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The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player over the previous year. It was first awarded in 1956. The most recent winner was Argentinan Lionel Messi in 2023. Messi has won the men's Ballon d'Or award a record eight times, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award five times.
Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006. Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and was widely known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Nov 13, 2023 · The full list of Ballon d’Or winners from 1956 to the present day: 1956: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool) 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 1958: Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid)
Nov 3, 2023 · This coveted accolade, brought to life by France Football magazine, has been won by some of the greatest footballers in history. Since Sir Stanley Matthews took the first award almost 70 years ago,...
Oct 30, 2023 · Discover all the winners below, including the Ballon d'Or Feminin. Football legends Johan Cruyff, Eusébio, Gerd Müller, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have all won the prestigious Ballon d'Or or ‘Golden Ball’, which honours the best player of the season.
Oct 17, 2022 · In 1956, Matthews won the first Ballon d'Or, beating Real Madrid stars Alfredo Di Stefano and Raymond Kopa into second and third, respectively. At 41 years old, Sir Stan is still the...
Oct 30, 2023 · Ahead of the 2023 Ballon d’Or awards in Paris on Monday, here’s a look at all the men’s award winners from 1956 to 2022. Ballon d’Or is an annual award, presented by the French...
Ballon D’or Winners List of All Time. The Ballon D’or award is each year received to the best player of the year. Every player’s dream is to one day win the Ballon d’Or, but very few get the chance to do that.
Oct 17, 2022 · Karim Benzema of France won his first Ballon d’Or award at the ceremony held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Tuesday, October 18. Last season, the Real Madrid superstar scored 27 goals...
The Ballon d’Or winners list features the best footballers of every generation since it’s inception. Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award eight times while Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award five times, with the duo sharing all 10 awards between 2008 and 2017.
