1982 Ballon d'Or

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1982 Ballon d'Or
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1982 Ballon d'Or winner Paolo Rossi
Date28 December 1982
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Rossi (1st award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982. [1]

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Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961. [2]

Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Paolo Rossi Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 115
2 Alain Giresse [notes 1] Flag of France.svg Bordeaux Flag of France.svg  France 64
3 Zbigniew Boniek Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53
4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [notes 2] Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 51
5 Bruno Conti Flag of Italy.svg Roma Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48
6 Rinat Dasayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Spartak Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17
7 Pierre Littbarski Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10
8 Dino Zoff Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9
9 Michel Platini Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of France.svg  France 5
10 Bernd Schuster Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4
11 Giancarlo Antognoni Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
12 Bruno Pezzey Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2
Gaetano Scirea Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
Eric Gerets Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2
15 Paul Breitner Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1
Torbjörn Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Göteborg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
Walter Schachner Flag of Italy.svg Cesena Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1
Marco Tardelli Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1
Marius Trésor Flag of France.svg Bordeaux Flag of France.svg  France 1

Notes

  1. France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
  2. France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.