yeorgios Karagounis	Greece	Panathinaikos Athens	2.310
36.	Raúl González	España	Real Madrid CF	2.230
37.	Gianluigi Buffon	Italia	Juventus FC Torino	2.119
38.	Lamouri Djediat	Algérie	Entente Sportife de Sétif	1.807
39.	David Beckham	England	Los Angeles Galaxy	1.437
40.	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Sverige	FC Internazionale Milano	1.249
41.	Diego Martín Forlán	Uruguay	Club Atlético de Madrid	1.244
42.	Mohamed Amine Chermiti	Tunisie	Hertha BSC Berlin	1.215
43.	Dmitry Sychev	Russia	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	1.210
44.	Xavi Hernández	España	FC Barcelona	1.185
45.	Martín Silva	Uruguay	Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo	1.183
46.	Fernando Torres	España	Liverpool FC	1.049
47.	Diego	Brasil	SV Werder Bremen	1.045
48.	Michael Ballack	Deutschland	Chelsea FC London	1.030
49.	José Francisco Cevallos	Ecuador	LDU de Quito	951
50.	José Paolo Guerrero	Perú	Hamburger SV	935
	David Villa	España	Valencia CF	935
52.	José Manuel Rey	Venezuela	Caracas FC	929
53.	Steven Gerrard	England	Liverpool FC	901
54.	Robinho	Brasil	Manchester City FC	885
55.	Jared Borgetti	México	CF Monterrey	799
56.	Thierry Henry	France	FC Barcelona	682
57.	Carlos Alberto Tévez	Argentina	Manchester United FC	509
58.	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Nederland	Real Madrid CF	495
59.	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	FC Internazionale Milano	473
60.	Francesc Fàbregas	España	Arsenal FC London	472
61.	Sergio Leonel Agüero	Argentina	Club Atlético de Madrid	471
62.	Juan Román Riquelme	Argentina	CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires	438
63.	Oliver Kahn	Deutschland	FC Bayern München	401
64.	Franck Ribéry	France	FC Bayern München	368
65.	Deco	Portugal	Chelsea FC London	293
66.	Wayne Rooney	England	Manchester United FC	266
67.	Didier Drogba	Côte-d‘Ivoire	Chelsea FC London	262
68.	Samuel Eto‘o	Cameroun	FC Barcelona	239
69.	Carlos Puyol	España	FC Barcelona	213
70.	Andrea Pirlo	Italia	Milan AC	209
71.	Tamás Hajnal	Magyarország	BV Borussia Dortmund	190
72.	René Higuita	Colombia	CS Deportiva y C de Pereira	178
73.	Frédéric Kanouté	Mali	Sevilla FC	164
74.	Karim Benzema	France	Olympique Lyonnais	163
75.	Gennaro Gattuso	Italia	Milan AC	160
76.	Daniel Agger	Danmark	Liverpool FC	155
77.	Ryan Giggs	Wales	Manchester United FC	154
78.	Lukas Podolski	Deutschland	FC Bayern München	153
79.	Martín Palermo	Argentina	CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires	118
80.	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	Manchester United FC	98
81.	Philipp Lahm	Deutschland	FC Bayern München	83
82.	Jari Litmanen	Suomi	FC Lahti	76
83.	Klaas Jan Huntelaar	Nederland	AFC Ajax Amsterdam	68
84.	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	Blackburn Rovers FC	53
	Brian McBride	USA	Chicago Fire	53
86.	Rio Ferdinand	England	Manchester United FC	50
	Bambang Pamungkas	Indonesia	Persija Jakarta	50
88.	Alexander Frei	Schweiz	BV Borussia Dortmund	44
89.	Tawan Sripan	Thailand	BEC Tero Sasana Bangkok	42
90.	John Carew	Norge	Aston Villa FC	40
91.	Baichung Bhutia	India	Mohun Bagan AC Calcutta	39
92.	Yasuhito Endo	Japan	Gamba Osaka	32
93.	John Aloisi	Australia	Sydney FC	26
94.	Indra Sahdan Daud	Singapore	Home United FC	24
	Stephen McManus	Scotland	Glasgow Celtic FC	24
96.	Robert David Keane	Republic of Ireland	Liverpool FC	23
97.	Nam-Il Kim	Republic of Korea	Vissel Kobe	17
98.	Barry Ferguson	Scotland	Glasgow Rangers FC	16
	Teko Modise	South Africa	Orlando Pirates Marshalltown	16
100.	Steven Defour	Belgique	Royal Standard de Liège	11

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