The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.
Siarhei Rutenka, also Sergej Rutenka (Belarusian: Сяргей Рутэнка ; born 29 September 1981) is a Belarusian former handball player.
 Besides Belarusian citizenship, he also acquired Slovenian citizenship in 2003.
 In January 2008, he received the Spanish nationality.
 His preferred position was outside left, but he was also capable of playing as the pivot and playmaker.
 He came to prominence while playing for the Slovenian club RK Celje and earlier for RK Gorenje.
 He has also played for FC Barcelona in Spain.
 The club acquired him for €1 million in 2009.
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurred when the San Jose Mine near to Copiapó, Chile, collapsed, leaving 32 miners of Chilean nationality and one Bolivian miner trapped inside about 700 metres (over 2000 feet) below the surface.
 The men were trapped in the mine for 69 days before being rescued.
 The discovery of the miners and their eventual rescue received global attention, with over 2000 members of the media reporting from the San Jose Mine.
 Global leaders expressed good wishes for the rescue and congratulations upon its successful completion.
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories.
 He is considered an important figure in the Latin American "Boom" generation, and received several awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (2000), Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (1997), and Juan Rulfo Award (1996).
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, (] ; born 4 November 1972) is a retired Portuguese footballer.
 He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale before retiring on 31 May 2009.
 He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.
The 2000 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 8 to March 11, 2000.
 The tournament was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
 The top two teams in each division received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.
 Temple University won the tournament.
 Dayton and St. Bonaventure also received bids to the NCAA Tournament.
 Quincy Wadley of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
 Future NBA players Mark Karcher and Pepe Sánchez of Temple were among those joining Wadley on the All-Championship Team.
Troy Kenneth Andrews, OAM(born 1 December 1961) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player and shooter, who has represented Australia at five Paralympics from 1984 to 2000.
 He was born in the New South Wales city of Broken Hill.
 At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he came fourth in the Men's Air Pistol 2-6 - event.
 He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2000 Sydney Games.
 He won a gold medal as part of the winning Australian team in 1996, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.
 In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.
Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff (] , anglicised to Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach.
 As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974.
 Cruyff was the most famous exponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history.
 In the 1970s, Dutch football rose from near obscurity to become a powerhouse in the sport.
 Cruyff led the Netherlands to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.
 At the 1974 finals, he executed a feint that subsequently was named after him, the "Cruyff Turn", a move widely replicated in the modern game.
Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков , ] ; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former footballer who is currently a football commentator for Univision Deportes.
 A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is widely considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all-time.
 He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994.
 In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
Tommy Plommer (born August 26, 1968 in London, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who holds dual Canadian and British nationality.
 He played for the Ayr Raiders in 1991–92, the Sheffield Steelers between 1992 and 2000 and the Hull Thunder in 2000–01.
 He was also a member of the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the 1994 Pool B World Championships.

Question: What nationality is the player who received the 2000 Ballon d'Or?
Answer: Portuguese