Ballon d'or
The "ballon d'or" is a Football award, created in 1956 by the french football magazine "France Football". Today it's certainly one of the most respected award a player can earn.
It rewards each year the best player, playing in europeans clubs, based on his perfomances in nationals and internationals competitions through one year.
The judges are a set of Europeans football journalists.
Ballon d'or Winners:
- 1956 Matthews
- 1957 Di Stefano
- 1958 Kopa
- 1959 Di Stefano
- 1960 Suarez
- 1961 Sivori
- 1962 Masopust
- 1963 Yachine
- 1964 Law
- 1965 Eusebio
- 1966 B.Charlton
- 1967 Albert
- 1968 Best
- 1969 Rivera
- 1970 G.Muller
- 1971 Cruyff
- 1972 Beckenbauer
- 1973 Cruyff
- 1974 Cruyff
- 1975 Blokhine
- 1976 Beckenbauer
- 1977 Simonsen
- 1978 Keegan
- 1979 Keegan
- 1980 Rummenigge
- 1981 Rummenigge
- 1982 Rossi
- 1983 Platini
- 1984 Platini
- 1985 Platini
- 1986 Belanov
- 1987 Gullit
- 1988 Van Basten
- 1989 Van Basten
- 1990 Matthäus
- 1991 Papin
- 1992 Van Basten
- 1993 R.Baggio
- 1994 Stoitchkov
- 1995 Weah
- 1996 Sammer
- 1997 Ronaldo
- 1998 Zidane
- 1999 Rivaldo
- 2000 Figo
- 2001 Owen
- 2002 Ronaldo
- 2003 Nedved