List of Ballon d'Or Winners

Ballon d'Or is a football award given to the football player who assessed his performance as the best in a year. This award was started in 1956 by the magazine France Football. Ballon d'Or itself is derived from the French which means the Golden Ball.

Assessment system through voting of journalists in UEFA member countries in Europe. Lionel Messi is a player tersuksees with 4 times won the Ballon d'Or in a row. Meanwhile, Johan Cruyff, Marco Van Basten and Michel Platini has won three times won the Ballon d'Or.

Here is the list winning the Ballon d'Or more:

1956: Stanley Matthews (England)

1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)

1958: Raymond Kopa (France)

1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)

1960: Luis Suarez (Spain)

1961: Omar Sivori (Italy)

1962: Josef Masopust (Czech)

1963: Lev Yashin (USSR)

1964: Denis Law (Scotland)

1965: Eusebio (Portugal)

1966: Bobby Charlton (England)

1967: Florian Albert (Hungary)

1968: George Best (Northern Ireland)

1969: Gianni Rivera (Italy)

1970: Gerd Miller (Germany)

1971: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

1972: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

1973: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

1974: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)

1975: Oleg Blokhin (USSR)

1976: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)

1977: Alan Simonsen (Denmark)

1978: Kevin Keegan (England)

1979: Kevin Keegan (England)

1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany)

1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany)

1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy)

1983: Michel Platini (France)

1984: Michel Platini (France)

1985: Michel Platini (France)

1986: Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)

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 Stoochkov (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)

2004: Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine)

2005: Ronaldinho (Brazil)

2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

2007: Kaka (Brazil)

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

2009: Lionel Messi (Argantina)

2010: Lionel Messi (Argentina)

2011: Lionel Messi (Argentina)

2012: Lionel Messi (Argentina)