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In this article, we will discuss in detail the top football players who have won the Ballon d’Or ever.
In this article, we will discuss in detail the top football players who have won the Ballon d’Or ever.
No doubt, the Ballon d’Or award is now a separate award, it was only from 2009 until 2015 the two awards were merged to create the FIFA Ballon d’Or. In 2018, the first women’s Ballon d’Or award was presented (called the Ballon d’Or Féminin).
The Ballon d’Or which is voted for by football journalists, is given to the male player who was deemed to have played the best football over the previous 12 months. Unsurprisingly, two of the greatest footballers of all time, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, top the list of all-time winners.
Messi won the title for a record-breaking sixth time in 2019, while Ronaldo sits just behind him in second place with five trophies to his name.
Meanwhile, here is a list of the top football players who have won the Ballon d’Or.
List of Men’s Ballon d’Or award winners
2000: Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
2001: Michael Owen (Liverpool)
2002: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2003: Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
2004: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
2005: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
2007: Kaka (Milan)
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2011: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2015: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2018: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
2019: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2020: Cancelled
2021: See full shortlist
List of Women’s Ballon d’Or (Ballon d’Or Féminin) award winners
2018: Ada Hegerberg (Lyon/Norway)
2019: Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign/USA)
2020: Cancelled
2021: Full shortlist
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