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Ballon d’Or Winners list from 1956 to present

Ballon d’Or Winners list from 1956 to present

December 1, 2021 By Live Sports

Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball), is the most ancient prestigious award for a football player. This award is a yearly award presented by the French reports organization and the France Football authority. We will get here actually, Ballon d’Or winners list from 1956 to present.

This honorable award has to give since 1956. Then, from 2010 to 2015, this award was given another name, “FIFA Ballon d’Or” or “FIFA World Player of the Year”, founded in 1991.

In 2016, again, this award was named Ballon d’Or, and the authority of “FIFA” is giving another award called “The Best FIFA Men’s Player”.

From 1956 to 2006, the Ballon d’Or award was given by the voting of football journalists. Then, in 2007, the captains of the national football teams and the football coaches were permitted to vote for this award.

The world-famous sportswriter ‘Gabriel Hanot’ declared that the honor would be given to a male football player who better performed over the previous year. Before 1994, Ballon d’Or was given been only for European players, and it was known as the “European Footballer of the Year award“.

Then, from 1995to 2006, this award was given who were active in European clubs. But, from 2007 to the present, it is known for a global tribute, and it is given the most performer footballer in one-year stats.

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Ballon d’Or Winners List from 1956 to present

From 1956 to the present, many world-famous football players won the most impressive award, Ballon d’Or. Ballon d’Or winner’s list men are available here. The winner of the Ballon d’Or footballer list is given below:

yearplayer nameNationalityTheir Club name
2021Lionel MessiArgentinePSG (Paris Saint Germain)
2020not bestowed
2019Lionel MessiArgentineBarcelona
2018Luka ModricCroatia teamReal Madrid
2017Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid
2016Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid
2015Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona
2014Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid
2013Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid
2012Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona
2011Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona
2010Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona
2009Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona
2008Cristiano RonaldoPortugalManchester United
2007KakáBrazilMilan
2006Fabio CannavaroItalyReal Madrid
2005RonaldinhoBrazilBarcelona
2004Andriy ShevchenkoUkrainMilan
2003Pavel NedvědCzech RepublicJuventus
2002RonaldoBrazilReal Madrid
2001Michael OwenEnglandLiverpool
2000Luís FigoPortugalReal Madrid
1999RivaldoBrazilBarcelona
1998Zinedine ZidaneFrance teamJuventus
1997RonaldoBrazilInternazionale
1996Matthias SammerGermanyBorussia Dortmund
1995George WeahLiberiaMilan
1994Hristo StoichkovBulgariaBarcelona
1993Roberto BaggioItalyJuventus
1992Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1991Jean-Pierre PapinFrance teamMarseille
1990Lothar MatthäusGermanyInternazionale
1989Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1988Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1987Ruud GullitNetherlandsMilan
1986Igor BelanovSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv
1985Michel PlatiniFrance teamJuventus
1984Michel PlatiniFrance teamJuventus
1983Michel PlatiniFrance teamJuventus
1982Paolo RossiItalyJuventus
1981Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich
1980Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich
1979Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburg
1978Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburg
1977Allan SimonsenDenmarkBorussia M”nchengladbach
1976Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1975Oleg BlokhinSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv
1974Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona
1973Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona
1972Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1971Johan CruyffNetherlandsAjax
1970Gerd MüllerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1969Gianni RiveraItalyMilan
1968George BestNorthern IrelandManchester United
1967Flórián AlbertHungaryFerencv rosi TC
1966Bobby CharltonEnglandManchester United
1965EusébioPortugalBenfica
1964Denis LawScotlandManchester United
1963Lev YashinSoviet UnionDynamo Moscow
1962Josef MasopustCzechoslovakiaDukla Prague
1961Omar SívoriItalyJuventus
1960Luis SuárezSpain teamBarcelona
1959Alfredo Di StéfanoSpain teamReal Madrid
1958Raymond KopaFranceReal Madrid
1957Alfredo Di StéfanoFranceReal Madrid
1956Stanley MatthewsEnglandBlackpool

Ballon d’Or winners by team

From 1956 to 2021, some footballers won Ballon d’Or for their excellent performance. “FIFA World Cup” is a world-famous competition where 32 football teams participate. By the stats of “FIFA World Cup” and club performance, a footballer gets the most prestigious award, Ballon d’Or.

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As the stats of the country, Germany won this award seven times by five players. Their name is given below:

  • Gerd Müller-1970
  • Franz Beckenbauer for two times (1972 and 1976)
  • Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, for two times (1980 and 1981)
  • Lothar Matthäus (1990)
  • Matthias Sammer (1996)

Then, Netherland’s three players won this award seven times. Also, Portugal won this award seven times with three players. The players are:

Netherland

  1. Johan Cruyff for three times (1971,1973 and 1974)
  2. Ruud Gullit (1987)
  3. Marco van Basten for three times (1988, 1989 and 1992)

Portugal

  • Eusébio (1965)
  • Luís Figo (2000)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo for five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017)

France has a fourth place. They have won this award six times by four players. Their winner players name is given below:

  1. Raymond Kopa (1958)
  2. Michel Platini for three times (1983, 1984 and1985)
  3. Jean-Pierre Papin (1991)
  4. Zinedine Zidane (1998)

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It is a single history; Argentina’s won this honor six times by only one player. You know, who is he? He is Lionel Messi, who won this award six times. Messi won this honor from 2009 to 2012. It is the world record for a footballer. But then, he also won this award in 2015 and 2019.

 

Italy, Brazil and England won this award five times. Their winner player’s names are given below:

Italy

  1. Omar Sívori (1961)
  2. Gianni Rivera (1969)
  3. Paolo Rossi Italy (1982)
  4. Roberto Baggio (1993)
  5. Fabio Cannavaro (2006)

Brazil

  1. Ronaldo (1997)
  2. Rivaldo for 2 times (1999 and 2002)
  3. Ronaldinho (2005)
  4. Kaká (2007)

England

  1. Stanley Matthews, the first Ballon d’Or winner (1956)
  2. Bobby Charlton (1966)
  3. Kevin Keegan for two times (1978 and 1979)
  4. Michael Owen (2001)

The Soviet Union and Spain’s players won this honor three times. The winner player names are:

Soviet Union

  • Lev Yashin (1963)
  • Oleg Blokhin (1975)
  • Igor Belanov (1986)

Spain

  1. Alfredo Di Stéfano for two times (1957 and 1959)
  2. Luis Suárez (1960)

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary, Liberia, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Ukraine’s footballer won this award. The player’s names are given below:

  • Hristo Stoichkov- Bulgaria (1994)
  • Luka Modric- Croatia (2018)
  • Pavel Nedvěd- Czech Republic (2003)
  • Josef Masopust- Czechoslovakia (1962)
  • Allan Simonsen- Denmark (1977)
  • Flórián Albert- Hungary (1967)
  • George Weah- Liberia (1995)
  • George Best- Northern Ireland (1968)
  • Denis Law- Scotland (1964)
  • Andriy Shevchenko- Ukraine (2004)

Ballon d’or 2021 date and time

Ballon d’Or 2020 was not awarded due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After June 2021, football sports started successfully. So, we expected that the Ballon d’Or 2021 would be proclaimed in early December 2021. Argentine footballer Lionel Messi won the Ballon dÓr 2021 award which was proclaimed on 29th November 2021. He won the Ballon dOr seven times total.

According to 2018 and 2019, it was awarded on Monday, the first week in December. Therefore, we expect that Ballon d’Or 2021 will announce in the first week of December 2021. Thus, the expected date is on 06th December 2021.

Anyway, I think already you have got details about the Ballon d’Or winners list by country and player details.

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