FIFA Golden Ball
Winners of the FIFA player of the year award (merged with the magazine France Football’s Golden Ball award for European player of the year from 2010-15):
2021 — Robert Lewandowski, Poland
2020 — Robert Lewandowski, Poland
2019 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2018 — Luka Modric, Croatia
2017 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2016 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2015 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2014 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2013 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2012 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2011 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2010 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2009 — Lionel Messi, Argentina
2008 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2007 — Kaka, Brazil
2006 — Fabio Cannavaro, Italy
2005 — Ronaldinho, Brazil
2004 — Ronaldinho, Brazil
2003 — Zinedine Zidane, France
2002 — Ronaldo, Brazil
2001 — Luis Figo, Portugal
2000 — Zinedine Zidane, France
1999 — Rivaldo, Brazil
1998 — Zinedine Zidane, France
1997 — Ronaldo, Brazil
1996 — Ronaldo, Brazil
1995 — George Weah, Liberia
1994 — Romario, Brazil
1993 — Roberto Baggio, Italy
1992 — Marco Van Basten, Netherlands
1991 — Lothar Matthaus, Germany
Golden Ball (France Football European Player of the Year) |
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2017 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2016 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2009 — Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2008 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United
2007 — Kaka, AC Milan
2006 — Fabio Cannavaro, Real Madrid
2005 — Ronaldinho, Barcelona
2004 — Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan
2003 — Pavel Nedved, Juventus
2002 — Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2001 — Michael Owen, Liverpool
2000 — Luis Figo, Real Madrid
1999 — Rivaldo, Barcelona
1998 — Zinedine Zidane, Juventus
1997 — Ronaldo, Inter Milan
1996 — Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund
1995 — George Weah, AC Milan
1994 — Hristo Stoichkov, Barcelona
1993 — Roberto Baggio, Juventus
1992 — Marco Van Basten, AC Milan
1991 — Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille
1990 — Lothar Matthaus, Inter Milan
1989 — Marco Van Basten, AC Milan
1988 — Marco Van Basten, AC Milan
1987 — Ruud Gullit, AC Milan
1986 — Igor Belanov, Dynamo Kiev
1985 — Michel Platini, Juventus
1984 — Michel Platini, Juventus
1983 — Michel Platini, Juventus
1982 — Paolo Rossi, Juventus
1981 — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich
1980 — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich
1979 — Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV
1978 — Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV
1977 — Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach
1976 — Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich
1975 — Oleg Blokhin, Dynamo Kiev
1974 — Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1973 — Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1972 — Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich
1971 — Johan Cruyff, Ajax
1970 — Gerd Muller, Bayern Munich
1969 — Gianni Rivera, AC Milan
1968 — George Best, Manchester United
1967 — Florian Albert, Ferencvaros
1966 — Bobby Charlton, Manchester United
1965 — Eusebio, Benfica
1964 — Denis Law, Manchester United
1963 — Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow
1962 — Josef Masopust, Dukla Prague
1961 — Omar Sivori, Juventus
1960 — Luis Suarez, Barcelona
1959 — Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid
1958 — Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid
1957 — Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid
1956 — Stanley Matthews, Blackpool
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