2008 World Soccer award
World Player of the Year % of votes
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd & Portugal) 48.4
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 15.1
3 Fernando Torres (Liverpool & Spain) 13.6
4 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid & Spain) 5.7
5 Xavi (Barcelona & Spain) 5.1
6 David Villa (Valencia & Spain) 2.1
7 Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg & Russia) 1.4
8 Marcos Senna (Villarreal & Spain) 0.7
9 Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich & France) 0.6
10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale & Sweden) 0.5
Others 6.8
World Team of the Year
1 Spain 41.1
2 Manchester United 29.2
3 Zenit St Petersburg 9.1
4 LDU Quito 5.8
5 Egypt 4.4
6 CFR Cluj 1.2
7 Argentina 1.1
8 Hoffenheim 0.9
9 Russia 0.8
10 Anorthosis Famagusta 0.6
Others 5.8
World Manager of the Year
1 Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) 37.8
2 Luis Aragones (Spain) 28.8
3 Dick Advocaat (Zenit St Petersburg) 17.1
4 Hassan Shehata (Egypt) 3.5
5 Guus Hiddink (Russia) 2.8
6 Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina) 1.4
7 Fatih Terim (Turkey) 1.2
8 Muricy Ramalho (Sao Paulo) 0.9
9 Phil Brown (Hull City) 0.8
10 Roberto Mancini (Internazionale) 0.5
Others 5.2
Young Player of the Year
1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 44.2
2 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid & Argentina) 20.1
3 Karim Benzema (Lyon & France) 10.2
4 Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal & Spain) 5.3
5 Anderson (Manchester United & Brazil) 2.8
6 Pato (Milan & Brazil) 2.1
7 Bojan Krkic (Barcelona & Spain) 1.4
8 Theo Walcott (Arsenal & England) 1.1
9 Sebastian Giovinco (Empoli/Juventus & Italy) 0.9
10 Carlos Vela (Arsenal & Mexico) 0.6
Others 11.3
source: worldsoccer.com