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

Total votes (100 candidates)   1.384.610