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List of World
Footballers of the Year
Previous winners of
the World Player of the Year, FIFA World Player of the Year and European
Footballer of the Year/Ballon D'Or awards.
In 2010 the Ballon
D'Or award was merged with FIFA's World Player of the Year award.
The List Of FIFA
Ballon d'Or winners
2010 - Lionel Messi
(Argentina)
2011 - Lionel Messi
(Argentina)
2012 - Lionel Messi
(Argentina)
2013 - Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal)
2014 - Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal)
FIFA World Players
of the Year
1991 - Lotthar
Matthaeus (Germany)
1992 - Marco van
Batsen (Netherlands)
1993 - Roberto
Baggio (Italy)
1994 - Romario
(Brazil)
1995 - George Weah
(Liberia)
1996 - Ronaldo
(Brazil)
1997 - Ronaldo
(Brazil)
1998 - Zinedine
Zidane (France)
1999 - Rivaldo
(Brazil)
2000 - Zinedine
Zidane (France)
2001 - Luis Figo
(Portugal)
2002 - Ronaldo
(Brazil)
2003 - Zinedine
Zidane (France)
2004 - Ronaldinho
(Brazil)
2005 - Ronaldinho
(Brazil)
2006 - Fabio
Cannavaro (Italy)
2007 - Kaka (Brazil)
2008 - Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal)
2009 - Lionel Messi
(Argentina)
European (Ballon
d'Or) Footballers of the Year
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 (Czechoslovakia)
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 Muller
(West Germany)
1971 - Johan Cruyff
(Netherlands)
1972 - Franz
Beckenbauer (Netherlands)
1973 - Johan Cruyff
(Netherlands)
1974 - Johan Cruyff
(Netherlands)
1975 - Oleg Blokhin
(USSR)
1976 - Franz
Beckenbauer(West Germany)
1977 - Allan
Simonsen (Denmark)
1978 - Kevin Keegan
(England)
1979 - Kevin Keegan
(England)
1980 - Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge (West Germany)
1981 - Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge (West Germany)
1982 - Paolo Rossi
(Italy)
1983 - Michel
Platini (France)
1984 - Michel
Platini (France)
1985 - Michel
Platini (France)
1986 - Igor Belanov
(USSR)
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
Stoichkov (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 Republic)
2004 - Andrei
Shevchenko (Ukraine)
2005 - Ronaldinho
(Brazil)
2006 - Fabio
Cannavaro (Italy)
2007 - Kaka (Brazil)
2008 - Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal)
2009 - Lionel Messi
(Argentina)