1979 Ballon d'Or

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1979 Ballon d'Or
Kevin keegan panini card (cropped).jpg
1979 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan in 1980
Date25 December 1979
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of England.svg Kevin Keegan (2nd award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1979 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the English forward Kevin Keegan on 25 December 1979. [1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. [2]

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Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Kevin Keegan Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV Flag of England.svg  England 118
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 52
3 Ruud Krol Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 41
4 Manfred Kaltz Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 27
5 Michel Platini Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne Flag of France.svg  France 23
6 Paolo Rossi Flag of Italy.svg Perugia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
7 Trevor Francis Flag of England.svg Nottingham Forest Flag of England.svg  England 13
Liam Brady Flag of England.svg Arsenal Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
9 Zbigniew Boniek Flag of Poland.svg Widzew Łódź Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8
Zdeněk Nehoda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dukla Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
11 Kenny Dalglish Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 7
Allan Simonsen Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Barcelona Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
13 Paul Breitner Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6
Kees Kist Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
15 Johnny Rep Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5
Tony Woodcock Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln Flag of England.svg  England
Hans Krankl Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Barcelona Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Safet Sušić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg FK Sarajevo Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  SFR Yugoslavia
19 Uli Stielike Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Madrid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4
20 Marius Trésor Flag of France.svg Marseille Flag of France.svg  France 3
21 João Alves Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2
Franco Causio Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Gordon McQueen Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
René van de Kerkhof Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bruno Pezzey Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Simon Tahamata Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
27 Juan Manuel Asensi Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Barcelona Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 1
Trevor Brooking Flag of England.svg West Ham United Flag of England.svg  England
Ronnie Hellström Flag of Germany.svg Kaiserslautern Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Hansi Müller Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Antonín Panenka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Walter Schachner Flag of Austria.svg Austria Wien Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

References

  1. ↑ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1979 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1979". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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