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FIFA Ballon d’Or Winners List And History Of All Time

August 10, 2019 by Lincoln Leave a Comment

The Ballon d’Or, the word derived from French, which means Golden Ball. It is the honour presented to the best male footballer in the year of that particular year. At first, Gabriel Hanot, a sports writer, proposed the idea initially. Since 1956 up to 2006, only the sports journalists used to vote the players according to their whole year’s performances. But since 2007, the national teams’ captains and coaches are also taking part in this voting. In the beginning, it was an award only for the European footballers. But in 1995, the authority expanded it for the active players in European leagues. Since 2007 all the footballers around the globe become eligible for this highly prestigious award. Here we are presenting the FIFA Ballon d’Or winners list and history of all time.

French football used to award it distinctly. But in between 2010 to 2015 the “FIFA World Player of the Year” temporarily merged with it. During that period, the award renamed as the FIFA Ballon d’Or. Nevertheless, the partnership was broken in 2016 and once again the award reverted to the Ballon d’Or.

FIFA Ballon d'Or Winners List And History Of All Time

Argentine sensation Lionel Messi and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo are the most successful players in this prize’s history. They won the award 5 times each. They absolutely dominated the prize for an era. No one but one between these two won the award for 10 consecutive years. Their domination began in 2008 when CR7 won his first-ever Ballon d’Or while playing for the English Premier League club Man Utd. Their ascendancy continued till 2018 when Croat midfielder Luka Modric won it for his superb contribution to both Real Madrid and Croatia National Team.

FIFA Ballon d'Or Winners List And History Of All Time

Leo remains the first as well as the only player to win this award on 4 consecutive occasions. He won it 4 times on the trot between 2009 to 2012. He last won this award back in 2015. Meanwhile, Cristiano chased him down from 4-1 trailing to level the record 5-5 when the Portugal skipper won his 5th and so far the last prize in 2017. Former France international as well as former UEFA President Michel Platini also won it thrice in 1983, 1984 and 1985. Dutch legend Johann Cruyff along with his compatriot Van Basten also won the award 3 times each. Stanley Matthews was the very first man the history to grab this highly prestigious award.

 

# FIFA Ballon d’Or Winners List:

YearWinner’s NameClub
1956Stanley MatthewBlackpool
1957Alfredo Di StephanoReal Madrid
1958Raymond KopaReal Madrid
1959Alfredo Di StephanoReal Madrid
1960Luis SuarezFC Barcelona
1961Omar SivoriJuventus
1962Josef MasopustDukla Prague
1963Lev YashinDynamo Moscow
1964Denis LawMan Utd
1965EusebioBenfica
1966Bobby CharltonMan Utd
1967Florian AlbertFerencvaros
1968George BestMan Utd
1969Gianni RiveraAC Milan
1970Gerd MullerBayern Munich
1971Johann CruyffAjax
1972Franz BeckenbauerBayern Munich
1973Johan CruyffAjax
1974Johan CruffFC Barcelona
1975Oleg BlokhinDynamo Kyiv
1976Franz BeckenbauerBayern Munich
1977Alan SimonsenBor. Monchengladbach
1978Kevin KeeganHamburg
1979Kevin Keegan Hamburg
1980Karl-Heinz RumennigeBayern Munich
1981Karl-Heinz RumennigeBayern Munich
1982Paolo RossiJuventus
1983Michel PlatiniJuventus
1984Michel PlatiniJuventus
1985Michel PlatiniJuventus
1986Igor BelanovDynamo Kyiv
1987Ruud GullitAC Milan
1988Marco Van BastenAC Milan
1989Marco Van BastenAC Milan
1990Lothar MatthausInter Milan
1991Jean-Pierre PapinMarseille
1992Marco Van BastenAC Milan
1993Roberto Baggio Juventus
1994Hristo StoichkovFC Barcelona
1995George WeahAC Milan
1996Matthias SammerBorussia Dortmund
1997RonaldoInter Milan
1998Zinedine ZidaneJuventus
1999RivaldoFC Barcelona
2000Luis FigoReal Madrid
2001Michael OwenLiverpool
2002RonaldoReal Madrid
2003Pavel NedvedJuventus
2004Andriy ShevchenkoAC Milan
2005RonaldinhoFC Barcelona
2006Fabio CannavaroReal Madrid
2007KakaAC Milan
2008Cristiano RonaldoMan Utd
2009Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
2010Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
2011Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
2012Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
2013Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
2014Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
2015Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
2016Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
2017Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
2018Luka ModricReal Madrid
2019Yet to be announcedYet to be announced

 

 

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