FIFA Ballon d’Or award is the highest level of individual award in football
and it is awarded to the best player in the world every year. The history about
the current Ballon d’Or award is a bit complex so lets explain it briefly.
Ballon d’Or award started back in 1956 and it was known as “European Player Of
the year award” and only the players from europe were eligible for this award.
But In 1995 the rules were changed and any player playing for European club
could win it. But in 2009 it was merged with “FIFA’s player of the year award”
and became FIFA Ballon d’or which any footballer from any part of the world can
win it.
Update: Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2017 Ballon d’or
ahead and now joins Lionel Messi with most Ballon d’Or titles with 5 each.
Now lets take a look at the all past winners of Ballon
d’Or (now FIFA Ballon d’Or) award. From 1956 only european players were
eligible but in 1995 any nationality player playing for a european club was
eligible.
|
YEAR
|
WINNER
|
NATIONALITY
|
CLUB
|
|
2017
|
Cristiano Ronaldo (New)
|
Portugal
|
Real Madrid
|
|
2016
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
Real Madrid
|
|
2015
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
FC Barcelona
|
|
2014
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
Real Madrid
|
|
2013
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
Real Madrid
|
|
2012
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
FC Barcelona
|
|
2011
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
FC Barcelona
|
|
2010
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
FC Barcelona
|
|
2009
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
FC Barcelona
|
|
2008
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
Manchester United
|
|
2007
|
Kaká
|
Brazil
|
AC Milan
|
|
2006
|
Fabio Cannavaro
|
Italy
|
Real Madrid/Juventus
|
|
2005
|
Ronaldinho
|
Brazil
|
Barcelona
|
|
2004
|
Andriy Shevchenko
|
Ukraine
|
AC Milan
|
|
2003
|
Pavel Nedvěd
|
Czech Republic
|
Juventus
|
|
2002
|
Ronaldo
|
Brazil
|
Real Madrid
|
|
2001
|
Michael Owen
|
England
|
Liverpool
|
|
2000
|
Luís Figo
|
Portugal
|
Real Madrid
|
|
1999
|
Rivaldo
|
Brazil
|
Barcelona
|
|
1998
|
Zinedine Zidane
|
France
|
Juventus
|
|
1997
|
Ronaldo
|
Brazil
|
Inter Milan
|
|
1996
|
Matthias Sammer
|
Germany
|
Borussia Dortmund
|
|
1995
|
George Weah
|
Liberia
|
AC Milan
|
|
1994
|
Hristo Stoichkov
|
Bulgaria
|
Barcelona
|
|
1993
|
Roberto Baggio
|
Italy
|
Juventus
|
|
1992
|
Marco van Basten
|
Netherlands
|
AC Milan
|
|
1991
|
Jean-Pierre Papin
|
France
|
Marseille
|
|
1990
|
Lothar Matthäus
|
Germany
|
Inter Milan
|
|
1989
|
Marco van Basten
|
Netherlands
|
AC Milan
|
|
1988
|
Marco van Basten
|
Netherlands
|
AC Milan
|
|
1987
|
Ruud Gullit
|
Netherlands
|
AC Milan
|
|
1986
|
Igor Belanov
|
Soviet Union
|
Dynamo Kyiv
|
|
1985
|
Michel Platini
|
France
|
Juventus
|
|
1984
|
Michel Platini
|
France
|
Juventus
|
|
1983
|
Michel Platini
|
France
|
Juventus
|
|
1982
|
Paolo Rossi
|
Italy
|
Juventus
|
|
1981
|
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
|
Germany
|
Bayern Munich
|
|
1980
|
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
|
Germany
|
Bayern Munich
|
|
1979
|
Kevin Keegan
|
England
|
Hamburg
|
|
1978
|
Kevin Keegan
|
England
|
Hamburg
|
|
1977
|
Allan Simonsen
|
Denmark
|
Borussia M”nchengladbach
|
|
1976
|
Franz Beckenbauer
|
Germany
|
Bayern Munich
|
|
1975
|
Oleg Blokhin
|
Soviet Union
|
Dynamo Kyiv
|
|
1974
|
Johan Cruyff
|
Netherlands
|
Barcelona
|
|
1973
|
Johan Cruyff
|
Netherlands
|
Barcelona
|
|
1972
|
Franz Beckenbauer
|
Germany
|
Bayern Munich
|
|
1971
|
Johan Cruyff
|
Netherlands
|
Barcelona
|
|
1970
|
Gerd Müller
|
Germany
|
Bayern Munich
|
|
1969
|
Gianni Rivera
|
Italy
|
Milan
|
|
1968
|
George Best
|
Northern Ireland
|
Manchester United
|
|
1967
|
Flórián Albert
|
Hungary
|
Ferencv rosi TC
|
|
1966
|
Bobby Charlton
|
England
|
Manchester United
|
|
1965
|
Eusébio
|
Portugal
|
Benfica
|
|
1964
|
Denis Law
|
Scotland
|
Manchester United
|
|
1963
|
Lev Yashin
|
Soviet Union
|
Dynamo Moscow
|
|
1962
|
Josef Masopust
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Dukla Prague
|
|
1961
|
Omar Sívori
|
Italy
|
Juventus
|
|
1960
|
Luis Suárez
|
Spain
|
Barcelona
|
|
1959
|
Alfredo Di Stéfano
|
Spain
|
Real Madrid
|
|
1958
|
Raymond Kopa
|
France
|
Real Madrid
|
|
1957
|
Alfredo Di Stéfano
|
Spain
|
Real Madrid
|
|
1956
|
Stanley Matthews
|
England
|
Blackpool
|
|
Past Winners of Ballon d’Or Award
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Jury & Selection Process: Since 2009 when both Ballon d’Or and FIFA Player of the year award were merged the selection process also disclosed to public. All national team captains and Coaches plus 1 specialist journalists from every country can vote for the nominees. The get a draft where they have to pick three players in decending order and when the drafts are return FIFA calculate points account to following criteria. 1 position pick is awarded 5 points, second pick is 3 and third pick gets 1 point. So around 500 voters (170 national team captain, 170 national coaches and around 170 journalists) choices are counted and the player with most points get the Ballon Dor award.
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