Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d’Or title on Monday as he pipped Virgil van Dijk to the crown.
France Football, who organize the Ballon d’Or, have released details of who each country voted for.
A journalist from each country picks their top five players for the year with points then allocated depending on the selection.
How the European top 10 FIFA-ranked countries voted:
- Belgium 1) Van Dijk 2) Messi 3) Salah 4) Ronaldo 5) Hazard
- France 1) Mane 2) Messi 3) Van Dijk 4) Ronaldo 5) Bernardo Silva
- Portugal 1) Ronaldo 2) Mane 3) Messi 4) Van Dijk 5) Bernardo Silva
- Spain 1) Van Dijk 2) Ronaldo 3) Messi 4) Mane 5) Mbappe
- Croatia 1) Ronaldo 2) Alisson 3) Aguero 4) Van Dijk 5) Mbappe
- Switzerland 1) Van Dijk 2) Bernardo Silva 3) Messi 4) Lewandowski 5) De Jong
- Italy 1) Van Dijk 2) De Jong 3) Ronaldo 4) Messi 5) Mane
- Netherlands 1) Van Dijk 2) Messi 3) Ronaldo 4) De Jong 5) Alisson
- Germany 1) Lewandowski 2) Mane 3) Van Dijk 4) Mbappe 5) Messi
British and Irish votes:
England
Henry Winter (The Times)
1) Van Dijk 2) Messi 3) Ronaldo 4) Sterling 5) Alisson
Scotland
John Greechan (Scottish Daily Mail)
1) Van Dijk 2) Messi 3) Ronaldo 4) De Bruyne 5) De Ligt
Wales
Paul Abbandonato (Trinity Mirror)
1) Messi 2) Van Dijk 3) Ronaldo 4) Salah 5) De Ligt
Northern Ireland
Darren Fullerton (Daily Mirror)
1) Van Dijk 2) Messi 3) Ronaldo 4) Mane 5) De Ligt
Republic of Ireland
Paul Kelly (Freelance)
1) Van Dijk 2) Mane 3) Messi 4) Ronaldo 5) Bernardo Silva
But it seems like, Liverpool have fans in Guatemala and Sri Lanka.
A journalist from Guatemala Francisco Aguilar Chang voted for Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Frenkie de Jong, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah with the same order.
While a journalist from Sri Lanka, Hafiz Marikar, voted for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Antoine Griezmann, Robert Lewandowski and Marc Andre ter- Stegen.
Source-
Football365
