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11. 3. 2012.

Golden Ball(Ballon d'Or) winners


The "Ballon d'Or", literally translated as "the golden ball" and often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, was an annual association football award. It was presented to the player who has been voted to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. The award was conceived by France Football's chief magazine writer Gabriel Hanot, who asked his colleagues to vote for the player of the year in Europe in 1956.
Originally, journalists could only vote for European players at European clubs, meaning that players who were not Europeans were ineligible for the award. In 1995, there was a change in the rules to allow non-European players to be eligible for the award if they played for a European club. The first non-European to win after the rule change was Milan's George Weah in 1995. In 2007, any player in the world became eligible, and the number of journalists allowed to vote also increased; 96 journalists from around the world chose their top five players, as opposed to the 52 Europe-based journalists in 2006.
After that, any player become eligible for the Golden Ball award.
Here will be shown the list of winners by years and multiple winners.

Year
Player
Country
Club
Country
1956
Stanley Matthews
England
Blackpool
England
1957
Alfredo Di Stefano
Argentina
Real Madrid
Spain
1958
Raymond Kopa
France
Real Madrid
Spain
1959
Alfredo Di Stefano
Spain
Real Madrid
Spain
1960
Luis Suarez
Spain
Barcelona
Spain
1961
Omar Sivori
Italy
Juventus
Italy
1962
Josef Masopust
Czechoslovakia
Dukla Prague
Czechoslovakia
1963
Lev Yashin
Soviet Union
Dynamo Moscow
Soviet Union
1964
Denis Law
Scotland
Manchester United
England
1965
Eusebio
Portugal
Benfica
Portugal
1966
Bobby Charlton
England
Manchester United
England
1967
Flórián Albert 
Hungary
Ferencvárosi TC
Hungary
1968
George Best
Northern Ireland
Manchester
United
England
1969
Gianni Rivera
Italy
Milan
Italy
1970
Müller, GerdGerd Müller
West Germany
Bayern Munich
West Germany
1971
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Ajax
Netherlands
1972
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Bayern Munich
West Germany
1973
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Barcelona
Spain
1974
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Barcelona
Spain
1975
Oleg Blockhiin
Soviet Union
Dynamo Kyiv
Soviet Union
1976
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Bayern Munich
West Germany
1977
Alan Simmonsen
Denmark
Borussia Mönchengladbach
West Germany
1978
Kevin Keegan
England
Hamburg
West Germany
1979
Kevin Keegan
England
Hamburg
West Germany
1980
Karl- Heinz Rummeninge
West
Germany
Bayern
Munich
West
Germany
1981
Karl- Heinz Rummeninge
West
Germany
Bayern
Munich
West
Germany
1982
Paolo Rossi
Italy
Juventus
Italy
1983
Michel Plattini
France
Juventus
Italy
1984
Michel Plattini
France
Juventus
Italy
1985
Michel Plattini
France
Juventus
Italy
1986
Igor Belanov
Soviet Union
Dynamo Kyiv
Soviet Union
1987
Ruud Gullit
Netherlands
Milan
Italy
1988
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Milan
Italy
1989
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Milan
Italy
1990
Matthäus, LotharLothar Matthäus
West Germany
Internazionale
Italy
1991
Jean-Pierre Papin
France
Marseille
France
1992
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Milan
Italy
1993
Roberto Baggio
Italy
Juventus
Italy
1994
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
Barcelona
Spain
1995
George Weah
Liberia
Milan
Italy
1996
Matthias Sammer
Germany
Borussia Dortmund
Germany
1997
Ronaldo
Brazil
Internazionale
Italy
1998
Zinedine Zidane
France
Juventus
Italy
1999
Rivaldo
Brazil
Barcelona
Spain
2000
Luis Figo
Portugal
Real Madrid
Spain
2001
Michael Owen
England
Liverpool
England
2002
Ronaldo
Brazil
Real Madrid
Spain
2003
Pavel Nedved
Czech Republic
Juventus
Italy
2004
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
Milan
Italy
2005
Ronaldinho
Brazil
Barcelona
Spain
2006
Fabio Cannavaro
Italy
Real Madrid
Spain
2007
Kaka
Brazil
Milan
Italy
2008
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Manchester United
England
2009
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Barcelona
Spain
2010
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Barcelona
Spain
2011
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Barcelona
Spain


Multiple winners(won more than one time)

Player
Country
Times won
Years
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
3
1971, 1973, 1974
Michel Plattini
France
3
1983, 1984, 1985
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
3
1988, 1989, 1992
Lionel Messi
Argentina
3
2009, 2010, 2011
Alfredo Di Stefano
Spain
2
1957, 1959
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
2
1972, 1976
Kevin Keegan
England
2
1978, 1979
Karl- Heinz Rummeninge
West Germany
2
1980, 1981
Ronaldo
Brazil
2
1997, 2002

 - Despite he was born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stefano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national soccer team.
 - Despite he was born in Argentina, Omar Sivori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, and went on to play for the Italy national soccer team.


“Soccer - history, methodics, tactics”, Veljko Aleksic&Aleksandar Jankovic

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