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FIFA Ballon D’Or is an awards which is also called as Golden Ball which is given to a Football player who has given best performance in last year Based on votes of captains of international teams, coaches & journalists the best player is awarded with this award. Earlier its was called as European Footballer of the Year award but now it is called as Ballon D’Or. Here is the complete information about the FIFA Ballon D’Or award history with all of its winners.
History of FIFA Ballon D’Or
Eligibility for this award: This award was invented by Gabriel Hanot who was chief magazine writer of France Football. When this was invented, only those player were eligible for this award who play for European clubs. Earlier, no other players were nominated for this award. One of the football legend Pele who did not played for European club was not eligible for FIFA Ballon D’Or Award at that time. But in the year of 1995, a change in this award was made. The player who is non European but played for the European club was eligible for this award. George Weah from Milan was the first player to win FIFA Ballon D’Or in 1995 who was non European. Then final decision of eligibility was taken in the year of 2007. They decided that every player all around the world is eligible. It also raised the number of journalists votes.
FIFA Ballon D’Or Winners List
Stanley Mathews (England) was the first winner of FIFA Ballon D’Or. He was awarded in 1956. At that time he playing for English football club Blackpool. He got total of 47 points. Lionel Messi from Argentina, is the only footballer who won this trophy 4 times. There are 3 players (Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, Marco Van Basten) who won this trophy 3 times.
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Year | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
1956 | Stanley Mattews(Blackpool) | Alfredo Di Stefano(Real Madrid) | Raymond Kopa(Real Madrid) |
1957 | Alfredo Di Stefano(Real Madrid) | Billy Wright(Wolverhampton Wanderers) | Duncan Edwards(Manchester United) |
1958 | Raymond Kopa(Real Madrid) | Helmut Rahn(Rot Weiss Essen) | Just Fontaine(Stade de Reims) |
1959 | Alfredo Di Stefano(Real Madrid) | Raymond Kopa(Real Madrid) | John Charles(Juventus) |
1960 | Luis Suarez(Barcelona) | Ferenc Puskas(Real Madrid) | Uwe Seeler(Hamburg) |
1961 | Omar Sivori(Juventus) | Luis Saurez(Internazionale) | Johnny Haynes(Fulham) |
1962 | Josef Masopust(Dukla Prague) | Eusebio(Benfica) | Karl Heinz Schnellinger(Koln) |
1963 | Lev Yashin(Dynamo Moscow) | Gianni Rivera(Milan) | Jimmy Greaves(Tottenham Hotspur) |
1964 | Denis Law(Manchester United) | Luis Saurez(Internazionale) | Amancio(Real Madrid) |
1965 | Eusebio(Benfica) | Giacinto Facchetti(Internazionale) | Luis Saurez(Internazionale) |
1966 | Bobby Chartlon(Manchester United) | Eusebio(Benfica) | Franz Becknbauer(Bayern Munich) |
1967 | Florian Albert(Ferencvarosi TC) | Bobby Chartlon(Manchester United) | Jimmy Johnstone(Celtic) |
1968 | George Best(Manchester United) | Bobby Chartlon(Manchester United) | Dragan Dzajic(Red Star Belgrade) |
1969 | Gianni Rivera(Milan) | Luigi Riva(Cagliari) | Gerd Muller(Bayern Munich) |
1970 | Gerd Muller(Bayern Munich) | Bobby Moore(West Ham United) | Luigi Riva(Cagliari) |
1971 | Johan Cruyff(Ajax) | Sandro Mazzola(Internazionale) | George Best(Manchester United) |
1972 | Franz Beckenbauer(Bayern Munich) | Gerd Muller(Bayern Munich) | - |
1973 | Johan Cruyff(Barcelona) | Dino Zoff(Juventus) | Gerd Muller(Bayern Munich) |
1974 | Johan Cruyff(Barcelona) | Franz Beckenbauer(Bayern Munich) | Kazimierz(Legia Warsaw) |
1975 | Oleg Blokhin(Dynamo Kyiv) | Franz Beckenbauer(Bayern Munich) | Johan Cruyff(Barcelona) |
