1981 Ballon d'Or

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1981 Ballon d'Or
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1981 Ballon d'Or winner Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in 1982
Date29 December 1981
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2nd award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1981 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 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on 29 December 1981. [1] [2]

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This was Rummenigge's second win in succession.

Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 106
2 Paul Breitner Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 64
3 Bernd Schuster Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 39
4 Michel Platini Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne Flag of France.svg  France 36
5 Oleg Blokhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14
6 Dino Zoff Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13
7 Ramaz Shengelia Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10
8 Alexsandr Chivadze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9
9 Liam Brady Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 7
John Wark Flag of England.svg Ipswich Town Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
11 David Kipiani Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Tbilisi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6
András Törőcsik Flag of Hungary.svg Újpest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Zbigniew Boniek Flag of Poland.svg Widzew Łódź Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Maxime Bossis Flag of France.svg Nantes Flag of France.svg  France
Bruno Pezzey Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
16 Horst Hrubesch Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 5
Ruud Krol Flag of Italy.svg Napoli Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Vladimir Petrović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
19 Zlatko Vujovic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Hajduk Split Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 4
Trevor Brooking Flag of England.svg West Ham United Flag of England.svg  England
21 Giancarlo Antognoni Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
Jan Ceulemans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Club Brugge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Kenny Dalglish Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Bryan Robson Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of England.svg  England
Frank Stapleton Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Wilfried Van Moer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Beveren Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Luis Arconada Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Sociedad Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
28 Grzegorz Lato Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lokeren Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
Tibor Nyilasi Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Wlodzimierz Smolarek Flag of Poland.svg Widzew Łódź Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Frans Thijssen Flag of England.svg Ipswich Town Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
32 António Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1
Uli Stielike Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Madrid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Jesús Zamora Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Real Sociedad Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain

References

  1. ↑ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1981". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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