5 weirdest votes from the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or results list
Messi won the 2015 Ballon d'Or, the fifth time he has won itAs Lionel Messi lifted the Ballon d'Or for the fifth time last night, FIFA published the results of the Ballon d'Or voting. As Messi won with 41.33% of the votes, Cristiano Ronaldo came in second with 27.76% of the votes while Neymar finished a distant third with 7.86% of the votes.Together, the trio accounted for a little over three-quarter of all the votes placed, leaving plenty of room for weird and wonderful voting patterns from the multitude of countries involved.With Roy Hodgson infamously voting for Javier Mascherano last year, perhaps there was a repeat performance from those involved this season as well.Here are 5 of the weirdest votes in this year's Ballon d'Or :
#1 Pakistan coach Mohammad Al Shamlan needs to get a TV
| Designation | Country | Name | #1 | #2 | #3 |
| Coach | Pakistan | Basheer Al Shamlan Mohammad Shamlan Mubarak | Arjen Robben | Karim Benzema | Cristiano Ronaldo |
The Pakistan manager’s pick for the 2015 Ballon d’Or was Dutch superstar Arjen Robben. The same Arjen Robben who missed a total of 176 days and 29 games for Bayern Munich in 2015 through injury. Perhaps Al-Shamlan is a fan of left wingers who cut inside, shoot and refuse to pass, because there isn’t much of an explanation for his #1 pick being Arjen Robben.
There’s also much to question regarding his decision to place Karim Benzema above Cristiano Ronaldo, but clearly, Al-Shamlan is a fan of a unique line of thinking. Or maybe, just maybe, he was confused and filled out his choices in reverse order. Steve Harvey, of Miss Universe fame, would like to have a word.
Al-Shamlan’s picks for the FIFA Mens World Coach of the Year were far more normal, though :
| Designation | Country | Name | #1 | #2 | #3 |
| Coach | Pakistan | Basheer Al Shamlan Mohammad Shamlan Mubarak | Jose Mourinho | Luis Enrique | Arsene Wenger |