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The winners of the Ballon d'Or from 1956 so far 8.01.2013

Winners of the Ballon d'Or since its establishment in 1956 by the French magazine "France Football" / the initiator of the idea - the famous French sports journalist Gabriel Ano is with the Golden Ball awarded to the best player in Europe for the year, determined by a poll between the sports journalists from the magazine "France Football" from whole of Europe /:

1956: Stanley Metyus / England /

1957: Alfredo Di Stefano / Spain, Argentina /

1958: Raymond Copa / France /

1959: Alfredo Di Stefano / Spain /

1960: Luis Suarez / Spain /

1961: Omar Sivori / Italy /

1962: Josef Masopust / Czechoslovakia /

1963: Lev Yashin / USSR /

1964: Dennis Lowe / Scotland /

1965: Eusebio / Portugal /

1966: Bobby Charlton / England /

1967: Florian Albert / Hungary /

1968: George Best / Northern Ireland /

1969: Gianni Rivera / Italy /

1970: Gerd Müller / Germany /

1971: Johan Cruyff / Netherlands /

1972: Franz Beckenbauer / Germany /

1973: Johan Cruyff / Netherlands /

1974: Johan Cruyff / Netherlands /

1975: Oleg Blokhin / USSR /

1976: Franz Beckenbauer / FRG /

1977: Allan Simonsen / Denmark /

1978: Kevin Keegan / England /

1979: Kevin Keegan / England /

1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge / FRG /

1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge / FRG /

1982: Paolo Rossi / Italy /

1983: Michel Platini / France /

1984: Michel Platini / France /

1985: Michel Platini / France /

1986: Igor Belanov / USSR /

1987: Ruud Gullit / Netherlands /

1988: Marco van Basten / Netherlands /

1989: Marco van Basten / Netherlands /

1990: Lothar Matthaus / Germany /

1991: Jean-Pierre Papin / France /

1992: Marco van Basten / Netherlands /

1993: Roberto Baggio / Italy /

1994: Hristo Stoichkov / Bulgaria /

1995: George Weah / Liberia /

1996: Matthias Sammer / Germany /

1997: Ronaldo / Brazil /

1998: Zinedine Zidane / France /

1999: Rivaldo / Brazil /

2000: Luis Figo / Portugal /

2001: Michael Owen / England /

2002: Ronaldo / Brazil /

2003: Pavel Nedved / Czech Republic /

2004: Andriy Shevchenko / Ukraine /

2005: Ronaldinho / Brazil /

2006: Fabio Cannavaro / Italy /

2007: Kaka / Brazil /

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo / Portugal /

2009: Lionel Messi / Argentina /

2010: Lionel Messi / Argentina /

2011: Lionel Messi / Argentina /

2012: Lionel Messi / Argentina /.


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