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    The 1959 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to...
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    The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since...
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    The 1958 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to...
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    The 2002 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to...
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    The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to...
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    The 1960 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to...
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  • The Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time all-star team published by France Football on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to...
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  • has presented the Ballon d'Or award to the best football player of the year. Since 1956, France Football presents the Ballon d'Or (lit. '"Golden Ball"')...
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    Lionel Messi (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was named the world's...
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    Lev Yashin (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    Yashin received the Ballon d'Or, the only goalkeeper ever to receive the award. He was additionally named posthumously to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020...
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    Raymond Kopa (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    needed] Individual Ballon d'Or: 1958; runner-up: 1959; third place: 1956, 1957 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1958[citation needed] Etoile d'Or: 1960 French...
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    famous players, with four FIFA World Player of the Year, ten Ballon d'Or, two FIFA Ballon d'Or, four European Golden Shoe and three FIFA Club World Cup Golden...
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    Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994...
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    Cristiano Ronaldo (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, and four...
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    Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935) (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    Suárez became the first and only male Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d'Or. In 1964, he helped Spain win their first European Championship title...
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    White Mane (U.S.) and Wild Stallion Le Ballon rouge (1956) ... a.k.a. The Red Balloon Feature films Le Voyage en ballon (1960); ... a.k.a. Stowaway in the...
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    Helmuth Duckadam (category 1959 births)
    Progresul București in the domestic cup. Duckadam was nominated for the Ballon d'Or in 1986. In 1986, Duckadam suffered a rare blood disorder only few weeks...
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    place: 1958 Individual Ballon d'Or third-place: 1958 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1958 French Division top scorer: 1957–58, 1959–60 European Cup top scorer:...
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    Erwin Vandenbergh (category 1959 births)
    "A History of European Golden Shoe Award + Winners List". "Ballon d'Or 1980". "Ballon d'Or 1983". "Winnaars Gouden Schoen". "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers"...
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  • Suárez Miramontes, 1935–2023), Spanish footballer and manager, 1960 Ballon D'Or winner Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1938) (Luis Eduardo Suárez, 1938–2005)...
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    Team of the Tournament". January 2020. "Ballon d'Or 1980". "Ballon d'Or 1981". "Ballon d'Or 1985". "Ballon d'Or 1986". "Sport 1980". BigSoccer. Retrieved...
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    Alfredo Di Stéfano (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    the age of 40. Di Stéfano was awarded the Ballon d'Or for the European Footballer of the Year in 1957 and 1959. He is currently the seventh highest scorer...
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    (finalists), 1965–66 (winners), 1966-67 (winners) Belgian Golden Shoe: 1963 Ballon d'Or nomination: 1964 Knight of the Walloon Order of Merit: 2014 Mamrud, Roberto...
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    Franz Beckenbauer (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder,...
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  • notorious flop for the campaign. On 16 December 1958 in the gala of the 1958 Ballon d'Or, several squad players competed for the trophy, included Welsh Forward...
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    Johan Cruyff (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974. Cruyff was a proponent of the football...
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  • of Nations on its list of achievements until 'to today: The African Ballon d'Or and historical scorer of the national selection Ahmed Faras, Hassan Amcharrat...
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    He was widely considered the best player of 2020 and deserving of the Ballon d'Or, until it was canceled. In 2022, he was signed by Barcelona, where he...
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    "Topscorer Eerste Klasse". "Ballon d'Or 1964". "Ballon d'Or 1965". "Ballon d'Or 1963". "Ballon d'Or 1966". "Ballon d'Or 1967". "Ballon d'Or 1972". "Paul Van Himst:...
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    position shared with Paolo Rossi. Asparuhov was also nominated for the 1965 Ballon d'Or award, finishing eighth in the final standings. In international football...
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