How the major European nations voted in the 2019 Ballon d’Or

The votes are in

Messi secured a record sixth Ballon d’Or gong on Monday, pipping Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk to the prize by 686 points to 679.

The prize is based on one journalist per country submitting a list of their top five players, which makes for an overwhelming number of entries.

With that in mind, we’ve watered it down to the top 22 UEFA nations by country coefficient, adding in Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for good measure.

Austria

Journalist: Walter Kowatsch-Schwarz (Freelance)

1. Sadio Mane

2. Lionel Messi

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Virgil van Dijk

5. Mohamed Salah

Belgium

Journalist: Frederic Larsimont (Le Soir)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Mohamed Salah

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Eden Hazard

Croatia

Journalist: Zdravko Reic (Jutarnji List)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Alisson Becker

3. Sergio Aguero

4. Virgil van Dijk

5. Kylian Mbappe

Cyprus

Journalist: Michel Gavrielides (Cytavision)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Sadio Mane

3. Frenkie de Jong

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Robert Lewandowski

Czech Republic

Journalist: Stanislav Hrabe (Ruik Football)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Kylian Mbappe

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Robert Lewandowski

Denmark

Journalist: Troels Bager Thogersen (Tipsbladet)

1. Lionel Messi

2. Virgil van Dijk

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Raheem Sterling

5. Sadio Mane

England

Journalist: Henry Winter (The Times)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Raheem Sterling

5. Alisson Becker

France

Journalist: Pascal Ferré (France Football)

1. Sadio Mane

2. Lionel Messi

3. Virgil van Dijk

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Bernardo Silva

Germany

Journalist: Karl-Heinz Wild (Kicker)

1. Robert Lewandowski

2. Sadio Mane

3. Virgil van Dijk

4. Kylian Mbappe

5. Lionel Messi

Greece

Journalist: Manos Staramopoulos (Dimokratia)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Sadio Mane

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Lionel Messi

5. Son Heung-min

Italy

Journalist: Paolo Condo (Sky Sport and Gazzetta dello Sport)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Frenkie de Jong

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Lionel Messi

5. Sadio Mane

Netherlands

Journalist: Frans van den Nieuwenhof (Voetbal International)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Frenkie de Jong

5. Alisson Becker

Northern Ireland

Journalist: Darren Fullerton (Daily Mirror)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Sadio Mane

5. Matthijs de Ligt

Norway

Journalist: Lars Tjaernaas (Aftenposten)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Raheem Sterling

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Sadio Mane

Portugal

Journalist: Joaquim Rita (SIC)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Sadio Mane

3. Lionel Messi

4. Virgil van Dijk

5. Bernardo Silva

Republic of Ireland

Journalist: Paul Kelly (Freelance)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Sadio Mane

3. Lionel Messi

4. Cristiano Ronaldo

5. Bernardo Silva

Russia

Journalist: Konstantin Kletchev (Match TV)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Virgil van Dijk

3. Lionel Messi

4. Bernardo Silva

5. Sadio Mane

Scotland

Journalist: John Greechan (Scottish Daily Mail)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Kevin De Bruyne

5. Matthijs de Ligt

Serbia

Journalist: Vladimir Novakovic (Sportklub)

1. Lionel Messi

2. Alisson Becker

3. Robert Lewandowski

4. Dusan Tadic

5. Riyad Mahrez

Spain

Journalist: Alfredo Relano (AS)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Lionel Messi

4. Sadio Mane

5. Kylian Mbappe

Sweden

Journalist: Anders Bengtsson (Offside)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Lionel Messi

3. Raheem Sterling

4. Alisson Becker

5. Sadio Mane

Switzerland

Journalist: Christophe Cerf (Radio Television Suisse)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Bernardo Silva

3. Lionel Messi

4. Robert Lewandowski

5. Frenkie de Jong

Turkey

Journalist: Fatih Dogan (Sabah Daily Newspaper)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Kylian Mbappe

4. Mohamed Salah

5. Lionel Messi

Ukraine

Journalist: Igor Linnyk (Footclub)

1. Virgil van Dijk

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Mohamed Salah

4. Lionel Messi

5. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen

Wales

Journalist: Paul Abbandonato (Media Wales)

1. Lionel Messi

2. Virgil van Dijk

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

4. Mohamed Salah

5. Matthijs de Ligt

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.