1976 | Franz Beckenbauer(Bayern Munich) | Rob Rensenbrink(Anderlecht) | Ivo Viktor(Dukla Prague) |
1977 | Allan Simonsen(Borussia Monchengladbach) | Kevin Keega(Hamburg) | Michel Platini(Nancy) |
1978 | Kevin Keegan(Hamburg) | Hans Krankl(Barcelona) | Rob Rensenbrink(Anderlecht) |
1979 | Kevin Keegan(Hamburg) | Karl Heinz(Bayern Munich) | Ruud Krol(Ajax) |
1980 | Karl Heinz(Bayern Munich) | Bernd Schuster(Barcelona) | Michel Platini(Saint Etienne) |
1981 | Karl Heinz(Bayern Munich) | Paul Breitner(Bayern Munich) | Bernd Schuster(Barcelona) |
1982 | Paolo Rossi(Juventus) | Alain Giresse(Bordeaux) | Zbigniew Boniek(Juventus) |
1983 | Michel Platini(Juventus) | Kenny Dalglish(Liverpool) | Allan Simonsen(Vejle) |
1984 | Michel Platini(Juventus) | Jean Tigana(Bordeaux) | Preben Elkjaer(Verona) |
1985 | Michel Platini(Juventus) | Preben Elkjaer(Verona) | Berd Schuster(Barcelona) |
1986 | Igor Belanov(Dynamo Kyiv) | Gary Lineker(Barcelona) | Emilio Butragueno(Real Madrid) |
1987 | Ruud Gullit(Milan) | Paulo Futre(Atletico Madrid) | Emilio Butragueno(Real Madrid) |
1988 | Marco Van Basten(Milan) | Ruud Gullit(Milan) | Frank Rijkaard(Milan) |
1989 | Marco van basten(Milan) | Franco Baresi(Milan) | Frank Rijkaard(Milan) |
1990 | Lothar Matthaus(Internazionale) | Salvatore Schillaci(Juventus) | Andreas Brehme(Internazionale) |
1991 | Jean Pierre Papin(Marseille) | Dejan Savicevic(Red star Belgrade) | - |
1992 | Marco van Basten(Milan) | Hristo Stoichkv(Barcelona) | Dennis Bergkamp(Ajax) |
1993 | Roberto Baggio(Juventus) | Dennis Berghamp(Internazionale) | Eric Cantona(Manchester City) |
1994 | Hristo Stoichkov(Barcelona) | Roberto Baggio(Juventus) | Paolo Maldini(Milan) |
1995 | George Weah(Milan) | Jurgen Klinsmann(Bayern Munich) | Jari Litmanen(Ajax) |
1996 | Matthias Sammer(Borussia Dortmund) | Ronaldo(Barcelona) | Alan Shearer(Newcastle United) |
1997 | Ronaldo(Internazionale) | Predrag Mijatovic(Real Madrid) | Zinedine Zidane(Juventus) |
1998 | Zinedane Zidane(Juventus) | Davor Suker(Real Madrid) | Ronaldo(Internazionale) |
1999 | Rivaldo(Barcelona) | David Beckham(Manchester United) | Andryi Shevchenko(Milan) |
2000 | (Luis Figo)(Real Madrid) | Zinedine Zidane(Juventus) | Andryi Shevchenko(Milan) |
2001 | Michael Owen(Liverpool) | Raul(Real Madrid) | Oliver Kahn(Bayern Munich) |
2002 | Ronaldo(Real madrid) | Roberto Carlos(Real Madrid) | Oliver Kahn(Bayern Munich) |
2003 | Pavel Nedved(Juventus) | Thierry Henry(Arsenal) | Paolo Maldini(Milan) |
2004 | Andriy Shevchenko(Milan) | Deco(Barcelona) | Ronaldinho(Barcelona) |
2005 | Ronaldinho(Barcelona) | Frank Lampard(Chelsea) | Steven Gerrard(Liverpool) |
2006 | Fabio Cannavaro(Juventus) | Gianluigi Buffon(Juventus) | Thierry Henry(Arsenal) |
2007 | Ricardo Kaka(Milan) | Cristiano Ronaldo(Manchester United) | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) |
2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo(Manchester United) | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) | Fernando Torres(Liverpool) |
2009 | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) | Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid) | Xavi Hernandez(Barcelona) |
2010 | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) | Andres Iniesta(Barcelona) | Xavi Hernandez(Barcelona) |
2011 | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) | Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid) | Xavi Hernandez(Barcelona) |
2012 | Lionel Messi(Barcelona) | Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid) | Andres Iniesta(Barcelona) |
2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) | Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) |
2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |