2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The 57th Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball ) was awarded for the year 2012 for the third time together by the magazine France Football and the football 's world governing body FIFA, under the name FIFA Ballon d'Or. After the three best players - even without their respective placement on the " podium " - were published in December 2012, was announced on January 7, 2013 at FIFA headquarters in Zurich the final result. Winner of the Ballon d'Or in 2012 was Lionel Messi - total for the fourth time in succession - before Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta.
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The prize was awarded by a jury made up of 71 national coaches, 167 captains and 170 national journalists. Each of them awarded to three players from a jointly specified by the France- Football - editors and FIFA list five, three or one point. The performance of the players should be appreciated throughout the calendar year. Since the three groups of voters have different electoral numbers, the votes of these three " electoral colleges " but are ever exactly cover one third of the overall results, the absolute scores were then converted and published as percentages.